SAMPLES – Animations & Comics | Digital Writing 101

A Fall 2014 student made this autobio comic with Pixton+ and her own images. Click on each set of panels to view at full size.

Jaima, a Fall 2014 student, made this comic to educate viewers about the differences between “gay” and “queer” as identities.

A Fall 2014 student made this educational comic, using Pixton. If the speech bubbles are too small to read on the page, you can click on each image for a …

Two Fall 2014 students made this comic, using Pixton. Students’ Preface In chapter 2 Garbacik discusses how the construction of gender roles originated. One contributing factor was Darwin and his …

Eunice, a Fall 2014 student, made this comic to illustrate how we learn gender roles. Student’s Commentary This comic provides a overall summary/snapshot of the first section in Chapter 4 …

A group of Fall 2014 students made this animation (using the free animation maker at GoAnimate.com) to clarify the difference between sex and gender. Student Commentary The entire first chapter …

A Fall 2014 student made this animation (using the free animation maker at GoAnimate.com) to illustrate how gender policing can happen in schools. Student’s Commentary How do gender stereotypes get …

A student in the Fall 2014 section of Storytelling through New Media made this autobio webcomic using Comic Life and photos she found and modified. Click on each image to …

A Spring 2014 student made this comic to show how sexual orientation is fluid for some people. Her goal was to convey that idea mainly through images, using as few …

Here’s a digital storytelling project a student made mostly with cut-out animation and a small amount of voiceover: Training in Pain, by Taylor Powers. (When I track down the info …

Here’s a digital storytelling project a student made in Photoshop, using characters she created and backgrounds she found online: Piece of You, by Claire. I had a few suggestions for …

Pitch: A young girl is separated from her dog when her mother is arrested for child abuse. Story by Sheena (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) Tools: Pixelmator, PhotoPuppet (iPad app), …

The previews below show only the top portion of each page. TO VIEW THE FULL PAGE, click on the expand icon in the lower right corner of each preview. Comic …

A Kinetic Typography Poem by Dustin (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Topic: The rush of energy and excitement that comes from being at a gay bar for the first time …

GENDER SUPRESSED SKILLS by glen.gomez on GoAnimate Animation by Glen (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Comments by Amy: What I particularly like is how the animation allows the student to …

A Fall 2013 student made these short comics (using Pixton) to illustrate some of the unexpected consequences of two common beliefs about the origins of sexual orientation. Because the comics …

Animated Story by Kelsey and Sara (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Barbie and Stacy are your normal teenage girls. They meet at school and become inseparable. What happens next? Find …

Animation by Lindsay (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Tools: animation, GoAnimate, MovieMaker This video is the story of a housewife who is struggling with her monotonous life. Since she was …

Comic Strip by Kelly (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) Story: A Friend Indeed Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever stood by and watch someone get bullied or mistreated? …

View on Vimeo Video by Sammy (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) How do you face the reality that you have no idea what you are doing? Behind the Scenes I …

Jacqui composed this comic strip for the Spring 2011 campus section of WRTG 3020. You can read her rhetorical analysis on the class blog.

(Sample Student Project) A Confusing Path to Self Discovery AMY’S NOTE: Joanie composed the project using Comic Life, a downloadable app for both Mac and Windows that has a free …

A Fall 2012 student made this comic to illustrate a personal experience she had with someone who revealed his sexual orientation to the student group she participated in. Click each …

Final Digital Storytelling Project by a Summer 2011 student

Cartoon by Jamie (WRTG 3020 – Spring 2011) Rhetorical Analysis The target audience for my cartoon is mostly other college students interested in personal accounts of gender and sexuality. Although …