An tale of unexpected love and how opposites attract told with illustrative poise by Brooklyn freelance animator/designer Joe Donaldson (who counts Digital Kitchen, The Mill and Buck among his clients) for The New York Times and their Modern Love column.

“Typically, I work in the world of advertising and motion graphics. This piece was a great experience to push myself with my illustration but also a way for me to take a step back and focus less on spectacle and more on telling a story in a stylized, simple way.”