This site aims to be a presentation of my artwork through the years, present and future. Since I was in my youth until now and eventually into the future. It is a collection of my photography, image restorations, history and information, preservation, a personal blog, a look into my professional career and all the other fun things this life holds for me.
Transcription: * מתוך כתבה מאת איתי ורדי, קטע “חינוך” – מקומון “צומת השרון” 5.6.98 (עמוד 26) מחקר מראה ששיטת הלחימה הסינית גו-ג’ו משפרת את השליטה העצמית של ילדים אלימים בשיטת הגו-ג’ו מורידים נקודות על פגיעה ביריב ומלמדים את הלוחמים שככל שמוותרים יותר, כך היריב נחלש. במחקר בו לימדו ילדים את תורת הלחימה, הם שיפרו את…
Father instructing qigong in the shanti house – Restoration project “Trying to do the impossible” My father, in here, is instructing Qigong, inside a yurt, at the “Shanti House” (Hebrew: “בֵּית הַשַּׁנְטִי”) located in the south. Qigong (Pinyin), ch’i kung (Wade-Giles), and chi gung (Yale) are romanizations of two Chinese words “qì” (氣) and “gōng”…
Restoration background I started working on old VHS cassetes …….. Roughly at January 21 2026 (5PM), when I went to my many backups to find probably the 1-2 pieces left that left to shoe regarding my father, I have stumbled 2 folder that contains many files regarding my project of enhancing these videos – They…
Original Photo ➡️ Aligned ➡️ Cropped ➡️ Reverse Negative
My Grandaunt & Her Husband -𝑅𝐼𝒫- Now, I have a respectable memory (souvenir) of them. Story and background to my recoveries: As I have mentioned, time and time again, I started the image recoveries about 3 years ago (somewhere around Oct 2022). It started with basic things such as de-noising, sharpening, and more. Soon after…
This was a very low and rough image to begin with. I finished with the project and later found out that “well thanks but it is a goat not a dog. But I appreciate the effort”. Moreover, the customer also sent additional photo of his original face. Then, it is shown here the original state,…
Selected snapshot of today: Zoomed in capture Today I have tried to measure the balance beam: Beam length = 784cm – Maybe ? Today’s session video: Running from my apartment to the playground (~0.6mi warmup) + Exercise (see video above) + Stretches + Walking back home After additional measurement (with wide steps and not the…
I posted today, on my Facebook page, an update regarding the class of my father known as “Alon Group” at Kibbutz Negba (the post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17Jxjw5rGf/). The short story is that I went on January 3 2025 into several backups I have (out of many) to locate the last pieces of my father’s Goldsmithing to finalize the…
Scanning a pile of leaves from yesterday (from the collection bag) Different old piles that are already (or mostly) scanned: The ones inside the boxes I am thinking of saving for future stuff and for the rest I probably will throw away. I don’t want to fill out my apartment with a lot of storage…
From yesterday: Today (Dec 19), after my morning walk, talking with my parents over the phone and breakfast, I continued with yesterday’s leaves as well as little from today. I basically, started to scan/capture at 11:50 till 15:52, with off course few breaks for lunch and coffee. I have tried to fast count how many…
Taking a selfie with my bouquet treasure (Dec 15 [13:14]) and scanning 2 days after (Dec 17 [17:57-18:25]): Beautiful tree with all variations of ‘autumn foliage’ in green, yellow and red in a single magnificent tree:
After my walk (Dec13 [15:34]) – Taking a selfie with my treasure After my walk (Dec14 [09:43]) – Taking a selfie with my treasure After washing the leaves and laid them to dry under press (Dec13 [18:08]) After the night (Dec14 [13:12]) when the ware under dry press for hours (several layers) & capturing them…
At 12:45 I was at the barbershop to get a cut: This brings me back to the Covid-19 pandemic when I had an experiment of letting my hair grow and be long – Like a Jesus or Carles Puyol vibe 🤣🤣🤣! I am always thinking between: beard – with or without?, hair – short or…
Beautiful sidewalk Infront of me. This Platanus tree have beautiful leaves. Some are rally large. I am pretty sure this is the one that I found the gigantic leaf from (see: 20250930_104320.jpg). Leaves in the sink.
