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Uphill Profits, Downhill Lives
Project type
Editorial Illustration
'Uphill Profits, Downhill Lives: Leg Day for the Lower Class (because someone had to power your promotion)'
Awards
World Illustration Awards 2026 Long list.
Applied Arts 2026 Student Award.
Some people climb the ladder. Others are the ladder.
This illustration frames capitalism as a wellness-approved pyramid where exhaustion is the entry fee, empathy gets lighter with altitude, and the loosest hands belong to those who never had to grip the ladder.
It’s a darkly playful reminder that in this system, there’s burnout below and bonuses above.
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