Extravaganza 2022

Organized by NUS Comics and Animation Society and supported by Collateral Damage Studio.

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   The Aftermath of A Grave Visit (Wong Shi Chin) –  "A confrontation while visiting a cemetery lands Derrick‘s younger brother in the hospital.    While waiting for his brother's hospital discharge, Derrick encounters the culprit standing outside the ward: Elise, a former mutual friend who drifted apart years ago.   This comic seeks to highlight a part of how human relationships mend and heal; specifically, that forgiving and forgetting is not always so easy (nor practical).    Rather than choosing between mental health or the healing process, I thought it would be fascinating to illustrate both while focusing on another somewhat uncommon topic - Relationships and the emotional turmoil they can bring." #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVnYHZrFNn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   The Aftermath of A Grave Visit (Wong Shi Chin) –  "A confrontation while visiting a cemetery lands Derrick‘s younger brother in the hospital.    While waiting for his brother's hospital discharge, Derrick encounters the culprit standing outside the ward: Elise, a former mutual friend who drifted apart years ago.   This comic seeks to highlight a part of how human relationships mend and heal; specifically, that forgiving and forgetting is not always so easy (nor practical).    Rather than choosing between mental health or the healing process, I thought it would be fascinating to illustrate both while focusing on another somewhat uncommon topic - Relationships and the emotional turmoil they can bring." #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVmhqWLoG4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   Cassia Fistula (Beverly Seah) – It’s a comic based on a friend who had committed suicide over their school break, hanging herself from a cassia fistula tree. There‘s a sense of irony conveyed from the tree with golden flowers, where golden flowers usually represent friendship and Joy, they were qualities of her friend. The comic opens with her struggling to get over the death of her friend, and shows the importance of letting go to heal from the death of someone close to you. The main theme of healing is interpreted to healing from the death of someone, in honour of suicide prevention month. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVl2BJrfCG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   Cassia Fistula (Beverly Seah) – It’s a comic based on a friend who had committed suicide over their school break, hanging herself from a cassia fistula tree. There‘s a sense of irony conveyed from the tree with golden flowers, where golden flowers usually represent friendship and Joy, they were qualities of her friend. The comic opens with her struggling to get over the death of her friend, and shows the importance of letting go to heal from the death of someone close to you. The main theme of healing is interpreted to healing from the death of someone, in honour of suicide prevention month. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVlLPSLMZs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   Cruel world (Nurul Dania Irliyana Binte Mohamad Faizal) – A story of a mother and daughter that lived in peace before the rotten humans attacked. The sadness snapped a piece in the daughter’s heart or rather known as the moon. A promise she made to her dear mother stayed in her memories, hoping to be able to ensure her mother would rest in peace after doing as she promised. Healing the place that was her home was a promise she had fulfilled, just for her mother. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVkwk0r4pb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   Dive In (Tan En) – The bathroom is a private space where many can escape from the hustles of daily life in, but what exactly does one do inside? To the girl in my comic, she explores. ”Dive In“ thus showcases healing through a young girl who finds solace in the calm sea, hidden in the depths of her bathtub. In times where we need healing, we are often not alone too, so complete with friends like the rubber ducky and from the ocean, I believe one is able to overcome the stormy seas and ride the waves. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVkm7MLpw7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   " Glimpse of Us" (Nur Qistina Binte Mohammad Nurhuzaifah) – Many people in the world listen to music to relate to their own lives. Personally,  music helps me realise that I can become whoever I want. Sarah, my main character, listened to a song named “Glimpse of Us” by Joji. An excerpt from the lyrics states that “Perfect doesn't mean that it‘s working, so what can i do?” This shows that however hard we try to pursue our interests in life, it may not necessarily turn out as what we envisioned. I tried swirling the colours around to create a wavy effect that represents the relaxing flow of music.  #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVkdZTLuJ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   BE A FRIEND (Keenan Ong Zhi Kai) – My comic strip talks about mental healing as one of my friend is suffering from depression and I am finding ways to cheer her up, that is why I think drawing about mental healing. The comic strip shows depression through getting fired from work and the solution to this scenario is to just talking to a trusted person. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVkTAWLzkL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 COMIC category   Emotional support (Liang Huaiyu) – We should not hesitate to reach out for help when in need. Sometimes, you just happen to need someone to lend you a hand in overcoming your difficulties; someone who could act as a healer and be there for you when you start to break. In my artwork, a girl is going through a hard time all alone, and was soon pushed to the brink of insanity. That was when another girl appeared and helped the first girl heal emotionally. