It’s no secret that Indianapolis is overflowing with talented creatives who can tell stories and create visual art.

The creatives who partner with Mirror Indy can do both, and they do it on deadline.

We worked with more than a dozen visual artists across a range of mediums – digital illustration, collage, sculpture and more – who created editorial works to accompany our reporting.

See some of our favorite commissioned editorial works of 2025, categorized by artist.

Jeneca Zody

(Above) Illustrations created to accompany audio reporting by Clockwork Janz capturing sounds of joy.

An illustration created to accompany a story on congressional redistricting.

(Above) Illustrations created to accompany a story about intimacy directors for theater productions.

An illustration created to accompany reporting on medical bill debt.
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(Above) Illustrations created to accompany reporting on different areas of the city’s annual budgets.

(Above) Illustrations created to accompany audio reporting by Clockwork Janz, capturing sounds of gratitude.

An illustration created to accompany reporting on congressional redistricting.

Jannell Summers

A comic strip based on what artists had to say at Mirror Indy’s artists town hall Chat N Chew event.

(Above) Illustrations created for some of our monthly arts and culture things to do lists.

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In 2024, Mirror Indy worked with at least 30 different visual artists across a range of media – painters, illustrators, collage artists, a puppeteer and more.

Brent Aldrich

(Above) Photo-illustrations created to accompany our series profiling neighborhood associations around Indianapolis.

Martin Clinch

An illustration created to accompany a story about the history of school reform in Indianapolis Public Schools.
An illustration created to accompany a story sharing how Mirror Indy staffers stretch their dollars in the kitchen.
An illustration created to accompany an interactive quiz on rent burden.

Candra Huff

An illustration created to accompany a story on school services available to students with varying ability levels.
An illustration created to accompany a story about Coburn Place shelter.
An illustration created to accompany a story from Free Press Indiana’s Ashley Ford, on how to support young LGBTQ family members through the holidays.

Machaila Gray

Artwork created to accompany a story on cross-generational things to do around Indy.

(Above) Illustrations created for some of our monthly arts and culture things to do lists.

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Julie Xiao

An illustration inspired by the described interior of the Bamboo Inn restaurant, which opened in 1918 above Hilbert Circle Theatre.
An illustration inspired by Chinese hand laundry businesses that ran in Indianapolis in the 1800s and 1900s.

(Above) These illustrations accompanied a story looking at the history of Chinese Americans in Indianapolis.

Stuart Snoddy

(Above) Portraits created to accompany reporting telling the stories of Mexican families living in Indianapolis, and their fears of deportation.

Ellery Diaz

Mirror Indy’s chief curiosity officer, Lafufu, created by artist Ellery Diaz.

Christina Hollering

An illustrated gif created to accompany a roundup of staff and neighbor-submitted voicemails to mothers, gathered by Mirror Indy.

Lisa Ellingwood

A Valentine’s card created to accompany a roundup of staff and neighbor-submitted love voicemails, gathered by Mirror Indy.

Erica Parker

An illustration created to accompany reporting on the 2025 WNBA All-Star game.

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