My art examines visual culture using a plethora of techniques, formats, and materials. Recent works address family, pop-culture, and politics utilizing portraiture and short-form comics. Much of my art expresses humor through colorful, irreverent imagery, and many works employ satire and parody. Leveraging my experience as a professional illustrator and designer, I tailor my approach to each project, drawing upon divergent styles with an emphasis on polish and accessibility. I frequently adapt well-known images to recontextualize subjects. In my investigation of graphic narrative, I produced political comics, vintage comic book parodies, and experimental, interactive work. This body of work was produced with brushes and paint, touchscreen tablet, digital prints, LED lights, magnetic stock, and more. Though disparate in shape and content, the works are united by a joyful exploration of process and form.

Dissertation (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gower and Hand offer a new perspective on the traditional biplot. This perspective provides a unified approach to principal component analysis (PCA) biplots based on Pythagorean distance; canonical variate analysis (CVA) biplots based on Mahalanobis distance; non-linear biplots based on Euclidean embeddable distances as well as generalised biplots for use with both continuous and categorical variables. The biplot methodology of Gower and Hand is extended and applied in statistical discrimination and classification. This leads to discriminant analysis by means of PCA biplots, CVA biplots, non-linear biplots as well as generalised biplots. Properties of these techniques are derived in detail. Classification regions defined for linear discriminant analysis (LDA) are applied in the CVA biplot leading to discriminant analysis using biplot methodology. Situations where the assumptions of LDA are not met are considered and various existing alternative discriminant analysis procedures are formulated in terms of biplots and apart from PCA biplots, QDA, FDA and DSM biplots are defined, constructed and their usage illustrated. It is demonstrated that biplot methodology naturally provides for managing categorical and continuous variables simultaneously. It is shown through a simulation study that the techniques based on biplot methodology can be applied successfully to the reversal problem with categorical variables in discriminant analysis. Situations occurring in practice where existing discriminant analysis procedures based on distances from means fail are considered. After discussing self-consistency and principal curves (a form of non-parametric principal components), discriminant analysis based on distances from principal curves (a form of a conditional mean) are proposed. This biplot classification procedure based upon principal curves, yields much better results. Bootstrapping is considered as a means of describing variability in biplots. Variability in samples as well as of axes in biplot displays receives attention. Bootstrap a-regions are defined and the ability of these regions to describe biplot variability and to detect outliers is demonstrated. Robust PCA and CVA biplots restricting the role of influential observations on biplot displays are also considered. An extensive library of S-PLUS computer programmes is provided for implementing the various discriminant analysis techniques that were developed using biplot methodology. The application of the above theoretical developments and computer software is illustrated by analysing real-life data sets. Biplots are used to investigate the degree of capital intensity of companies and to serve as an aid in risk management of a financial institution. A particular application of the PCA biplot is the TQI biplot used in industry to determine the degree to which manufactured items comply with multidimensional specifications. A further interesting application is to determine whether an Old-Cape furniture item is manufactured of stinkwood or embuia. A data set provided by the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board consisting of measurements of tortoises from the species Homopus areolatus is analysed by means of biplot methodology to determine if morphological differences exist among