suicide scene
Artist statement
Brave new world is about a world where there are no morals. A world where you only do something if it makes you happy. A world where no one loves anyone. A world where it’s socially unacceptable to not have sex with different people every night. A world where love is frowned upon, and if you have feelings for someone, you’re looked down upon. In this society, there are only few who dare to disagree with the societies “normalities.” There is a reservation that is exactly the opposite of Brave New World. In the scene that I chose, John wakes up and he remembers everything that happened the night before. He sees the paper, and starts crying. THen it switches scenes to the arrivers showing up and calling out for the savage. Then they look over and realize that the lighthouse doors are open. They walk over to the door, and one of them pushes it open. They gasp at the sight, they see that John had hung himself.
I tried to use the choice of frame, moment, flow, and word as well as I could. I used a lot of the choice of frame, and graphic weight a lot and well. I used graphic w the newspaper with the previous nights orgy recount on it. I made it as dramatic as I could and I feel like it made it made it more relevant to the situation; it is relevant because the scene is supposed to be as dramatic as we can make it, and with the graphic weight it adds to the dramatic effect. I used choice of word in the panel where John is sobbing; I feel like it is supposed to be depressing, and saddening, and with this I feel like I got that expectation reached. I feel like I used choice of frame in this very well because I made sure that they all fit in with each other and they made the other panels looks good.
I learned a lot in this. I learned that if I push myself to the point where I know I can do quality work and get things done properly and on time that they will be worth the time and the perseverance. I learned that I'm actually an okay artist, and I learned how to collaborate with my partner. At the beginning of the project I was kind of fretting being partners with Riley, but after we talked and started working together it became a lot easier to get along with him and get stuff done and done well.
I tried to use the choice of frame, moment, flow, and word as well as I could. I used a lot of the choice of frame, and graphic weight a lot and well. I used graphic w the newspaper with the previous nights orgy recount on it. I made it as dramatic as I could and I feel like it made it made it more relevant to the situation; it is relevant because the scene is supposed to be as dramatic as we can make it, and with the graphic weight it adds to the dramatic effect. I used choice of word in the panel where John is sobbing; I feel like it is supposed to be depressing, and saddening, and with this I feel like I got that expectation reached. I feel like I used choice of frame in this very well because I made sure that they all fit in with each other and they made the other panels looks good.
I learned a lot in this. I learned that if I push myself to the point where I know I can do quality work and get things done properly and on time that they will be worth the time and the perseverance. I learned that I'm actually an okay artist, and I learned how to collaborate with my partner. At the beginning of the project I was kind of fretting being partners with Riley, but after we talked and started working together it became a lot easier to get along with him and get stuff done and done well.
self assessment:
The most challenging part of putting this graphic novel was probably trying to figure out how to draw the pictures, and how to portray all of the scenes in the right way. I struggled a lot with all of this because I didn’t know how to make the scenes have a accurate display of the right things, or how to display graphic weight, or anything along those lines. I struggled with making sure that I did it well enough the first time because I worked really hard on it, got tired of it, so kind of sloppily finished it; and I feel like I could have done a way better job if I had not done this. Overall this project was complicated, I don’t think there was one individual challenge; it was all challenging and it made you push yourself to try hard if you really wanted to do a good job.
I think I did a really good job on the suicide panel. I feel that I made it very dramatic, and it drew your attention onto the fact that not only was John tired of never being good enough, but he was tired of the fact that he had to live with that pain. I feel like with this panel I made good use of resemblance. I believe this because I made everything in the picture resemble something in the paragraph that went alone on the panel. I, as an artist, feel that I did the best that I could to get a good grade, and I did best on this panel because I made sure that I matched the picture to the paragraph, I made sure that I did the best that I was capable of.
I am very proud of my work during this project, I know that I struggled in some areas; but refinement helped me because I had to refine almost everything at least once, if not more. I learned a lot from this project; anywhere from how to draw facial expressions, to how to hide a message that no one would really expect within the art of a simple little drawing. At the beginning of the project, I just thought I was going to be drawing and copying some words onto a picture, but once I started the project I realized that it was actually really hard to get the right frame, and graphic weight for the right picture. Overall this was probably my favorite project in this class so far; it was challenging, confusing, and overall lots of fun.
I think I did a really good job on the suicide panel. I feel that I made it very dramatic, and it drew your attention onto the fact that not only was John tired of never being good enough, but he was tired of the fact that he had to live with that pain. I feel like with this panel I made good use of resemblance. I believe this because I made everything in the picture resemble something in the paragraph that went alone on the panel. I, as an artist, feel that I did the best that I could to get a good grade, and I did best on this panel because I made sure that I matched the picture to the paragraph, I made sure that I did the best that I was capable of.
I am very proud of my work during this project, I know that I struggled in some areas; but refinement helped me because I had to refine almost everything at least once, if not more. I learned a lot from this project; anywhere from how to draw facial expressions, to how to hide a message that no one would really expect within the art of a simple little drawing. At the beginning of the project, I just thought I was going to be drawing and copying some words onto a picture, but once I started the project I realized that it was actually really hard to get the right frame, and graphic weight for the right picture. Overall this was probably my favorite project in this class so far; it was challenging, confusing, and overall lots of fun.