There are many interesting architectural and religious constructs inside and outside this Buddhist temple converted from a Christian church.
I was attempting to capture its entire front side, but soon realized that it won’t fit well into a square canvas.
So I ended up drawing only one side, and plan for other outside and inside views in the future.
August 28, 2020
Side wing of a Buddhist church
August 24, 2020
Farm Hill
This intriguing hill-corner-top view is part of my routine walks around the neighborhood.
August 21, 2020
Strawberries
I drew this plate of strawberries after dinner.
August 18, 2020
Wild fire
Given our performance so far against the covid-19 pandemic, how would you rationally expect we can deal with environment damage and climate change?
With the current trajectory, humanity may not last beyond 100 or even 50 years.
August 17, 2020
Liquid trail animation exercises
I only felt like doing one but did the second for variation.
August 16, 2020
Flower day lapse
I was planning to draw this bud every day until it completely dies off but something unexpected forced me to stop on Friday August 14 2020.
August 9, 2020
Exercises in secondary dynamic effects
The looping wave motion is more difficult to create than I expected.
Two of the earlier mistakes include a standing wave and a “smoke” that moves up and down.
After watching a candle fire extinguished by wind, I tried to capture the essence the memory via drawing the simplest possible animation.
Without looping, it is easier to create a jumpy fire followed by a rising and distinguishing smoke.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrhJBqHZVi/
August 8, 2020
Bud pair
This is a very quick oil painting. I plan to draw a time lapse of the flower life cycle.
Sharing paper source with publisher
Some publishers like ACM might ask for the source files to compile the camera ready papers. My understanding is that they need the source to tune the paper format, instead of publishing the source. Thus, it should be OK to share the source directly with the publisher.
If you have concerns about internal annotations such as author discussions not meant for the final paper, just clean up the source via arXiv Latex cleaner or something similar.
August 5, 2020
Popularity contest
A group of interns posted their projects on an internal expo and solicited popular votes with ferocity last seen in the 2016 Republican party presidential primaries.
Meanwhile, one intern submitted a paper to a top venue even before the start of the internship, and is now spending time revising the conditionally accepted paper, filing a patent, and collaborating with a product team, instead of campaigning for popularity among other interns.
Our time is very limited. As a research mentor, it is my responsibility to guide you towards what is important and steer you away from what is less so.