Jeremy Leung is an illustrator, animator and art director in Brooklyn, New York. Previously at The Wall Street Journal and Institutional Investor. You can contact him at hi@jeremyaleung.com

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Coefficient Giving

Illustration Library

Tech

2026

Commissioned by philanthropic funder Coefficient Giving, Project Tailwind required a cohesive library of hand-drawn visual assets to power a public microsite inspiring new AI safety organizations. I delivered 45 bespoke digital artworks; spanning a homepage hero banner, 7 category headers, and 37 spot illustrations—tailored specifically for dynamic web layouts. The entire design system was conceptualized, illustrated, and finalized on a rapid timeline of under 45 days.

Learn more about Project Tailwind here.

Art directed by Britney Budiman
Site design by Hannah Yang
Coefficient Giving Managing Director: Naina Bakejal
Coefficient Giving President: Emily Oehlson

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Selected Illustrations

The New Yorker

Editorial

2019 — 2024

A series of commissioned illustrations, published across multiple sections of The New Yorker magazine.

Art directed by Sebit Min, Aviva Michaelov, Victor Guan

OpenAI’s Bid to Allow X-Rated Talk Is Freaking Out Its Own Advisers

The Wall Street Journal

Editorial

2026

I led the visual direction for an article on OpenAI’s controversial erotic and crisis AI concepts, successfully navigating newsroom debates to land on a photographic execution. My strategy effectively captured the technology's unsettling nature while carefully avoiding overt promiscuity.

Art directed by Michael Bucher
Written by Sam Schechner and Georgia Wells

Over 4,732 Messages, He Fell In Love With an AI Chatbot. Now He’s Dead.

The Wall Street Journal

Editorial

2026

Interactive feature chronicling a man's tragic relationship with an AI chatbot; to immerse readers in his claustrophobic point of view, I designed responsive, cross-platform layouts that replicated the experience of scrolling through an obsessive chat log. Additionally, I built parallax animations to give the static drawings depth, visually reflecting the blurring boundary between reality and digital obsession.

Art directed by Michael Bucher
Web design by Audrey Valbuena
Written by Julie Jargon

I’m currently available for full-time or part-time freelance contracts.

hi@jeremyaleung.com
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Jeremy Leung (b. 1991) is a New York–based art director and illustrator whose work explores human themes at the core of emerging tech, AI, finance and geopolitics. In 2026, he was a Staff Illustrator and Art Director at The Wall Street Journal. His past clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, Barron’s, The Hollywood Reporter and The Atlantic.

Select Clients

The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
The New Yorker
The Atlantic
Coefficient Giving
Columbia Magazine
Barron’s
The Hollywood Reporter
Freethink Media
Boston Children’s Hospital
Amazon
Teen Vogue
Canada Goose
T Brand Studio
Holt Renfrew
CalTech University
NBC Universal
Pop-Up Magazine
Science News
The Walrus
The Globe & Mail
The Baffler

Recognition

Jury for Editorial Category, Society of Illustrators 63
Society of Illustrators 63
American Illustration 41, 39

Exhibitions

Lunar New Year Takeover, Two Two, Oakland, CA, 2025

The Red Envelope Show, Harman Projects, New York, NY, 2026, 2025

Soft Fragments, Land to Sea, New York, NY, 2023

Illustrators 63, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2023

American Illustrators 39, New York, NY, 2021

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