I went to Maryland Institute College of Art, and I studied illustration there. Noelle Stevenson More Quotes by Noelle Stevenson More Quotes From Noelle Stevenson It seems like everyone in my peer group has more 'Pokemon' knowledge than I do. Noelle Stevenson everyonelikegroupknowledge I really want to see normalization of queer sexuality - as well as the lack of sexuality. Noelle Stevenson wellseesexualitywant I kind of understood inherently - and I wasn't really conflicted about this - that comics were not for me or by people who looked like me. That was just something that I accepted about the world. Noelle Stevenson somethingmepeopleworld Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in; know the rules, and break them. Noelle Stevenson placelookyoupath Usually I start with a concept, which I then sketch out so that I can get a feel for the character. The character doesn't really become real to me until I draw them. Noelle Stevenson sketchfeelmecharacter Hopefully, comics will be enough to support me after I graduate. Noelle Stevenson willmesupportenough I think almost anyone is capable of doing things that are evil or hurtful or harmful. Noelle Stevenson doingthingsthinkevil 'Nimona' is about identity and if who you are is defined by what you look like. It's not a book about body image at all, but I would be lying if I said that wasn't in there even at the conception of it. Noelle Stevenson lookyouidentitybook It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate. Noelle Stevenson jobworkartschool Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to prove to the male characters before she can even get started. Noelle Stevenson alwaysprovelovecharacter I think comics has this rap of being misogynistic, and that's certainly not untrue. Noelle Stevenson i-thinkbeingthinkrap Like a lot of young women, I went through an entire period where I hated female characters - I didn't want to read about them! I thought I was going to be the cool girl who was not like other girls. Noelle Stevenson thoughtcoolwomengirl I am very interested in female characters and bringing a new perspective to mediums where not necessarily that's been valued at all. Noelle Stevenson i-amnewwhereperspective It was not until Web comics that I saw stories about women and stories by women and things that were aimed specifically at female readership. It was just kind of this free-for-all that was achieving something amazing with creativity. That was where I got my start. Noelle Stevenson amazingstartwomencreativity I really liked Quentin Blake, who did all of Roald Dahl's stuff. I don't think I really got Quentin Blake as a kid, but as I grew older, I really appreciated the kind of knowledge and the skill that went into those seemingly effortless drawings, and I really wanted to capture some of that in my own work. Noelle Stevenson skillthinkworkknowledge We can make this industry and this environment and comic book shops and comic book conventions and comic books themselves, we can make them a thing that is accessible to everybody so that nobody feels unwelcome, and nobody feels like this isn't their place. Noelle Stevenson nobodyplaceenvironmentbook It's easy to feel like you don't have any control over yourself or your life or your body as a teen - everything is changing so fast, and a lot of it feels so outside of your power. I think that's why a lot of teens form really strong attachments to fictional characters or celebrities, draw their own characters or write themselves into fan fiction. Noelle Stevenson yourselfyoupowerlife I've always liked shape-shifter characters. I gravitated towards characters like Mystique from 'X-Men,' Zam Wesell from 'Star Wars,' and Tonks from 'Harry Potter.' Noelle Stevenson starlikealwaysharry-potter I didn't get into comics until college, and it was sort of an accident. Noelle Stevenson untilaccidentgetcollege I was a junior at school, and I had just taken my first comics class, and we were doing an exercise for this other class where we had to create our own characters,and 'Nimona' just kind of came out of that. I decided that I liked her so much that I wanted to do a comic with her. Noelle Stevenson owndoingexerciseschool
