The Secret Language of Comics

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This True Story was actually a lot of fun to make. I recalled a walk I went on with my friends last Friday. The first picture, also the smallest, shows the group of us entering Lullwater. We all met at the top and began walking. We walked until we saw a big, abandoned structure (picture two). One of our friends – Nick – made the impulsive decision to climb the structure. In reality, the structure is at least 20 feet in the air and was just not a smart thing to do. After, he was scared about getting down seen in the fourth picture. He was stuck for a minute. Eventually, after that climactic event, we began walking back and found a large, unsteady bridge which we walked across. All in all, it was a fun time.

Creating the comic itself was a fun process as I the paper was too small at the beginning to accurately draw what I wanted. However, at the end, the paper was too big so it was hard to fill in the spaces.

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This True Story was actually a lot of fun to make. I recalled a walk I went on with my friends last Friday. The first picture, also the smallest, shows the group of us entering Lullwater. We all met at the top and began walking. We walked until we saw a big, abandoned structure (picture two). One of our friends – Nick – made the impulsive decision to climb the structure. In reality, the structure is at least 20 feet in the air and was just not a smart thing to do. After, he was scared about getting down seen in the fourth picture. He was stuck for a minute. Eventually, after that climactic event, we began walking back and found a large, unsteady bridge which we walked across. All in all, it was a fun time.

Creating the comic itself was a fun process as I the paper was too small at the beginning to accurately draw what I wanted. However, at the end, the paper was too big so it was hard to fill in the spaces.

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What is the difference between being happy and being content? Although basically synonyms, I viewed the two differently to conduct this study on myself. Happiness is the state where I feel worry-less. If I have a lot of work to do, I have more trouble staying happy in the moment. I might stress and act nervous before completing an assignment. Once the assignment is complete, I can lay back and, again, feel happy. During this waver of happiness, however, I remained content. Content in this situation means that I am confident in myself, my future, and that I am proud of the way I am acting. Would younger me be proud? Is older me going to look back with regret?

I noticed in my data that although I am likely happy when values for productivity and organization are lower. However, when I have a productive and punctual day, I usually have more faith in myself and my future. At that point, deciding between happiness in the moment or finding content in having faith for the future. Happiness or a future doe not have to be sacrificed all the time, but short term sacrifices to arise, and it is importance to have a wide perspective and set priorities. This is the conclusion I came to after this data: there is a balance between being happiness and content, and it is okay to sacrifice one for short periods of time. Knowing when you will find happiness again after being content for a while is important.

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I chose to do my quadriptych on my experience pledging a business fraternity. The process is labor intensive, but teaches skills that will be useful when pursuing my career in the future. During the process, it was easy to hope for the end and focus on the dreadful aspects. However, now that it’s over, it is easier to see the effect it had on my entire class and myself. I also had the opportunity to become closer with individuals at Emory I would not have met otherwise. The four-panel style of the quadriptych allows the characters in the comic to show enough thoughts and emotions to portray the situation.

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On the corner next to my elementary school in New York City, there was a small ramen shop called, “Meijin Ramen”. After school, I would go with my friends and our mothers or babysitters to Meijin for a snack before going to play in the park. These memories are a staple when I remember my time in elementary school. In college, my friends and I often are hungry and resort to whatever restaurants are available on Door Dash or Ubereats. Whenever we coincidentally order ramen, I recollect on my nine year old self running on the sidewalk in excitement. I wanted to create my combophoto on this topic because it brings to life a memory I had never considered as special until recently.

The choice of putting a sunflower on top of a motorcyclist was obviously a random decision, but I promise, there is a reason. In the 80’s my dad had this same exact motorcycle. As a kid, I heard a lot of stories about my dad’s endeavors involving his different car treks. My favorite story of his was when he drove through the Copal House farm’s sunflower fields. For some reason, the story stuck and this was the immediate idea that popped into my head. Overall, it was fun to tinker around with photoshop and create this combo image.

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For Sunday Sketch eight, I tracked five different, random categories from my everyday life. I tracked how happy I was with my previous night’s sleep, the happiness I felt towards my lunch, how satisfied I was with my lift, how satisfied I was with my social life in that day, and, lastly, how I feel mentally during the day. The graph shows some cool trends, when I sleep and eat well, my lift is better. Likewise, when I don’t have the best social interactions, my mental health decreases. This was the reason I chose what I did: I wanted to track things that were somewhat related, but very different at the same time.

The most evident trend is the correlation between sleep and my lift. I tend to workout in the morning, so, if I am not well rested, the lift will see the repercussions. Although this is a somewhat obvious relationship, I didn’t actually comprehend it until I saw it visually on the graph. Another evident relationship is between my lunch and how I feel mentally. This is less obvious to me as I didn’t think that my lunch had that much correlation on my mental state. That being said, there is a pretty clear relationship between the two. The outlier here is day 7(April 2). April 2 was a Friday which explains several things. First, it shows the lack of lunch. I have no class on Friday so I was able to sleep in late… very late. I missed lunch that day, but my mental health was still great. This is definitely related to the great sleep I had – seen on the graph – and the average satisfaction with my social life. Because I was asleep most of the day, I didn’t have the opportunity to hang out with my friends as much or participate in classes as I had none.

In conclusion, I learned how many factors in my everyday life are correlated. Although some were more obvious, it was not evident until I was able to see it visually.

I decided to recreate the Life of Pi scene with some toys around room. I’ve always had a fondness for little toys and knickknacks so it was fun setting them up for this. I also had a similar assignment about a year ago which I decided to share just for fun. It was fun working with my lovely model Allie and if I was back home I’m sure she would of…”volunteered” for this assignment as well.

For this week’s sunday sketch I decided to do this scene in Pulp Fiction where they talk about how gourmet their coffee is. I put a suit and framed it so that I could recreate Vincent Vega in the scene. I used a mug I got from a Emory giveaway and a suit that I brought here to recreate the character. Unfortunately, I couldn’t recreate. the mullet.