BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Judging Results of the Spring 2020 CS 120: Computer Science 1
Fourteenth Semi-annual All-section Art Show
Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science

Held online on Friday, April 3, 2020 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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"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."

 

Best in Show (aesthetic quality)

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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."

 

Best in Show (code quality)

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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."

"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."

"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."

"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!"

"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."

Section 1 "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."
Section 2 "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!"
Section 3 "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."

Copyright © 2020 by the collage creators identified with each image.
Spring 2020 CS 120 All-section Art Show organized by David Largent with significant support from Paul Buis, and Kim Bechdolt.