Dossier

How comic book can spread

awareness about teen depression

Nguyen Phu Gia Khanh - 001179009

Design Research Project DESI - 1219
 Name: Nguyen Phu Gia Khanh
ID: 001179009
Subject: Design Research Project DESI - 1219
Sememster: Fall 2021
Supervisor: Nguyen Tuan Nghia
Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank mr. Nghia for guiding me through the design
process and giving criticism and inspirations. I’d like to also thank
my friends and peers for assisting me and giving meaningful
advices and resources to perservere through this project.
sadness has been defeated!

now comes the depression

 Introduction 07 Final product 34
Contents
Background 07 Physical 35
Research 08 Marketing material 68
Exhibition 73
- Problem
- Solution
- Rationale

Case study 10

Design process 13 Evaluation 75

Project overview 14
Timeline 16
Bibliography 76
Concept 18
Character design 20
Color palette 25
Graphic element 26
Typography 28
Storyboard 30
 no feelings are final.

there are happy days ahead and no matter how bad

things may seems at the moment, those feelings
don’t define you or the rest of your life.

feelings of dread and despair are temporary and

they may shadow over everything going on rn
but i can assure you there are time in the future
where they don’t.

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Introduction
Background
Comic book has been a familiar
and popular medium to younger
impressionable audiences. Comic
book can be used as a communication
method to reach out to the audiences
and can send a message effectively
through visual means. By using the
visual appealing and easy to access
and interpret aspects of the comic we
can use it to spread awareness about
deep rooted problem in the society to
young and impressionable audiences
where other media struggles to do so
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Research
Problem
In the 21st century, mental health diseases have
been an underlying problem that many people
faced today, especially teenagers. It’s a very
touchy matter but everyone seems to ignoring
it or straight up downplay it.
According to Center of Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), “the percentage of children
aged 3-17 who have depression has been
increasing from 5.4% in 2003 to 8% in 2007 and
to 8.4% in 2011–2012”.
Solution
By using comic book as a medium to not only
raise awareness about the severity of this illness
but also communicate to the audiences by
using relatable stories.
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There are many possible causes for depression
for teens such as family issues, suffering from
losses and/ or hostile school environment.
Different possible causes including lack of care,
usage of abusive substance such as drugs or
alcohol, study/ exam pressures, physical illness
may affect teens’ behavior and mental health
that leads to depression.
Rationale
In the digital age information are getting easier
to access via various form of medium such
as website, TV, books, movie, video games,
etc... Each medium has its own pros and cons,
for example film and movies are the perfect
medium for depicting actions. It can show
fast paced, well-choreographed actions and
showing complex emotions, something a book
would lack. However, it’s limited to showing
internal state, a feature a book is especially
good at. Books rely on the reader’s imagination
and leads them through the story. Books also
express emotions and character’s internal
emotions better. Comic book stands in the
middle between the two, having actions express
via images and thoughts and dialogues via
text. Comic maybe limited by its lack of motion
or sound but the freedom of artist makes up
for it. It’s easy to comprehend, accessible and
appealing to most young demographic. We
are born to perceive information visually and
the comic book appearance attracts the eye
first hand. Scott Mc Cloud demonstrated this
perfectly in his book “Understanding Comics:
The Invisible Art” (1993) where he examined
and analyzed the history of comic books, how
emotion is conveyed through images, how style
can affect the appeal of the book. Mc Cloud
believes that the simplification of visuals gave
comic book more power. For example, he drew
a face four different times and each time the
facial features are reduced and simplify to the
point that there are no longer any recognizable
features but the eyes and mouth. This proved
that it is impossible to not see a face despite
how simple it was and showed an invisible link
between us and cartoons
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Case study
Nowadays health and mental issues are prevailing issues, in which the comic can potentially be an
ideal medium for promoting and intervention. In the old days, the comic usage in health promotion
was extreme. In 1975 the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare proposed that Marvel
comics include an anti-drug propaganda in their story, in which Stan Lee- a prominent author of
the time- wrote a three-issue mini-series of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98. This however was
against the Comic Code Authority on depicting of the use of illegal drugs and portraying anti-drug
message. The issue, however, sold so well that the Comic Code Authority had to reconsider and
cut down the industry’s self-censorship code. (Wright, 2003).
The Edge of Night comic

