Shanghai-born illustrator Xiao Hua Yang says technology can be both freeing and limiting. “It makes things easier and faster. But there’s always going to be a disconnect between your brain, your hand, and the computer,” he explains. Even after years of using Photoshop, Yang says he’s still learning new features every day. With the frequency of software updates, drawing with Adobe’s software can often feel like working with an infinitely shape-shifting brush. “Nobody can be perfectly fluent in technology,” he observes.

Come for the article itself, stay for the criss-cross of linked articles and Instagram posts.

Being an illustrator myself, I can say that no one is exempt from the allure of corporate memphis, but damn, can we get some heterogeneity sometimes?

(This is why I like the work WeTransfer, via WePresent, is doing)