Therefore, any edit to my profile at all represents a drastic change, and I absolutely recognized and crafted changes to my profile using this fact. People see other peoples’ presence on the forums through their avatars. It is common practice for Smogon University alumni to desaturate their avatars and badges upon departing the website, and therefore, my fellow colleagues would recognize my course of action as one of conformity and tradition, not of audacity, if it were not for a few creative differences. My change of avatar will be a crisp, recognizable message.

Process:

As mentioned in the ‘Intention’ step, I would make a change to my profile by updating my avatar and adding a title. While the step sounds simple enough, I had multiple considerations that I idly chewed over months before the deadline arrived. The avatar has to be relevant and show I was no longer active, yet I strived to express creativity in the change. Simply desaturating my existing avatar would not be enough, and I eventually contrived a design to both followed site tradition and represented my site contributions. The particular details will be explained in the next step.

Product