Newspaper editorial spot: Inspiration

I decided to do a scientific article spot similar to those found in The New York Times. I found some illustrated spots by some artists below.

Here is one by Chris Gash, who has done spots for the NYT since 2004. I like that it is pretty simple but presents object agnosia--the inability to recognize objects--in a very insightful way that is visually appealing.

What's interesting is that Gash also posts his concepts or "honorable mentions" on his sketch blog. Here are some of his other sketches for the object agnosia article:

Here are a couple other examples of recent spots that I thought were visually interesting, by Joyce Hesselberth and Yvetta Fedorova. The illustrations take a interesting twist or point from the article and present it in a way that catches the eye and makes readers interested enough to read the article.