Julia Rothman’s Illustrations Make Finances More Fun

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Illustrator Julia Rothman works together with writer Shaina Feinberg to create fun illustrations that make the finance world more relatable and fun for everyone. The two of them launched a new illustrated column in The New York Times last fall called Scratch, where they publish financial examples through human interest stories.

Rothman’s art reveals the truth behind some of the most interesting stories regarding the cost of things. Her previous stories included the cost of opening a coffee shop, having a baby through IVF, and living in NYC as a drag queen.

You can check out Rothman’s past columns here or follow her on Instagram for snippets of them and other artwork she shares. Scroll down for some of it.

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New Year’s resolutions got us thinking about money managing. Most Americans are in a lot of debt. It was a huge exciting thing when I finally paid off my student loan a couple years ago. @shainafeinberg and I wanted to talk to people about their debt for our latest Scratch column so we went to the streets. But it wasn’t so easy. Nobody wanted to talk to us! We stood in the cold for a long time waving and asking people to talk to us. So many heard the topic and said they were sorry, that it wasn’t something they wanted to talk about. Thankfully we got nine people to share their debt with us and what they are doing to get through it. And I made it look like they were on a fun game show. Link in bio! Do you have debt? Let’s share and get rid of the shame 🤑💗🤑💗🤑

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