A research by Trent and Kinlaw aiming to
promote health and nutrition to homemakers
in North Carolina was conducted in 1979. They
have developed a set of six comic books revolve
around the basic concept of foods and nutrition
integrated in the story, they also have permission
from the producers and writers of the TV show
“The Edge of Night” to allow them to use that
show format and characters. The comics were
sent weekly to random homemakers over the
course of six weeks. The homemakers then
were given pre- and post- test of knowledge
and practices given by the program assistances.
The result showed positivity in the way the
homemakers perceive the comics. With 94% of
the overall homemakers actually read and gain
practical knowledge to the six concepts. Overall,
the research yields positive results, proving that
the comic book is a potential medium to reach
out to reader for educational and informing
purposes.
The study of Paul and Manoj in 2009 reported
nine types of intervention and health promotion
graphic novel throughout the years. First
intervention was done in 1978 by the North
Carolina Expanded Food and Nutrition
Education Program (EFNEP), listed above.
- The second intervention was in 1997,
in which a three-intervention strategy was
developed in order to spread basic knowledge
on HIV/AIDS, other STDs and more info on
sexual prevention. The three methods used
was a 16-page comic intervention, a 27-minute
instruction video, and an 8-hour group training
session, in two 4-hour day sessions. However,
there were only a little report showing
differences between three practices in terms
of psychological behavior or sexual practices
(Gillmore et al., 1997).
- The third intervention took place in
China. It was estimated that 5% of people
in the rural areas of China get infected with
schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease caused by
flukes in fresh water area where residents live,
annually. Researchers found out children are
most likely to be exposed by swimming and
amusement, so they developed a course using
cartoon video and a comic book to educate the
children about the parasite. The activity ended
with the students having significantly more
knowledgeable on schistosomiasis prevention
as well as differentiating safe water and unsafe
water, whereas the control group did the
opposite. (Yuan et al., 2000)
Figure 5The young boys discuss the purpose of
the warning sign.
- The fourth intervention aim to promote
cancer prevention by consuming fruit, juice and
vegetables to African-American boy scouts.
In an eight weeks course, the children will be
informed by a nutrition expert on “asking skills”
to increase the accessibility and availability of
fruit, juice and vegetables (FJV) and train them
how to make FaSST (fast (and low fat), simple,
safe, and tasty) recipes for snacks at home.
After the session each week the children were
given a four-page comic enforcing the message
during the lesson. The result, however, was not
much difference from the control group, and
the comic didn’t make any significant difference
either. (Baranowski et al., 2002).

