Confessions of a researchaholic

2022-03-20

Workout

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 3:55 pm
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Before the industrial revolution humans got enough physical exercises in their daily routines without needing extra workouts or diets, which are signs of unnatural design for the modern environment and activities.

Should our cities be centered around driveways for cars, or walking/biking lanes with public transports?

Why are we sitting in front of stationary devices instead of walking around manipulating objects for work?

2022-03-19

Bubbles

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:35 pm
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Animation exercises for lesson 7.

https://youtu.be/IhNj5lJnBgs/

Putin and Xi facial overlay

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 2:03 pm
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The cover image of the March 19 2022 Economist issue told us that Putin has relatively larger eyes than Xi.



Layoff

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:30 am
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At the beginning of a movie I was watching there was a scene of someone who received a surprise layoff and, after being escorted outside the office building, did not seem to have any idea what to do.
(I don’t know what happened to that character at this moment of writing as I have yet to continue with the movie.)

Which prompted me to ponder: when at last we leave our jobs, what has to be left behind and what we can bring with us? Thinking ahead of this eventuality can clarify our priority about what is really important: titles and positions we hold, colleagues/collaborators we interacted with, experiences we learned, products we built, achievements we accomplished, etc.

Now, replace job with life, and think again.

2022-03-18

Li Y Wei

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 10:27 am
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My colleague Jose Echevarria took this photo on 2020 Aug 14 in Zaragoza, of a flower shop which almost spelled my name and inspired me to create this motion graphics via web animation.

2022-03-16

Quick pencil sketch

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:40 pm
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Based on an ad from Aetna for their blood lab.

2022-03-12

A Loaded Camera: Gordon Parks

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:58 pm
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I did some quick drawings on my moto-x4 mobile phone at a great exhibition of Gordon Parks this early Saturday afternoon, and an inspired motion graphics afterwards at home.

2022-03-11

String doll

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:45 pm
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The subject of this morphing animation is inspired by a doll head laying around my desk.

2022-03-08

Sensory dilemma

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:42 pm
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I smelled dog poop when watering plants outside tonight, but it was too dark to spot the source.
Waiting until the next morning can provide better visibility, but then the smell may have dried out.

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