I wanted symbols that would pertain to my everyday life and that I could actually see being used regularly. My main theme is ‘student’ because most things I do are related to me being a student. After making the first round of symbols, it became difficult to hybridize them because I was having trouble seeing beyond the objects I already knew to exist (i.e. backpack, spiral) to create new ones. I began focusing more on the abstract symbols I had made and slowly incorporated small pieces of the already existing objects into them. I kept with this method throughout most of the project until I ended up with three refined symbols that were not recognizable but have familiar elements.