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 - The fifth intervention related to
Lymphatic filariasis (LF)- “a mosquito-borne
parasitic disease caused by microscopic,
thread-like worms. Adult worms cause
permanent damage to the human lymphatic
system” (www.cdc.gov, 2018). The year 1980
saw the reemergence of the disease in the Nile
delta-region of the world, therefore the WHO
started a global program, relying on Mass
Drug Administration (MDA) and the Minister
of Egypt, that focus on all epidemic areas in
Egypt. Children were considered vulnerable to
contracting LF so they were given a comic book
addressing the pandemic. The comics were
given to second to third grade students, giving
them information about the disease, how to
prevent getting exposed and the acceptability
of the MDA. The results were reported positive,
with children showing less fear to the disease
and more open towards the patients. More than
96.2% of the children participated reporting to
have enjoyed the contents of the comic and
approximately 40% reported their siblings also
read the comic. (E-Setouhy, 2003)
- The sixth intervention was taken part
in South Africa. The purpose was to encourage
women to attend for a cancer screening
to prevent cervical cancer. A mass media
campaign was set up in the form of radio-
drama and photocomic book in order to raise
the public awareness. Two separate comics
provided randomly to women in Khayelitsha,
South Africa. The first was a popular well-tested
mass media story, while the second one was
a placebo story with no health message. One
month after the comics were distributed, radio
dramas of the story of which the first based
on, were broadcasted over 10 times in a month.
The result reported that neither intervention
nor control group had any significant difference
over self-reporting for a cervical screening. The
only noticeable reminder for the screening was
recalling the radio broadcast. (Risi, 2004)
- The seventh intervention was taken
in the US to assess the students, aged 10-
12, attitude and opinions on smoking. It was
believed that the children would participate
in the act of smoking through two steps: first
the formation of enthusiastic attitude towards
smoking,
second the exposure to experimenting with
smoking, and finally the participation in regular
smoking. The students were given a smoke
preventing package containing a handbook,
a video tape, pen, stickers and a comic book
called Tobacco Comics. 20 months after the
receiving the package the positive attitude
increased with “9.6% of youth responded “YES”
to ‘Smoking can help people relax’ at baseline,
while 17.1% of youth responded, “YES” during
the follow-up.” (Paul and Manoj, 2009). (Bush
et al., 2005)
- The eighth intervention aim to lessen
the pesticide exposure of children among
immigrant families in the US. It was reported
by the American Association of Poison Control
Centers in 2004 that 71000 children were
exposed to pesticide in their home and to
prevent this problem, the Migrant Clinicians
Network, Inc. trained a team of health educators
to raise the public awareness to this problem Lymphatic filariasis comic
and prevention at home or at their worksite.
A 16-page comic in Spanish were showed to farmers in order to strengthen the message. No
statistic data outcome was documented, however, among 40 families the knowledge of pesticide,
exposing routes and how children are exceptionally vulnerable to pesticide, how to treat pesticide
poisoning and proper storage techniques were well gained. (Liebman et al., 2007)
- The final intervention was taken in Canada, addressing the prostate cancer problem where
it’s the deadliest cancer among men. This issue was found to be easily preventable yet a very
sensitive topic to discuss, so researchers then created a marketing campaign featuring the middle-
aged superhero named “Prostate man”. Along the billboards, poster and an actor playing Prostate
Man in public, the campaign also included a hard copy and an online comic teaching men how to
spot symptoms, risk factors and helpful advice on prevention. The website then received almost
4000 visits from outside and Canada itself, with a majority of time spent on looking at the comics.
(Lyzun and McMullen, 2009)
The young boys discuss the purpose of the warning sign.
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 then vs now

i am 18 years old and already hunted i feel bad for binge watching a whole
the fifth mammoth this year TV documentary and have accomplished
none of my goals

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Design process

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Project overview

Aims and objectives

The aim of this project is to understand the effect
and severity of mental illness on teenagers and
how comic book, as a medium, can educate and
promote health problem to its demographic.

The objective is to produce a comic book that

describe the mental illness in a relatable and
comedic way

Target Auddience Project outcome

Teenagers from 14 - 17 years old - 1 Comic book
People who are experienceing or not - 1 Sketchbook
experiencing mental illness - 1 Dissertation
- 1 Dossier
- 3 Poster design
- 1 Standee design

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Timeline

Week 1
Dissertation revision

Week 2
Concept and outcome
outline

Week 3 Week 5-7

Character design draft Collecting experiences
and demo comic and writting content
for the comic

Week 4 Week 8
Crits and feedback from Content crits and
peers and instructor feedback

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Most of the deadline was met in time, however on some occasions the
deadline was delayed due to certain content rewriting and backtracking.
Overall the project is completed in time with little delay and set backs.

Week 9 Week 13
Storyboard sketches Book post production
Crits and feedback and finalization

Week 10-12 Week 14

Start drawing the Compilating and
content for the comic dossier finalization
Online submission

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Concept
Story summary
The story is a compilation of small skits and
experiences from various depression patients.
The patients are represented as the fox
character and the dperession is represented as
a blue blob that interacting with them and the
main causes of their despair and adversities. The
experiences can vary from personal experiences
to comedic skits. The story is divided into 4
parts: Introduction, Discovery, Co-existing and
Overcoming. The first chapter revolves around
the depression monster in which they clear up
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the misunderstanding about the depression
as a mental illness. The second chapter
revolves around the main character and their
experiences with depression. The third chapter
delves deeper into the depression experiences
and more over into other associated illness
such as anxiety. The final chapter is where the
main character gives the audiences the up
bringing and motivational messages about how
to overcome depression and additional advices
on how to overcome and cope with it.
Art style
The main focus of the book is to humanize/
represent depression a way that is relatable to
the audiences and therefore, deliver a message
about the illness and how to overcoming it.
Using cartoon artstyle and dark comedic tone
can help motivate the audiences. The book
features a compilation of relatable short comics
showing the daily life coping with mental illness
of the main characters.
Moodboard

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Character design
For character designing I use easy to
comprehend figures. The characters can be
stick figures or stylized cartoon figure that
represents the viewer and/or an individual. It
can be humanoid or use certain avatar.

