Friendly Persuasion: Ad-venture is Out There!

How would I convince someone that USF is the university for them? What have I experienced here that has made me glad that I chose this school over another? When I left it. Taking a semester abroad was the one of the greatest experiences of my life, and being at USF made it possible. Therefore if I were going to attempt to get potential students interested in attending I would start in Scotland.

I started with two words, "there's more." When you go to college, especially if you go somewhere outside of your hometown, you discover that there is, in fact, more to see outside of what you know. Originally I wanted to play off of that idea. I sketched out an idea. I wanted misty mountains and rugged Tolkin-esque terrain and a "student" as a focal point standing on a rocky ledge emulating Captain Morgan.

When "Go, Bulls" popped into my head my entire idea changed. Punctuation can be powerful. I wanted open scenery and a minimalistic design that would focus on the landscape and a very simple message. I dug through m pictures from the Isle of Skye and wrote a bit about the Education Abroad office at USF. The intent was to create an ad that would encourage students to come, so they can go.

Lightpainting: Adventures in Metropolis

 Comic books are a versatile art form. They combine the omnipotence of a book with action driven pictures to portray stories often too fantastic for the even the silver screen. Over time comic books have evolved to become more complex and exciting and has established itself as more than just something for kids. Classic stories, such as several Sherlock Holmes adventures, have been adapted into comic book form. Something that has not and will never change about comic books it their ability to portray motion. Weather a character is flying through the air, shooting lasers out of their hands or simply walking down the street the illustrations of a comic book capture that motion.
As children we often play pretend that we are one of the X-Men or Wonder Woman or whichever superhero we happen to fancy that day. We take the actions we see in comic books and reenact them. We don't have to be told what the character was doing to understand, the blanks between panels are easily filled in. In my project I chose four of my favorite comic books characters and brought them into reality. I combined the idea of children reenacting their favorite super heroes with the style of an action panel in a comic book using long exposure photography, several glow sticks, a colored light on a phone and some rather convenient siblings.

I am Cyclops

I am Batman

I am Iron Man

I am the Flash

This sketch was inspired by Cyclops. I wanted to portray laser beams being fired from the eyes to an unseen target. Abilities such as this are one of the greatest aspects of comic books.

This sketch was inspired by the early Batman comics. I wanted to try to capture a fight scene between the hero and an assailant by showing the motion of the fight.

This sketch was actually inspired by a comic book movie. I wanted to capture a hard landing. I used glow sticks to draw lines symbolizing the fall as well as the ripple shock-wave caused by the touch down.

Super speed is a common superpower. I wanted to portray the rapid motion of the legs by outlining them in light. A line symbolizing a sonic boom as well as motion lines also capture the direction and speed.