Dancing and pride are so connected for me | What inspired this Skittles Pride pack?

Maia Boakye is a Canadian illustrator and is one of the LGBTI artists that Skittles have worked with this year to create the 2019 Skittles Pride Packs.

Skittles have released four new packs designed by four LGBTI artists, each with a story behind them and each in celebration of Pride. 

Boakye used the six colors of the Pride flag to create a tangling gathering of people dancing.

‘Dance is so special and connected to Pride especially here in Toronto,’ they said.

‘When I moved back I realized I needed to get better, it made me want to push myself to dance and push myself to get better. So my pack was designed on the togetherness of dance. When you don’t know what you’re doing.’

Their design conveys the carefree atmosphere of Pride when one can be unapologetically themselves.

‘It made me feel good about being me,’ they said of the first Pride they’ve ever attended.

‘I was in Vancouver with a friend, we went to a bunch of events in the city went to the beach, went to see the parade. We just walked around and saw the city. One of those weeks where we tried to push ourselves to do as much as we could.’

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