BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Judging Results of the Fall 2019 CS 120: Computer Science 1
Thirteenth Semi-annual All-section Art Show
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science

Held in the AJ Atrium on Friday, November 1, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

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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"Altered Reflections" by Caleb Van Lue Freshman; Computer Science major, Mathematical Sciences minor

Artist's statement: "I took this picture in a mirror maze in Chicago. Since it had a lot of symmetry and geometric formations, I felt that the use of functions to reflect and rotate would create both an aesthetically and conceptually pleasing image. The most challenging part of this collage was deciding on which alterations I wanted to make to the image. I knew I wanted to mirror and flip certain parts, but I didn't know in which order to do them and what would look good. Trial and error was my best friend. The most rewarding part of the collage creation was sitting through the 72-second run time for the final time and viewing what was my finalized piece of art. I spent many hours on it, and once it was completed, I felt very rewarded and proud."

 

Best in Show (aesthetic quality)

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"Event Horizon" by Samuel Ferguson Junior; Computer Technology major, Business Administration, Computer Security, and French minors

Artist's statement: "I knew I wanted to do something with space, but didn't know what exactly I wanted to do with space. I started playing around with different ideas and eventually landed on the ‘setting eclipse’ effect. I decided to stick with it because I thought it looked quite interesting and, when combined with the flipped space image, made some pretty cool effects with regards to perspective. Managing all the variables involved in the code and ordering all my functions properly was very challenging. The most rewarding was getting all the effects to work. I had to modify the functions they were based off a bit, so it was great to see them working properly."

 

Best in Show (code quality)

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"Self Portrait" by Riley Walker Junior; Ceramics major

Artist's statement: "Initially I ran a drawing through the chromaSig program and found it amusing. So, I just kept going with it and playing with different colors. No belugas were harmed in the making of this collage. The trickiest part was taking the selfie underwater with my mammalian fins. It would have been easier if Apple hadn't gotten rid of the button on the new iPhone. I also got frustrated getting the for loops to work with the spacing of the borders. The most rewarding part was sitting back and realizing that this is the greatest artwork of my life and that everything has been building up to this moment."

"Monster Mash" by Jared Brown Freshman; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "I chose the design because it is nearing Halloween, so I wanted to have something spooky for the collage. I knew from the start I wanted a background of a forest, so as I was looking for stock images of objects to match that I found the Sasquatch stock photo I used. The most challenging thing was either the scanline effect or the blend effect I used for the fake transparency. For the scanline effect, I couldn't get the thickness value to work properly. Eventually I figured out that I needed to use the step part of the range function. For the blend function, it was mostly just aligning the pixels for the source image and the background. After time I got both working the way I intended. The most rewarding part was simply accomplishing my goal, which was to make a collage that created a scene rather than just display five images next to one another. I really like the aesthetic I made with the collage, so both seeing complex effects like the scanlines and knowing that I made it by myself makes me proud. Being selected for the art show is just a bonus."

"Space Magic" by Lucas Harris Freshman; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "The design of the collage was mainly based on the design of the image itself. When I made the background, I set it up to give space for the edits without covering much of the normal image. The most challenging part of the collage for me was creating a function that added the signature in a central point on the canvas. The most rewarding part was the end result. Seeing the final image come onto my screen once I ran the program was extremely satisfying, because I had successfully done what I set out to do with this project."

"Gameboy COLORS" by Joshua Neumann Freshman; Computer Science major, Marketing minor Artist's statement: "The reason I created my collage design was because I wanted to add my own twist on a handheld console that was manufactured in different colors. I felt like using grayscale and color manipulation would be the best way to add this twist to my collage and yet, make something completely different. In my opinion, adding my signature was possibly the most difficult of the entire collage. I didn't know how to shrink my signature without changing the size of the picture. Getting all pictures to be in their respective positions without causing an error was by far the most rewarding part of this entire collage as the rest came easy. I was worried that I would lose track of which image would go in which position, however everything seemed to work out perfectly."

"Spaceman" by Joah De Vries Freshman; Computer Science major Artist's statement: "I included the randomized changes because I wanted to make it interesting and exciting. Deciding how I wanted to implement the different images was challenging. Running it multiple times and seeing the randomized parts create a different result every time was quite rewarding."

Section 1 "Big Boolin" by Zach Trimble Sophomore; Computer Information Systems major, Computer Security, and Biology minors		Artist's statement: "I chose this design for my collage because I like making memes, however it's a niche meme that not everybody will understand. The most challenging part of creating this collage was the fact that my Mac auto-updated the weekend before the project was due, and then Jython was no longer compatible with my laptop. The most rewarding part of the collage creation was seeing people get a smile or a laugh out of it. The fact that people enjoyed my collage and found humor in it makes the entire process and all the hurdles worth it."
Section 2 "The Dimensions of Dragonfly" by David Brown Freshman; Computer Science major, Mathematical Sciences minor		Artist's statement: "I chose this design because, during the first submission for the project, I used mirroring and reflections on the image, and saw I could split these and have them fit on different parts of the collage. I want people to know that making something like this isn't difficult, as long as you have the right resources at your disposal, and even then, those resources aren't hard to get. The most difficult part was the initial thought process of what I wanted to do. The most rewarding part
Section 3 "Confused Jelly" by Nicole Gerber Sophomore; Computer Science major, Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Digital Forensics minors		Artist's statement: "I chose the sliced jellyfish design in order to be unique and for the aesthetic. The blue jellyfish is the background of the collage and the varying colors are the modified slices of the blue jellyfish. The part that I found most challenging about this project was making the original picture the background and adding the different modifications to the four slices. The most rewarding part of this collage creation was when I finally figured out the correct coding for what I wanted my collage to look like."
Section 4 "A Slice of Night" by Michael Heckman Freshman; Computer Science major		Artist's statement: "I chose the moon in my collage because space is truly beautiful to me. My choice in splitting the moon came from me wanting to challenge myself in this project. The most challenging part of the collage was trying to cut the picture up in general. I figured out how to easily cut the moon vertically, but adding horizontal slices caused me hours of trouble. Then, I realized I needed a separate for loop similar to the for loop for the x values. The most rewarding part of the collage came after I'd finished figuring out how to slice it vertically. I was able to squeeze in some variables that let whoever had the program put in their own picture and still have the program work correctly. Adding customization like that was fun for me."
Section 5 "Everlasting Bond" by Jaren Provost Freshman; Computer Science major		Artist's statement: "When creating my collage, I had used my own pictures and chose the design of my collage to make its overall creation more meaningful. Other than the few errors I came across when coding my collage, figuring out what I was wanting to do with my collage was probably the most challenging. Seeing the result of my hard work was the most rewarding part in the creation of my collage."

Copyright © 2019 by the collage creators identified with each image.
Fall 2019 CS 120 All-section Art Show organized by David Largent with significant support from Paul Buis, Kim Bechdolt, and Karl Mesarosh.