The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
Contents: Backpack Calculator Pencil poach mac laptop organizer Expo markers English notebook lab manual chem notebook philosophy notebook Extra gum- I often forget to eat between classes, and gum calms my hunger for a bit! It’s an essential! Pace book English folder chem folder health book All of my items that I carry around with […]
Read moreWhen I first started thinking about this sketch, the hardest thing for me was to come up with an idea. It was hard to come up with a narrative that told a story through three panels only. However, I knew that I wanted my triptych to be something that represented me, so I decided to […]
Read moreTo be honest, I went into this book talk not knowing anything about film or media. I wasn’t even sure if this would be interesting to me. However, I found myself entertained about the history of media and war. I never thought about all of the viewpoints she was discussing when watching war movies or […]
Read moreAfter doing this assignment I was able uncover many aspects of Maus that I had missed before. The tracings really helped me understand what Speigelman was thinking while he was drawing the panels. The tracings helped me understand why he drew some characters and objects the way he did. Before, I thought he was just drawing characters […]
Read moreThis is a page from “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson. In this sketch, I created my own work by editing Stevenson’s work. My sketch portrays a person who is victimized by a sexual assaulter, and is going through this constant fear and abuse. This was my attempt to produce a work like the artist Tom […]
Read moreThe Yours in Sisterhood documentary was very eye-opening and shocking. Living in the 21st century, you would not expect women going through so many obstacles and discriminations. This documentary opened my eyes on all the ongoing sexist problems in our country. I used to be a little skeptical of modern day feminist movements and marches […]
Read moreSunday Sketches was very interesting and amusing to me. When I first looked at Christoph Riemann’s worked, I was awed. He was able to use simple, everyday objects and make them into cool sketches. At first I was a little scared. I thought to myself, “There is no way I can make something so cool […]
Read moreI decided to do my visual note taking on chemistry. Throughout these last three weeks, we have learned so many new formulas for chemistry that it has become confusing on which equations go with which chemistry topics. That is why I decided to sketch all of the equations I have learned so far in chemistry. […]
Read moreLiteracy Narrative 1: “Why I love to read, but hate to write” When I first started writing this narrative, I had no idea where to start, what to include, and how to format it. I thought about my experiences with reading and experiences with writing. I thought about what I enjoyed and what I did […]
Read moreHello, my name is Yagni Patel, and I am in Professor David Morgen’s English 101 class. Visual writing is out of my comfort zone which is why I am really excited about taking this class. Alongside this post I have attached an avatar that is meant to depict me and my personality. My […]
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