Confessions of a researchaholic

2021-02-18

Wrapped chocolate truffle

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:11 am
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Folds and wraps can form intriguing patterns and shapes.
This chocolate truffle is wrapped in a specular BRDF making it hard to see the underlying contours.

2021-02-17

Fungible memory

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:59 pm
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I drew the initial version of the lower-right mushroom from memory, which I realized to be too regular upon looking at the photograph while attempting to upload. I then modified the shape to be less regular and more natural/interesting.
The other two were drawn entirely from memory as I did not capture any photo reference.

2021-02-15

Fruits rest

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 11:06 pm
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I lost track of time drawing these two apples snugging on the bananas, and did not realize it was past my usual bed time.

2021-02-14

Broken tires

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:48 pm
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A pile of broken tires around a construction site caught my eye on January 3 2021, especially the lower-left one in a twisted fold. But it was moved towards the fence before I got a chance to draw it.

2021-02-11

Ugly apple

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:57 am
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This apple has unhandled extraordinary vertices for its subdivision rules.

2021-02-08

Vacant lot corner

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:48 am
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Drawing is one of the few activities that can soothe me into a zone/flow, like hours before a SIGGRAPH deadline (before year 2011, the start of my diminishing marginal return).

2021-02-06

Hand-rest profile

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 8:24 am
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I drew this from referencing a magazine photo.
I did not know what I exactly wanted to do in the beginning and simply let the iterative process guide me.

2021-02-05

Mushroom

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:31 pm
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Mushroom drawn outside
the yard in a warm sunny
winter afternoon.

2021-02-03

Bright cloud

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:45 pm
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After experimenting with various brush types (oil, watercolor, charcoal, etc.), I realized that the best way to depict the fluffy cloud texture is smudge over the (black and white) strokes placed by whatever brush types.

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