Drop and give me 20/20

I had an illustration in last Tuesday's New York Times, for an article in the Science section, on training your eyes as you would the muscles in your body.

People who play sports in particular need strong eyes, and many universities have developed programs over the years to help improve school athletes' vision. As the article explains, it's more about training your brain's responses to what you see, than it is actually changing your vision. Here's how the page looked (it's printed in black and white):

You can read the story here. Thank you to Peter, who ADed this one!

Reading between the foul lines

This illustration of mine for Grantland.com went up on the site last week, but I haven't gotten a chance to post about it until now:

The story is about the multitude of baseball books out. No matter your team, or the decade, there seems to be a book out there for you. Whether it's the 1948 Cleveland Indians, or the history of the Expos, you're bound to find something. That Dodger pennant looks a lot like the one I had on my wall as a kid. I wonder if I could find a book on my favorite players growing up: Orel Hershiser and Fernando Valenzuela. Here's the link for the story. Thank you to my AD, Juliet!