mjanco – Section B- Project 2

generativefaces

//Michelle Janco
//mjanco@andrew.cmu.edu
//15-104 Section B
//Project - 2

var eyeSize = 40;
var faceWidth = 200;
var faceHeight = 230;
var mouthWidth = 60;
var mouthHeight = 30;
var faceColor = 255;
var noseWidth = 50;
var noseHeight = 15;
var pupilSize = 15;

function setup() {
    createCanvas(640, 480);
}

function draw() {
    background(250,253,169);
    noStroke();
    fill(faceColor);
    ellipse(width / 2, height / 2, faceWidth,  faceHeight);
    var eyeLX = width / 2 - faceWidth * 0.25;
    var eyeRX = width / 2 + faceWidth * 0.25;
    //eyes
    fill(160,175,179);
    ellipse(eyeLX, height / 2, eyeSize, eyeSize);
    ellipse(eyeRX, height / 2, eyeSize, eyeSize);
    //pupils
    fill(0);
    ellipse(eyeLX, height / 2, pupilSize, pupilSize);
    ellipse(eyeRX, height / 2, pupilSize, pupilSize);
    //mouth
    fill(112,2,51);
    ellipse(width / 2, height / 1.55, mouthWidth, mouthHeight);
    //nose
    fill(0);
    rotate(PI/5.0);
    rect(width / 1.55, height / 20.75, noseWidth, noseHeight, 40);

  }

function mousePressed() {
    // when the user clicks, these variables are reassigned
    // to random values within specified ranges.
    faceWidth = random(75, 200);
    faceHeight = random(180, 230);
    eyeSize = random(20, 40);
    mouthWidth = random(15, 60);
    mouthHeight = random(5, 30);
    faceColor = random(100, 255);
    noseWidth = random(30, 50);
    noseHeight = random(5, 15);
    pupilSize = random(5, 15);
  
}

I was inspired by Edvard Munch’s The Scream, and decided to make a piece that generated different styles and stages of shock or surprise. I chose the off-putting color scheme to reflect the weird expressions. It was hard to figure out the change in color initially, but I figured it out quickly.