Abstract Combinations Maybe Not the Answer

I combined by symbols abstractly, using tiny details and extreme zoom. I wanted my combined symbol to have both hard and soft lines (curves and sharp angles) as well as to have both line and solid shape. While combining the elements, I did not think about movement, although, looking back, I should have--I suppose I didn't learn my lesson with my stop-motion movie as well as I thought....






After looking over the images and getting some feedback, I realized that the images in and of themselves are so drastically different that having them present in a non-abstract manner together would be just as, if not more, intriguing. I picked the most detailed and illustrative image--the fortune cookie--and the most symbol like/least detailed--the eclipse--and combined them. The eclipse, while originally symbolizing the adjective "Contrasting" also represents math and science, so can be used to show two different symbols, and, when combined with the cookie, my mark will still incorporate three adjectives. In fact, the mere act of combining the cookie and the eclipse can symbolize contrasting as well.


I believe that the combined symbols, before I resulted to the Non-Abstract version incorporated enough visual elements of the individual symbols to still convey the adjectives and so they remained "self portraits." Now, with my final non-abstract symbol, they convey their original meaning completely and so the combine symbol is unarguably still a self portrait.

I see the flash animation moving by first either cracking open or having the paper fortune slip out the side. Perhaps, as the eclipse comes out of the cookie, the cookie itself fades, in a blackout-like manner, so, in the end, the viewer is left seeing online the eclipse--just five circles of varying patterns. This light-to-dark effect could again emphasize contrast, and leave the viewer focusing on the mathematical nature of the eclipse symbol. If that is the case, then the "final" mark is really just the five circles, and the Lucky fortune cookie, is only seen an the beginning and through the animation.

For sound, I am unsure. Depending on the motion, the animation could start with a cracking noise or not. Throughout the clip, there could either be stereotypical Chinese music emphasizing the cookie, or else something the complete opposite to emphasize, yet again, a contrast. I would like to work with the light-to-dark idea, not only with motion and a fade, but also with sound, choosing a track that either gets louder or softer with the fade in light, and by loud and soft that could relate to volume, pitch, or tempo.