Author: Sarah

• Backpack: the bag I have been using since 9^th grade, which is 4 years old now
• LinaBell: a doll pendant given by my best friend in China
• Coca Cola Polar Bear: a doll pendant that I bought in Coca Cola World
• MacBook Pro
• Notebook, pen and pencil: to do some hard copy homework
• iPad: to make notes
• AirPods: for music on the way to class
• Chargers
• Eye Drop: to relieve my dry eye syndrome
• Water: two small bottles a day
• Vitamin C：supplementation of daily vitamins

I have been using this backpack for four years and have never replaced it during the school. It has a large capacity and holds a lot of memories of my high school life. The most challenging part of this assignment lies in expressing my personality or habits with some simple daily or school objects in my bag. In fact, this image is somehow representative of my personality because I value my friends and those wonderful memories a lot. In addition, I prefer to take e-notes and love to listen to music in my spared time. Therefore, I do consider that representing myself in a catalog of the stuff in my bag is a type of writing because it encourage us to use some simple items to convey our ideas and thoughts.

The inspiration came from my own experience. One day, my friend was looking for her phone. She anxiously messaged me that she lost her phone. Actually, it turned out that the phone was actually in her hand. We all have lots of similar experiences in life, such looking around for your glasses when they are actually on your head. The challenge of this assignment is to describe a scenario vividly by using a combination of words and images. What is different about this assignment is that not only do we need to draw the scene, but more importantly, we need to make connections between the panels to create a complete story.

As someone who doesn’t particularly love vegetables, my favorite vegetable is broccoli. The inspiration for my combophoto popped up when I was out hang out on Saturday and I saw a large tree. On a whim, I visualized his canopy as a broccoli plant. Merging two items naturally is the toughest problem in combophoto. I tried to adjust the brightness and transparency of the broccoli in order to make it look less jarring. My final image aims to illustrate how we may use our imagination to connect seemingly unconnected elements of nature.

photo from: https://www.amazon.com/Broccoli-Seeds-Heirloom-Brassica-oleracea/dp/B096TBHWZD/ref=asc_df_B096TBHWZD/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532859556718&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16870780359666689283&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010926&hvtargid=pla-1508021944277&psc=1

https://images.app.goo.gl/J6hJjwrd3xzqxd3BA

My visual note is about brain structures and function in the psychology class. Visual notes allow me to simplify complex ideas and concepts into easily digestible visuals. This process can help me gain a better understanding of the course content by breaking it down into vivid images and examples. Since concepts such as Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia are quite similar but different in some ways, I can use some daily situations to illustrates these concepts. The drawing process was enjoyable, as it tapped into my creativity in an academic context. I also realized that visual notes can serve as valuable study aids since they less overwhelming than sifting through pages of text.