The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
I think in flow charts. For most of my classes, this makes note-taking simple. The events and discoveries flow together, each prompting the other in a line of cause-and-effect. For Chemistry, however, I often find myself hitting a wall. The material becomes convoluted, too mathematical to fit in my note-taking comfort zone, yet too theoretical…Continue reading »
Read moreThis visual note is created based on my reflection on Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which is a book I’ve been reading for my Comparative Literature class. The class focuses on the ecological movement and the animal rights movement in the contemporary world. I chose this particular class, because it contains some fascinating arguments related to philosophy, […]
Read moreCreating visual notes for my biology class allowed me to fully understand the material we were covering in the lesson. I simply started with the title and surrounded it with a rectangle. I separated my page since I was contrasting the different Galapagos Finches from before and after a drought. I found it useful to … Continue reading Galapagos Finches Visual Notes →
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For your sketch assignment this week, I want you to create a set of visual notes for one day in one class (other than this one) that you are currently enrolled in. You do not need to take your visual notes in real time; in fact, I recommend that you don’t. I recommend that you go to your classes and take notes in whatever manner you normally do, then after class go through your notes and recreate them as visual notes.
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