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For the early comic demos the characters can
be misinterpret by their look and often blend
into each other due to the lack of colors.

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 After some reconsiderations and experimanting I decided
to emphasize the character’s silhouette. I use water color
shapes pairing with simple lines to create a sense of depth.

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 RGB 86, 108, 167
CMYK 74, 57, 10 ,0
HEX #566ca7

RGB 255, 206, 194

CMYK 0, 27, 20 ,0
HEX #ffcec2

Color palettes RGB 0, 0, 0

CMYK 100, 100, 100 ,100
HEX #000000
For the color schemes I used complementary
colors. I decided to use dark blue as a main
color because it often associate with sadness
and the feeling sad. Pairing with the pink color
for contrast and lighter overall tone.

I also tried to avoid using black and white

because it can change the tone of the comic.

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Graphic element
I wanted to use simple and easy to interpret
drawings and doodles for the graphic elements.
The doodles are spaced out evenly but has
a certain chaotic feel into it. They are the
characters in the book in various poses and
expressions and also some props to fill in the
gap. The goal of these doodles are to make
the audience feels familiar with it, makes them
remember the doodles they made during class
or when they are bored.

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 Typography
For the typography I decided to use cartoony and hand writting
like fonts to emphasize the authenticity of the doodle and hand
drawing theme. For the majority of the comic I used DK Lemon
Sun for the dialogues and text and for the book cover I used DK
Display Patrol and Candy Beans for impact.

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Title ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQURSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrtuvwxyz
DK display patrol 12367890

text and dialogues ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQURSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrtuvwxyz
DK lemon yellow sun 1234567890

Subtitle ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQURSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrtuvwxyz
Candy beans 1234567890

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Storyboard

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 Final product
I decided to name the book “Me, The Monster and I” kinda like a way to
show the audiences the relationship between the two main protagonists
and how the co-exist with each other. The book is 120 pages long with
hard cover with sleeve and light paper.

The full version of the book

can be accessed here

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 skullworms

latable
eep into
morous
ut of you,
and sym-

cover

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 This is a story an illness has been lurking in the
A story about a deadly shadow and has found its time to rise
illness
and that illness is...

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i infect thousands
every year

millions have
succumb to me!

that’
s me! no one is safe from me!

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 fear me humans! that’s..

awesome!

wait
what..?

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so do you have mind

control powers?

yoo that’s
so cool! he’s kinda smaller
than i thought

black clouds that follow

the host?

w-well..

man i all this work kinda

makes me depressed yah samee

what’s wrong with these

people? don’t they fear me?

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 you do realize .. that depressed people are allow me to
nothing like that, right? demonstrate

who cares
it’s cool and that- i can
hear yo
u!

in our first and last anual gameshow!

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ladies and gents i’ll show you

five contestants and it’s up to you
that’s right! you don’t judge a depressed patient is
to spot the depressed among them!
someone by their looks! no different than a
normal human being!

3..2..1

but how can you

tell if somebody have
depression?

but they
are all.. the same..?

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 that’s the best part! you definitely don’t
ask them how they feel and absolutely
don’t offer them help! these people.. they don’t feel any sympathetic
for the ones in need of help..

you are lame

wait where are we’re going to find
maybe the only way for them to relate to is to
other mental illness now
you going!? walk in their shoes

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i was diagnosed
with depression today

needless to say, depression has always been

i was shocked because i never thought something abstract to me

one day it would happen to me it started out as a little sadness

here and there. a feeling of guilt and
simply “feel bad”

it gradually became
emotional episodes. i checked
the symptoms for depression but still
have my doubts about it

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 i tried to run away from it,
distracting myself from thinking about it eventually, it catches up
even keeping a low profile
with me

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are you like a virus

or something?
well thanks for ignoring me!
who are you? i’m depression

wait, you can see me? uhh yeah..?

what are you?

no, more like a part slowly taking over until you lose
of you now control

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 this sounds bad
what should i do? absolutely nothing!

wait where are

you going?

we’re going to be and ever, and ever!

best firends forever!

