ABOUT

I created the images used for the video - Hot, Hot Summer. This project was a collaboration with Mike Taylor. Recent events have brought more protests and discussions on civil issues. Specifically, issues involving human rights and ethics around politics. My objective was to illustrate the issues and create designs depicting current and past protests, including some of the people involved. One objective was to create designs that could begin a conversation or invoke memories of past protests. The imagery draws upon figures from the 1960s civil rights movements and photos involving the protests during 2020. We talked about how the graphics should use iconic imagery yet add color and style on top of these graphics in order to bring them into a contemporary visual style. In order to unify these illustrations I decided to use a style in which blocks of color and outlines are used to accent the emotion or action of each illustration. The images were chosen specifically as part of a significant person, moment, or time in which a change was made. The images were chosen specifically as part of a significant person, moment, or time in which a change was made.