The Secret Language of Comics

The Balloon

Making my triptych comic was challenging in a couple of ways. With only three slides to convey my story I had to be selective with what I did with each slide. I wanted to show the complete story of someone being happy, unhappy, and then happy again. I decided therefore that each slide should show […]

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Young Love

For this assignment, something that I wanted to run with was the “beginning, middle, end” theme. When I first thought of this, the song “beginning, middle, end” came to mind. This song is about love, which then inspired me for this sketch assignment. I was also watching the movie “Up” too, which made me think […]

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Nature’s Boost

Nature’s Boost The inspiration for this triptych came from my love of running and a common observation among runners (including myself) that our times seem better when running in nature than on a treadmill or track. I wanted to create a comedic commentary on this idea. The triptych punchline highlights the humorous side of crediting […]

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Combophoto

Sunday Sketch 4 For this Sunday Sketch, the image above was what I had originally made. I wanted to use images that my mother has taken and posted on her Flickr, so I had looked through her photostream trying to find anything interesting and that could line up. I eventually ended up with this image, […]

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