Source: Bored Panda
There are so many different kinds of artist and while some focus on creating beauty, others want to make a difference.
Carol Rossetti is a 30-year-old artist from Brazil who has been drawing illustrations about strong women and their struggles for over four years.
“I started drawing when I was a very young child,” Carol told Bored Panda. “But, then again, I guess all kids like to draw.
I did develop other artistic interests as I grew up, like acting and sculpting, but they really didn’t work that much, so I kept on drawing.”“I started working with illustration a couple of years after college. I created a page on Facebook to post a drawing every day, as a way for me to build up a portfolio and get better at drawing. Only my mom and a few friends followed my page back then, of course… But then came the Women project.”
This project went viral, and we even wrote about it in 2014. “Through the Women project, I wanted to start a dialogue about feminism with people from outside of the activist movements. The messages in those illustrations are clear, easy to read and somehow comforting – but also very fast and very short. It’s not aimed at people who are already familiar with the concepts of body positivity, freedom of choice, LGBTQI pride, intersectionality, social equality and human rights. I mean, these people are always welcome to feel comforted and represented as well. But I wanted to start talking about feminism with my aunt, my grandmother, my mother, the women in my…
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