My Senior Comprehensive is a culmination of my art showcasing hand-drawn 2D animation and storyboarding.

Below is my Senior Comprehensive Proposal:

24 years ago, my parents got into their car and drove to airport. It was on this day that I would be arriving to America on an airplane to join my new family. It’s a story that thousands of other international adoptees go through and I would like to bring this personal narrative to life.

For my senior comprehensive, I will be creating a short animation displaying an adoption narrative. The story would begin in the future where a girl is working at her desk. The girl would pick up a photo that is herself as a baby. The animation would then transition to the past when she was a baby at an orphanage. It would eventually transition to her living with a foster family and then flying on an airplane to her new family in the United States. It would end where it started with the girl looking at the old photograph. The animation would be from 2-5 minutes long and would be drawn in traditional 2D animation style which will be heavily inspired by Japanese animation. For the animation, I will be using the programs of the Adobe Suite, Procreate, and Toon Boom.

I hope my animation would bring attention and awareness of international adoptions and although I do not the memories of my adoption, my animation fills in the memories showcasing all the people along the way. This animation would represent my eternal gratitude to the people that have helped me and represent a story that hopefully some people can relate to and remind them it does not matter where they came from. I hope to share this work as an inspiration and hopeful message.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSsnVE2MSEk&ab_channel=JanieRudloff