My comics
Not only do I work with animation, but I often find myself using a comic style format for smaller projects! Both of these comics were personal and school assignments
Starlight Audience
This comic was more on the experimental side, going through different compositions but still relating to the last panel. I wanted to tell the story of how stars are born: it's a really beautiful occasion according to science. The first frame is the nursery for stars and the group of people are spectating (this can be the universe and/or scientists waiting for the occasion)….waiting for the star to be born. The third frame is colors directly from this event! The body is the star itself and the hair is the gas and gravity surrounding the stars. The second figure is another star, a red star like our sun and is a companion plus a guide for the new star into the universe.
Cycle
One of my most personal and headstrong piece. This comic tells the tale of a mother and daughter, but due to the unique style and format, it's hard to tell who the mother is and who the daughter is. Trick question: they're both mothers and daughters. A mother was a daughter once and a daughter will become a mother.
How impactful and emotional it is to hear stories of how close daughters were to their fathers, only to grow up and realize the truth of being a woman. How daughters would have to help their mothers while their fathers and brothers did none of the household chores, this raises all women in believing it is their responsibility when a household chore should hold all family members.
Each panel takes into consideration the millions of stories women share on the internet. The colors in the comic also carry symbolism. The yellow represents childhood and innocence, the pink represents ‘femininity’ and the blue represents ‘masculinity’. The child starts out as yellow, embodying innocence but gradually turns ‘pink’ to represent the shift into womanhood. Then, the colors slowly turn the figure into her ‘mother’, as she looks into the mirror and sees her mother’s reflection. This cycle continues with everyone else, as the patriarchy not only harms women, but men as well.