{"id":15087,"date":"2026-09-14T22:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T02:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/?p=15087"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:11:00","slug":"project-1a-julien-gagnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/project-1a-julien-gagnon\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 1a-Julien Gagnon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Location A: The Graveyard<\/p>\n

I took these photos for another class but they’re just important to me. I like to use graveyards to think about things and gather ideas for my stories, and Orono has quite a few good ones. This graveyard has been my most recent one to venture and I’ve made some decent memories here already. Each grave tells a story, along with the setting itself.<\/p>\n

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A grave that shares the last name of a character I wrote, and also a childhood friend. It lacked details, but stood clean and smooth.<\/p>\n

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This grave has fallen apart. Curious how it could have such a clean break. Will someone fix it?<\/p>\n

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An interesting name to me, with the grave itself being of a huge scale.<\/p>\n

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Another grave that shares the last name of a character I created.<\/p>\n

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The Virgin Mary stood out to me, especially with the age of the grave. Who put this here? Is the statue just that old?<\/p>\n

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A row of graves, that really shows the scale of the cemetery<\/p>\n

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Subject B: The Rat<\/p>\n

My van that’s been a long work in progress. She may not be a location, but she’s had a lot of significance and story to me. It may be stretching the parameters a bit, but I think she’s worth it. Even without the story of the Rat’s revival, it’s clear that there’s plenty of character to go around already.<\/p>\n

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A broken down old rat at a body-shop lot. Nothing more than a shell here.<\/p>\n

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Returned from the shop. She’s been stripped of her stripes but free of rust. Remains in limbo.<\/p>\n

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The work begins. The Rat experiences even more stripping down before things can be reattatched.<\/p>\n

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The Rat and its sibling. Progress is coming quickly.<\/p>\n

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Despite the other projects, The Rat remains on the brain and in the background.<\/p>\n

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With a lot of love, The Rat is about 95% there. She runs, stops, and somewhat drives. Roof rack added and other details.<\/p>\n

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Now ready to return to the road, The Rat is worthy of regaining it’s groovy stripes!<\/p>\n

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1-make a shortlist of techniques or choices that you liked or that you would consider using in your own story. Then explain why?<\/p>\n