Broach School Documentation

Here are some pix from working with the Broach School kids! (Sorry to those of you who were expecting this post on Monday derp derp)

Biosphere PDF

Link to Biosphere PDF: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4BXYl5qkdOTWEN2cVFNdWNOWms

Final Reflection Video

Below is the link for my youtube response. Happy summer!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXhrMowac8

Final Biosphere Comic

Final Biosphere Comic! The format is as you see - beginning at the top and scrolling vertically downwards. For a more detailed and explanatory post, click HERE.

Observational Dialogue

An exercise from earlier in the semester was based in observing every day conversations of strangers. These are the notes I took while spending an evening at a coffee shop. Things get a little jumbled, but I think the conversations are interesting regardless.

1. Are you listening to Pandora? 

No. What are you listening to?

...Nothing. (laughs quickly)

I keep getting stuck on that one (math problem)

Three and four. Did you get it? 4 + 4 + 4

Because they can't 

Did you get it?

So...

it says what is the minimum. It says the minimum is less than 88. 

Because the minimum

ok the maximum is the highest point, but the minimum is less than 88. Do you know how I got 12?

yesss.

Whatever number has to be...uh....88? Is the highest?

Less than 88 and less than...whatever the minimum, is less than 88? Do you get it?

Yes. 

Well it doesn't matter what number you get. 

IF you move this on this side, it makes sense.

Do you want to come through this, and then come back to it?

**

Yeah, I mean, I saw him for a little while but it didn't work out.

**

Oh you get internet here?

1. Yeah.
2. Oh, cool.
3. Yeah, ...welcome to the 21^st century.
4. Blank page. I can't find an ending. I can't find a clever, clear ending that relates back to the beginning. Here is the thing the ending needs to be satisfying, needs to relate to the beginning somehow...there was something else...oh it has to be surprising, unpredictable. 
5. -Is this the scarecrow?
6. Yes. This is the scarecrow. He is trying to scare away crows, it's his job, So what does he do? I mean maybe he does manage to scare it in some unexpected way

**

Like, HERE IT IS!

In the air.

Right!

It is

**

Like, we hung out non-stop.

**

And then I'm going to ___in St. Pete. 

It should be fun, one of my friends is dancing. 

Cool.

Ok talk to you later.

**But I don't want to

Yeah?

**

You can finish by the time we leave.

But no one cares.

**

What was he thinking?

But yeah like she said it wasn't right anyways.

Paris wouldn't say that about anyone. 

He can't help it.

I would never, I would never force someone to buy jewelry.

I don't like gold. I had it for like three years and it was turning gold, like yellow.

Really?

Yeah like with all the oils and everything.

What was yours? Solid gold?

Uhh it was like ___ it's hanging up somewhere. It's all beat up.

I had ordered Chad's ring, but it dind't come in time for the wedding so we went to Walmart and bought like, a titanium one. I was like this is a ring to put on your finger. 

Right now like, that when I had the hand carrot done, and those are so expensive alone and, uhm they were like we will give you money for that. 

I have my mom's ring. It's all there. It's a flaw a diamond, like, A DIAMOND. 

I got it way smaller with the diamond and uh, it was terrible. 

Way smaller? 

Yeah I mean it was like. I got it like really really small. And it defnintely like, sparkled.

Yeah thats like my uh my wedding and engagement band, they were smaller but it was completely flawless. It was always really really sharp. I used to tell ted too I was like on anniversaries or anything be like you know, because I never got a real proposal, propose to me like how you envisioned you would have proposed to me. Oh yeah he was right on it. 

**

The first time I ever got published, I didn't get paid.

I've got all kinds of magazine work, NEVER been paid. However the last windy day when , they did vive me something.

But uhm, oh wow that was fast

I think the reason we get a lot more work than them was timing. Even now, the magazine work is different. In sarasota, they did a spread on the house. 

What was it like, 500 bucks a month?

Yeah it was

You're getting paid to do a cover right?

Uhmm,m yes, uh yes. 

2 for a cover. I thought it was 550 for a cover.

Actually I guess it depends on the budget, it changes all the time, they come in and tell us what they need.

You know who's been getting published a lot in sarasota is jeanie.

They're so much uhhhm, so much more. 

That's because he works with rachael.

Where id you see that at? Facebook?

Would you like to get it framed?

I just I was uhh a little more cautious with him. 

We came back form st armands circle and he was like oh you should have checked your facebook. I was sitting in starbucks alone for literally like four hours. I had lunch by myself and this old guys came up to me and was like I don't wanna rush you but, how much longer are you gonna be? I have a party of six that wants this table. 

Yesterday I did go to

Where was that?

Oh she said she was doing a workshop in askgfhahg

Do you have a __now?

I am seriously considering it. 

And I'm like I;ve got a classroom toilet.

You open it up and it's like AAAAAHHHH

Yeah like lets keep it on the DL

I love it.

Wel hey at least your'e keeping it real.

I took a bunch f notes. She's like really into it

is that the chick you shot? No no nono

oh my gosh she called me yesterday and was like actuallu we want someone with dark hair, and yeah she was like no it's not her it the marijuana. 