tortoises from different geographical regions. Allometric considerations need to be taken into account and the resulting small sample sizes in some subgroups severely limit the use of conventional statistical procedures. Biplot methodology is also applied to classification in a diabetes data set illustrating the combined advantage of using classification with principal curves in a robust biplot or biplot classification where covariance matrices are unequal. A discriminant analysis problem where foraging behaviour of deer might eventually result in a change in the dominant plant species is used to illustrate biplot classification of data sets containing both continuous and categorical variables. As an example of the use of biplots with large data sets a data set consisting of 16828 lemons is analysed using biplot methodology to investigate differences in fruit from various areas of production, cultivars and rootstocks. The proposed a-bags also provide a measure of quantifying the graphical overlap among classes. This method is successfully applied in a multidimensional socio-economical data set to quantify the degree of overlap among different race groups. The application of the proposed biplot methodology in practice has an important byproduct: It provides the impetus for many a new idea, e.g. applying a peA biplot in industry led to the development of quality regions; a-bags were constructed to represent thousands of observations in the lemons data set, in tum leading to means for quantifying the degree of overlap. This illustrates the enormous flexibility of biplots - biplot methodology provides an infrastructure for many novelties when applied in practice. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gower en Hand bied 'n nuwe perspektief op die tradisionele bistipping. Hierdie perspektief verskaf 'n uniforme benadering tot hoofkomponent analise (HKA) bistippings gebaseer op Pythagoras-afstand; kanoniese veranderlike analise (KVA) bistippings gebaseer op Mahalanobis-afstand; nie-lineere bistippings gebaseer op Euclidies inbedbare afstande sowel as veralgemeende bistippings vir gebruik wanneer beide kontinue en kategoriese veranderlikes voorkom. Die bistippingsmetodologie van Gower en Hand word uitgebrei en toegepas in statistiese diskriminasie en klassifikasie. Dit lei tot diskriminantanalise met behulp van HKA bistippings, KVA bistippings, nie-lineere bistippings sowel as veralgemeende bistippings. Die eienskappe van hierdie tegnieke word in besonderhede afgelei. Die toepassing van die konsep van 'n klassifikasiegebied in die KVA bistipping baan die weg vir lineere diskriminantanalise (LDA) met behulp van bistippingsmetodologie. Situasies waar daar nie aan die aannames van LDA voldoen word nie kry aandag en verskeie bestaande altematiewe diskriminantanalise prosedures word in terme van bistippings geformuleer en naas HKA bistippings, word QDA, FDA en DSM bistippings gedefinieer, gekonstrueer en hul gebruike gedemonstreer. Dit word aangetoon dat bistippingsmetodologie op 'n natuurlik wyse voorsiening maak om kategoriese veranderlikes en kontinue veranderlikes gelyktydig te hanteer. Daar word met behulp van 'n simulasie-studie aangetoon dat tegnieke gebaseer op die bistippingsmetodologie wat ontwikkel IS, suksesvol by die sogenaamde ornkeringsprobleem by diskriminantanalise met kategoriese veranderlikes gebruik kan word. Verder word aangevoer dat daar baie praktiese situasies voorkom waar bestaande prosedures van diskriminantanalise faal omdat dit op afstande vanaf gemiddeldes gebaseer IS. Na 'n bespreking van self-konsekwentheid en hoofkrommes ('n vorm van nieparametriese hoofkomponente) word voorgestel om diskriminantanalise op afstand vanaf hoofkrommes ('n vonn van 'n voorwaardelike gemiddelde) te baseer. Sodoende is 'n bistippingklassifikasie prosedure wat op afstand vanaf hoofkrommes gebaseer is en wat baie beter resultate lewer, ontwikkel. Die variasie in die posisies van datapunte in die bistipping sowel as van die bistippingsasse word bestudeer met behulp van skoenlusmetodes. 'n Skoenlus a-gebied word gedefinieer en dit word gedemonstreer hoe so 'n a-gebied aangewend kan word om variasie in bistippings te beskryf en wegleers te identifiseer. Robuuste HKA en KV A bistippings wat die rol van invloedryke waamemings op die bistipping beperk, word bespreek. 