Welcome to HCA x Safer Streets.
This is a project that we are really proud to share with you.
As part of a brief to make areas of the city safer, and prevent crime in two of the city’s major underpasses, HCA was commissioned to produce two huge murals to change how the public saw spaces. We reached out to some of our incredibly-talented recent ex-students from Hereford College of Arts’ Illustration, and Illustration & Animation degree programmes to help us out.
The work they sent us was a playful, joyful, colourful collage of things they loved and felt about the city. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
All the artists are professional illustrators and you can view more of their work through the links below.
Want to see your own work on a big wall one day? Find out more about becoming an illustrator – or a graphic designer or doing something else in the creative industries – at one of our Open Days. Hereford College of Arts runs 11 creative degrees and six college-level courses across two campuses right here in Hereford.

@christyjohnsonart
Christy Johnson
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2019. Now working as a professional Illustrator based in Worcester.

@stillnotoriginal
Amalia Goga
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2022, now working as a professional freelance illustrator based in Hereford.

@maxlowillustration
Max Low
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration & Animation in 2017. Now working as a professional illustrator, teacher and children’s book writer.

@lydhand
Lydia Hand
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2020. Now working as a professional illustrator based in Herefordshire.

@hannah.lou.illustration
Hannah Lou Jones
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2022. Now working as a graduate ambassador and illustrator.

@firbetmakes
Bethany Bronwyn Curtis
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2019. Now working as a professional freelance illustrator.

@teeillustration
Tina Pearce
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2017. Now working as a professional freelance illustrator based in Shropshire.

@nellillustration
Nell Anderson
Graduated from Hereford College of Arts, BA Illustration in 2022. Now working as a freelance illustrator based in Hereford.