I spotted this palm-sized book on a shelf in Kinokuniya San Francisco, and managed to read it in a few minutes. When the book is open, you will see a few (usually two) lines of rhymed texts on the left and an meticulously hatched illustration on the right. Both the story the art have a very interesting style.
August 15, 2021
July 31, 2021
Manga within manga
Boingo’s Tohth has such a unique drawing style that I hope it can be spawned into a manga/anime series.
June 15, 2021
Edvard Grieg
During an early morning drive I heard a quiz from a classical music radio station: which Norwegian composer was born today in the late 19 century whose contemporaries included the likes of Tchaikovsky (while a representative piano piece was playing in the background).
The answer is not too difficult for anyone who likes Romantic piano pieces.
May 4, 2021
Hybrids
The best in show in SIGGRAPH 2018 electronic theater is now available online:
July 19, 2020
Mamba graduation wine bottle
This is my first graphic design, to celebrate the graduation of my last HKU PhD student who derived her nickname from the black mamba.
(I managed to help her publishing top papers but not converting her from LAL to GSW.)
Inspiration:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCvFXuEpjPD
Source graphics:
wine bottle
graduation hat
the black mamba
April 6, 2020
Virtual museum
I visited a few virtual museum exhibitions during the weekend.
The experiences worked better in some types of artworks, such as films, photographs, and paintings, but less so for other types such as sculptures or interactive installations.
I can sit comfortably at home without being constrained by commutes and museum hours.
But I also missed the ambient environment and serendipitous encounters beyond the individual artworks.
June 24, 2018
Perceptual reality
I am fascinated by how Rene Magritte challenged our visual perception with his paintings.
A canvas in front of a window may seem transparent, and a receding boulevard might look like a tower.
October 3, 2017
Burden
Adversity makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker.
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) August 5, 2011
July 4, 2015
Neural inceptionism art
I have decided to feed the art works by (or related to) my father, grandfather, great*** grandfathers, etc., to this neural network inceptionism code.
Below are some results. Each group consists of the original image, and the results amplified for low and high level neurons.
戲院街的後巷 ~ The back side of theater street
Calligraphy, uniform font size
Calligraphy, varying font sizes
Kublai Khan
