The collages shown below were created by students in the CS 120 course, and judged
by their peers to be the best in each section of the course. Although these could
have been created using an image-editing program, these students have written the
code themselves to create these collages programmatically by manipulating individual
pixels.
"That Spider Guy" by Kyler Altenhof
Senior; Music Media Percussion major, Computer Science minor
Artist's statement: "I chose this design because Spiderman is my favorite superhero, and I thought it would be cool
to do some sort of design involving him with different color schemes. The most difficult thing was making sure the
different pictures copied into the correct locations. The most rewarding part was writing the last function and then
seeing the final product for the first time."
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"Horizon" by Beth Eyrick
Junior; Actuarial Science and Mathematical Economics majors
Artist's statement: "I chose the design because the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Michigan have played a large role in my life,
and being around the water brings back a lot of happy memories for me. The most challenging part was getting the computer
to interpret what I wanted to do and finding out if what I wanted to do was actually possible. The most rewarding part was
seeing what I wanted to do come to life and be appreciated by my peers."
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"Turtle Dragon" by Cobie Fritsch
Senior; Actuarial Science major, Foundations of Business minor
Artist's statement: "I chose this design to better a picture I previously enjoyed. This design allowed me to
challenge my coding abilities and output an interesting collage. I found the separation of alterations to be
most challenging. It is very vital to keep your indices aligned with your code, especially when trying to alter
a picture in a strict region. The most rewarding part of this collage was when it finally ran. As well as my
peers enjoying the output as much as I did."
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"Average French Cruise" by Tyler Newlin
Freshman; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "I chose this design because I thought it was interesting with the corridor this picture is
taken in. I want people to know how the middle section has a random choice of 4 colors that the picture could be
changed to in the three sections it is divided into. The most challenging part was trying to get an order of edits
that I liked and getting each section to be in the right spot. The most rewarding part was being able to create an
image that I actually thought was interesting because I am normally not very creative."
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"In the End Lies the Beginning" by Patrick Noble
Freshman; Astronomy major, Computer Science minor
Artist's statement: "It was a joke me and a couple of my friends made when I was coming up with an idea for the
collage. The person in the picture is a friend of mine named Russell. I'm bad a Computer Science, but had a nice
chuckle at the result."
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"Colorful Flower" by Max Reed
Senior; Actuarial Science and Mathematical Economics majors, Foundations of Business minor
Artist's statement: "I chose the design because I was messing around and I liked the way it looked after I was done.
The most challenging part was getting each individual function to work the way I wanted it to. The most rewarding
part was seeing the final product."
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"“Honolulu”" by Billie Wellman
Senior; Biology major, German minor
Artist's statement: "I really liked the idea of making a collage by stacking the image on top of itself, decreasing
in size each time, with some different manipulation done to each copy--I thought it was a really striking way to design
the collage. And I thought this particular image of Honolulu lent itself well to that sort of design; that way, it sort
of looks like the city is ‘further away’ each time the size of the image is reduced. I actually found the hardest part
of making the collage the signature! I couldn't figure out how to copy it into the image properly, without moving some
piece of the background around with it. Eventually, though, I was able to figure it out, and put the signature where I
wanted it to go. Creating my program to draw rainbow lines on a picture and getting it to come together and work right
was very rewarding. That took a long time to create, but I think it was a really useful and fun program in the end!"
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"DeVito's Dilemma" by Austin Belt
Freshman; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "I had recently been looking at a lot of pictures of Danny DeVito, so when the time came to
complete the project, inspiration struck. The most challenging part of creating the collage was actually just
finding the right image to use. Lots of pictures I found online had more colorful backgrounds, which were a pain
to work around. After finding a suitable image, most of the rest of the project fell into place. The most rewarding
part of the collage creation was watching the whole creation come to life bit by bit. It really is satisfying to be
able to say you created something, even if that ‘something’ is a bunch of cut-outs of Danny DeVito's head pasted together."
