Nov 08, 2013
Hermann Rorschach's 129th Birthday
This Doodle’s Key Themes
Today we celebrate the 129th birthday of Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach who created the iconic inkblot test. Subjects are presented a pattern and asked to give their interpretation. Interpretations can aid in the examination of a person's personality and emotions.
I took the test; here are my responses:
I see a travel pillow.
I see a space invader. A sad space invader, he wants to move back to Los Angeles because everyone he loves is there.
I see an angry large bear clenching his teeth. He ate too many berries and is having a bad day.
I see a shape dynamically generated with Perlin Noise, mirrored, and overlaid on an inkblot texture using additive blending.
Thanks to Corrie Scalisi for engineering support.
posted by Leon Hong, Doodler
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