scalawag magazine
visual editing • branding • illustration
narrative
I was a Visual Editor for Scalawag Magazine, an abolitionist social movement journalism magazine. This time of my work heavily inspired me into far more documentary arts, as I read and visualized many stories of everyday socio-political struggles inside prisons and around Southern communities. I would take these tools to personal projects.
Scalawag Magazine’s flagship publication is Abolition Week (AW). AW is a series of articles themed around a particular political concept and spans a week of publication. This particular theme, for example, would be “Empire”, and articles would be submitted analyzing the nature of the United States as an empire across the globe.
research
visuals
Visuals were crafted inspired by printmaking processes, fashion magazines, and digital illustrations. Taking Emory Douglas’ approach to visual design and expanding it, fashion in Black and Latine communities were a heavy inspiration.
