EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION

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Watercolor + Pen and Ink

‘How Sexual Assault Affects Survivors Daily’ -Vice. Stories like these are common for those of us healing from SA. Many in the piece described keeping their head down or being hypervigilant of their surroundings, all things that are so relatable to Survivors. I took the power of these stories and my own perception of shadows following me as I try to heal and grow, to give a visual depth to the words of the article. Creating a horizontal sequence of the subject’s shadow suffering paranoia and fear, following her over time is meant to convey the way SA follows us. The heads-up confidence of the subject herself at the end of the sequence is reflected in the article’s theme of empowering Survivors to heal.