'n Omvangryke biblioteek van S-PLUS rekenaarprogramme is geskryf VIr die implementering van die verskillende diskriminantanalise tegnieke wat met behulp van bistippingsmetodologie ontwikkel is. Die toepassing van die voorafgaande teoretiese ontwikkelinge en rekenaarprogramme word geillustreer aan die hand van werklike datastelle vanuit die praktyk. So word bistippings gebruik om die mate van kapitaalintensiteit van ondememings te ondersoek en om as hulpmiddel by risikobestuur van 'n finansiele instelling te dien. 'n Besondere toepassing van die HKA bistipping is die TQI bistipping wat in die industriele omgewing gebruik word ten einde te bepaal tot watter mate vervaardigde artikels aan neergelegde meerdimensionele spesifikasies voldoen. 'n Verdere interessante toepassing is om te bepaal of 'n Ou-Kaapse meubelstuk van stinkhout of embuia gemaak is. 'n Datastel verskaf deur Wes-Kaap Natuurbewaring in verband met die bekende padloper skilpad, Homopus areolatus, is met behulp van bistippings geanaliseer om te bepaal of daar morfometriese verskille tussen die padlopers afkomstig van bepaalde geografiese gebiede is. Allometriese beginsels moes ook in ag gene em word en die min waamemings in sommige van die subgroepe het tot gevolg dat konvensionele statistiese tegnieke nie sonder meer gebruik kan word nie. Die bistippingsmetodologie is ook toegepas op klassifikasie by 'n diabetes datastel om die gekombineerde gebruik van. hoofkrommes in 'n robuuste bistipping te illustreer en bistippingklassifikasie waar daar sprake van ongelyke kovariansiematrikse is. 'n Diskriminantanalise probleem waar die weidingsvoorkeure van wildsbokke 'n verandering in die dominante plantegroei tot gevolg kan he, word gebruik om bistippingklassifikasie met data waar kontinue sowel as kategoriese veranderlikes verskaf word, te illustreer. As voorbeeld van die gebruik van bistippings by 'n groot datastel is 'n datastel bestaande uit waamemings van 16828 suurlemoene met behulp van bistippingsmetodologie geanaliseer ten einde verskille in vrugte afkomstig van verskillende produsente-streke, kultivars en onderstamme te ondersoek. Die a-sakkies wat hier ontwikkel is, lei tot kwantifisering van die grafiese oorvleueling van groepe. Hierdie beginsel word suksesvol toegepas in 'n meerdimensionele sosio-ekonomiese datastel om die mate van oorvleueling van verskillende bevolkingsgroepe te kwantifiseer. Die toepassing van die voorgestelde bistippingsmetodologie in die praktyk lei tot 'n belangrike newe-produk: Dit verskaf die stimulus tot die ontstaan van nuwe idees, byvoorbeeld, die toepassing van 'n HKA bistipping in 'n industriele omgewing het tot die ontwikkeling van die konsep van 'n kwaliteitsgebied aanleiding gegee; a-sakkies is gekonstrueer om duisende waamemings in die suurlemoendatastel te verteenwoordig wat weer gelei het tot 'n metode om die graad van oorvleueling te kwantifiseer. Hierdeur is die geweldige veelsydigheid van bistippings geillustreer - bistippingsmetodologie verskaf die infrastruktuur vir baie vindingryke toepassings in die praktyk.

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It is the problem of this thesis to study recent commercial graphic arts materials and procedures, and to suggest some creative uses of them for college and university advertising art programs.

The issue of alternative certification teacher training has greatly affected art education over three decades. As a result of training through alternative certification, many art educators enter the profession unprepared and unable to cope with the realities of teaching. This study attempts to understand and represent the experiences and struggles of four alternatively certified art teachers, including myself. By reading these stories, others within the education community can empathize with and provide support for struggling novice teachers. This creative thesis uses a graphic novel format to represent participants' stories. By combining text and imagery, the graphic novel format provides different meanings, interpretations, and insights into the teachers' lives. This medium offered a unique and rich perspective on the stories of what it is like being an alternatively certified art teacher.

