Confessions of a researchaholic

2023-09-26

Road accident

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 10:46 pm
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This is an imaginative drawing inspired by a real event.

I tried to finish it within the time constraint at the end of a long day so I did not spend much time on the less important details, such as the dent at the front of the car that would add more dramatic effect.

2023-09-25

Highly-processed donut

Filed under: Imaginary — liyiwei @ 9:23 pm
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We all sometimes doodle, but this is probably my first doodling (instead of more intentional drawing) in 3D.

https://youtu.be/fYVbaXffha4

2023-09-18

Wingless fly

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:32 pm
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Ever since I was a kid I liked to catch a fly live, carefully remove its wings, and observe it crawling around.

For this one, I use Adobe Firefly to generate the background compost image consisting of banana peels, mandarin peels, and egg shells, and then draw and animate the fly on top of it.

2023-09-15

Met invitation envelope

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:36 pm
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I don’t know why a museum in NY would want to invite someone living in CA to be a member – maybe there are CA folks who spend weekends in NY?
But the photo on the envelope did give me some visual idea about how things might move there.

2023-09-09

Vivarium

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 8:59 pm
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Spoiler alert!

Among all these recent movies that are mostly derivative it is a pleasure to finally find one that is original and thought provoking.

Vivarium is about a young couple who were trapped in a suburban neighborhood and forced to raise a child that seems like a human but is actually a creature from a specie with advanced technology but parasitic morale.

The plot by itself is an interesting sci-fi psychological horror story, but also reflects on the current state of our society, such as housing, parenting, inequality, and resource extraction.

2023-08-28

Sunset

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:10 pm
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I saw some beautiful sunsets recently but could not manage to paint them to my satisfaction so I took a photo instead and drew over it.
I enlarged the moon for emphasis, but had some difficulty drawing the craters and eventually I switched to an old face reflecting a second meaning of sunset.

2023-08-20

Ladybugs

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 3:33 pm
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Saw https://museum.stanford.edu/exhibitions/printing-protest and immediately visualized the ladybugs moving in my mind.
I extracted the foreground (ladies and bamboo sticks) and several individual ladybugs via https://segment-anything.com/ to, and animated them via Adobe Fresco Motion.

2023-08-12

Mapping a fly’s mind

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:26 pm

Swatting a fly can be a fun and vigorous exercise, but here is an alternative way that is more relaxing: wait until it is dark outside, turn off all the lights inside, and then turn on a single light source which the fly would tend to follow.
You can carry a single flashlight or turn on the room lights one by one towards the outside.

2023-08-02

Obituary for DLXXK17WK7M9

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:09 pm
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iPad Pro 12.9-in 64-GB
Enrolled 10/26/2021
Last seen 6/22/2023
Served in Fresco motion and live brushes

Succeeded by W99KG6V2KQ
iPad Pro 11-in 128-GB
Enrolled 7/27/2023

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