Category: Student Posts

LITERACY NARRATIVE COMIC FEEDBACK

When I read the feedback sheets and had a conversation with my group, I realized that my comic was too short and I need to make it a little longer, maybe add one more page. Another thing that I noticed was that I did not change the focus at all. Also, I thought that my Literacy narrative comic lacked details, however, my groupmates mentioned that it was well detailed. Additionally, they said that even though the comic is short, it is clear, almost complete, and with good details. Plus, they suggested making it colored. Overall, in my opinion, if I change angles and distance, add at least one page, and maybe add some colors it will be complete.page-0

Tell Me a True Story

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This comic is based on an interaction I had with someone during spring break. It seems really simple but it really stuck out to me because it was such a bizarre interaction. A random man asked for a dollar at a gas station, so naturally I just assumed I wasn’t getting it back regardless of what he said. But to my surprise, he came back with it and returned it with a friendly “thanks”. I have no clue what he needed it for and I’m still confused by the interaction. Since it was such a simple interaction, I decided to draw in a minimal style, because I feel like it made the most sense. It’s different than how I usually draw but I enjoyed it because it seems more bland for comedy.

Class Sketch (March 22)

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After analyzing the images in the site, I realized what makes them art is the fact that they capture casual moments in intimate friendships, and a glimpse of the crazy juvenile life I think it is a fun approach to the topic. However, in my honest and probably controversial opinion, I think that calling it art could be overrating its value; the fact the images are taken in very poor equipment on purpose somehow appears to give it some artistic value, but objectively analyzing this, I have come to perceive it is art just because it is the lens we are analyzing it through. In the bottom line, I really enjoyed the images, they remind me of great moments of my high school life!

Based on a true story

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My true story is an interesting one because it revolves around an experience that

an actual friend went through. It all revolved around him ignoring the red flags that

love made him ignore. It’s a funny story and it tries to show that someone like

Ury, my friend, shouldn’t change himself for other girls and should stay true.

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It was an interesting exercise writing a story like this. the way I picked my story was just thinking about everything the happened over break and deciding on a story that stuck out to me. For some reason this story did. It was hard though to create the comics in a way that would get the story across. I tried to use words and pictures together in a equal manor to do this. I think my story is closer to Spiegalmans approach to telling true stories as I relied on pictures mainly to convey whats going on.

Sketch 7: Tell a True Story

I had difficulty thinking of what do to this sketch on. When I realized that most of the time people’s best work comes from a situation that they feel strongly about. While I don’t know if this story is necessarily super engaging for the reader, I feel fairly strongly about it, and I think the reader would most likely have had at least a somewhat similar experience. It’s really about picking your battles. Deciding if you can or even should try to change someone’s mind. I first attempted to draw this, but then realized that a digital format would be much cleaner and easier. The more I look at it, I think it looks like a meme. This brings me to wonder if a meme can count as some sort of comic?

The image with the “March for Our Lives” comes from the March for Our Lives website.

The image with the devil and angel comes from the Simpsons.

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In this sketch, I wasn’t sure what to draw for the comic. Naturally, I do not talk to stranger because of my habit. I generally found it uncomfortable. Although I did try to find a moment to initiate random conversation, it was avoided since they were already talking or sudden events happened. I did manage to communicate with one stranger throughout my break, but that was only when I saw airport worker waving to me from outside the plane. I could have turned that into a comic, but I believed it lacked conversation and reason to turn it into a comic. Only thing I was able to do is make a comic about my experience during the spring break.

Tell a True Story – Sunday Sketch 7

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The hardest part of this assignment for me was deciding on a story to turn into a comic – I had some fun experiences over spring break, but nothing really seemed worth of turning into a comic! I still don’t know if its the ‘right’ story, but it is true, and I find it entertaining. I found it quite easy to turn this story into a comic once I had come up with the idea. I had already had a lot of practice from my Literacy Narrative comic, and so I followed the same process for this one, where I drafted it online, where its easy to edit, and then printed out the boxes and drew in the illustrations. On the spectrum of truth, I think this comic falls closer to Spiegelman. The layout is more traditional in terms of comics, and there isn’t much personal bias. I think it is a story that lots of people can relate to, and the simple illustrations mean that it is easy for readers to imagine themselves in my place.

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Sunday Sketch: True Story

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So… I had an uneventful spring break. Which meant that my content for this post was limited to me making fun of myself and my study habits. So this comic is based on the entirely true fact that I tend to browse foreign real estate and listen to bad music when I’m supposed to be focusing on other things.

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