Creating a visual language where soca meets comic culture.

Soca Brainwash has become one of Trinidad & Tobago’s essential Carnival events, and every year, DJ Private Ryan gives the experience a new visual world to inhabit. For 2025, that world was comics.

The challenge was to create an exclusive T-shirt graphic that felt like it belonged in both worlds, recognisable enough to evoke the energy and drama of classic comics, but distinctly rooted in Soca Brainwash.

I drew from the bold linework, expressive forms and visual intensity of vintage comic books, reinterpreting those cues through the Soca Brainwash identity. The result was a graphic that feels less like event merchandise and more like a piece of the world itself, something fans could wear as a badge of having been there.