Working Back In

A sketchbook is a complete piece for me.  Whenever I finish a drawing or part of a drawing the first thing I do is start from the first page of the book and flip through to see everything there.  

For the most part I am working straight through, but keeping myself familiar with each page and how the whole book flows together brings me in circles of seemingly endless starts and finishes.
You can see what I'm talking about in the drawings this text is sandwiched between.  The top photo shows how I originally thought the sketch would end and in the bottom photo you can see how I later decided to switch tools and wrap it up.

Thats usually what is going on in my sketchbooks when you see a shift from markers to pen or pen to pencil or pencil to charcoal and so on.

Can you find the switch in this one?  It is a little more subtle than the others.

Research: Collaging Your Identity

Piecing Together A Viewpoint
Creating a Mixed-Media Collage That Expresses a Current social Concern

That's the Story of My Life
Creating Storyboards for Graphic Novels About Adolescence

In Our Own Words
Creating Poems or Artwork Inspired by the 2008 Election

Design Diaries
Exploring Trends in Interior Design

Growing Up Online
Compete with Myspace

Most of the articles which I found to be relevant and interesting focused mainly on working with the ideas of identity through current influences. People are constantly receiving news from many sources so it is interesting to take a moment and think about where you gained information on major current events, such as the 2008 Presidential Election. How did the source of the information possibly influence your thought process? What was your final opinion vs. your current opinion in the aftermath?
Graphic Novels are also a great source of new media for students and adults alike to get into; even though they have been around for many years. It continues to get easier and easier to translate a graphic novel onto a computer and turn it into many different things for example a stop animation film.