Illustrator, Shannon Wright Turns Black Hair Into Pop Art

Shannon Wright is an illustrator and cartoonist based out of Virginia. She’s created Illustrations for The Guardian, TIME Magazine, Mother Jones, Bitch Magazine, and Boom Comics. Her work tends to explore social issues like race and gender through a slice-of-life lens, which leads to her recent series on Black Hair.
In this striking series, Shannon makes Illustrations out of Natural Hair and the different hairstyles explored by black women, showing off Black hair textures, hairstyles and stroking Pop culture undertones into her creation.

Snippet from a special project. Got the bantu knots on point and the baby hairs laid 💖 #naturalhair #blackgirlmagic #blackartist #bantuknots

A post shared by Shannon Wright 👽 (@shannondrewthis) on Jan 20, 2017 at 5:14pm PST

Snippet from an ongoing series I guess I’ve started 💛💙💛💙 #blackgirlmagic #naturalhair #blackartist

A post shared by Shannon Wright 👽 (@shannondrewthis) on Jan 29, 2017 at 11:57am PST

Pretty in purple & red 💜🌷 I bring you another snippet~ #blackgirlmagic #naturalhair #braids #illustration #blackartist

A post shared by Shannon Wright 👽 (@shannondrewthis) on Mar 24, 2017 at 9:35am PDT

Braids looking like perfection 💖Another snippet from an ongoing series. #blackgirlmagic #boxbraids #illustration #blackartist #naturalhair

A post shared by Shannon Wright 👽 (@shannondrewthis) on Mar 23, 2017 at 11:12am PDT