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVkIMoLXPN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category Full artworks and write-ups on the Extravaganza Traditional Artbook! https://linktr.ee/sgextravaganza2022   The Healers (Hwee Shi Xuan Elisa)   Healing (Teo Yuriko)   Healing of the Soul (Edith Xiu Lin Mencher)   Healing the Earth (Vernice Ker)   Healing the ocean (Zaheer Abbas Nashwa Shanum)   Healing Peace (Natalie Sim Pei Ling) #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTEldMLJqZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category Full artworks and write-ups on the Extravaganza Traditional Artbook! https://linktr.ee/sgextravaganza2022   Dara and her cat. (Chloe Kim Yijoon)   Nature that heals (Chakkarayan Rithika Vijesh)   Flowers For Tears (Lucinda Wu Yuhan)   The Soul That Heals (Au Hui Ya Cadee)   This is my way of healing (Nur Zhohirah Bte Zainuddin) #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTEYHLLxQ3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category   Puzzle Pieces (Dayna Quek)   Soul Tree (Chin Jun Shang Aloysius)   Blossoms again (Kaiyama Sayu)   Healing of Nature (Song Kar Mun Jermaine)   Lim Zhi Le Anthea (Spiritual healing) #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTEOWgrkW8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category   Healing (Ashton Ng Jing Rui) – My artwork is about a trained medic that heals plant in a forest healing plants and helping the plants that are dying by healing them to max health preventing them from dying and he is finding why the plant is dying.In my poster i have drawn a man in the forest healing plants and plants getting their colors back and a mountain at the back with many trees with a few birds flying in the sky in the afternoon when the sun is already setting causing the sky to turn orange.   Peace and Love (Choo Jing Wen) – When I heard the word ‘healing’, I instantly thought of a certain two sceneries of my two favourite dramas. When I watched the dramas, I came across those sceneries which struck a chord with me and left a strong impression on me. Hence, this painting consists of a combination between two main focuses in the sceneries respectively. The main focuses are the wishing tree and the lake. The wishing tree and the lake symbolises the peace and love displayed in the dramas. Even though the scenes do not exist in the real world, imagining them allows me to feel calm.   "Mental healing" (Ow Zun Sin) – "My artwork is about a young homeless girl who was beaten up from going around to steal food.The girl's face is all bruised up and dirty and the eyes are filled with the reflection of a lady who is reaching out her hand to help her. Her eyes are filled with tears of pain , suffering and hope as light shone into her eyes. I created this artwork to express the feeling of knowing that something is wrong morally, can’t help but continue on with the wrong doing. Needing help with something that is not within our control.   " #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTDyVZLPLx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category   MY HOME (Chen Yunuo) – The word “healing” interprets people's yearning for life. For me, healing means every time I think of home and the days I spent in my hometown, Beijing, the warm feeling that will come to my mind. Little me gently in the daylight was ablaze with lights, and my finger in the light of faint luminescence rhythm. The sky shone with the light from the fireworks. Happiness is not the blink fireworks, but the time I see my home. While I was drawing this picture, I painted some warm sunbeams. I seemed to feel the warmth of home, I suddenly have a feeling of want to cry, but efforts to control. Memories of childhood healed me , it is a bunch of ice-sugared gourds on sticks, that charming sweet and acid, will always be memorable. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQTOu5Lyf9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category   Imagination (Yew Jia Zhen Sheralyn) – My artwork show a girl surrounded by flowers and sea monsters. The girl represents a human and the fishes represent her problems she was not willing to face. She is trying to escape from reality by escaping to her imaginations but faces them in the end. My artwork is showing that no matter how hard you try to escape from your problems, you still have to face the in the end. Even if you are healing from bad news, you do not have an excuse to not face them. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQTB3FrK4z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category   The Healing Process (Zhang Bo Ya) – Personally, this piece of artwork is more of the creation journey rather than the end result. I used mediums such as lino cut and zentangle in this piece of artwork. Both linocut and zentangle have been know to be mediums that involve a lot of peace and hence the healing process and it is related to this year’s theme of healing.  #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQS1hirOU_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Submitted towards Extravaganza 2022 TRADITIONAL category   Hearts (Goh Qian Qian Angelina) – Healing on an emotional level can come in various forms, like meditation or self care. But for me, I feel that healing can be simple - just having someone stay by your side and them reassuring that they’ll always be here. It doesn’t seem like much on the surface, but it is comforting when my close friends remain supportive and look out for me even in my darkest days. I wanted to express that just a simple act of being there for those close to you could touch their hearts and go a long way in their journey of healing. #sgextravaganza2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQSsBEL1uf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=