The People Who Made Issue #65 Happen

Get Acquainted with Shannon Elliot and Zia Hirji…

ILLUSTRATOR
[SHANNON ELLIOT]
Shannon Elliot did the illustration for The New Pornographers article. Shannon is a freelance illustrator living in Vancouver, BC but grew up in the South Pacific. Drawing and colouring from an early age, Shannon is inspired by the natural world as well as various travels around the globe. Over the years her subject matter has evolved but not her inspiration. If she could have been a part of any historical era, it would be the Surrealist movement of the 1920s in Europe, but without all the measles. Her work combines digital and traditional media because she is too impatient to mix her own colours.
[www.shannonelliott.ca]

EDITORIAL INTERN
[ZIA HIRJI]
Zia Hirji wrote some stuff in the magazine you are holding right now (unless you are reading this on the internet). When he isn’t doing ION stuff you can catch him playing music to people, attempting to get freelance writing jobs (holler at me), taking pictures, drinking negronis, watching Frasier, looking for records, canoodling with the ladies, comparing Valjoux vs Lemania watch movement, using his magic bullet, coming up with hair brained schemes, listening to Ron Hardy edits, the internet, watching women’s curling, and wearing Band of Outsiders shirts. He also Twitters, follow him!
[@zeeaa]