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Published: 2011-10-30 16:29:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1756; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 8
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I did this project for Psychology. We had to take a dream and interpret it into a children's book. I shifted my target age a little higher because of my subject matter, lost five points on the project, but it was well worth it.Note that the book is not the dream, but what the dream meant to me. Being FTM is a very hard road to trek down. I am not alone on my journey, but sometimes the support friends and family offer can weigh me down with well-meaning comments that come across as transphobic. And then there are those few friends who do support me constantly, but sometimes do fall quiet. I don't always know where to turn when I am struggling, but I think a lot of the time it's best to just rely on myself in those times, because I know I'm strong enough to do it.
Anyway. Enjoy. It's an 8 page comic I whipped out in a night for the class.
art, characters, story (c) Jesse Darling
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Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed and connected with this work. Hopefully I will find the time to re-draw the rest of it (I have done the first page) soon.
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Great comic. Love the artwork, and the story really grasped me as well. It's exactly how I feel...! Sometimes I wish I'd just be simple and lesbian... and a voice inside of my says "WHY do you have to make everything difficult!? WHY must you make a bloody MESS of your life, just because you disagree with something as 'fundamental' as your BIRTH SEX!?" but I know... I won't be truly happy as a girl. 'cause I AM no girl!
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I wish you the best and hope you have plenty of friends and/or family (of any kind) who can support you through the toughest times. My life was turned upside down the first few months, but as the year went on, my family accepted and supported the steps I wanted to take. As the year ended, I chose not to transition after I felt like I had thoroughly explored my gender, and they supported that as well.
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Out of 100 haha so I got a 95.
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I really connected to this story. It's what I've been going through for over 7 yrs. 
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I really enjoyed this! overall, in terms of technical stuff, it could probably use some more line variation & spot blacks, but the way you handled the subject matter and plotted/drew it out works wonderfully. I know we only had the one class together and this never came up in discussion between us (which I can understand perfectly, it's hard to tell how people will react), but let me know what I can do to help if you'd like me to, such as what pronouns you'd like me to use.
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Yeah, I really wanted to do a lot more with this in way of spotting blacks and line weight, but I didn't really have time (since this alone had been 15 hours of work, and it was just for a psychology class book that most people probably spent less than an hour on).
Yeah, I wasn't entirely open about it in class, mostly because I had just come out that January. I prefer male pronouns :]
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This is amazing! You packed a lot of emotion into this. Great job.
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This comic was really great! It portrayed a lot of emotion and dilemma in only 8 pages! Amazing job!
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