Maddie – Page 2 – The Secret Language of Comics

Fault Lines

I chose to combine a road and a zipper for my project because I was trying to get at the fragility of the Earth and some of the environmental impacts humans have. I attempted to show that once the Earth is unzipped (industrialized, urbanized), it is difficult to put back together and restore to its natural being. The road represents humans unzipping the natural planet. I did not face many challenges with this project, although I did have to edit the road’s shadows and color to get it to match with the zipper more. I haven’t had experience editing, so it was a bit challenging, although I feel I could match the zipper pretty well.

QTM 100 Sketch Notes

To do this project, I used my written notes from QTM 100 and differentiated different types of studies and wrote details about them. I made sure to include drawings and colors to help myself memorize, and I bolded important words. Doing this assignment really helped me more than I thought it would. I know I’m a visual learner, so it makes sense that I felt like I could grasp the content more, but I didn’t realize how much of an impact it would make. I was looking back on the notes after doing the assignment and I really had everything memorized, despite not taking type to specifically memorize the notes. It also helps me that I used little drawings for things because I was able to memorize the drawings on my path to memorizing the notes. I think now, I realize that I’m someone who needs to be doing visual notes in conjunction with written notes because it drives home the concepts. I also don’t own an iPad and had to borrow my friends’, and this assignment made me want to buy one. This was a very enjoyable assignment and taught me a lot about myself as a learner. https://engrd101f25.davidmorgen.org/sketches/sketch-3-visual-note-taking/

“Chasing Rainbows, Chasing Perfection” Reflection

My essay was about how an experience where I was praised in kindergarten for extra effort and that shaped my perfectionism. I talked about how I struggle to submit writing that isn’t up to my high standard, as shown in my essay sentence ‘“Done is better than perfect” is my family’s motto, but no matter how many times I’ve heard it, I’ve never been able to live by it’. This sentence is the most interesting because it is both my hook and a summary of the ideas in my essay. I enjoyed writing this essay and it helped me realize a lot about my habits as a writer. I realize that one moment had a larger impact on my writing journey than I previously thought. I also learned about what processes help me to write productively, specifically an outline. We were told to do prewriting assignments and they were incredibly helpful. I enjoyed have an outline for my essay because I often write without one and I sometimes struggle to start. Having the list of details from the event itself allowed me to write a more detailed recollection of the event, which I think is more interesting for the reader. Overall, this was an eye-opening assignment for me. Chasing Rainbows, Chasing Perfection

Blinged-Out Driver

My Sunday sketch is of a car with a gold steering wheel cover, but the cover is actually one of my bracelets I wear everyday. When I sit down to complete all of my homework for the week, I always take of my gold bracelets so they aren’t too noisy when I’m typing. I had just taken them off and I was thinking of what to do for my assignment. I decided to do my sketch with them because many everyday items have a circular shape and I thought I would have more options of things to sketch given their circular shape. I incorporated elements of my hometown in the Avatar assignment and I wanted to do the same here, and as I kept thinking I thought of doing a sketch of my car. The car depicted is the car I drove all throughout high school and I used a picture from my camera roll to model it as closely as possible. The interior of the car was relatively simple to sketch, except one thing I struggled with was figuring how much detail to go into. I didn’t know if I should make a whole landscape scene out the windshield or add multiple areas of shading on the seats. I ended up deciding to go with a more simple design because I felt that it made the steering wheel cover stand out more, and that’s how my Sunday sketch was made.

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