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The Oval Portrait: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

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A collection of storyboards for a graphic novel adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Oval Portrait." These are drawn in a horror comic style and explore the gothic themes present in "The Oval Portrait" in a visual manner.

ContributorsRea, Sara Mateo (Author) / Fette, Donald (Thesis director) / Davis, Turner (Committee member) / School of Art (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)

Created2021-05

The Engineers That Built Today

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This creative project details 5 engineers who made contributions to the ways that we live life today, yet have received little to no recognition for their efforts. The 5 engineers presented are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, George Stephenson, Charles Babbage, David Alter, and Nikola Tesla. Each engineer is detailed via a…

This creative project details 5 engineers who made contributions to the ways that we live life today, yet have received little to no recognition for their efforts. The 5 engineers presented are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, George Stephenson, Charles Babbage, David Alter, and Nikola Tesla. Each engineer is detailed via a portrait and a biography that covers a little bit of their life and the contributions that they made.

ContributorsNieves, Timothy (Author) / Davis, Turner (Thesis director) / Green, Heather (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program (Contributor)

Created2023-12

Creating a Mural for The Community

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From a young age I felt disconnected, and found art to be an effective means to connect with others. Guided by this I wanted to create an artistic piece to connect with the community that I have spent so much time living in. Utilizing an emerging opportunity near my apartment,…

From a young age I felt disconnected, and found art to be an effective means to connect with others. Guided by this I wanted to create an artistic piece to connect with the community that I have spent so much time living in. Utilizing an emerging opportunity near my apartment, I was able to secure a wall at a local venue to create a mural. I ran into my fair share of difficulties, taking a few lessons with me into future projects. The final design revolves around the university, being located right off campus, and the main pursuit of many of the residents here; graduation. I'm proud of the piece I've created and I'm happy to see the venue/community does as well.

ContributorsWilson, Andrew (Author) / Davis, Turner (Thesis director) / Pessler, Anthony (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)

Created2023-05

The Zombie as the Undefinable Monster: A Reflection on the Impermanent Self

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A zombie wanders around towards an unknown destination and interacts with the world around her. All the while, the voice of the late Dr. Lauren Maldonado's essays plays overhead, completely unaware to the corpse's behavior. The essays, explorations of zombies' roles in media, are revealed to have been written by…

A zombie wanders around towards an unknown destination and interacts with the world around her. All the while, the voice of the late Dr. Lauren Maldonado's essays plays overhead, completely unaware to the corpse's behavior. The essays, explorations of zombies' roles in media, are revealed to have been written by that zombie before she was turned. Dr. Maldonado's body eventually stumbles into her old self’s office. Here, she begins to eat the papers she finds on the desk. The Zombie as the Undefinable Monster is a non-fiction analysis on the zombie metaphor in media paired with a fictional narrative. For each scene, there is a short analytical essay to match. In conjunction, the five scenes with the five essays explore the relationship between zombies and identity. Within the narrative, those five essays are written by the deceased character Dr. Lauren Maldonado. Her zombified body serves as the main character of the story. Preceding the storyboards and the essays, there is an appendix written outside of the narrative containing two additional essays. The first is an artist statement detailing my creative and thinking process. The second is a written explanation of the zombie mechanics within the narrative.

ContributorsTorres, Anastasia (Author) / Schmidt, Peter (Thesis director) / Davis, Turner (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Art (Contributor)

Created2022-05