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by rjliang
Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w10 - Final Project
Replies: 16
Views: 163024

Re: w10 - Final Project

For this project, I compressed and added noise to a photograph I took. I repeated these actions to the same photograph until the information within the photograph became unrecognizable. In the video, however, I reversed the order of the photographs to first show a neutral, gray image gradually leadi...
by rjliang
Tue May 22, 2012 9:03 am
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w07 - Research Presentation
Replies: 6
Views: 43285

Re: w07 - Research Presentation

I did my research presentation project on the famous American artist, Gordon Matta-Clark. His work primarily focuses on the idea of "anarchitecture" and challenging the perceptions of his environment. He is most famous for his "building cuts" and also started a restaurant in SoHo, New York, called F...
by rjliang
Mon May 14, 2012 8:07 pm
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w06 - Time, Depth Space
Replies: 17
Views: 194799

Re: w06 - Time, Depth Space

For this project, I decided to explore the functionality of a scanner in order to attempt to represent the theme of time, depth and space.

Hands
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Hand
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Lights
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Face
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Hair
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by rjliang
Tue May 08, 2012 1:10 am
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w05 - Noise
Replies: 18
Views: 218862

Re: w05 - Noise

These are just a few pictures of my dad as he was growing up. I thought it would be interesting to add noise and/or blur to them (in order to make them nearly indistinguishable) because, although I know my dad very well now, I never have and never will get the chance to ever meet him at age 15 or 21...
by rjliang
Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w04 - Technical Choice
Replies: 16
Views: 168041

Re: w04 - Technical Choice

I took 10 pictures of kitchens and put them together through File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack... and then applied the following actions: Action: Set current layer, Box Blur, Curves, Shadow/Highlight Untitled1.jpg Action: Set current layer, Add Noise, Box Blur, Color Balance Untitled2.jpg Actio...
by rjliang
Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:06 pm
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w03 - Beyond the Rectangle
Replies: 17
Views: 189133

Re: w03 - Beyond the Rectangle

This image contains pictures of a variety of mannequins that I see nearly every day at the hemp shop that I work at.
Mannequin.jpg
This image contains pictures of food that I've eaten in the past month.
Food.jpg
by rjliang
Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:22 pm
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w02 - Visual Complexity through Layers
Replies: 17
Views: 186368

Re: w02 - Visual Complexity through Layers

I took screenshots of Google Map's street views of every turn from my house to my high school.
Travelc.jpg
Travel.jpg
by rjliang
Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:06 pm
Forum: Spring 2012
Topic: w01 - Intro / Image Correction Techniques
Replies: 16
Views: 158128

Re: w01 - Intro / Image Correction Techniques

Before:
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After:
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- Levels/curves for contrast adjust
- Color balance for color adjustment
- Image adjustment for saturation and brightness
- Image size for reducing image to a manageable size (72 dpi)
- Proper compression
by rjliang
Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:30 pm
Forum: Winter 2012
Topic: w10 & w11 Final Project
Replies: 25
Views: 371073

Tunnel of Lights

Techonology Mechanophores is a class of materials recently developed at the University of Illinois that change color when they are stressed or after a polymer reaches a critical strain. They could give an engineer a quick visual indication of whether a bridge is at risk and where the trouble lies p...
by rjliang
Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:11 am
Forum: Winter 2012
Topic: w09 Final Work-In-Progress
Replies: 22
Views: 318087

Re: w09 Final Work-In-Progress

Mechanophores is a class of materials recently developed at the University of Illinois that change color when they are stressed or after a polymer reaches a critical strain. They could give an engineer a quick visual indication of whether a bridge is at risk and where the trouble lies prior to failu...