Literacy Comic Reflection
Once the visual component of my literacy narrative was added, I had a clearer direction for my storyline. I’m definitely going to go back and rewrite or at least revisit my literacy narrative, because the visual helped narrow in on the direction and message I wanted to focus on.
When deciding what to draw in each frame, I focused on either the setting of the scene (i.e. the library) or a line that I could create visually (i.e. “follow in her footsteps”). I realized after creating the comic that I don’t prefer alphanumeric writing because I find it harder to organize my thoughts and find the words that express what I’m trying to convey to the reader. I noticed that none of my frames have people actually talking to one another, and I think that’s because I’m not the best at drawing people. Also, the story is written in the past tense so adding conversations would be switching to present tense, which could be confusing for both me to create and for the reader to read.
One aspect of my comic I tried to portray was how the lamp was bright when my mom was healthy, and then everything went dark after she was gone. I didn’t use words to express that and left it up to the reader to figure out. I also used less detail as the story went on to symbolize the emptiness in my life without my mom’s presence. I took up both of the last two frames for dramatic effect and to try and represent a moment with a greater and significant impact.