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.
"Moonwalk" by Rayan Baker Boudissa
Junior; General Studies major, Applied Physics minor
Artist's statement: "I love reading comics, which is an art form where sequence is incredibly important. I wanted this
collage to have something for the viewer to follow, and I think that adds depth to it in more ways than one. Most of the
trouble I had with this project came from all the modifications I wanted to make to the images I copied during the execution
of the functions that copy them. I liked being able to express myself within the structure of programming, and I'm glad I
got to show off my understanding of what we've learned so far."
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"Where the Sky Felt Like the Beginning of Us" by Sarah Fieldhouse
Freshman; Computer Science major, Spanish minor
Artist's statement: "I chose this design because I wanted it to be important to me personally.
The beach in the photos (called Kemil Beach) is very special to my fiancé and me. It's the beach
where we got engaged and, a few months later, where we saw the northern lights together. We are
planning on getting married on that very same beach next year! Laying out the images and spacing
them properly was the most difficult part of this project...it was a LOT of phone-calculator math,
to say the least! The most rewarding part of the collage creation was being able to show the final
result to my fiancé."
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"Blue Moon" by Devin Kilmer
Freshman; Computer and Information Technology major
Artist's statement: "Blue Moon is my favorite beer. The most challenging part for me was the reverse chromakey.
The most rewarding part for me is seeing the different patterns of colors."
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"Hahel" by Ari Leger
Sophomore; Data Analytics major
Artist's statement: "This is a cute picture of my dog! Getting the code into the 3 by 3
collage image was a challenge. The reward came seeing it print out the collage correctly
for the first time, it was a nice feeling!"
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"Springtime" by Flannery Olds
Freshman; Fashion Industry Studies, and Logistics and Supply Chain Management majors
Artist's statement: "I chose this design because I was inspired by pop art. I wanted bright colors and blocky
shapes to be the focus. I wanted others to think about the vibrancy of nature, too. I found it most challenging
to position the various pictures exactly as I wanted them. The most rewarding part was seeing the final product
and feeling happy with the result."
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"Kyurem" by Derrick Williams
Sophomore; Computer Technology major, Media Production minor
Artist's statement: "I wanted to show good and bad in harmony. I took this picture on a whim and its one of my best today.
The most challenging issue I had was the spacing, but it grew on me. Adding my signature was the reward, like the cherry
on top of a freshly baked cake."
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"Who decides war?" by David York
Freshman; Computer Information Technology major
Artist's statement: "statement: "I chose the design of the collage because I wanted to represent the dissonance between the
inherent human nature to destroy and the beauty of nature itself. This collage represents the predicament soldiers go through,
standing between peace and violence. I want others to understand that war is not just an event, but a choice influenced by
individuals, and that behind every conflict is a human being capable of both destruction and peace. The most challenging part
was getting the image modifications and layout to work together visually while also meeting the coding requirements. The most
rewarding part was seeing the final collage come together and clearly show the contrast between war and peace from the same image."
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"Flowery Falls" by Olivia Britton
Sophomore; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "I was inspired by an example picture that showed images surrounding a larger image and
decided to use the passion flower picture and water falls picture. It was a lot more work than expected.
Coming up with ideas to change the images, finishing and turning it in were rewarding."
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"Billy Bear" by Alexandra Harris
Freshman; Computer Science major
Artist's statement: "I just really, really love my cat. He is so handsome. It was challenging to decide what
order I wanted to put the altered images in. Seeing six lovely images of Billy's beautiful face was rewarding."
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"Monumental Shifts" by Brian Hency
Senior; Data Analytics major
Artist's statement: "The collage core design is a 3/4 ratio, from full image to the smallest images. The diamond
designs are two pyramids of the different images combined. I captured the images from the Skyline Club in One America
Tower in Indianapolis overlooking Monument Circle and the Salesforce Tower. Oddly, my biggest challenge was overcoming
the desire of phone images to want to lay on their sides and not cooperate. I had to create a function specifically to
flip the images into the orientation I needed before I could even begin building the collage. I really enjoyed creating
the function for the diamond designs. From our work in class, it seemed possible, although we had not built something
exactly like it, and my algorithms to build it worked well. I'm very happy with how they turned out in the final product."
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"The Jungle Through A New Lens" by Gracie Herring
Freshman; Forensic Science major
Artist's statement: "I chose the design for my collage because it looked fun. I also enjoy nature. The most
challenging part when creating the collage was developing the code to make the border around the main picture.
The most rewarding part of creating the collage was seeing the final product that my code made."
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"Our nearest Neighbor" by Diego Menjivar
Freshman; Computer Science Major, Studio Arts minor
Artist's statement: "I've always had a fascination with space, and this picture was the only one that really
spoke to me. The most challenging part of this project was planning how I'd like the final project to look like.
The most rewarding part of this project was seeing the slow progress of adding pictures until the final result."
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"Luciano and Capone" by Charlotte Niziolek
Freshman; Behavioral Forensics major
Artist's statement: "I chose this picture that I took over Spring Break '26 because I thought it was just super cute.
These are my two dogs Luciano (left) and Capone (right), and they are both very good boys, so I thought it would be
perfect to put them into an art piece. I think the most challenging part of this project was figuring out how exactly
to code the filters to the mini pictures on the corners without changing the other pictures. For me, the most rewarding
part is seeing the work finally done in the way I meant for it to be, and having it look good."
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"Red Clover Madness" by Kelsey Wolfert
Senior; Japanese major
Artist's statement: "I wanted to use an image of red clover flowers for this collage because I feel like when most people
hear the word "clover" they immediately think of the leaves. But there are clover flowers as well! I just feel like they're
very underrated and deserve more love. The most challenging part was reigning in my own ambitions! I had so many ideas
initially, like the modified parts of the image being in a more circular pinwheel shape, but no idea how to implement them.
In the end I had to be satisfied with writing code at the level I am at now. I think the most rewarding part was just seeing
the final product and thinking 'I wrote the code for this! At the beginning of this semester I didn't even know what a programming
language was, and now look how far I've come!"
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