I have been thinking about drawing an abstract self-portrait for avatar before realizing that others can probably see me more objectively than I can see myself, so I vector-drew over a paper portrait that Yilan did at the end of her Adobe internship.
2021-08-19
Abstract portrait
2021-08-16
2021-08-15
Impression of JFK towers SF
I walked by this building and was struck by its unique shape and color.
A cat who seemed lost
I encountered a dark purple-brownish cat who seemed to get lost on August 14 2021 early evening.
2021-08-09
I saw a moth in a dissected mushroom
This one is more obvious than the previous one.
2021-08-08
2021-08-04
Early morning dream that probably only MSRA folks around my time there would understand
Initially I thought (in the dream) that the session was named so because Qiming Hou was on the author lists of all the papers, but closer examination revealed otherwise.
I usually don’t have time to draw my early morning dreams until later in the evenings, and thus need to consciously retain the visual memory in-between.
2021-08-01
Akira Olympics
This is a digital painting + frame animation experiment with Fresco based on this.
2021-07-31
Manga within manga
Boingo’s Tohth has such a unique drawing style that I hope it can be spawned into a manga/anime series.