Photography: Vickie Licková
Not many 23-year-olds can claim they have gone viral. But after posting an image of her artwork entitled Things you don’t see in mainstream porn on Instagram – featuring sweat, periods and shyness, to name a few – Hazel Mead’s illustrations quickly started grabbing people’s attention. The post has now got over 67,000 likes and she has over 94.4k followers (at the time of print). Her trademark style of frank, honest and real depictions of typically taboo topics, such as feminism, sex and periods, sets Hazel apart from the rest. We caught up with her to find out more.