What started as a comic created during their first year has become a three-year passion project for Carrie King, senior art and film studies double-major. Now, with the help of Trinity University’s new Arts & Humanities Mini-Grant program, King is working to turn their original story into a pitch for an animated series.
King is one of the recipients of the mini-grants, which support students pursuing creative projects. Trinity’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Collective, created this new program to support students in their creative endeavors. In exchange for the grant, applicants must attend at least one entrepreneurship workshop as well as submit photos and a one-page reflection on how the grant was used.
King, whose work spans animation, drawing and writing, is currently applying for Masters of Fine Arts programs in animation. Their project, “Shoot for the Cosmos,” has been in the works for over three years.
“During my freshman year, I made this silly little comic that I titled ‘Shoot for the Cosmos,’” King said.
The comic followed a teenage girl who wakes up on a space station with no memory of how she got there. As she i...