Shape to symbol GIF

Reflection 

The hardest thing that I came across while working on this project had to be translating the ideas that I had and turning it into a symbol. I had good ideas but its really easy to think of them but actually producing them becomes harder. My idea was really complicated and would have involve a lot of layers and would be hard to create. Originally I wanted to do a face and a body but it would involve so much work so instead I decided to focus on a face. Creating a body and face will not only involve more work but it would also not be simple because a lot of detail will go into creating it.

The tools I feel the most comfortable using is the eraser, paint bucket and paint brush tool. Throughout my project I was constantly using these tools and I was sort of force to learn how to use them. I did come around a lot of problem while using these tools especially the paint bucket tool, since sometimes my whole image was colored because I didn't create a closed shape. I wish I would have had more time to use the pencil tool because it would have probably made the hair easier to make and I would have been able to add more detail to it.

I actually plan to do another gif for one of my classes. In my English class I plan to create an image to express the emotion of one of the characters. By using photoshop I would be able to clearly show how the character changes emotions throughout the text.