BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Judging Results of the Fall 2021 CS 120: Computer Science 1
Seventeenth Semi-annual All-section Art Show
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science
Held in the AJ Atrium on Friday, November 5, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Eastern)
The collages shown below were created by students in the CS 120 course, and judged by a panel of
faculty (CS and non-CS), administrators, and CS 222: Advanced Programming students to be the best in the show.
Prior to the event, they were 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.
This page displays the entries from this semester. You may
view entries from all other semesters.
All student work included in this and other shows, as well as many other CS 120 students' work is provided in an online
digital media repository maintained by the
BSU University Libraries.
Best in Show (overall)
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"paint.exe"
by Carlos Perez
Sophomore; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: “My thought process when deciding on something for my collage was to do something that I don't think
many other people have done. Instead of making my collage the entirety of the canvas I wanted it to take place as if
someone were designing it using the paint program on their home computer. The most challenging part about making the
collage was compiling all that I have learned so far in CS120 and making it all work together to produce a final image.
My favorite part about making the collage was hitting the ‘Load Program’ button and entering the command for my college
to be generated. Seeing no errors pop up in JES and seeing my completed work was a moment I will remember.”
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Best in Show (aesthetic quality)
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"Pathways"
by Hannah Johnston
Sophomore; Computer Science major
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Artist’s Statement: “I wanted to make something that stood out right away to the eye while also using bright colors. This is
a picture of my brother that I took while on a short hike about a year ago. I think what was most challenging was starting out
and figuring out how to create a collage with an eye-catching compilation. The final image is great, however the most rewarding
part is knowing that I was able to write the code that created the collage.”
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Best in Show (code quality)
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"Reality-Bending Clash! Battle of Titans!"
by Conner Lucas
Sophomore; Computer Technology major
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Artist's statement: “The most challenging part of this project for me was definitely choosing between what image to
use and how to format the images. The best part had to be when I would be trying over and over to get the signature
function to work as intended, and having some struggles to overcome. It was all based on when certain functions would
fire. In the end, it was a relief to have the functions work properly!”
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Honorable Mention (aesthetic quality)
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"Building" by Ryland Fields
Freshman; Computer Science major, Spanish minor
Artist's statement: “I took this picture in Washington, D.C. because I liked the lighting on the building. It was one of the nicer
pictures I took there, and I decided to use it for those reasons. The most challenging part about creating the collage was creating
a function that would allow me to remove the background and then copy the center 4 pictures of the top of the building to wherever
I wanted on the master canvas. The most rewarding part of this project was seeing it all finally run and create what I was imagining
after I had worked on it for many consecutive hours.”
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"Shattered Skies" by Davis Knight
Freshman; Computer Science major
Artist’s Statement: “I chose this design because I like cities and wanted to create a "shattered" look. The most
challenging part for me was getting the edited parts of the image to copy to the correct locations. The most rewarding
part was definitely figuring what needed to be adjusted into my code to allow it to work.”
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Honorable Mention (code quality)
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"Fort Wayne Murals" by Tobi Lott
Freshman; Computer Science major, French minor
Artist's statement: “The pictures are from different murals and art displays around Fort Wayne, Indiana. I chose the designs because
I like the different colors in both murals. The most challenging part of the project was taking how I wanted the picture to look and
replicating that with code. The most rewarding part of the collage was getting the freedom to experiment with what I can code.”
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"Cyberpunk" by Jeremy Wagoner
Sophomore; Computer Technology major, Business Administration, and Computer Security minors
Artist’s Statement: “I chose this design because I really wanted to make something aesthetic that also meets the requirements for
the project. Also, I wanted to do something with cyberpunk as a play-on-word with the art and how I used code to make the art.
The most challenging thing was getting the top to mirror on the bottom but still keep their modifications. I couldn't seem to find
any luck until I realized I could just flip each picture 180 degrees instead of mirroring them on the x-axis. The most rewarding
part of the collage creation was getting all the hard parts out of the way and then being able to have some fun and add any more
modifications or changes of my own.”
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Best in Section (aesthetic quality)
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Section 1
"Parabola"
by Mason Scott
Freshman; Computer Science and Japanese majors
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Artist's statement: “Besides deciding on an official design for the collage, my biggest difficulty was learning how to
implement coding patterns that have not been covered in lecture at the time. The best part of this project was the ability
to visually see how each bit of code contributed and changed my collage. Seeing the finished product made me absolutely
ecstatic in the realization that I am actually creating something beyond simpler functions with my code. I went the direction
I did with my collage to challenge myself and to make something unique. This assignment marked a point in my education where
everything started to click in my mind, and I was able to really have fun now that I understood certain subjects better. This
picture is proof in my mind of how exciting this field can be and how anyone can code with the right help.”
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Section 2
"Altered Vacation"
by Megan Stinefield
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: “I choose this design because I enjoy the beach and palm trees. The most challenging part was doing
all of the math to move the scaled images around the canvas to find the place they looked best in. The most rewarding
part was getting my signature to show up in a nice color at end.”
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Section 3
"Summit"
by Shaun Whitlow
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist’s Statement: “I wanted to go for this design because I wanted it to be simple, but still enjoyable to look at. The
most challenging part was getting the pictures to the correct size and the place that I wanted. The most rewarding part of
the project was finally seeing what I had in my head, on my screen.”
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Section 4)
"Illusionary Idealism"
by Andrew Dudelston
Freshman; Computer Technology major; Computer Science minor
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Artist’s Statement: “I chose this design because it is relatively simplistic, but also because I have always liked optical
illusions. I want everyone to know that this program IS, indeed, dynamic, as running it will provide random coloring. I
found the custom-made randomizer function to be the hardest, as it not only took over an hour and a half to get it working,
but it took hundreds of tries to get the variables to where I was satisfied with them. The most rewarding part of it was
after it was done and I got to see something that I made. It brought me back to when I first started learning python, being
overly excited that I was able to print out ‘Hello World!’.”
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Section 5
"Mr. West"
by Joel Clouser
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist’s Statement: “I chose this design because I thought it all went together well. The program I created took up to
2-3 minutes to create and display the picture every time I changed something, so it made it more difficult. The most
rewarding part was definitely when it finally came out how I wanted it to.”
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Section 6
"The Randomness of Space"
by Jacob Clark
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist’s Statement: “I wanted to use randomness as a key part of the design, and I love space and astronomy. Finding a way
to copy the images while removing the background was challenging. Seeing the final product change each time the function is
executed was exciting.”
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CS Department:
Largent:
Copyright © 2021 by the collage creators identified with each image.
Fall 2021 CS 120 All-section Art Show organized by
David Largent
with significant support from Jennifer Coy, Kim Bechdolt, Karl Mesarosh, and Jeff Zhang.