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i tried to reach out to friends

and family for help
i don’t know whether i should get help,
this is getting out of hand for me

well, just get over it

there’s nothing
to be sad about

but they seems to dismiss

me everytime
you’re just
overthinking

i’m sure
it’s just it’s nothing
temporary

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 you
why are
i miss being alone h is?!
like t

i miss being with somebody *screams*

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you sure you’re alright?

negative thoughts..
shouldnt worry yup! no worries
too much about it

still floating!

i’m still worry about it

everything’s alright

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 oh look, a
heyy! negative thought

hey

heyyyyy
you can’t ignore me forver this isn’t good in the long term
you know

i know

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it’s you!
you are the cause of all
my suffering!
then vs now

are you talking with

me or what..?
i am 18 years old and already hunted i feel bad for binge watching a whole
the fifth mammoth this year TV documentary and have accomplished
none of my goals

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what a relief! thank you so

much for listeing

you okay..?

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 maybe i should try to reach out
what if you are
bothering them?

they might be
annoyed

you are being a

downer

keep it to yourslf
what could possibly go wrong?

nevermind

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well, i am a part of you

so i’m not sure

but you can always

get some help

will you ever go away??

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 that sounds like a lot of
stuff to accomplish
you can always reach out you can always treat
for someone yourself better

you don’t have to tolerate me forever well...

you can always try

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wishing that when i wake up

everytime i went into an episode,
i felt like i was about to die

all the sadness would be gone

so after that i just went to sleep

hey

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 i’m going to be productive for today!

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is everything okay? you seems

upset these days
yeah yeah i’m fine
people said i should seek therapy
i’m worried
about you

but what if they dismisses me, too?

get over it you’re

over-reacting

it’s nothing

everything is a okay!

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 there’s a big event
finally, motivation! coming up
oh geez i don’t know
what to do

you should prepare and be or do nothing and think of

the best version of yourself! the worst outcome!

you saying something?

well a little movie

won’t hurt

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oh boy i really felt

motivated today!
why are you keep staying
up so late?

nap nap nap

nap what should i do

nap today? hang out?
start a hobby?..

waiting for
something new
i don’t know
this is not a request i guess

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 it’s one of those days
when you have two moods
hey remeber that time when you
lashed out to your loved ones and
ultimately pushed them away?

i hate you me too

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are they talking about me..?

i should probably take that..
but why should i?

am i boring them?
what if people look at me?
am i boring?

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 hey you shouldn’t be so
comfortable sadness has been defeated!

something bad could happen

any minute now

now comes the depression

what if nothing good

what if they said no? will ever occur?

are they talking

behind your back? the sky could fall
in any minute

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i enjoy helping others in the community it helps me and the people grow!

being kind to others strenghthen

the relationships how about being kind
to yourself?

shut up

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 i can do it
i can do it

i can
do it
i

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oh boy i should and this task too

really take care of this it sure is important

mybe after i do this

task first!

i sure am
very busy

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 when life gets rough there will be someone helping you

don’t be afraid to reach out for help you are not alone

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i need to get over this but what if

i fail? but it’s a

it’s
leap of faith

not
it’s probably
not that bad

that
bad

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 That in the progress we lose ourselves to
become what everyone else wanted us to be
You’re not good enough
Well, aren’t
we all?

Im good enough for myself, and that’s okay

I’m not living for anyone’s expectations, but mine
We all strive
to become a
good enough someone..

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Mine isn’t as good as others

and That’s okay, because it’s all I’ll ever needed

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 why do we fall?

we don’t make mistakes

we just have happy accidents
- Bob ross

so we can learn to pick ourselves

up!