Collaborative Superhero Story

This is a story that John Carvajal and I wrote together concerning the lives of our superhero friends. We were given a poster with the choice to include any of the characters pictured, so we chose Silver Samurai and Carnage, because they are badasses.

It is early morning. Silver Samurai and Carnage have just returned from a long night of creating chaos to bond over brunch. Silver Samurai recently took some cooking lessons as a hobby, and is anxious to show off his recently developed skills. They walk into their loft apartment, and silver samurai heads into the kitchen, ties an apron around his waist and gets to work. Meanwhile, Carnage gets busy doing the Villain Post’s daily crossword puzzle.

He asks, “Hey, what’s a five letter word for ‘everyone loves it’?”

“Hmmmm…..CHAOS!” Silver Samurai responds as he shakes the hand that is holding the spatula in the air, “Oh, and how do you want your eggs?”

Carnage, being very particular about his breakfast food, states “Over easy, but MAKE SURE that the yolk is runny, that’s my favorite.”

“Yeah yeah, don’t worry about it, I took a class especially for making over easy eggs,” Silver samurai dismissively assures him.

With that, he gets back to cooking, and the two chat about the chaos they had created the night before.

“I can’t BELIIIIIIEVE the look on Spider Man’s face when we demolished that bank!” Carnage chuckles.

Silver Samurai laughs along as he cracks the eggs into the hot pan, remarking “Yeah man, that was perfect.”

“We make such an epic evil team silver Samurai, heh heh, MUCH better than when I was with venom, that wuss.”

“A great night of pillaging, sharing this sweet bachelor pad with my bro, and now a delicious breakfast- what more could we ask for?”

“Nothing, man. We are living the high life.” Carnage agrees.

Silver Samurai laughs, and turns back to the pan. With horror, he sees that he has left the eggs over the heat for too long, and the yolks of Carnage’s eggs have solidified. Unsure of what to do, and too proud to admit his cooking mistake, he decides to serve them anyways. They were having a great morning, “He will understand,” Silver Samurai cheerfully thinks to himself. With that, he places the eggs on a clean china dish, pours a freshly brewed cup of coffee, and butters some toast (which is slightly burnt) and delivers the carefully crafted meal to Carnage, who has almost completed the crossword.

“Wow Silver Samurai, looks like those classes are paying off!” He grabs the toast, “Oh, I mean, this toast is a little crispy, but HEY I’m sure the eggs are perfect. MMM I can’t wait.”

With that, Carnage decides to dip the toast in his egg yolks. His face turns cold, as he pokes the center of the egg with the hardened bread and realizes that his yolks are not runny!!!!!! He clears his throat, “Silver Samurai. My egg yolks…are not runny.”

Silver Samurai, who was busy preparing his own plate, didn’t hear the remark. “What’s that, Carnage?” he sings.

Carnage’s face begins to contract in utter anger. “I SAID,” he throws his coffee mug at the wall and it shatters, “MY EGG YOLKS ARE NOT RUNNYYYYYYYYY!” He stands up, and sweeps everything off of the table with incredible force with both of his arms. Silver Surfer turns around in shock to see Carnage standing over the table, and glaring at him.

“Well I wouldn’t be so tired if YOU had held up your part of the deal, done the job, and gotten us back here on time!” Silver Samurai shouts.

They continue to hurl insults at one another, until a physical fight breaks out. The two romp for a full twenty four hours. All day and all night they shouted, destructed, and completely obliterated their loft apartment. They began strong, but slowly became tired, and by sunrise the next morning the were both laying on the floor, and could only muster enough strength to toss small pieces of rubble at one another.

“Uhhhhhhhhh…” Carnage moaned pathetically, “Silver Samurai…I’m….HUNGRY uuuuuuhhhh.” He clutched his stomach, curled up in a ball, and rocked gently from side to side. “Can you like, make me some eeeeggggs?” He whimpered.

Silver Samurai lifted his head, and saw the sorry state that the apartment was in. He too, was hungry, and wanted to resolve the conflict. However, their kitchen was gone, and he did not want to risk another egg mishap.

“Hey Carnage, let’s just go to that diner down the street,” he suggests. He stands, helps Carnage to his feet, and they head to the diner.

One their food arrives, Silver Samurai excitedly takes an enormous bite of his pancakes. Suddenly, he stops chewing, and says, “I…asked for BLUEBERRIES in the pancakes, and these are CHOCOLATE CHIPS!” He seems furious, but then relaxed and smiles. “Eh, it’s cool. I LOVE chocolate.”

THE END

Biosphere Consciousness

For the final project on biosphere consciousness I am going to focus on the parallels between an individual life and that of the common community of the universe. In other words, the format of the comic will simultaneously follow the paths of a human and then organic matter that both begin from the same abstract shape at the beginning of the comic. Throughout the middle of the comic, the two "worlds" will interact in some panels, showing the interdependence and unity of the universe. For example, one world evolves into a plant, the other evolves into a human, and the human will be breathing oxygen from the plant and eating it. In the end, the two worlds join together into the same shape once again, completing the message that every aspect of our environment is interconnected.