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The Spear Cuts Through Water

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Brain Circuits / The Transmitter

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The Year We Fell From Space / Scholastic

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Inside North Korea’s Hacker Army / Bloomberg Businessweek

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Grief / Psychologie Heute

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Book review by Simon Schama / Financial Times

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Mitski / Rolling Stone

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Any Sign of Life

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Neurodegeneration / Science Magazine 1

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Under His Eye / Washington Post

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Dangerous Salmon / Outside Magazine

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Die Nibelungen / Der Audio Verlag

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Opener / Outside Magazine

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Made of Nature

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Into The Inferno / New Scientist

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Bone Jack

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Cicero Wirecard 2

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New Scientist

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Nuclear Fusion / New Scientist

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Pearl Jam Gigaton / Rolling Stone Magazine

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Unwind

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Parzival

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Kanzler Bungalow - Villa / Cicero Magazine

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Prof. Donovan / Town and Country

In The Crosshairs / Intelligent Report

In The Crosshairs / Intelligent Report

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Justin Vernon / Rolling Stone

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Friday

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Navigating Risk and Disruption / MIT's Sloan Management Review

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Prairie Opener / Relief Magazine

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The Prairie

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Outside Business Journal

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Under Water

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From The Shadows

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Nature Quant / Outside Magazine

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King Arthur

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Voll

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Personal Journey

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Cells / The Transmitter

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Underneath This American Life

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Mandalorian

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Hide / Personal work

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Eclipse / Outside Magazine

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AI / CIGI

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Wirecard

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Philip K. Dick / The Folio Society

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Wildcard 2

Typewriter Scientific American

Typewriter Scientific American

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Geo Magazine Details

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Geo Magazine

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National Amtrak

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Glacier

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Sustainable Future Cover / Greenpeace Magazin

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Changing Your Mind

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Bird / Social Media / CIGI Online

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Leaf Study 1

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Leaf Study 2

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Wild

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Costume Design / Buzz Feed

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Hitchcock 2

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The Woods

The Woods

Popshot Magazine

Popshot Magazine

Harper Collins

Harper Collins

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Depression / 5280 Magazine

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Church / Social Media / CIGI Online

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Neurodegeneration / Science Magazine 2

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A Foreign Concept

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How to Hack Your Unconscious / New Scientist

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Rituals / Der Spiegel Magazine

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Woman in Black / Centipede Press

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Snake / Social Media / CIGI Online

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The MInd / New Scientist

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Hand / Social Media / CIGI Online

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Making a Murderer / New Yorker Front Page

Friday Night

Friday Night

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Köpfe / Cicero Magazine

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Mitski Line / Rolling Stone

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Children / Scientific American

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Uncharted 4 / A Thief's End

De Standaard

De Standaard

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Off To New Shores

Cicero II

Cicero II

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Iris / New Yorker

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Villa / Cicero Magazine

The Master / Joaquin Phoenix

The Master / Joaquin Phoenix

Sam Waterston New Yorker

Sam Waterston New Yorker

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Empathy / New Scientist

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Geo Evil

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Mister Memory

Ampersand

Ampersand

Mud

Mud

Automn

Autumn

Cicero Map

Cicero Map

Boll Miller

Boll Miller

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Pan Cover

Mexico 1970

Mexico 1970

Peter

Peter

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Southern Pacific Law Center

Qatar

Qatar

Oscar Race 2016 / Variety Magazine

Oscar Race 2016 / Variety Magazine

BCN

BCN

Medicine

Medicine

Butterflies / Pacific Standard

Butterflies / Pacific Standard

Injury / New Republic

Injury / New Republic

Time Warp / New Republic

Time Warp / New Republic

Lapeste 1

Lapeste 1

DFT

DFT

Running / Nike

Running / Nike

Kobe Bryant / Bleacher Report

Kobe Bryant / Bleacher Report

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New Republic Parker

Service Plan Obama

Service Plan Obama

Luis Suárez / New Republic

Luis Suarez / New Republic

New Statesman 2

New Statesman 2

New York Times

New York Times

Hitchcock

Hitchcock

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

Header / New Republic

Header / New Republic

Al-Qaeda / Cicero

Al-Qaeda / Cicero

Wraak / New Republic

Wraak / New Republic

Wolfgang Herrndorf

Wolfgang Herrndorf

Skull Cicero

Skull Cicero

GN Cicero

GN Cicero 1

GN Cicero

GN Cicero 2

Esquire

Esquire

Syria

Syria

Boll Miller 2

Boll Miller 2

In The Woods 2

In The Woods 2

Japan 2

Japan 2

Winter

Winter

The Other Day

The Other Day

Maya Colour

Maya Colour

Mexico 2

Mexico 2

Dog

Dog

The Plague

The Plague

Hippo

Hippo

New Statesman

New Statesman

Japan

Japan

Panda

Panda

J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

Biography

Simon Prades, born in 1985 into a German/Spanish family lives in Saarbrücken, Germany with his wife and son.Since finishing University with a diploma in Graphic Design, he has been working as a freelance illustrator for clients in Editorial, Publishing, Sports, Advertising and Film.

Simon works in analog techniques, such as ink, pencils or watercolor but also digitally, depending on the subject. His work is often a combination of detailed and complex drawings and narrative ideas. Depending on the subject his illustrations can also be rough, spontaneous and moody. He also creates slightly animated versions of his illustrations, which can be used in digital publishing and media.

Simon has worked for clients such as:The New York Times, The New Yorker, HarperCollins, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Rolling Stone Magazine, Medium.com, The Guardian, New Statesman, VICE, The New Republic, Der Spiegel, Cicero Magazin, Esquire, Empire Magazine, Entertainment weekly, Nike, Ubisoft, BBDO, Ogilvy & Mather, Serviceplan and Y&R.
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