Illustration is not a topic that I have much knowledge about, and prior to my undergraduate studies it was not something that I would have considered interesting to me. Since taking ENG810 earlier in my degree, working with illustrated texts for the first time sparked an interest in me that I am bringing into this course. With our first lecture in specific, talking about the texts that we were going to be reading and being able to view the first edition copies as shown in the PowerPoint rekindled the interest that I had in ENG810 and reminded me that images have just as much meaning as the text itself does. As one of my fellow classmates mentioned, images themselves can be interpreted in the same way that a text can, and can deliver a whole new meaning to a text that could not have been understood simply by reading the words alone.

Today's intoductory lecture has already made me curious about the different variations of illustrated versions of texts and how they differ from one another, especially with their differences in meaning. I am looking forward to the rest of this course and getting the chance to work firsthand with these texts, and to get the chance to determine how the images change the meaning of certain texts for myself. I know that this course will expand on the knowledge that I had of illustration and present me with a new way of meaning making, and I am excited to see what everyone will come up with!