Alien Mag

In 2019 till 2022 I worked with Alien Mag on various projects creating visuals for online and print. On this page I'll showcase different project I worked on throughout the years.

About the project

Alien Mag (AM) is a platform that supports women of color in the creative fields, by sharing their unique stories. From people of color ourselves, we understand the importance of creating visibility within the creative field, since in a lot of cases, we are still underrepresented.

 

Techniques/skills used:

Conceptualising, print design, digital design, brainstorming regarding events and projects

Programs used:

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign

Alien Mag X TSH (The Student Hotel) ⎯ 2020

In collaboration with The Student Hotel, a student accomondation, we had an event centered on international womens day. In that event three different women shared gave a talk about various topics. For the promotion of the event poster were made that showed the preceptions of other people about the women in question. Unfilitered comments that were made straight in their face, not thinking about how it may come across. With this we wanted to show how the lives of women of colour looks like on a day to day basis.

I added the graphics on the posters, were I blended the two brand, especially their brand guides (Alien Mag and TSH) together. Together with the AM team we came up with the concept to showcase quotes of comments around their head to show visualise the comments coming from different angles from different people. I cut out the portraits from the original images, that were provided from different people. The credits from each cover are mentioned at the end of this description.

The posters were made on size A4, A3, and A2.

Portrait image provided by Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing & her team

Portrait image provided by Zoë Zandwijken

Portrait image provided by Carina Fernandes

Portrait image provided by Zoë Zandwijken

Alien Mag covers ⎯ 2021 & 2022

Since 2021 we have digital covers that we publish on our social media an blog every month. In every cover there is one or more women of colour the cover model(s). They share their personal stories that are open and honest. No sugar coating, or glamorized. Also with each cover we worked another team of creatives. From MUA's to photographer. My role in this is to provide the covers with graphics that includes the AM logo, the title, subtitle, and additional elements that amplifies the cover. With each cover I try to make the graphics complement the cover. The colours are seperate from the AM branding, to ensure that the graphics fit the overall look and feel of the cover as best as possible. The credits from each cover are mentioned at the end of this description.

The cover were made on Instagram Portrait size, because they were posted and promoted there.

Credits cover Sarah Janneh:

Editor: Elisa Lo-A-Njoe

Images: Clara Benecia

Muse: Sarah Janneh

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Styling: Nini Styling

Make-up & Hair: Suki Styling

Set assistant: Iman Najaffi

Thanks to: Atelier 3

Credits cover Patrisha:

Images / Art direction / Graphic design images: Nilofar Attahi

Graphic design, logo and cover title: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Styling: Chi Yen Lam

Make-up & Hair: Lesly2You Beauty

Set assistant: Iman Najafi

Muse: Patrisha Hassell

Thanks to: Atelier 3

Credits cover Serap:

Editor: Maxime Miedema

Images: Tirza Lempers

Styling: Shavoni Bouman

Make-up: Naomi Glaser

Muse: Serap Çakır

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Thanks to VSB Fonds (VSB Funding)

Credits cover Veronica:

Editor: Jaël Hofwijks

Images: Sophia Mulder

Styling: Jaleesa Chary

Mua: Noah Indi

Hair: Amina Berhane

Set design: Eda Akova

Light assistant: Joris Boerboom

Muse: Veronica van Hoogdalem

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Thanks to the Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industry Fund NL)

Credits cover Lok-Yin:

Editor: Elisa Lo-A-Njoe

Images: Kajol Singh

Muse: Lok-Yin Lau

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Styling: Jackie Cheung

Make-up & Hair: Abigail Codrington

Set assistant: Iman Najaffi

Credits cover Maha:

Editor: Kelly Lammerts

Images: Angie Louws

Styling: Faou Biera

Make-up: Erica Silva

Muse: Maha Eljak (VEIN Agency)

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Thanks to VSB Fonds (VSB Funding)

Credits cover Maame Joses:

Editor: Ariela Slakhorst

Images: Angela Ovaa

Styling: Sindia Rosalia

Make-up: Dunya Serinci

Muse: Maame Joses (& De Liefde Spiegel)

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon

Thanks to VSB Fonds (VSB Funding)

Credits cover Chihiro Geuzebroek:

Editor: Olave Nduwanje

editor-in-chief: Benedicte Bombala

Images: Alicia Karsonopoero

Styling: Ashna Chhatta

Brands: blazinbell, new optimist

Mua/hair: Eugenée Anita

Muse: Chihiro Geuzebroek

Graphic design: Sarafina Jozefzoon, Lamiae El Hajjajji

Thanks to the Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industry Fund NL)