My love of American comic strips got the better of me on this project. I’ve long been fascinated by the ability of cartoonists to capture human emotions in line and gesture. A few well-placed lines and you have anger, fear, joy, or confusion. I created a stage on which I could display characters from many of my favorite comic strips, old and new. I liked the idea of creating a 3D space in which these 2D figures could interact. As a background, I first thought to reproduce the original Tide Laundry Soap orange and yellow bullseye, thinking to play off the idea of myself awash in a comic interlude. The tagline changed, but I kept the bullseye to add color and animation behind my black and white tableau. To give the piece focus, I centered a photo of myself with clown nose.