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Putting It All Together: Jasper Contreras

Compared to my last two weekly comics, this is something completely different. Where I was basically just talking about my rediscovery of my love for anime since quarantine began, this time around I decided to actually think of a story. … Continue reading

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Weekly Blog: Show and Tell: Jasper Contreras

Similar to last weeks comic, with all the quarantine and social distancing, I’ve found more time being alone than I’m used to. This sparked another comic of me continuously watching more anime since streaming services is about all the entertainment … Continue reading

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Weekly Blog: Living In Line: Jasper Contreras

Illustrator is one of the first programs I learned how to use in the Creative Cloud a year ago and so I feel like I can work it fairly well. Since the whole quarantine thing has been happening, I’ve been … Continue reading

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Graphic Novel Review: Jasper Contreras

The graphic novel I chose to read was Nimona by Noelle Stevenson. Going in, I’ve read a fair bit of graphic novels before (works such as Saga and Y: The Last Man which are both written by Brian K. Vaughan … Continue reading

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Northwest Alternative Comics: Jasper Contreras

There were a lot of examples to go over from the Northwest Alternative Comics collection. One of the zines/comics I noticed was Sorry Sheets by Eroyn Franklin. It was pretty minimalist in it’s art style and wasn’t overly complex with … Continue reading

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Closure and Time Frames: Jasper Contreras

The graphic novel I picked is Nimona by Noelle Stevenson. I’ve actually owned it for a long time, but I’ve never gotten around to reading it. What I find interesting about this is it’s art style, it’s a bit different … Continue reading

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Final Digital Comic Collage: Jasper Contreras

First off, one of the big problems I had was combining both aspects of Scott McCloud’s definition and Lynda Barry’s examples into one cohesive project. When we first started scanning, I just worked with my denim jacket and all the … Continue reading

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Physical To Virtual: Jasper Contreras

For the first day I scanned, I brought in my denim jacket because I embroidered some of it and then there are also patches. I picked this as my first piece because there’s quite a bit of different texture and … Continue reading

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Print Versus Digital Comic: Jasper Contreras

I have a small bit of experience trying to draw comics — most of the time they don’t go anywhere. Both my hand drawn and my digital comic were styled quite similarly with panels and varying text boxes. In drawing … Continue reading

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