Although being in quarantine hindered and changed most of the overall experience that was meant to have been outside and with paint, I did enjoy this activity. Doodling in a notebook while in class or when bored is something I, and most likely others, do often, and for me personally it usually involves me writing names. Most of the time, it isn’t my name I write, but others such as singers or fictional characters, and alternatively song lyrics if there is a song stuck in my head. So for this activity, writing my own name was a pleasant change of pace, as if I was finally recognizing my own name as worthy of being written with care and consideration.
I began by sketching my name with a pencil, then I went through markers I have and chose which ever color in any order I felt. However, the one pattern I did stick to was that I outlined the letters in a dark color, and then filled the letter in with a lighter shade to create a popping effect. I spent about 15 minutes or so creating the drawing, but I had a nice time doing it, since it required no critical thinking and I was able to rely solely on how I felt to what would look good on paper and visually pleasing to the eye. At first, I was concerned that my whole name not fitting on one line would ruin the sketch, however two lines due to my name having an even number of letters looked just as fine.
Additionally, I decided to write the name of my favorite video game character, Wraith from the game Apex Legends. The blue dot on top of the eye is meant to resemble a portal, since Wraith is known as an ‘interdimensional skimster’ that has the ability to enter the ‘void’ through a portal she creates, and I waned to embed that into her name. Although it wasn’t in bubble letters, I don’t envision her name written that way to accurately represent her as a character. Despite this, it could still be considered graffiti writing if perhaps it was more dimensional or if it was developed into a popular style to write in.
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