BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Spring 2016 CS 120: Computer Science 1
All-section Art Show
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science

Held in the AJ Atrium on Friday, April 1, 2016 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM

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.

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.

"Dissonance" by Max Dryer Sophomore; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "The most challenging part was creating a color scheme that I thought worked really well and I was happy with. Even in the end, i was fairly uncertain that the different sections had any kind of compliment, but it's really the dissonance that appealed to me. Finally getting my code to work after hours and hours of bugs and fixes, especially with the beginning part which flipped and mirrored the code was very rewarding. That little sucker took far too long to figure out!"

"The Bouquet" by Tyra Stephens Freshman; Computer Science major, Criminal Justice minor Artist's statement: "The most challenging part was having trouble getting the picture file into the program. The most rewarding part was the final outcome."

"Suicune" by Zach Shimer Sophomore; Computer Technology major Artist's statement: "The most challenging part was getting all the pictures in place without them overlapping. The most rewarding part was creating something fun."

"The Running Community" by Zach Toney Sophomore; Computer Science major, Economics minor Artist's statement: "The most challenging part was doing the chromakey. The most rewarding part was having it run and compile."

"Untitled: In Space" by Michael Bratton Junior; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "The most challenging aspect of building this collage was not the programing itself, but rather, deciding what images I wanted to make. The most rewarding part of the collage was the feeling of creating something visually interesting and different from a simple image of Saturn."	"The Bee's Knees" by Clayton Farr Freshman; Computer Technology major Artist's statement: "The hardest part of the project was coming up with the idea and applying it to code. The most rewarding part was watching all my ideas come together and work fairly well."
"Pentanaut" by Ronan Furlong Freshman; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "The most challenging aspect while creating the code was figuring out how to apply the signature. Another stumble I had was incorporating the color changing effects for specific parts of the image. However, after I figured out how to get the pixels of a particular part, the rest was easy. The most rewarding part was seeing how well the effects corresponded to the picture's overall look. Originally, I wanted to do something even more complex like a mosaic, but I then thought that if I attempted to make a mosaic there would be even more errors and I didn't have enough time. Overall, the final simpler product definitely looks great to me, and I am so thankful and surprised that people liked it as well. The most complex things aren't always the best."	"Deep Thought" by Elijah Halliwell Freshmen; Applied Physics major Artist's statement: "The most challenging part was the chromakey which was to write our signature. The most rewarding part was seeing an idea and image actually pictured out on a canvas."
"Easter Egg" by Alexandria Southern Junior; Animation major Artist's statement: "The most challenging part of creating the code was having different types of code play nice together. I took pieces of code from works that I previously did in class, and I had to go through and make sure there was no conflicting information. The most rewarding part was having a finished collage that looked pretty cool with just code. As an art major it is very satisfying to make art with new media and materials. I am happy to add this tool to my artistic arsenal."	"Rainbow Cloud" by Kendra Storz Sophomore; Animation major, Computer Science and Art History minors Artist's statement: "Figuring out how I wanted to arrange the pictures in the collage was challenging. The most rewarding part of the collage creation was knowing I could make a cool composition just using code and not using a photo editing program."

"Transamerica Building" by Andrew Hyson Sophomore; Computer Technology major Artist's statement: "The most complicated part of building this collage was making the mirror functions go in the right order. The most rewarding part of writing this code was seeing the final product after putting in hours of work."	"Bring Balance to the Force" by David James Freshman; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "The most challenging part about creating the college was figuring out how to put my signature in the corner without copying the entire picture that my signature was on. The first time I got it to work and do everything that I wanted it to do was the most rewarding. That was a sigh of relief. I also enjoyed going back and reading my “descriptive” comments that I typed when I was frustrated trying to figure out a glitch in my code."
"Four Dimensions" by Zac Mosley Junior; Telecommunications major, and Computer Science minor Artist's statement: "The most challenging part was copying the images to the correct areas on the collage. The most rewarding part is getting into the art show."	"Cathedral of Laon" by Derek Riley Freshman; Physics major Artist's statement: "The most challenging part about this project was undoubtedly the signature. The most rewarding part was just messing with the photo and placement to see what looked good together."
"Through the Fog" by Tyler Young Junior; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "The hardest part was figuring out what it was I was going to do. I ended up finding some screenshots from a game me and my brother played through that I had taken. Once I found the one I liked the most it wasn't too hard from there."	Thanks for visiting!

Copyright © 2016 by the collage creators identified above each image.
Spring 2016 CS 120 All-section Art Show organized by David Largent with significant support from Paul Buis, Kim Bechdolt, and Jason Buie.