Confessions of a researchaholic

October 3, 2023

A tree in the wind

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 6:02 pm
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[The post title has nothing to do with the content below, but it was suggested by GitHub co-pilot and I decided to keep it for fun.]

In addition to convenience/portability, another advantage of using a mobile phone as the drawing surface is discretion: I can draw in public without attracting much attention as people will think that I am just another cell-phone user, which is not the case with a tablet or a canvas.

September 27, 2023

Snacks after a flu shot

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:13 pm
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September 26, 2023

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.

September 25, 2023

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

September 18, 2023

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.

September 15, 2023

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.

September 10, 2023

Path-in-place effect

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:29 pm
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Also known as zero-velocity path, this is a feature in Adobe Fresco that allows the creation of a path as a single point, so that the corresponding graphical sprite is not moving but can vary in other ways such as size and orientation.

Dress profile

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:28 pm
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When I first saw this dress image in a thumbnail I thought it is a profile drawing only to find out it is actually not upon enlarging, but the idea of how much a profile view can convey the style of a dress (or many other things) stuck in my mind and I drew it here.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2doll4uM1h0

The scythe of time

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 3:58 pm
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After hiking in a nearby county park my heart seemed to have decided that it did not need to pump for more than 36 beats per minute while I was serenely reading Poe’s “the scythe of time” only to be interrupted by a buzz warning from my fitness tracker.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/179685483/ScytheTime

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