Arrived at the airport too late, with the boarding pass showing “too late” instead of the gate information.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/206373601/BoardingPassTooLate
August 4, 2024
July 31, 2024
The real breadboard – creating an electronic sandwich
I usually prioritize hands-on experiences during conferences over recorded programs that I can watch later.
I noticed this satirical workshop on creating an electronic sandwich by etching a real bread with metals so that it can be connected with wires and chips and programmed to play different animated dot patterns.
July 25, 2024
RTD from Denver airport to downtown
The train from Denver airport to the downtown Union station took slightly over 30 minutes, similar to driving but cost less than Uber (10 USD), and I managed to sketch a few passengers during the ride.
July 18, 2024
Trespasser hit by train that I was in
My morning train ride was smooth and I was able to get a good view of a passenger with interesting features for a quick sketch.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/186107513/PortraitsMotoGStylus/modules/1155266287
When the afternoon train I took was about to arrive at my destination station, it stopped short of the platform. The conductor announced that there was a trespasser hit by the train and there would a delayed for maybe 2 to 3 hours, during which nobody is allowed to disembark while the scene is being cleaned up by medical staff and investigated by the police.
Given that the train was already easing into the station, I guess it was probably an accident (someone crossing the tracks to catch the train) instead of an attempted suicide (which logically would aim for train passing through a cross point at high speed).
After some probing around I sneaked to the front of the train car and started to surreptitiously drawing some passengers before the train geared towards the station after a better-than-expected 1.5-hour delay.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/186107513/PortraitsMotoGStylus/modules/1155374999
https://www.behance.net/gallery/186107513/PortraitsMotoGStylus/modules/1155374997
July 10, 2024
DMV visit
As most people do, I tried to avoid visiting DMVs as much as possible. But I had to today after my last visit more than two decades ago (when getting my driver’s license).
Even though I still spent more than an hour for the whole process, the experience turned out to be more positive than I anticipated. The receptionist was very pleasant and smiling all the time, and the agent who handled my case was very efficient.
A DMV reflects America quite well: diverse, chaotic, and somehow still mostly functional.
I believe (or at least hope) that my experience would apply to anyone who has followed the online preparation process before their physical visit.
And while waiting, I managed to draw a few sketches from my observations of folks around me (and there would be no shortage of all kinds of people inside a DMV as you can imagine).
July 9, 2024
Sprinkler-induced rainbow
It was quite pleasant to feel the sprinkler and see the rainbow it induced during a heat wave. From the captured photo I tried to convey the heat and color at the moment with a generative video.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/202894093/SprinklerInducedRainbow
June 30, 2024
Purple and orange flowers combination
Saw this nice combination of coastal pig-face and African flag plants a few weeks earlier and finally managed to draw my impression with vector brushes.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/202188405/CoastalPigfaceAfricanFlag
June 23, 2024
Pholcidae (cellar spider) geometry
Spotted this dead cellar spider which folded itself in an intricate geometric shape.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/201661059/PholcidaeGeometry