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"fRiEnDsHiP" by Hannah Dunco
Junior; Actuarial Science major, Spanish and Foundations of Business minors
Artist's statement: "I chose the design of this collage because I love the candid photo I used as my original,
and wanted to take this opportunity to pay homage to meme culture (the last panel), as well as to make fun of
my best friend, Bradley Kennis. I also made the first panel rainbow because I am bisexual and wanted to show
pride for the LGBTQ+ community. The most challenging part of creating my collage was its complexity. I incorporated
many different design elements, and chose a very large picture, so putting all of the pieces together overall took a
long time and a lot of hard work. The most rewarding part of the collage creation was my friend's reaction when I
showed it to him. I had asked his permission if I could make fun of him in my project before starting it, so he knew
what was coming, but I don't think he expected for me to go as all out as I did. He thought it was hilarious-and that
made it all worth it."
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"6 Bens" by Kaitlyn Jones
Freshman; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "This design was the first thing I thought of, so I just went with it. It was actually pretty easy
to do the stair step effect. The most difficult part was definitely the signature and getting that to be transparent on
my collage. Seeing it all together on one canvas was very rewarding!"
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"Flowers Den" by Peter Owolabi
Freshman; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "I chose the picture because it fit the project. Writing the code to make it work was challenging.
My collage being selected to be in the art show made it all worthwhile."
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"Butterflies" by Abigail Shaw
Junior; Actuarial Science and Spanish majors
Artist's statement: "I wanted to create a collage that reflected the beauty of springtime, and I liked
how the edits appeared on the butterflies. The most challenging part for me was making all the separate
edits blend together in one collage. The most rewarding part was knowing that my classmates enjoyed my collage!"
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"Tribute to a Fallen Hero" by Joseph Smith
Freshman; Math Education major, Computer Science minor
Artist's statement: "I chose this design because I am a big fan of Iron Man and the Marvel Cinematic
Universe. It was very fun to make, and it was fun to create something based on stuff I was already familiar
with. What I found the most challenging was creating the perfect images for what was in my head. I knew
what I wanted, I just struggled with putting it into the code. The most rewarding parts of this creation
were the memes and finishing."
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"The Thing in My Head" by Noah Warriner
Junior; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "I wanted to create an homage to an old recurring nightmare I used to have, so I drew
the creature I always saw and morphed him in various ways. It was interesting using one of the scarier parts
of my life for aesthetic quality. The most challenging thing about making the collage was definitely getting
the exact discrete values for where to place/how big to make each morph. The most rewarding part of the project
was definitely seeing the final product. All of the work I put into it had a definite reward in the form of a piece of art."
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"The Warhol Car" by Derek Anderson
Sophomore; Actuarial Science major, Foundations of Business minor
Artist's statement: "I chose this design after gaining inspiration from Andy Warhol's works. I love car
culture so for me to be able to incorporate the work I have done to my car into my schoolwork means a lot.
For me, the most challenging part of this project was trying to get the colors correct. It took a lot of
trial and error to manipulate the color values. The most rewarding part of this project was looking at
the final product and knowing that I created it."
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"A Taste in Trash" by Carter Jeurissen
Freshman; Computer Science and Theatre Creations majors
Artist's statement: "I chose this design because of my love of raccoons. I’d like others to know about
the variety of random variables which alter some colors and positions of the pictures. The most challenging
part of this collage was putting the raccoon into the picture as cleanly as possible. The most rewarding
part of this was seeing how all the randomized elements would combine to create different combinations each time."
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"Sketches" by McKenna Kaczanowski
Junior; Applied Mathematics major, Voice Performance, Music Theory, and Spanish minors
Artist's statement: "I designed the collage by trying to make it look like it was a bunch of different
sketches of the original image. The most challenging thing about creating the collage was picking an image
and deciding what to do with it. The most rewarding part of the collage creation was getting it to work
the first time."
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"Unnamed" by Ian Kidd
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"Untitled Goose Art" by Zachary Shenefield
Senior; Computer Technology major, Business Administration minor
Artist's statement: "After playing the video game ‘Untitled Goose Game’, I wanted to capture the chaotic
energy of the goose in this piece. An energy so chaotic that would cause people to not notice that it was
a swan depicted instead of a goose as the title described. Creating the initial design was the most
time-consuming part of the process. Seeing the code come back without any errors at the end was rewarding."
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"A Day in the Bay" by Cooper Smolek
Junior; Computer Information System major, Computer Science minor
Artist's statement: "I took the unedited picture myself in San Francisco, and is one of my favorites I've taken.
The most challenging part for me was finding out how exactly to paste the differently sized image into the canvas.
The most rewarding part of my creation was seeing the final product after executing the code."
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