Senior year?! I'm a senior?! Wow. This came up fast. It's the final stretch, and I've gotta admit, I'm ready for it. Despite all of the hype and anticipation, this month has actually been... rather relaxed, overall? It's kind of baffling. I'd had a few meetings with Ms. Horvath, my supervisor at the beginning of the month, but classes didn't start at Rootstown Elementary until the 28th. To fill in the meantime, I have been hard at work doing project planning, research (so much research...) and art! A major component of my senior project is the online comic portion, which requires a lot of work on my downtime. I've been planning the layout, character design, art style and general message that I want to maintain throughout the comic. It's hard to completely plan things out as it's based on what I'll be doing at my internship, but I think I have a solid start. It's definitely a lot more complicated than I thought it would be! I've overestimated myself a little bit, but I can definitely catch up and do this well. What other choice do I have? Below you can see some other drawings I've completed this month to practice natural poses. It's been a little... tricky coordinating getting from Neomed Campus to the elementary school in 90% humidity, but I think I have the timing down- I've just been leaving earlier so I have a second to catch my breath and stop melting. I guess another way I've shown initiative is the fact that I've gone ahead and prepared the comic designs and characters before the beginning of the actual internship experience, that way I can jump right in to the comic process on my first week of September. On that note, I've been doing a lot of research on working in a classroom, making comics, and art teaching. All these things are my way of doing my best to be an engaged learner so I can learn as I am actually doing things and interacting with the kids and the teachers. The extra research has been helpful in informing how I approach the classroom. Another way of engaging has been to just get in conversations with the students themselves and make them feel welcome. I've already met a few students, and it's been fantastic! They are so funny and charming! We've been drawing together and making jokes already, which is so, so encouraging. I really want to be someone the kids can be themselves around and ask for help. This age is such an important part of growing up, I want to as much of a resource as I can. The highlight of my month was probably getting to meet the kids and using the art supplies! It was really exciting (albeit really really humid) to be in the school and see who I'd be working with this year. It's going to be a big adventure getting to know them more. I've already filled a couple sketchbook pages with requests from some of the classes, and was even gifted a cute (albeit kind of morbid) drawing from a girl in the 5th grade class! They're seriously wonderful and I want to adopt all of them. Hannah and I have been able to use all of the art supplies because Ms. Horvath is super cool. We've made display art for the classroom to demonstrate different types of shading at a basic level, so we're already starting projects. We also built some looms for weaving. There is just so much going on but it's been right up my alley so far. As for struggles, it'd have to be between getting the comic work done and ready when I'm so tired after school, and just... dealing with the heat, actually? It's been a little daunting planning out my entire comic and figuring out where to host it (I've decided on Webtoon) and finding the time to make it happen. On the other side, the classroom doesn't have AC, so it's pretty hard to feel super present and alert when I feel like I'm a puddle. It's pretty bad. But nonetheless, it's gonna be okay! Fall is coming soon, and I have a better grip on comic stuff. Next month should be a lot of fun! I'm looking forward to getting past the intro stuff and doing some 'real' projects, as well as launching the first page of my own comic! That's so crazy and exciting. Hopefully it all goes well! It's DEFINITELY chaotic but it is absolutely the internship for me. Thanks for stopping by, Kara
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