adev_Project 04_String Art

adev_Project04

var spacing = 1; 
var x1 = 0; 
var y1 = 100; 
var x2 = 200; 
var y2 = 0; 
var rectWidth = 10;
var sw;

function setup(){
    createCanvas(400, 300);

    noFill();
	stroke (255);
	strokeWeight (0.5);

   }

function draw() {
     background(232, 221, 199);

    spacing = map(mouseX, 0, 400, 3, 20);
    sw = map(mouseX, 0, 400, 0.3, 0.7);

   

	for(var i = 0; i < width; i += 1) {
		strokeWeight(sw);
		stroke(255); 
		line(x2, spacing * i, spacing * i , y2);
		line(x1, spacing * i, spacing * i , y1);
		

		strokeWeight(sw*2);
		stroke(255); 
		line(x2/2, spacing * i+2, spacing * i+2, y2/2);
		line(x1*2, spacing * i+2, spacing * i+2 , y1*2);


		strokeWeight(sw*2.7);
		stroke(255); 
		line(x2*2, spacing * i+2, spacing * i+2, y2*2);
		line(x1/2, spacing * i+2, spacing * i+2 , y1/2);

        strokeWeight(sw*3.2);
		line(x1/3, spacing * i+2, spacing * i+2 , y1*3);	
		
	}
}

I really liked playing with the layered quality of the “strings”. Instead of using colour, I used varying stroke weights to highlight that. The strings also really reminded me of fishnet, and I made a fish-like abstracted shape out of the curved lines.