Author: Alex

One of the biggest challenges with the Halfa Kucha was the strict time limit. I was proud of the depth in arguments and I spent a lot of time developing and refining my thesis, reworking it multiple times until it felt solid. However, when it came time to present, I realized I didn’t have enough […]

Playlist: Tracks Named After People I’ve always been fascinated by music’s ability to tell stories, and this mix is my way of exploring one particular type: songs named after people. There’s something captivating about how a name can carry so much weight, layered with meaning and backstories. Some of these songs are rooted in real […]

Memento is one of my favorite movies, and the shot of Guy Pierce holding up the photograph at the beginning has always stuck with me. The angle is so creative, it draws your attention straight to the photo and then to his face in the background. It’s such a simple but powerful way to show how […]

I often have a tendency to overwrite, which was evident in the first draft of my literacy narrative. After our meeting, I made prompt revisions to my original draft (which is why there aren’t many edits visible in the final version) before starting the comic. During the comic creation process, it was interesting to consider […]

General Observations Based on the patterns observed: Artists and Bands I mostly listen to: Aside from house music (a genre of EDM) artists, most of these musicians have songs with lyrics. When I say I listen to songs without lyrics, I mean I enjoy instrumental versions of songs that originally have lyrics. For example, I […]

My comic plays on the double meaning of a “black diamond” run. Most people recognize the black diamond as a symbol of a difficult ski slope, but in my comic, it’s a literal black diamond at the end of the run! I spent a lot of time developing both the idea and the artwork, and […]

I found this project very enjoyable. As someone who appreciates and finds comfort in art, I find this project closely compatible with my interests. I believe my narrative adapts remarkably to a comic style, and illustrating my story gave me a new way to express emotions in the narrative. Combining pictures and words helped me […]

When I started this analysis, I chose the panels from Stitches and Spinning because they stood out visually, not necessarily because I saw an immediate connection between them. I was drawn to the powerful imagery in each and the discussions we had about these pages in class. It wasn’t until I began to closely examine […]

David Small’s Stitches and Tillie Walden’s Spinning use the visual aspect of comics solely in these selected pages without relying on words to convey the emotional weight of these moments in time through angles and frame composition in each panel. On page 22 of Stitches, David is shown in the second panel at a high […]