Saw this broken train station display showing intriguing patterns caused by the interactions between the surrounding light and display structure, and got some inspiration to create abstract art from it.
2024-10-09
2024-09-04
Cupcake wars – motion graphics
This is an experiment to create motion graphics from the original poster image (in the event email), which, upon looking at it, prompted me to want to animate the cupcake topping.
I started by twirling the topping via Motionleap, selecting the candy particles via Photoshop and animating them via Fresco Motion, followed by generative stylization via a comfyUI workflow (using the MotionLeap + Fresco video as control and its first frame as style input for IP-adapter). The challenge is that the output background won’t be completely black/transparent (which hopefully will be fixed soon in standard generative video workflows), and thus for now I did some masking and keying in After Effects as a workaround for proper compositing.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/207181031/CupcakeWars
2024-08-30
Cupcake wars – virtual decoration
There was an employee event for cupcake decoration competition on Thursday afternoon. I took a few bases, which seemed healthier than the toppings, and decorated them virtually via company products.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/206803773/CupcakeWars
2024-08-23
Fleeting moments
While driving back home on August 22, 2024 evening around 8:30 PM, I saw this impressive pale blue sky with dark clouds. I did a quick drawing the next evening and planned to refine it later. Then I realized that there are many fleeting moments in life that were better captured without further delays.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/206362211/ImpressionOf22Aug2024EveningAround8PM
2024-08-16
Irregular tortillas
During July 23 2024 lunch time, I saw the company cafeteria staff trying to fix the tortillas machine that was doling out irregularly shaped portions which I commented to be still edible and uniquely artistic.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/205732405/IrregularTortillas
2024-08-04
Dream this morning
Arrived at the airport too late, with the boarding pass showing “too late” instead of the gate information.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/206373601/BoardingPassTooLate
2024-07-09
Sprinkler-induced rainbow
It was quite pleasant to feel the sprinkler and see the rainbow it induced during a heat wave. From the captured photo I tried to convey the heat and color at the moment with a generative video.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/202894093/SprinklerInducedRainbow
2024-06-30
Purple and orange flowers combination
Saw this nice combination of coastal pig-face and African flag plants a few weeks earlier and finally managed to draw my impression with vector brushes.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/202188405/CoastalPigfaceAfricanFlag