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The LA Artist Behind The Viral #StopAsianHate Portraits Wishes He Never Needed To Draw Another One
Start your day with LAist Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. Jonathan Chang has drawn enough portraits of Asians attacked during the pandemic that he has a whole system down. As soon as he decides to spotlight a case, he fires up Photoshop and studies the image of the victim used in news reports. Within a half hour or so, he’s able to upload a finished portrait to Twitter or Instagram, in hopes the subject’s name and story will be widely shared. Some of the portraits are of people who survived their injuries. Those who didn’t are outlined in white. “’It’s kind of like a halo,” said Chang,…