I noticed a bus stop bench while driving by and this visual image popped up in my mind.
https://youtu.be/VwPCFwmTlQA
2022-05-25
2022-05-22
Wool cap
This sketch was inspired by a face of similar style I saw today.
https://youtu.be/urt3khp6Wsg
Apollo 10½
I watched Apollo 10½ thinking it was a science fiction only to find out the story is even more interesting.
The animated actions looked lively, which turns out to be based on a type of rotoscoping-over-live-action that the director also employed with his prior works such as A Scanner Darkly.
2022-05-20
Creative block
In Concept Art: Break Artist’s Block with Emergent Design – L410, conceptual artist Sam Nielson talked about the common causes and remedies for creative blocks, which I found to be equally applicable to scientific research (or any other creative fields):
Causes:
- Not enough or the right kind of input
- , such as visual inspirations for art or the current problems and progresses in research.
- Not having anything to say
- , which is related to the above about not having the right kind of input as well as not thinking enough about what one wants to do.
- Fear of poor performance
- which can cause actual poor performance.
Antidotes:
- Study everything and anything
- , including books, papers, and artworks.
- Live life a little (outside work)
- , which is not just about work-live balance but also about enriching one’s creative horizon.
- Give yourself permission to suck
- to increase the chance not to suck.
I followed the suggested process (about using chunky oil brushes for iterative ideation) to create the visual impression I saw earlier about two white chairs inside woods.
https://youtu.be/bXAl42AY4zA
2022-05-16
Chairs-and-tables puzzle dream
I dreamed about this math/algorithm puzzle earlier this morning.
There are N tables and M chairs on an infinite plane for a class, which consists of group discussions and individual works.
During the group discussions, each student can move his/her chair towards a table.
When the discussions are over, each student will need to move his/her chair to an individual table without sharing with other students.
What is the optimal transport for this transition from a given group discussion configuration to an individual work arrangement?
2022-05-06
2022-05-02
Unicyclist painter
Looking at this painting from Aaron Hertzmann, I was imaging doing that live, which needs to be hands-free and thus would be more suitable on a unicycle than a bicycle.
2022-04-04
Mask-lamp motion graphics
An acquaintance who has known me for a very long time told me that this photo reminded him of me, which inspired me to create a simple motion graphics.