For my cartoon I wanted to touch base on cyber bullying and it’s underlying effects that we don’t realize it has. My character is Cali. She has posted a picture which hence had lots of backlash and negative comments from her classmates. Through my cartoon I wanted to show how no matter where she is , at home in bed, in school, or out in public, that she can’t hide from cyber bullying because unfortunately our phones and technology follow us and are everywhere no matter if want them to be or not. As she’s red and bright in the beginning, her red begins to fade to blue as the story goes on. It ends sadly with her unfortunately taking her life after her family said she’s happy and popular etc.. However, we can paint a good picture for ourselves and make it seem like we are okay even when we are not no matter if we are happy, excited, or popular. Cyber bullying doesn’t care. Due to social media having a cover because it is only on the phones, others don’t see what we go through.
I want to spread awareness on this because it is hard enough to be ten agents or young adults without bullying. However, add in cyber bullying and technology and our lives turn upside down.