Confessions of a researchaholic

2019-03-15

Quick sketch from memory

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:12 pm
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I saw this guy in one of the company cafeterias during lunch. I did not bring drawing tools then, and drew this sketch from visual impression afterwards.

2019-03-14

College cheating scandal

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 1:35 pm
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I am not sure what kind of lessons these parents are trying to teach their kids by cheating with college admissions; maybe they have successfully cheated towards their own career successes and believe their kids can follow suit.

2019-03-12

Quick doodling with pen and paper

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:26 pm
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I still draw with physical mediums when the circumstances appear.

Quick sketch of a sleeping train passenger

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:47 am
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Sleeping people tend to move less and thus are easier to draw.

2019-03-11

Quick sketch of a train passenger

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:00 pm
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The evening train was delayed by about 15 minutes. After getting on the train I walked through all the car cabins to identify interesting drawing subjects.

2019-03-10

Drawing from a magazine photo

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 7:35 pm
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The strong lighting contrast on the face can help practice hatching and shading, but I completely failed to depict the cute subject; will revisit.

2019-03-03

Drawing a dead spider found at the bottom of a bathtub

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:45 pm
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The spider is about the size of a dime and I do not have a magnifying glass around, so I observed it in close distance before started drawing.

2019-02-28

Reviewer toughness score

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:54 am
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“Your reviewer toughness score is 20%. This means that 20% of the time you gave lower scores than the other reviewers of the submissions you reviewed. Reviewers are encouraged to maintain a toughness score closer to 50% so that they are working on roughly the same scale. You may want to update your reviews with this in mind.”

I wonder what is going to happen if all reviewers actually try to reach the 50% toughness level. Meanwhile, I will maintain my independent opinions.

2019-02-24

Quick sketch of the Alsatian orphan by Rodin

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:53 pm
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This is a very impressive sculpture, especially given that Rodin made it from memory. My drawing is far less impressive, even from my beginner standard. I plan to revisit this one again.

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