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self love is..

buy yourself new
clothes
stay hydrated
You shouldn’t live like that
It’s really unhealthy
make me!

hang out with friends Do whatever you like

I bet you wouldn’t last
it’s on
a day living healthily

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 But don’t think it as a bad day,
we all have bad moments in life
think of it as a bad minute

And it could be scary and might ruin your day Happiness begins when your gratitude list
is longer than your worry list.
So find something to be thankful for today.

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reaching for a goal can be but don’t be afraid to

challenging and daunting take small steps

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 what’s the rush of getting to when the steps you
where you want to be are on is as important

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when you’re lost of hope or motivation,

you can’t defeat me don’t forget to look back

I know..
but he can!

it’s easy to lose hope when you forgot

how far you’ve gone

love and affection

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 gotta have a little sadness once in a while
so you know when the good time comes
gotta have opposite dark and light,
light and dark in paintings, it’s like in life

i’m waiting on the good times now

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in life we have good and bad moments here and there

There can be bad momets everywhere..

It maybe small and insignifiant

but it can mean the world

but we can learn to find joy

in the little things

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 hey it’s love and affections
here and i just wanna say
even though our existence is
small and insignificant
and that’s what matters!
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it’s okay to fail, your
emotions matters
rock bottom became
the solid foundation
in which i rebuilt my life
- j.k rowling
you’re still here!
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i cannot be perfect, and that’s okay
that’s what makes it
different and unique from everything else
it’s the imperfections that make
something beautiful,
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 i guess this
is a goodbye
well looks like this is
it for me thanks for making
me stronger

that’s kinda dramatic but.. it’s all you

my presence i guess i did it thank me? i didn’t
no longer affect you. do anything
you finally defeated me

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you’re the one’s getting through all the adversities does this mean we’ll
never see each other again? of course not

you took the time and effort to

take care of yourself

i’ll always be a part of you

for you to look back on

until then, take care!

it’s your strength and yourself that’s

doing the work.

the end

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 Afterwords

hello there! thanks for staying

around til the end!

but i hope they spoke to and if you are going through

you in some way depression or tough mental
periods, well..

i know everyone has different

experiences..

and some parts

aren’t that funny..

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no feelings are final.

it maybe hard at the moment right now, but you are stronger than
there are happy days ahead and no matter how bad you think you are.
things may seems at the moment, those feelings
don’t define you or the rest of your life. be sure to recognize that and give yourself credit for getting
through rough mental periods.
feelings of dread and despair are temporary and
they may shadow over everything going on rn the only way is up, and I’ll see you at the top!
but i can assure you there are time in the future
where they don’t.

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Marketing material
The physical promotion material for the book
includes a set of posters and a standee. The
dimensions for each are 420 x 594 mm (A3)
and 60x160 cm respectively

20 University of
Greenwich VN
About
Me, The Monster and I is a compilation of various
relatable everyday experiences with mental illness. It
delves deep into the perspective and feelings of the

jan patient in a humorous fashion. Small comedy comic

skits can crack a laugh out of you, the reader in a
darkest days or giving you the feels and sympathetic
view towards the patients.

Standee

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Set of 3 posters

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 that’s what makes it
different and unique from everything else

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Exhibition

skullworms

Me, The Monster and I is a compilation of various relatable

everyday experiences with mental illness. It delves deep into
the perspective and feelings of the patient in a humorous
fashion. Small comedy comic skits can crack a laugh out of you,
the reader in a darkest days or giving you the feels and sym-
pathetic view towards the patients.

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Evaluation
This is my most anticipated and longest project ever since I enroll to Greenwich university. This
project is where my hand drawing skills and design skills are put to the test. The only problem I
encountered during the design process is to come up with contents and experiences from various
people and the process of filtering out ideas was very exhausting. With my instructor’s guidance
and direction along with criticism from my peers I managed to persevere through.

The final product in my opinion could’ve been better. Some parts are lacking severity and some
maybe misleading. If I was given more time I could polish and reconsider more, but overall the
book has achieved its intended goal and purposes. Through this project I’ve learned many things
about comic layout, comic writting and overall how to relate to the audiences. I hope in the future
I can participate in more projects like this!

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