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 Carina Fernandes
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)