Reading assignment responses: #1

1.The work that I've made that I feel is mostly mine, is the type of work That tells a story without words. It's with people, and situations, that come up in my head. It's emotional expression that the characters have on their face, it's the feeling of the scene. What I do is when I create a piece I work out the story along the way. So that if there's anything that I see makes sense I put it in. 

2. I enjoy a lot of works from illustrators, particularly that of Craig Thompson, Maurice Sendak and the animator John Lasseter. Disney is the main influence of my work, for they are great contributor of the animation field as well as their quality of storytelling. These influences affect my work by giving me inspiration to have a quality such as they have I want to be able to tell stories in a similar setting. 

3.

The reason why humans cannot survive without art could be that are is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Art is evidence that we as living creatures can conceptualize and create other forms of expression and communication that surpasses the use of how we regularly communicate. Without art, we are merely surviving.

4. I agree with all of it for art is something that has come a lot from mere reaction.  By reacting to something, One must come up with a way to respond, of course as infinite as the imagination is so is the responses. Basically, the individual has come upon a problem to where they try to understand the world around them. 

5.

What I noticed about myself is that I'm easily distracted, but at times it comes as an advantage to me. When I've allowed myself to give in, i'm able to enter a world where I am able to create, and be able to tune out the other around me. This is very prevalent when I'm procrastinating. I've always noticed in my work, that the story always has a heroine, it's been this way since I was small and making comics on the back of my math binder. They would be met with a problem, an evil villain, that would disable them in someway. But towards the end of the story they would always triumph. 

6. I care about a lot of things, I care about creativity and the imagination. I care about storytelling, and lessons that can be found within them.  I care about the beauty of a child's mind, simple and unhindered by what society deems as important.