METAMORPHOSIS 

Flourishing in transformation

  

YEAR

2024

SCOPE

Illustration
Visual narrative
Storytelling

BRIEF

This student project asked us to create a scrolling graphic narrative inspired by ‘Survival Stories | Meet the Scientist: Dr Claire Rowe’ by Zoe Sadokierski and Ceridwen Dovey,’ an article about marine scientist Dr Claire Rowe and her research findings on the upside-down jellyfish. 

RESPONSE

I digitally illustrated a comic titled ‘Metamorphosis’, a personal anecdote about my struggles with gender identity parallel to the life cycle of the upside-down jellyfish from egg, to polyp, to jellyfish. The visual language comprises a monochrome blue colour scheme with soft, airbrushed forms, setting the vulnerable, melancholic tone of the comic whilst evoking the transparency and fluidity of water.