My self symbol concept is daydreaming about my future or the goals I would like to achieve in life. I arrived to this idea after brainstorming the many different aspects of my personality that I would like to portray. I wanted to make it really personal and true to myself. I decided to go with the theme of my aspirations of being on Broadway someday, since it was recurring in my thumbnails. Since I think of this aspiration of mine all the time, I decided to animate myself daydreaming about being on a Broadway stage. I thought that it would best represent that part of myself and what I think about often.
My animated GIF pretty much remained the same in relation to my thumbnail and post-it notes. I had the image clear in my head and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. The Photoshop process was challenging, however, because it was hard to draw and animate precisely in the way that I had originally envisioned. Also, very minuscule details were drawn over several different layers, which allowed me to really think about flow and movement. I had to think about what was going to be seen at any given second, so a lot more time and patience went into creating the GIF then I had originally thought. On the other hand, I think this process really enhanced my original idea because it allowed me to add little things that would make the image really come to life, essentially. That was my main goal, and I think I was successful in doing that.
