Self-Visualization

My concept for the self-visualization project was to illustrate the different phases and cliques I went thru to get to the person I am now.
In 5th grade, while dating "King of the Punks" I became someone who fit the mold of the stereotypical 'freak' or 'mall rat'. This phase, the mallrat phase, while most intense in the 5th grade, carried on until my first year in highschool.
Before the 5th grade I was in the popular crowd. Even during middle school while I leaned towards the mall rat group, I was still very much a part of the popular girls and guys. However, I was fully devoted to this group leading up to middle school. In fact, my then best friend and I pratically ruled the school for years.
When I got to high school is when I decided I was totally over the cliques I had been formerly associated with. The middle image in my project was mean to look happiest and the most liberated, because I have enjoyed the life I lead as an independant individual much more than any other time of my life.