Computer Graphics - Project 2 Screenshots

These last four are composite shots of wireframe and polygon renderings.

SurprEYESed!?

Grand Valley has a contract with Ruckus (one of the many online music stores these days) to provide freely downloadable music for its students.

I happened to be browsing the site today, when I saw this:



Those eyes look really familiar, I thought - especially that smaller picture in the bottom-right. In fact, it looks amazing like my sister's eyes. And it turns out they are:



Well then - looks like my girlfriend and my sister are famous now!

Fun With Spacescapes

Abstract Inverse Solar System

My first attempt at a spacescape. I wasn't trying to make it realistic by any means, and, in fact, I don't think the outer ring (first ring I did) was even supposed to be a planet until I made the texture for it and was like hey now. Then I added a moon and sun and called it a day.

Binary

This was my first actual attempt at a 'realistic' scene. The one small, blue-green planet ended up looking like earth, so I made it inhabited by intelligent life by throwing some lights on the dark side. The planets on this one still bother me, though. It looks like I just kind of threw them wherever, which is kind of what I did. The starry background is pretty boring too. Even so, I think I did a pretty good job on this one.

Purple Eidolon

My most recent attempt. :-) This one, I believe, has a far more realistic feel - even though it's all purple. What was nice is that it didn't even take as long as the previous one to complete. I also gained a bit of experience airbrushing this time around!

Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus [Beta 2]

The above is what I am posting this blog with. I am actually very impressed with the functionality, ease of use, and (get this) innovation. Even though I know Microsoft is simply responding to the OpenOffice.org threat, I still have to congratulate them on a job well done.

If you really want to annoy someone...

Simply disagree with every reasonable statement they make.

Katie: It's raining outside.
Matt:  No, it's not.
Matt:  What if I disagreed with every obviously correct
       statement you made?
Katie: It would get really annoying.
Matt:  No, it wouldn't.

Penny's Dad is Alvar Hanso

Desmond's girfriend is Penny (Penelope) Widmore. Her father is Alvar Hanso.



On the left is a picture of Penny's father (Charles Widmore), while talking to Desmond in the car. On the right is a picture of Alvar Hanso, as seen on the Hanso Foundation website.

I believe Charles Widmore = Alvar Hanso.

Q: The man in the picture on the right has much more hair, but Alvar's bio says the picture was taken in 2003.
A: The picture could not have been taken in 2003 because it appears in the orientation video (season 2, episode 3), which is copywrited 1980. Also, according to Wikipedia:

"In an Easter egg on the foundation's website, a woman known as Persephone reveals that the last time Hanso was seen in public was in 2002. She also theorizes that you (the viewer) have seen him before."

Video Poker!

Here's a fun little game of Video Poker that my CS163 partner and I made last year. Enjoy!



Download: [ Video Poker ]

How to Run It (in Windows)

1. Click on the above link and save it to your computer.
2. Open the VideoPoker.zip file.
3. Double-click on Poker.bat to run it.

As per absolutely no one's request...