He has worked as a graphics director and art director for the Times and National Geographic respectively.

Steve Duenes, graphics director for The Times, is answering reader questions Feb. 25-29, 2008.

In 2001, he became the deputy graphics director, and in 2004, he became the graphics director.

By day, Mr. Shivnarain is the graphics director of a silk-screen printing company on Long Island.

He also was the graphics director on Chrono Trigger.

Mr. Blow joined The Times in 1994 as a graphics editor and quickly became the paper's graphics director, a position he held for nine years.

Q. How did you go from graphics director to a columnist?

He was the graphics director for The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene from 1974 to 1982.

Steve Duenes is the graphics director of The New York Times, a position he has held since 2004.

He served as the graphics director at CBS News until 1962.