Hermit Haven
Chloe Groth
See it On Campus: Level 2
Visitor InfoBeside the RBC Media Gallery, part of the Little Critter Collective table display.
Initially starting out as a couple of silly doodles and ideas, Hermit Haven is a currently developing, comedy-based comic that explores relationships between human and not-so-human characters. The project is based on my love for creatures of urban legends and folklore, and my enjoyment of the comic/graphic novel medium.
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As of now, the comic contains 3 characters: Atlas (part human, part moth), Emile (human park ranger), and Joseph (big chill monster guy).
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FALL 2022
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I spent my fall semester developing these characters; starting with some exploratory sketching, then wrote, sketched out, and finished off a 5 page comic! In figuring out how these characters interacted with each other, the idea for the comic itself seemed to form naturally, and it was a very fun process overall.
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SPRING 2023
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In my spring semester, I ended up taking a different direction with the project. I took a step back from writing and character designing (two things I greatly enjoy doing) to hone my skills in background design (which I don’t enjoy doing as much but still had fun with)! I also finished off the semester by making a piece with cryptids in a more “real world” location, for the purpose of trying to explore how different characters in the comic later could potentially interact with each other and the world around them!
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Even after all of this, these pieces are only just the beginning. I plan to continue working on making more short comics with more characters in more silly situations post-grad! If you took time to scroll through this whole page, thank you for taking a look around!
Special Thanks
I’d like to thank several people:
- My amazing professors: Amory, Daniel, and Jeremy, for teaching me how to eat a muffin properly (among so many other things!)
- Everyone in my ILUS-401 class this spring, for making the last few months of school some of the best!
- The folks in ILUS 500, for keeping me sane and social in a post-lockdown world
- The Little Critter Collective, for giving me great people to continue making art with after school
- All of my friends (special shout-out to Aidan) and my family, for being cool and rad over these 4 wild years!