A UK artist has transformed a piece of racist graffiti that appeared on a fence in his town, giving it a more positive message.
Chris Walker, a Walthamstow-born digital designer, digital art-worker and multi-disciplinaryillustrator who tweets at @doodlebank, shared his work online, writing:
The vandalism in Walthamstow, north London, read "we speak English" and was one of a string of racist graffiti that had appeared in the area.
Taking to Photoshop to make the changes, Chris Walker edited a photo of the site so the text read "we speak", before adding a further 11 languages to reflect the multicultural area.
He let people know that the adjustment to the graffiti was made on his laptop — and not on the wall itself. “I’ve had a few grumbles from those who didn’t realise it was a photoshop job. I had a lot of requests for all the languages I’ve missed out! Also, apologies for the misspelling of ‘Punjabi’, but you can blame the Waltham Forest website for that as it was a cut and paste from that site.
"I can't please everyone, so I had a lot of requests for all the languages I've missed out!"
Social media users congratulated Walker on his design, saying they preferred his positve take on the orignial.
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