Confessions of a researchaholic

2024-05-15

Newspaper photo of Genghis Khan

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 3:47 pm
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I hypothesized these newspaper “photos” of Genghis Khan via a IP-Adapter ComfyUI workflow that combines the structure of his portrait and the style of a real newspaper photo of my late grandfather.
(Their ancestral relationship could lend to some credibility of this experiment.)

2024-05-08

Clover mites

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:38 pm
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I noticed these tiny red creatures crawling around on the concrete tiles, too tiny to be photographed by my cell phone camera. This is my attempt to draw and animate their appearances and motions.


https://www.behance.net/gallery/198150207/CloverMites

2024-05-06

趙媽媽的小孩吃冰淇淋

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 7:37 pm
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She bought some ice cream and ate it in front of a grand view behind the Ferry Building on a gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon, and somehow I felt a bit impatient at the moment.
I realized what I had missed the next day and captured my feelings into this imaginative vector drawing.

Life is too short and time does not flow back; I should be more patient and present to enjoy every moment.


https://www.behance.net/gallery/197971047/HuiIceCream

2024-04-28

Cotton candy grapes

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 10:43 am
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This is my attempt to visualize the taste upon the first bite of these grapes.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/197316059/CottonCandyGrapes

2024-04-25

Crazy motion graphics

Filed under: Imaginary — liyiwei @ 6:37 pm
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These are some (accidentally interesting) results produced as part of my day job.

2024-04-24

The tall blonde man with one black shoe

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 5:23 pm
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This is an attempt to visualize the original sound track heard on the radio a while back via a combination of Adobe tools: rough sketch by Fresco serving as structure reference with cubism/surrealism styles for Firefly followed by layer editing via Photoshop and audio-driven animation via After Effects.


https://www.behance.net/gallery/197040187/TallBlondeManWithOneBlackShoe

2024-04-19

Dandelion

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:38 pm
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佛曰: 一花一世界,一木一浮生, 一草一天堂,一葉一如來。


2024-04-14

Total solar eclipse – before, during, after

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 4:55 pm
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Attempt with simplest possible vector graphics to depict the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 that was not visible in my geographical location.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/196204141/TotalSolarEclipse

2024-04-13

Woodpecker

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 1:42 pm
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I recorded a woodpecker pecking on a utility pole and would like to create an animated sketch in sync with the sound.
I started with a rough manual drawing by Adobe Fresco and used it as the structure reference for Adobe Firefly.
I then selected the bird as the foreground object into another layer and generatively filled the background via Photoshop.
I imported the psd file into After Effects and control the rotation of the bird via the sound of the captured video (following this example).

https://www.behance.net/gallery/196145773/Woodpecker

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