Confessions of a researchaholic

2025-06-14

Flowery fire hydrant

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:01 pm
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I can see this fire hydrant across the street right outside my home office window, and recently it has been surrounded by blooming flowers.
The watercolor wet splatter brush helped me quickly create the flowers effect.

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2025-06-12

Zero price effect

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 3:28 pm
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My current employer has great on-site meal services with high quality, nutrition, taste, variety, and in a subsidized price. The employees usually use an app to order and pay for the meals.

But today, when I tried to pick up my ordered meal, I found the food stall already closed. I was then told that since the app is down, we can just take whatever they like without paying.

As expected, the popular food stalls either had long queues or were already closed due to running out of inventory.

So I just had some salad which seems less popular or better stocked.

2025-06-01

Aeonium

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:58 pm
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Saw this plant in the neighborhood and fascinated by its swirling leaves.
Instead of reproducing the exact details, I tried to capture the overall feels via freeform strokes.

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