<p>Jag har i mitt examensarbete skapat ett säljande, målgruppsanpassat informationsmaterial enligt god informationsdesign till min uppdragsgivare Emhart Teknik AB. Materialet beskriver och informerar om ett system för bromsbandsbyte och består av två annonser, ett kundutskick, informationsbroschyr samt ett pressmeddelande. Med hjälp av texter och grafisk form har jag skapat ett strukturerat innehåll för att uppnå hög läsbarhet och läslighet. Syftet med materialet är att väcka uppmärksamhet och skapa intresse för produkten hos målgruppen.</p><p> </p><p>Denna rapport redogör för de teorier och metoder jag använt mig av för att utarbeta detta material. Den avser även att beskriva den process jag genomgick vid planering och framställning av materialet.</p>

Jag har i mitt examensarbete skapat ett säljande, målgruppsanpassat informationsmaterial enligt god informationsdesign till min uppdragsgivare Emhart Teknik AB. Materialet beskriver och informerar om ett system för bromsbandsbyte och består av två annonser, ett kundutskick, informationsbroschyr samt ett pressmeddelande. Med hjälp av texter och grafisk form har jag skapat ett strukturerat innehåll för att uppnå hög läsbarhet och läslighet. Syftet med materialet är att väcka uppmärksamhet och skapa intresse för produkten hos målgruppen.   Denna rapport redogör för de teorier och metoder jag använt mig av för att utarbeta detta material. Den avser även att beskriva den process jag genomgick vid planering och framställning av materialet.

My research demonstrates how Othering practices affect the cultural status of the comics form. Comics frequently rely upon Othering practices such as stereotype when representing minority characters. This tendency contributes to the low cultural status of comics throughout the better part of the last century. In recent years, however, comics artists have cultivated revisioning techniques that challenge the use of Othering practices in comics. These efforts represent an important step in the push toward what is now known as the comics-as-literature movement, which Scott McCloud believes will allow the next generation of comics readers and artists to accept the idea that “comics can yield a body of work worthy of study and meaningfully represent the life, times and world-view of its author” (Reinventing 10). Even as Othering practices in comics create negative perceptions, these same practices, ironically, provide comics artists with the necessary mechanisms to undermine or revise these negative perceptions and to move comics into the literary arena. The primary mechanism that I focus on in this project is the denotation/connotation relationship. In “Rhetoric of the Image,” Roland Barthes -- speaking about advertising images -- suggests that “the denoted image naturalizes the symbolic message, it innocents the semantic artifice of connotation” (“Rhetoric” 45). Building on Barthes’ work, I demonstrate how the comics image uses the denotative component in visual representations of minorities to naturalize symbolic messages (connotations) that project inferiority. This is how comics create and perpetuate Otherness. At the same time, by interrogating the denotation/connotation relationship, contemporary comics artists have been able to undermine this naturalization process and expose the misconceptions that are inherent within representations of the Other in comics. When comics commonly adopt Othering practices, they create what Charles Hatfield refers to as “encrusted connotations” (4), where the reader’s experience of a comics work is deeply affected by the social perceptions that surround comics in general. When the treatment of minorities in comics is based upon outdated stereotypes, for example, readers may assume that comics are a popular art form without literary aspirations, and the readers then treat these comics accordingly. Conversely, when comics artists challenge the encrusted connotations of the form, they undermine these connotations and open the comics readers’ eyes to the possibility that comics can indeed yield a body of work worthy of study. As I demonstrate, this revisioning work of contemporary comics artists is an important component of the comics-as-literature movement. In order to prove this, my work isolates three distinct forms of Othering that comics speak to in a prominent way. By studying the manner in which comics represent women, racial minorities and geeks, I develop the pattern by which Othering practices contribute to the cultural status of comics art. Each chapter isolates touchstone texts with regard to minority representation (Wonder Woman as gender representation, Happy Hooligan and Luke Cage as racial representation, Clark Kent as geek representation, etc.) in order to establish the formation of encrusted connotations that can then be seen across the medium as a whole. I then show how some of the most prominent and critically acclaimed comics literature of the past twenty years (Maus, Jimmy Corrigan, Persepolis, etc.) enters into a self-reflexive dialogue with these encrusted connotations in order to move beyond them and to help transition the form toward a higher cultural status.