When I started this graphic project I was…rusty. I hadn’t been drawing very much and I was just starting to draw digitally (using an iPad and the Procreate app). My style was in progress and under construction. As I’ve written elsewhere, this is not a flaw. As I’ve told myself again and again, this isContinue reading “Take 2 – (Re)Visiting Fieldnotes and Digital Drawing”
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Terminology and Things – Aiming for Inconsistency
If someone gives you a basket full of disconnected things, and you see that some of them might fit together, what would you do? Leave them in their jumble, or try to sort them, find a pattern, perhaps create a whole object? I think most people would feel an urge to match things up. It’sContinue reading “Terminology and Things – Aiming for Inconsistency”
Fieldnote Excerpt – Trans Identities on the Left
*text from fieldnote journal, Feb 5. I found another Sound to draw – the first video that popped up on my FYP this morning. It goes like this: “I don’t know who needs to hear this but passing is not the point of being trans. The point of being trans is sowing CHAOS AND DESTROYINGContinue reading “Fieldnote Excerpt – Trans Identities on the Left”
Drawing Out (TikTok) Sounds – Multimedia Fieldnotes
Comic art lends itself to drawing sound. Speech bubbles, sound effects, and line weight can communicate differences in volume and tone or create the illusion of noise. In my research, I’ve not only attempted to draw sound in general, but I’m also trying to draw Sounds (audio clips on TikTok). As I’ve written elsewhere, drawingContinue reading “Drawing Out (TikTok) Sounds – Multimedia Fieldnotes”
Drawing me in – Considering Drawing as a Research Method
In May 2021 I defended my thesis proposal to my committee over a zoom call. It went as you might expect, complete with the classic “hold on, let me share my screen” face. When I began my Master’s in September 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing. Meaning that at the time of myContinue reading “Drawing me in – Considering Drawing as a Research Method”
“You Look Nonbinary” – An Oxymoron?
First things first, the definition. What does ‘nonbinary’ mean? Is it an umbrella term for all nonconforming gender identities? An offshoot of transgender identities? For me, nonbinary is a set of coordinates that leads me away from the gender binary; as simple and as transformative as that. The coordinates are not representative of a fixedContinue reading ““You Look Nonbinary” – An Oxymoron?”