FINAL Assignment Kamala Khan inspiration

Artist Statement

What inspired me to make a poster was reading the Comic Ms Marvel and the day we drew in class. Moreover, we did pair group and that was really fun, creative and fun again.

My audience is everyone who have read and have not read Ms Marvel. To the ones who have read the comic would understand it and the ones who haven’t would be interested on reading it. I want you to know that drawing a hand from that angle is the hardest.

I want you to learn that Ms. Marvel is not a regular super hero. She inspires!  Even if you´re young or old (With a young soul) you will enjoy reading it. I am sure you will be able to learn and understand the comic in that I did it too. In addition, I have to mention that I have zero experience with comics. Therefore, for a comic to create a big impact on me that made me draw IS HUGE.

First of all, I thought I was going to create  short comic with stick figures, then in my pre-draft I said I was going to write a fan fiction, and I ended up creating a poster of Kamala and I.

What inspired me the most from the comic was the attitude Kamala had from the beginning to the end, because I see how she gain confidence she did not show on the first pages.

We all can express our ideas in different ways. I had forgotten that I was creative! I have not drawn since high school. Furthermore, this creation taught me that I am capable of anything, not only writing.

I mention something about immigration in the beginning of my explanation, I feel one reason she lacks confidence is that she is living in two cultures. One is the Pakistani and the other the American. I want to make sure this point is clear because this is how I feel about her. I identify as Kamala in that once I was feeling like that when I arrived to the United States.

I learned that I was clever to have realized that I had to be myself and don’t change to impress or like the others. I would like to learn more about Kamala in the next volumes. I am eager to get the volume two.!

My peer reviewers helped me in an effective way. I improved my explanation and I hope I am clearer.

I don’t think I would change anything, because I read the whole volume and I feel I transmit what I wanted to transmit to you. What I would take to my next projects from this assignment is that if I lack of words and I don’t know what to write I can start it by drawing something. Just like we learned in class.

I hope you enjoy it and any comments are welcome!

 

Explanation of my Poster:

The United States is full of immigrants of all ages. In Ms. Marvel we see that Kamala is confused about how to act. Sometimes she’s reckless and sneaks out her house, other times she cites the Quran to clarify her actions. Her family is from Pakistan; it does not mention when they arrived or if kamala was born in the United States. However, we can assume that they all arrived here when kamala was young.  She shows in the first pages that she is kind of shy and reserved.

This poster represents the outcome of the first issue according to me. Kamala gained confidence through the whole comic in each page. We see that when she fought against The Inventor. She was in her own skin showing power and acceptance from herself. At the beginning when she said how she wanted to be to the avengers, she chooses to be blonde and white, but there’s a transition After she saved Zoe, Kamala in her head She states that she always thought that having amazing hair, and wear great boots that would made her strong, but the hair got in her face and the boots pinched…

After that, she realizes that what makes her truly happy is the fact that Zoe is alive even though she is annoying to everyone.

I include me in the poster telling her that she is a role model to everyone because confidence is one of the most important things one can have. Moreover, in the first issue she demonstrates how little by little she gained the confidence (when she saved Zoe and fought against the inventor). For some people is hard or difficult to maintain confidence and trust themselves. I relate a lot to Kamala because I arrived in this country trying to fit, and it took me a while to realize that Like Kamala I had to be the best version of me.

(I draw me small because I found it cool to be on her embiggened hand. ) As well as a representation of how I felt when I was feeling confused when I arrived to the United States, I used to go out with American people and I did not find anything fun. I thought they would think that I am a boring person. Anyways, I stopped hanging out with them until I find the right friends that enjoy what I enjoy, not being ashamed of behaving the way I truly am.

It touched my heart when her dad talked to her saying that Kamala means perfection in Arabic and that she doesn’t have to be someone else to impress anybody. You are perfect just the way you are. After those words Kamala realizes that Abu (her dad) is completely right and said I’m not here to be a watered-down version of some other hero… I’m here to be the best version of Kamala.

Kamala is an inspiration for everyone.

Expectations assignment 3 http://archive.cunyhumanitiesalliance.org/breathingthroughwriting/2017/05/23/expectations-assignment-3/

PRE DRAFT

http://archive.cunyhumanitiesalliance.org/breathingthroughwriting/2017/06/04/pre-draft-3/

ROUGH DRAFT was e-mailed to you and my peer reviewers

I worked with Mariela (I sent you the copy of the email because it was a video) and Hira http://archive.cunyhumanitiesalliance.org/breathingthroughwriting/2017/05/31/rough-draft-assignment-3-3/

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