The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing

Right from the early ages, I took to reading books. My mother deserves due credit for being the one to read my holy scriptures at night to… Read more “Updated Literacy Narrative (Alphabetic/Textual)”

This assignment was easier to do than I thought it would be. the hard part was really figuring out what stood out to me well enough to… Read more “A Reflection on Climate Change(d)”

One of the favorite desserts to make is strawberry panna cotta. Strawberry panna cottas only have six ingredients, but each one is crucial to the dish and cannot be missed, just like my ingredients to completing this class. First of all, strawberries- without them, the panna cotta would look bland and without much flavor. I…

Writing consists of many steps and stages just like how a strawberry milkshake consists of many ingredients in order for it to be good. My sketch shows the different components of my writing process in the form of a milkshake because writing cannot be good with just one aspect. I have to blend and mix […]

From the projects to the Sunday sketches and the intriguing class discussions, this course embodies the meaning of creativity. As shown in the illustration above, I have represented each of the four main topics of the major assignments. Three out of the four assignments are based on graphic comics/narratives we read for this class. I … Continue reading The End is Near, but the Journey has just Begun. →

This last sketch assignment aims at illustrating the work that I’ve completed in class over the course of the semester, and breaking down the course and its… Read more “At the ‘Heart’ of the Course…”

This assignment allowed me to see a story that Squarzoni was trying to tell within the larger story of Climate Changed. It showcased a kind of bleak outlook of the future, but not completely outside of the realm of possibility. In the close reading of the book, Squarzoni pessimistically ends the book on a slightly sour note, […]

As a whole, the literacy narrative project allowed me to meet and improve on all of the learning outcomes outlined for this class. First, I was required to recreate the same story in multiple mediums; taking written text and turning it into a graphic narrative. In this process, I had to take feedback from my […]

As a whole, the literacy narrative project allowed me to meet and improve on all of the learning outcomes outlined for this class. First, I was required to recreate the same story in multiple mediums; taking written text and turning it into a graphic narrative. In this process, I had to take feedback from my […]