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A full English, Doritos and a flying White House: Julia Dufossé talks us through her trippy airbrush illustrations
The Chicago-based illustrator quit her doctorate in history in 2019 – a bold move that’s amounted to a portfolio filled with work for The New York Times, Bon Appétit Magazine and The MIT Technology Review.
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In one of Julia Dufossé’s illustrations, you’ll see a greasy breakfast; a sausage, some bacon, an egg, a few mushrooms and tomatoes – your typical offering of a tasty fry-up placed atop of a chequered table cloth. Another depicts The White House flying above the clouds, served hot on a silver platter; another sees an exploding bag of cheesy Doritos let loose in space; and another centres a switched off television reminiscent of a rainy, boring day. Everything this Chicago-based illustrator creates seems familiar at first, but then, like magic, she gives it all a sprinkling of her signature 1980s plush aesthetic. The result is a trippy concoction of bizarre scenarios littered with everyday objects.