Trinity Bonner is The Collegian‘s illustration editor for the fall 2022 semester. Starting in 2021 and doing previous illustrative work in high school, she has found illustrations to be a crucial part of the newspaper and everyday life overall.

Bonner sees illustrations as a way to enhance the way we receive media. She sees engagement on a visual level to be such a powerful thing, as it expands and activates one’s imagination, which she views as a vital aspect of being alive.

Growing up in Aurora, Colorado, she began in illustration as a webcomic artist in early high school. Bonner truly loves using her artwork as a means to engage and entertain viewers. To her, comic illustrations are a spectacular way of spreading happiness and joy in a world that desperately needs it. Whether that be a chuckle or a scoff, Bonner sees these little moments of delight as a reminder that joy is a universal constant and an essential part of our being.

Bonner is a junior studying graphic design and religious philosophy. She plans to continue to create comics and illustrations and hopes to soon develop in animation as another method of creation. Outside of illustrations, she finds joy in playing the guitalele and electric guitar. Most of the beauty she sees in life comes from the human ability to create through a vast amount of mediums.