In Year 12, I spent an entire year creating an alter ego – a long-armed monster called Harry Schofield – and using him to process the year as it unfolded. I crocheted a soft sculpture of him, drew him, painted him, and made collage comic pages with photos of my crocheted creature. It’s one of the most therapeutic processes I’ve ever gone through with a project and one of the creative endeavours I’m proudest of.

Here are my final comics, which were part of a larger work. They are made with sumi ink and fancy paper (I can’t remember what kind but I know I have it written in my sketchbook somewhere so I can buy more if I ever become uber-rich).