Venom Manicure.
This scene is from Holes
Warden painting her nails with venom..
Gif Source: https://femfilm16.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/holes-diggin-up-villiainy/
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What is better than Harry Potter and Christmas?!?!?!
This is my attempt at recreating a scene from Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. With Christmas around the corner, I felt it was appropriate to refer to my favorite past time over Christmas break for this assignment. My family and I sit around the fire and rewatch all of the Harry Potter movies. Sorcerers Stone is the first movie, and … Continue reading What is better than Harry Potter and Christmas?!?!?! →
Read moreSketch 10: recreation
I know that it said to do a movie or tv show recreation, but I noticed Albrecht Durer’s Self-Portrait at the bottom and was immediately inspired to use my AP Art History knowledge on this project. After thinking for a moment, I realized it was a no brainer to do the Winged Victory (or Nike) […]
Read moreSpinning and Stitches
Spinning by Tillie Walden and Stitchesby David Small are a part of the newfound “graphic narrative” genre that Hilary Chute elaborates on in her introduction to Graphic Women. While each memoir uses the comic medium to their advantage in expressing the memory effects of traumatic events, the way each memoir uses the ability of a … Continue reading Spinning and Stitches →
Read moreComparing Stitches and Spinning
Tillie Walden and David Small, their graphic novels “Spinning” and “Stitches”, skillfully demonstrated their experience with trauma. While Small’s memoir shows the struggles of family relationships and health complications, Walden’s tells the story of her struggles with pretending to be someone she isn’t. Both authors slowly discover how to find their voice through different courses…
Read more“Materializing limited by Memory Gaps”
Comparing Stitches and Spinning: https://languagesofcomicswithmimi.wordpress.com/materializing-limited-by-memory-gaps/
Read moreUnrealistic Tale of Harsh Reality
As stated in Hillary Chute’s Women, Comics, and the Risks of Representation, “comic books are what novels used to be-an accessible, vernacular form with mass appeal.” Graphic novels illustrate a real-life story in various manners, either through their style or specific page design, in order to attract the reader and make the situations portrayed on… Continue reading Unrealistic Tale of Harsh Reality
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Read moreTraumatic, Courageous, Inspiring
Before comparing the stories of David Small and Tillie Walden, along with Hilary Chute’s, “Women, Comics, and the Risks of Representation,” I would like to first mention the emotional attachment I discovered for each of these graphic novels. There were certain aspects of David and Tillie’s lives, stated in their perspective novels, that I was … Continue reading Traumatic, Courageous, Inspiring →
Read moreTraumatic, Courageous, Inspiring
Before comparing the stories of David Small and Tillie Walden, along with Hilary Chute’s, “Women, Comics, and the Risks of Representation,” I would like to first mention the emotional attachment I discovered for each of these graphic novels. There were certain aspects of David and Tillie’s lives, stated in their perspective novels, that I was … Continue reading Traumatic, Courageous, Inspiring →
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