Maya Rae Taylor, Design Editor
Maya Rae Taylor is an undergraduate student currently majoring in both Illustration and Creative Writing. Although she currently holds the position of Design Editor, she began her career at The Sentry late 2022 as a Freelance Illustrator while being slowly indoctrinated (through peer pressure) into a Freelance Writer position in addition to it. She loves that art can spark empathy and new ways of thinking, hoping that her work both within The Sentry and outside of it challenges the viewer to find some aspect of themselves within someone else’s story.
Maya is often enthusiastically tasked with drawing really awesome (2025 Spring Issue Cover) or incredibly stupid (Jesus Milo/”Creation of Adam” Milo & Turkey) illustrations for The Sentry.
![[PHOTO] Front facade of Emmanuel Gallery](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-05-08-142049.png)
![[PHOTO] Cover of The Pearl's website](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-08-141826-1200x447.png)
![[PHOTO] Activist Dan Strandjord with a sign that read "DIFFERENT BODIES SAME RIGHTS"](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/image_123650291.jpg)
![[ILLUSTRATION] Satellite orbiting the moon](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Final_Artemis-II_Samantha-Tilly_Publish-4.22_page-0001-857x1200.jpg)
![[PHOTO] Cleat on soccer ball](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/connor-coyne-OgqWLzWRSaI-unsplash-1-900x1200.jpg)
![[Illustration] Child holding a MYDenver Card.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FINAL_DenverLibrary_MikaylaRondon_03.17.2026-857x1200.png)
![[PHOTO] Still from Sheep Detectives trailer](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-04-120641-1200x583.png)
![[Illustration] House with "ART" and "TRUST" on the sides.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FINAL_CASTFund_MikaylaRondon_03.17.2026-857x1200.png)
![[Photo] Two artists preform on stage.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/battleotbands-1-1200x853.jpg)
![[Illustration] Leon S Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft from Resident Evil 9 standing back to back.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FINAL_Resident_Evil_9_Elora_Dodrill_03.25.26-857x1200.png)
![[PHOTO] Marquis of Boulder Theater](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/simon-goetz-JPesrLozzlM-unsplash-1200x803.jpg)
![[Illustration] Spiff off Steven Espada Dawson's book cover; a man colored with patterns with pamphlets reading "POEMS" floating around them.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FINAL_PoetryReading_MikaylaRondon_03.11.26-857x1200.png)
![[ILLUSTRATION] Spotlight shines on person hunched over in a chair](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FINAL_Lynx_Crossing_Elora_Dodrill_04.22.26-857x1200.png)
![[Illustration] A krampus hand grabs a globe with the Tivoli inside.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FINAL_Christkrindlmarket_EllanorFader_11.26-1200x857.jpg)
![[Photo] Cropped Promotional Poster for
"Dressing Outloud."](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-2025-10-28-at-3.07.16-PM.png)
![[Illustration] Cat behind a vendor's booth, with an array of art materials erupting from it.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Final_ArtMarket_MarissaLee_10.14.25-1200x948.png)
![[Cover] Full Collage & Illustration from 2025 Spring Print Issue](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-21-144252.png)
![[Illustration] Patricia Smith and an illustrator representing Pablo Rivera, Patrick Kelana, and Eli Minaya.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FINAL_CAMArtistTalks_MikaylaRondon_11.11.2025-857x1200.png)
![[Illustration] Clip of the poster used for the ILL Exhibition. Slightly sunburnt shirtless man holding one side of his headphones with two different colored afterimages on either side of him.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-08-25-at-11.41.46-AM-1-e1761162437874.png)
![[Illustration] A robot struggling to paint, making a non-coherent image.](https://sentrynewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AI_Art-4-1200x857.png)
