BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Judging Results of the Fall 2022 CS 120: Computer Science 1
Nineteenth Semi-annual All-section Art Show
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science

Held in the AJ Atrium on Friday, November 4, 2022 from 9:00 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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"Life under water"
by Grace Sawicki
Freshman; Musical Theater major, Computer Science minor
 SawickiGrace.jpg Artist's statement: "Making the transition from high school to college has been very eventful. My piece displays how this transition has felt to me. The most challenging part of the collage was figuring out how to change the functions to do what I wanted them to, like gray scaling along a diagonal line. The most rewarding part was seeing the vision in my head come to life."
 

Best in Show (aesthetic quality)

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"The Gateway"
by Sol Wozniak
Freshman; Psychology and Political Science Majors, Computer Science minor
 WozniakSol.jpg Artist's statement: "I wanted to tell a story combining some of my favorite classical artists' pieces, using shadows, colors, and gestures of the women. Separating the woman in Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 'La Promenade' from the man who was holding her hand, was tricky. Then having to flip her but still keep her pixels required some more engineering to make the program flexible. I'm very satisfied with how all of the artworks blended together (more or less) in the end. It conveys the collage less as a 'collage' and more like a single piece of art, with a unity between the artworks."
 

Best in Show (code quality) ~ tie

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"Pusheen Battle"
by Tyler Robertson
Freshman; Directing major
 RobertsonTyler.jpg Artist's statement: "Because I wanted to make something, not like the rest of the designs on the walls, I made something with a different background and a story. The most challenging aspect of creating the collage was definitely writing the copy function that copied the modified pusheen onto the background whilst cutting out the white or off-white color in the background of the picture and replacing it with the background. The most rewarding part of the collage creation was probably putting the glitch over the sentence at the top, as that's when it was finally finished, and it looked great."
"Eye Spy Hydrangea Petals"
by Destiny Wells
Freshman; Computer Science major
 WellsDestiny.jpg Artist's statement: "I wanted to have fun by pairing my favorite flowers with a slightly creepy eye. The most challenging aspect was writing the code to make the visual aspect I wanted. The most rewarding part was when I wrote the last line of code."
 

Honorable Mention (aesthetic quality)

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"Lights in the Dark" by Ethan Johnson
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: "The part of this project that I struggled with the most was simply trying to make a blue lantern. In attempting to make the blue lantern, I accidentally made the pink, purple, and yellow lanterns. I needed to replace the red value with a blue value, rather than just trying to raise the blue value and keep the red the way it was. However, this struggle found me making more colors and having a greater variety of lanterns than if I had made it blue on my first attempt."

"The Rustacean's Evolution" by Sean Reyboz
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: "I chose to build a simple, cute and aesthetically pleasing collage, by using a simple, cool and versatile picture. The most challenging part of this project was to figure out what picture to use and decide which transformations to apply to reach the aesthetic goals I had in mind. I find the result to be both effective and aesthetically pleasing, which is a great source of satisfaction and the most rewarding part of this project."

"Novacane" by Sang Thang
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: "I wanted to pay tribute to my favorite artist, and the challenging aspect of this project was how I was going to make it special. The most rewarding part was seeing everything I worked hard for come together beautifully just like how I imagined it."

 

Honorable Mention (code quality)

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"Empower, Embolden, Enlighten" by Joshua Miller
Freshman; Computer Science major, Military Science minor
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Artist's statement: "I chose this theme because space is one of the most awe-inspiring and aesthetically pleasing things to view. The most challenging part for me personally was the tediousness of creating all the functions so that they would work for the collage, but in the end it was worth it. When it all came together just the way I wanted it to, and you realize 'Hey, I did that.'"

"Oldest Wonder of the Ancient World" by Evan Peterson
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: "I chose this design because I love Egyptian history. The most challenging part was deciding how to arrange the four images in the center of the canvas. The most rewarding part was seeing the final product all together."

 

Best in Section (aesthetic quality)

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Section 1

"Earth's Sister Planet"
by Solomon Siang
Freshman; Computer Science major
 SiangSolomon.jpg Artist's statement: "I chose to work with the planet Venus because I always found it interesting that it is the only planet in the solar system that is a similar size and structure to our home planet hence the nickname and title 'Earth's Sister Planet.' I didn’t really have a specific design in mind, so I was just experimenting with all the functions we’ve created over the semester and created what I thought was an interesting design. The most challenging part was definitely getting the signature to work correctly. The most rewarding thing was seeing everything fit together and see the final product after hours of work."

Section 2

"Noise"
by Samuel Agee
Freshman; Computer Science major
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Artist's statement: "I chose to make the collage with an image used for computer science assignments to take a familiar input and manipulate it almost beyond recognition. I found the correct positioning of pictures and copied images to be the most difficult. The final output looking how I had planned was the most rewarding."

Section 3

"Sidewalk to Nowhere"
by Spencer Smith
Freshman; Computer Science major
 SmithSpencer.jpg Artist's statement: "I chose this design because of the vibrant colors. The most challenging part was deciding how to edit the pictures in order to maintain the different colors on the walls. The most rewarding part was seeing the final product take shape."

Section 4

"Ferris Wheel"
by Gabe Manning
Freshman; Data Analytics major, Spanish minor
 ManningGabe.jpg Artist's statement: "I thought it would look cool to mirror the original image and it was. The most challenging part was deciding what design to go with. The most rewarding part was seeing all of my code come together to create the final collage."

Section 5

"Snow"
by Nick Combs
Freshman; Cybersecurity major
 CombsNick.jpg Artist's statement: "I chose this design to show a peaceful snowy village. Finding how to do the lines was probably the hardest part for me. I think the most rewarding part of this project was seeing the final touches."

CS Department:      Largent:
Copyright © 2022 by the collage creators identified with each image.
Fall 2022 CS 120 All-section Art Show organized by David Largent with significant support from Jennifer Coy, and Kim Bechdolt, Ladelle Augistine Diekhoff, Karl Mesarosh, and Jeff Zhang.