This second project builds off of the re-purposing project. Here, I made the same argument to students that the sciences and the humanities should be valued equally. However, instead of writing an article, I created a comic. Through this genre, I got to use other modes of communication, such as the visual and spatial mode. While this comic is less fact-based, The main statements that I made in the re-purposing project exist here. In fact, while creating this comic, I was able to refine my ideas for my repurposing drafts, particularly the third and final drafts.

 

When deciding on a new genre, I knew that wanted to obtain a new skill. I decided to pick a more visual genre so that I could learn how to use Adobe Illustrator. For a while, I was between the idea of making either a poster or a comic. I wanted to maintain the comforting tone that I had towards college students in the repurposing, but at the same time didn't want to be too cheesy. I looked up models for both and decided that the comic was the best choice. With a comic, I'm able to explain my view on this complicated debate more thoroughly. My comic is heavily influenced by Zen Pencils, a collection inspirational comics created by Austrailian artist Gavin Aung Than. I thought his comic format and drawing style captured the comforting tone that I wanted to keep from my re-purposing project.