This motion drawing is inspired by a girl holding a bundle of balloons at the end of the circus show that I saw the day before.
The animation export gave me a little bit of unexpected trouble due to very high spatial resolution (4K+) caused by importing an earlier vector drawing from Ai.
November 29, 2021
After a circus
November 27, 2021
Zoppe circus
This is the first circus I remember I attended, during which I did some very quick sketches.
November 26, 2021
Idea, execution, and persuasion
Having good ideas is important, but to carry them out one needs to either execute by oneself or convince others to join the efforts.
This is why I believe a top research scientist cannot hurt to have top engineering and leadership skills.
November 25, 2021
Visual impression of a druggie
A few years back while walking to work from San Jose Diridon station I saw a guy sitting on the ground jerking his head with eyes and mouth wide open, in some drug-induced trance.
This is an attempt to depict what I saw that day.
November 24, 2021
November 22, 2021
Dinner sketch
Instead of carrying a large drawing pad (analog or digital) around, an alternative is to draw multiples on a small surface (e.g., a pocket sketch book or a cell phone like a moto-x4 I currently have) and assemble them together later on a large surface (e.g., a large canvas or an iPad).
The initial small sketches can serve as a visual memory in the minimum, and may constitute a significant portion of the final composition.
November 21, 2021
Judy Chicago smoke performance
I visited the de Young Museum for the first time to see the Judy Chicago retrospective.
She has worked on a very diverse set of mediums, such as drawings, paintings, glasses, ceramics, fabrics, smokes, and her messages are quite clear/direct compared to other modern artists’.
Random encounter of a photography collection in a physical bookstore
Physical, especially boutique, bookstores are a rare species nowadays, and I am glad to walk into one today and serendipitously browsed Impossible is Nothing: China’s Theater of Consumerism.
November 19, 2021
Waiting area after vaccination
Flu shot in one arm
Covid booster another
Still little I felt