Narrative 1

INTRODUCTION

The focus of this unit in all of my classes was to create a story without literal dialogue and illustrating through our artwork. Whether that be my narrative film project, or my T-shirt art in Digital Media, to my written narrative in English, all of my projects surrounded this topic. I valued so much from the Visual Narrative Project in all of my classes because they have taught me that in order to make a really interesting story, you have to make sure that you can understand the story without dialogue or someone telling you what it means. From this lesson, I have improved as a storyteller and digital artist and I cannot wait to start the next semester!

STORY

Visual Narrative Story

ILLUSTRATION

Light Cover – The Title for my Geometric Light Cover is Hopping Through Life. I chose this as my title because rabbits tend to seem really carefree and look really excited to be a part of life. I find this very inspiring because life can really get you down. However, with a positive attitude, life is so much fun and beautiful. The message I am trying to convey through my Geometric Light Cover is to see the beauty of the world and cherish each moment you have. Another symbol that the rabbit possesses is longevity. Now, I find this is very ironic because rabbits are only supposed to live for one to two years in the wild, while humans tend to live for around eighty to ninety years. This only proves the point of cherishing what you have and living every moment to the fullest. We all have so much time on this earth, but it goes by way to fast for any of us realize that we haven’t done everything we wanted to achieve. Longevity has its pros and cons. The pros would be pretty obvious: living a long life and having plenty of time. The cons would be something you might not have thought of: we waste the time we have because we think we have plenty of it. I valued quite a lot from this project when creating the Geometric Light Cover. I think it really taught me a lot about Adobe Illustrator and how to use most of the tools that are provided. I now use Adobe Illustrator quite often to work on other projects and have found it easier and easier to use with the practice I had from this project. I also appreciate how it made me think about the logistics when making the Geometric Light Cover. The laser printer could only print out the design in a certain way, so the challenge was to make it without messing up the design. I really enjoyed this project and hope that there are many more in the future that would be just as fun!

T-Shirt Art
Behind the Scenes

T-shirt – The title that I have created for my Illustrator Project is “Euphony.” I thought that this was a creative title related to the art I created because the word, euphony, means the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words. Since my shirt illustrates all of my favorite bands using one of their album covers, the word euphony describes how the different bands that I listen too are unique, yet they all sound beautiful. Although some people might look at my creation as a mess, I think it is really cool because I took the time to draw pieces of my life. Music is really important to me and it has gotten me through tough times. Some of the artists that I have named on the back are artists that I feel like I have a connection to, but I have never met. That is how powerful music is and can be. I love the messiness and the imperfections in this piece because I’m not an artist and I don’t need validation from others to think something looks cool. I have learned the same thing when it comes to sharing my music. I don’t typically like to share my music taste with people around me. I have always been scared to show my music to anyone because I think that I’ll be judged, but this past year, I have learned to not really care what others think because I know this is good music. I’ve also learned that when people learn to enjoy my music, it changes my confidence level and my overall mood. Music can really bring people together and connect people, and that is a beautiful thing. Overall, I feel like, at this point in life, I just don’t care what other people think anymore, to an appropriate extent. I used to care so much about others’ opinions on me, but now I see that it is nothing to worry about and I should just live my life the way I want to. Honestly, this project helped me realize that, and I am truly thankful.

FILM

Suspense Scene
Griffith Scene