The facial “lotion” that I have been applying in the past fortnight turned out to be cleansing gel.
2024-12-16
2024-12-15
Target-aware light projection
Went to watch Let’s Glow SF 2024 across several sites and found the effects to be most impressive when the content is customized with respect to the structure of the target display (e.g., virtual clock tower on the physical ferry building).
2024-12-12
A post of insignificance
Just walked up to the 15th floor and found my PhD adviser sitting in a cubicle before returning to my office on the 8th floor.
2024-12-09
Dream earlier this morning
– rough Google Keep drawing after waking up followed by Adobe Fresco vector drawing later in the evening
Probably as a reflection of our trips last week to different destinations, I dreamed about this Google map showing us traveling to the same island without being far away.
https://youtube.com/shorts/YPFsPfOm380
2024-11-28
Found persimmon
Found this persimmon with a branch on the ground and decided to draw it before eating it.
2024-11-21
Senior lady with key and whistle on the train
Saw this senior lady on the train who wore a key and whistle on her chest and was talking with herself and patting an invisible companion, and did a quick sketch of her after finishing my dinner.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/186107513/PortraitsMotoGStylus/modules/1212341945
2024-11-17
Fallen leaves
Animated some leaves over a photo I took of a package of fallen leaves collected by a worker whose process I observed while having lunch on a high floor balcony the other day.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/212799231/FallenLeaves
2024-11-11
Acorns
Process: paint one acorn in Adobe Fresco from which create custom brush in Adobe Capture and paint back many acorns in Adobe Fresco.
Inspiration: witnessed the prodigious quantity of acorns on the ground and wondered about its potential as a food source (edible by humans after leaching out the tannins).
2024-11-03
Bing concert hall
25 years ago when Sergei Brin and I were in the same piano class I wouldn’t have predicted that one day there will be a concert hall named after him.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PLMBHRJeHauxvjjq5
I like the circular setup of the Bing concert hall, with the stage in the middle and the audience surrounding it, which makes the performance more intimate and engaging, and the sound effect is great. It also doesn’t hurt that Stanford is much closer to where I live than San Francisco (with performance venues that I have attended).