Title: Representing Malaika Sujeet
Graphic Novel/ 80 pages/ Autobiography/Humour/Comic
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The illustrations were created traditionally using ink and paper. The entire process - from research, storyboarding, illustration, font design, digital edits to print and binding - was undertaken by the artist.
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The images below are from my final MA exibition. My exhibit was curated to be entirely self-reflexive in nature, driven by the autobiographical bent of the book’s content. It worked as an invitation into the book’s tone of voice and humor.
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A plaster cast of my hands emerge from the wall, presenting the book to the audience.
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![A mural of the book accompanied the exhibit](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/baed0dd5-ed8b-450a-8501-8ccded8873cf/26f3085f-f440-4ccc-a0f5-94702c37e43c_rw_1920.jpg?h=aa54e837a25d52f98ef85d629bd1398c)