TEO TABAR




METAMORPHOSIS

YEAR

2024

SCOPE

Illustration
Visual narrative


THE BRIEF

This university brief asked us to create a scrolling graphic narrative inspired by ‘Survival Stories | Meet the Scientist: Dr Claire Rowe’ by Zoe Sadokierski and Ceridwen Dovey,’ an article about marine scientist Dr Claire Rowe and her research findings on the upside-down jellyfish. 

THE OUTCOME

I digitally illustrated a comic titled Metamorphosis, a personal anecdote about my struggles with gender identity parallel to the life cycle of the upside-down jellyfish from egg, to polyp, to jellyfish. The visual language comprises a monochrome blue colour scheme with soft, airbrushed forms, setting the vulnerable, melancholic tone of the comic whilst evoking the transparency and fluidity of water.




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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

I acknowledge the Dharug and Gundungurra People as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, work and play, and pay my respects to Elders past and present. I honour First Nations People as the first artists, designers and storytellers, who have cultivated art, culture and storytelling across this continent since time immemorial. I recognise that sovereignty was never ceded, and this always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

© TEO TABAR 2026