Happy April!

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Here’s an illo I did for Time Out New York’s latest issue – Eat with your hands! Link

IMG_3787It was another mouthwatering assignment! ;)

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‘Super Mario Bros. movie failed’ for today’s Grantland.com Link

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My Volkswagen van was selected to appear in American Illustration 32 Annual.

Thanks and see you at the party in November again!

Screen Shot 2013-04-05 at 3.01.28 PMCMYK recently opened a web gallery, and you can purchase one of my Buddha prints in various sizes here

Thanks for all and have a great April!

Today is Arbor day in Korea. Let’s plant trees in a garden if you have, otherwise in your heart.! :)

Wimbledon, Hockey, Jogging, Spring and Portraits!

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It’s always super fun to work for the sport themes, especially for Grantland!

Here’s a new piece for the Grantland Quarterly issue # 5 ( book image is below).grantlandquarterly05The story is about ‘The Death’s-head of Wimbledon’ and I became a visitor in London. Link

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This piece is also for Grantland.com Link

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Another fun piece for the Stranger – A woman imagined one day she had huge breasts. Link

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Portraits of my dad & mom for their wedding anniversary. ;)

NY Times Gallery 7 Townies Exhibition & Miss Eggplant

7E8FA1FF-8DC4-40FD-844D-20FE072B18FFThe New York Times’s Gallery 7 has an exhibition of illustration from the Op-Ed blog Townies on Feb 7, 2013.

ARTISTS
Wesley Allsbrook  +  Drew Beckmeyer  +  Chi Birmingham  +  Harry Campbell  +  João Fazenda  +  Golden Cosmos  +  Jon Han  +  Bendik Kaltenborn  +  Yann Kebbi  +  Tatsuro Kiuchi  +  Aidan Koch   +  Patrick Leger  +  Bjørn Rune Lie  +  Jon McNaught  +  Wendy MacNaughton  +  Bénédicte Muller  +  Roman Muradov  +  Ryan Peltier  +  Emiliano Ponzi  +  Jungyeon Roh  +  Guido Scarabottolo  +  Dadu Shin  +  Esther Pearl Watson  +  Jing Wei  +  Sarah Williamson  +  Paul Windle  +  JooHee Yoon  +  Olimpia Zagnoli
Thanks for having me and the below images are my Townies series for being a Korean/Chinese girl living in NYC. (Columns by Mary H.K. Choi)

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And, Miss Eggplant is telling her stories again with inspiring life photos and drawings in here- http://jroheggplant.tumblr.com/

Here’s the first story, Forget me not.

Hope you like it!

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Award and exhibition for the Kiehl’s project!

map02I got a happy news from Kiehl’s last winter, the 2012 Kiehl’s Day in-store project won HOW magazine’s 2013 Design awards!

See the entire series here

Special thanks to the creative team in Kiehl’s for submitting the fun project and especially AD Travis for the amazing art direction!

Howawardkiehl'sThe east vllage map piece also got into the Society of Illustrators 55 Advertising category.

kiehl'sframeThis framed piece will be exhibited at the Society of Illustrators New York from January 30 through March 2, 2013.

Opening reception is Feb 1st evening.

Thanks for all! :)

Westchester Magazine – 914 vs U.S.A

Happy new year!

Here’s the first four illos of 2013 for the Westchester magazine’s January issue.

These were about comparing westchester county to the nation: Jobs, Health, Homes and More Link

JRoh_final_love1. Life: Westchester Divorce Rates Lower Than Average Link

JRoh_final_diversity2. Color and Creed: Westchester County Demographics Show High Diversity Link

JRoh_final_tax3. Real Estate: Highest Property Taxes in the Nation Found in Westchester County LinkJRoh_final_cool4. Environment: Westchester’s Comfort Index Higher Than Average, Temperatures Cooler Link

Hope you enjoy!