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Illustrating a Single Word

A series of 24 black-and-white image studies responding to a single word, moving between portraits, animals, patterns, and symbolic scenes.

Project type: Illustration series
Practice / role: Illustration & visual communication
Source publication: March 21st 2018 · Behance
Publication date, not a creation-date claim.

Context & credits

A complete 24-image sequence, kept in its original order. Content note: this art series includes depictions of racial violence, Ku Klux Klan imagery, imprisonment, and hanging imagery.

Portrait of a figure speaking into a cluster of microphones. — 01 — Illustrating a Single Word — 01Open full image

Sweeping curved lines above a dense crosshatched pattern. — 02 — Illustrating a Single Word — 02Open full image

A tall black rectangle on a white field. — 03 — Illustrating a Single Word — 03Open full image

Alternating dark vertical bands and dense floral linework. — 04 — Illustrating a Single Word — 04Open full image

Closely hatched vertical forms and irregular dark bands. — 05 — Illustrating a Single Word — 05Open full image

A broad black rectangle bordered by white paper. — 06 — Illustrating a Single Word — 06Open full image

An ape with its mouth open against a dark background. — 07 — Illustrating a Single Word — 07Open full image

A cropped figure extending one arm against a black background. — 08 — Illustrating a Single Word — 08Open full image

A bird in flight with spread wings and dense linework. — 09 — Illustrating a Single Word — 09Open full image

Cotton plants arranged around a dark diagonal band. — 10 — Illustrating a Single Word — 10Open full image

A white cross on a dark background above a textured mound. — 11 — Illustrating a Single Word — 11Open full image

Two hands gripping vertical bars. — 12 — Illustrating a Single Word — 12Open full image

Frontal portrait with curly hair on a dark background. — 13 — Illustrating a Single Word — 13Open full image

A snarling dog lunging across a black background. — 14 — Illustrating a Single Word — 14Open full image

Crosshatched portrait with short textured hair. — 15 — Illustrating a Single Word — 15Open full image

A group of Ku Klux Klan figures wearing pointed hoods, depicted as part of the art series. — 16 — Illustrating a Single Word — 16Open full image

A crosshatched portrait with closed eyes and short textured hair. — 17 — Illustrating a Single Word — 17Open full image

A container surrounded by draped, pointed forms and layered linework. — 18 — Illustrating a Single Word — 18Open full image

Three simplified figures raising their arms, with bands around their wrists and ankles. — 19 — Illustrating a Single Word — 19Open full image

Two dangling bare feet against a dark background, with hanging imagery in the art series. — 20 — Illustrating a Single Word — 20Open full image

A hooded figure in a softly shaded frontal portrait. — 21 — Illustrating a Single Word — 21Open full image

A seated or kneeling figure with a ball near one hand. — 22 — Illustrating a Single Word — 22Open full image

A shark with its jaws open against a dark background. — 23 — Illustrating a Single Word — 23Open full image

A figure with long hair and patterned clothing, looking upward. — 24 — Illustrating a Single Word — 24Open full image

Source & provenance

Originally published on Behance: March 21st 2018. This is the portfolio publication date, not a separately confirmed creation date unless stated in the project.

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The source entry displays CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Incorporated third-party artwork, photography, text and marks retain their respective credits.