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Putting it all Together: Benjamin Apostol

In my final comic, I wanted to incorporate all of the different skills and techniques I used in my former comics, as well as the same style of art. My comic follows a knight character through a short journey to … Continue reading

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Weekly Blog: Show and Tell: Ben Apostol

The way I chose to incorporate interdependent word picture combinations is with the split panels and the different kinds of text that I used in each. The first thought bubble is of plain text and is surrounded by plain color. … Continue reading

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Weekly Blog: Living in Line: Ben Apostol

My comic that is representative of the lessons learned in “Living in Line” was inspired by some of the descriptions given within the chapter. Since I needed to incorporate emotion into my comic, I wanted to give a whole spectrum … Continue reading

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Graphic Novel Review: Benjamin Apostol

The comic that I chose to review over the course of the semester was “Superman Adventures vol 1” by Scott McCloud. In this series, the comics follow a collection of adventures by the known comic book hero Superman, as he … Continue reading

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Northwest Alternative Comics: Ben Apostol

The comic that I chose to take a look at analyzing closure and time frames was a piece by David Lasky. This one in particular stood out to me because of the free form style the art takes on in … Continue reading

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Closure and Time Frames: Ben Apostol

The graphic novel that I have been taking a look at is one of Scott McClouds Superman adventure books “A Big Problem”. Scott McCloud had released many Superman graphic novels that are similar in design and have the same comic … Continue reading

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Final Digital Comic Collage: Ben Apostol

The first thing that I did when preparing for this assignment was to make sure that all of the items that I was going to scan had some sort of theme or meaning to me. In doing this, I ended … Continue reading

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Physical to Virtual: Ben Apostol

For my Physical to Virtual project, the first couple of things that I scanned were graphic tee shirts. Both items contain text and logos, and are going to be used throughout my project to represent me. Another item I scanned … Continue reading

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Print Versus Digital Comic: Ben Apostol

Creating a printed comic, which was our first project was a very easy assignment because of the freedom of expression and how easy it is to draw a simple comic. Making a small four slide comic about myself was both … Continue reading

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