SUPERJOKI

This is my high school art diploma work from my third year. There were only a few options for themes and instructions, and only the theme “heroes” had an option to make a comic, so, I chose that, because I didn’t even see the point if I couldn’t make a comic. For those who don’t know, Finnish high schools have options to attend “diploma courses” in many creative subjects. (Basically the ones you can’t do a final exam in. The ones that aren’t thought of as important subjects. -.-) The “diploma” itself is completely useless. It doesn’t help you in getting into any art universities, it’s basically just extra credit and makes you look good or super nerdy in the graduation ceremony. And if you’re not getting any awards, it might make you feel better about yourself. 😀

The main characters’ names are “Joki” which means river in Finnish, and “Sumu” which means fog. They are not common first names in Finland, and I have no idea why I gave the characters names like that.

The comic is shorter than I would usually make, because there was an exhibition for the diploma works. I needed to frame it, and it needed to be of a length that would be realistic to stop to read in an exhibition. I used big frames where I could fit four pages into one. However, the frames are also the reason why some of the screen tones started to come off, and that’s why in the scans it looks like I just didn’t bother to be precise with the screen tones. I was, it’s just ruined now. ^^’

Anyway, it’s a silly little comic, and not something I was very passionate about. My ego just wouldn’t have been able to handle not doing the diploma work, even though none of the themes inspired me. 🙂