Digital short stories
From animation and interactive apps to comics and picture books, the digital short stories and their accompanying physical artwork are the culmination of the students’ work in visualizing narratives that showcase their wide array of talents and distinct authorial voices.
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View Story: The Journals of T.I.M.E.The Journals of T.I.M.E.
Tom Masterson avoided anything to do with his family heritage because his family had nothing to do with him. Until a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep with his full name on it.
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View Story: Night is HereNight is Here
Night Is Here is a poetry comic about the experience of depression through the character Dollface and her journey through the night.
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View Story: Timya’s Glacier: Song of the Snoz CrabsTimya’s Glacier: Song of the Snoz Crabs
When Timya overhears a crafty Captain named Bobbin Bill “Squiggy Beak” Sam the 3rd (Sam for short..Arggh!) say that he will capture all of the rare whistling Snoz-Crabs it’s a race against time.
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View Story: Hope’s Brain Feels SadHope’s Brain Feels Sad
Hope is a 7-year-old who misses her grandma and can’t figure out how to stop her brain from feeling sad.
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View Story: J.W. does ARTJ.W. does ART
Jake Wright is excited to be starting his first semester of art school, until it proves to be more difficult than he’d been expecting.
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View Story: Beneath the EclipseBeneath the Eclipse
Ella feels responsible for her Mother’s death and is given no comfort from her grieving Father. When her village’s Sun is eclipsed and thrown into darkness, a trail of glowing flowers appears.
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View Story: Unknown BodiesUnknown Bodies
In a distant and bizarre future, Doh-Rahi Redd is the first human in Coalition history to wear a peace officer badge. She may be the last too if she can’t solve a murder a millennium in the making.
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View Story: Bad KittyBad Kitty
Lolly is a tiny Windsor chair with a personality. One day, as Lolly is considering questions about Love, what it is and what it feels like, a Monster visits the playroom strewing chaos in its wake.
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View Story: Prelude to ColorPrelude to Color
Taken back to a time when the earth was still forming, we meet Light and Darkness who illuminate and bring shadow to the world.
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View Story: The WeatheringThe Weathering
The Weathering is an interactive, web-based narrative film about a woman who, after the death of her husband, obsesses over finding his spirit and connecting with him in the afterlife.
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View Story: Stumble On or Begin Again012
View Story: Caina – A Puritan NightmareCaina – A Puritan Nightmare
A brutal winter has decimated a 17th Century New England plantation. Faced with tragedy and starvation, a man must overcome his guilt in order to stop his brother from committing an irredeemable act.
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View Story: Ornithology for ArtistsOrnithology for Artists
A chance encounter with a starling leads to a meditation in words and images on pushing past fear and self-doubt as an artist.
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View Story: With Mary GoneWith Mary Gone
'With Mary Gone' is a true story about my family’s struggle to feel at home while dealing with the ever present threat of a violent and unpredictable neighbor.
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View Story: NoraNora
A little girl finds an antique necklace in the house where she and her mother recently moved. Inside the necklace lives the ghost of a young woman killed years ago.
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View Story: Searching for ShellySearching for Shelly
“Searching for Shelly” is a multimedia narrative featuring a man named Jay on a quest to find his missing girlfriend in Nepal.