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This Week’s New Yorker Cover, Brought to You by the iPhone

by Peter Kafka
Posted on May 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM PT

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CV1_TNY_06_01_09.inddPublisher Condé Nast gets plenty of well-deserved criticism for its slow embrace of technology and the Web, but some of its individual titles do some interesting stuff.

To wit: The video below, which depicts how artist Jorge Columbo created this week’s cover art in an hour, using an Apple (AAPL) iPhone. Columbo used an iPhone app called Brushes, and he’s been using it for a while to create some interesting stuff. If you like this piece, check out his collection of  “iSketches.”

And here’s the same technique with another sketch:

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  • Jorge is clearly very talented.

    The makes me want to run right out and buy a Windows Mobile phone.
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