Author Archives: Dahlia Xie

The main inspiration for my web comic was the gif on Eroyn Franklin’s website. I was intrigued by the use of GIFs as a way to portray a comic. During the brainstorming process, I was mainly determined to create a … Continue reading →

For my final poster comic, I originally planned to make a stereotypical multi-paneled comic but I ended up scrapping that idea. After reading the requirements for this comic, I spent a long time brainstorming ideas for how I’d convey time … Continue reading →

For this blog post, we got to visit the WSU Art Museum Collection Study Center in the Fine Arts Building. I had never gone inside the Fine Arts Building before and visiting the Art Museum Collection Study Center was a … Continue reading →

This comic shows a woman standing in front of a doorway with what looks like a half-monster half-man staring at her. I mainly focused on the left page but I thought it was interesting to see another monster looking at … Continue reading →

  The graphic novel that I decided to pick was a Japanese manga called Nana. The main reason I chose it was because the author was a big fan of the jewelry designer, Vivienne Westwood, (whom I am also a … Continue reading →

The layout of this page of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics is an effective design specifically in shape, value, and size. My initial impression of the page is that is very balanced, especially in terms of the icon placements. The locations of … Continue reading →

When the hand-drawn comic was initially assigned, I was very excited to start the project. It quickly became apparent to me that the comic was so open-ended and I began to feel stressed. I didn’t really know the definition of … Continue reading →