Note: This post started as an update, but it has evolved into a combination of several updates regarding the building process of this website, specifically the art section, and what it holds, along with relevant information such as my father’s autobiography and more. Its been a while from where I launched my website () till…
You can see that I was able to take an extremely low resolution image (194×260) to a so much larger resolution (4,656×6,240). I have a thumb rule that any portrait photo should be at least 1,000×1,000 to be satisfactory. However, I decided in this case to go much higher. Prof. Lev Fishelson
Today I continued the project (small experiment / mini activity) with photographing/scanning leaves and also continuing the experiment with the pear leaf under the microscope – This time instead of its green leaf I took a red leaf. I also chose another plant that grows near this pear tree, taking a flower of it that…
Besides my art and other stuff in my life I am also a ‘junkie’ and keeping up with a sportive routine on a weekly basis. This are some of the stuff that I am doing. Resting and take a selfie: A semi-wide-angled view of my ‘working’ place (An update from January 1, 2026): On the…
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For many weeks, probably around two months, I have been collecting small branches (twigs) that fell from the trees on my morning walks. I never pick them, but rather collect what is already on the ground. Some have long since fallen and are completely dry (brown) and some are fresh and green. Week after week…
Just took one of my more formal pictures of me and put it thorough some kind of an AI oil painting ‘mask’.
Taking pictures (and also scanning) some very beautiful leaves: [15:58 – 16:09] 2 examples for now: Following updates Update [November 9] – 13:30-15:15 I continued today with leaves photography – With the leaves photography from previous days, in some of which the scans and/or photos did not come out well enough and today there was…
The beginning: I forgot some leftovers in the sink of tomatoes, nashi pear, carrots, and more. After perhaps 4-5 days I saw that the upper section of a cut carrot started to sprout. I took it out of the sink and placed it on my kitchen marble in a safe place. I cannot remember if…
I already have many images that I have restored. Many are from the beginning of my restorations (it is a long life of learning and experience) – Because of it, many of them are poorly restored or quite ok but I want now to restore them again for my satisfaction. Some I have restored relatively…
I am working right now on some of my father’s pieces and placing them on the website. The day after (18 Oct _ 14:24): I am continuing to work on my father’s portfolio and as of now it is in much better state when comparing it to how it was yesterday.
Above is a relief “Roman Soldier” – For larger view: History: I started while back (about 3 years ago) to document all of the autobiography and art history of mine and my father like “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. The goal is to eventually collect or compile them all together in an…
The Topic: The exercise: https://roykimspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251007_173434_Project_Edit_Compressed.mp4 Running (Jogging) = 5K Anaerobic = Leg Raises, Pushups I’ve added 2 more sections about my family: Section 1 – Different art pieces of my father through his entire life – This art can be classified or divided into different categories and span across several periods in his life Section…
Welcome everybody: After couple of months with several up and downs and challenges, finally, I am proudly to announce that as of yesterday I have launched my formal webpage to showcase my portfolio and as a planform to present cool and meaningful stuff. Moreover, it will be my personal blog to introduce myself about my…
קים / Kim / 金 / 김 / きん (キム) Preface: Here is my investigation about the Korean word “김” which means gold in Chinese characters. I have tried to make a concise, coherent, simple and accurate summary based on the: meaning, history of origin, how it is pronounced or considered in similar (relatively…
My Story from my birth to present years. Education, milestones, and achievements.
Taking a selfie with “Stickman 5”. Another example of a scan, prior to cropping and fixing it for proper presentation, here on my website: In this scan are “Half Figure” (the left part) and “Unknown Objects” pieces.
Kim → So, most people (if not all) that speaking to me and also confused or wondering how I came to have a name that is basically, Korean.
I just did something goofy and weird, that is all 🤣 Animation Full Cropped
This post will be dedicated to the entire process of the digitization regarding the entire art portfolio of me and my father. It will provide as follows: Information regarding the process itself Thoughts. Difficulties In, chronological manner. In the picture ahead, בan be seen that I have placed a dark blue bed sheet on the…
During the harsh times of the COVID-19 pandemic, with all of the quarantines, I was initially unable to visit the barbershop to get a haircut. I continued with an experiment to continue growing it. Eventually, I decided to cut it and took on May 3, 2022, late at night (00:23) a selfie for memory and…
Article: “Selective inhibition of TGF-β1 produced by GARP-expressing Tregs overcomes resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in cancer” de Streel G et al 2021. This video is a presentation that I held to the class in the seminar course in immunotherapy as part of my second degree in biology (it is in the Hebrew language). The subject…
Besides my artistic and academic achievements, one of the things I am most proud of is completing the (INSERT NAME HERE) Half Marathon in 2017.
Second place in high jump for boys – on behalf of “Ha’yovel” elementary school (Ra’anana) in an inter-school competition of the 5th-6th grades. Translation: ◾️Sport branch: High Jump for Boys – Class 5-6. ◾️Certificate is given to: Roy Kim ◾️School: “HaYovel” ◾️Place: 2nd (1.2 meters) ◾️Date: April 3 2000 (Issuer: Education division of Ra’anana municipality)…
