How The Onion’s art department works

The absurd scenes and photos that look like bad stock art on The Onion articles are all designed from scratch by  The Onion’s three-person art department, writes Dan Nosowitz. “Calling them artistic wizards is a disservice to their talents,” managing editor Berkley says. “Really, it’s a travesty that Adobe hasn’t renamed Photoshop after them.”

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