Graphic Novel Extra Credit

            I wrote the short graphic novel The Path as a sort of journey for someone who feels alone. It shows a man gradually becoming distant and alone then eventually becoming stone even though people are there for him. He is being pushed along by this “crown” that increases his mental state and transforms him into a troll like creature. I love stories that are mystical and have a deeper meaning than what they truly show. I love stories that are weird and interesting. The graphic novels that I pulled from for this piece were American Born Chinese’s supernatural and play with nature and Fun Home’s artistic style mixed with some of the works of Jeff Lemire.

            I really love art. Most of my projects these days are sculptures of dinosaurs or movie characters. The change to actual drawing was hard, but I really feel like I pulled it off. The layout of this piece is sort of erratic. I wanted to create a few centers of attention. Those centers being the faces on both the second and third pages taking up most of the pages themselves. I switched between artistic styles throughout. Closer up you are to the objects, the more detailed they look. I love to follow that’s style closely since it makes the drawing process much quicker.

            The writing process took some time. I wasn’t completely sure how I wanted to go with it. I just started drawing and hoped that the story would flow along with it. I’m hoping that the story makes sense. I really enjoyed this course more than any other course this semester. It was on a topic I have so much respect for. Getting to write a short story like this was a dream that I never pursued. I really look forward to checking out other student work.