enwandu-Project-04-String Art

Sharingan

// Emmanuel Nwandu
// enwandu@andrew.cmu.edu
// Section D
// Project-04-String Art

var distribution = new Array(360);

function setup() {
    createCanvas(400, 300);
    for(i = 0; i < 275; i++){
        // Controls the properties of the line
        distribution[i] = floor(randomGaussian(350, 200));
    }
}

function draw() {
    background(0);

// Generates a set of random lines radiating from the center of the canvas
    push();
    translate(width/2, height/2);
    for(i = 0; i < 275; i++){
        rotate(TWO_PI/275);
        stroke(200, 0, 0);
        var dist = abs(distribution[i]);
        line(0, 0, dist, 0)
    }
    pop();

    var xBound = width;
    var yBound = height;
    var x = 0;
    var y2 = 0;

    strokeWeight(1)
    stroke(0); // Controls the color of the
// Generates lines which form an arc that moves diagonally
// across the canvas to each corner
// Similar geometry to the Mangekyou Sharigan
    for(i = 0; i < xBound; i +=10){
        var y = i * 3/4;
        line(x, y, i, yBound); //Lower left arc
        line(x, yBound -y, i, y2); // Upper Left arc
        line(xBound, y, xBound - i, yBound); // Lower Right arc
        line(i, y2, xBound, y); // Upper Right arc
    }

// Draws pupil
    fill(0);
    ellipse(200, 150, 75, 75);
}

This week, I was a bit unsure how to approach the assignment. I initially began coding random lines, to simply get a feel for what a happened when I manipulated certain parts of the code. This was extremely helpful, and while my code does not reflect all I wanted to achieve with this assignment, I learnt a lot by playing around with it a bit.

I drew inspiration from the Sasuke Uchiha’s Mangekyou Sharigan. It has been cropped, or zoomed in order to simplify it a bit. I had trouble coding the center petals of the floral pattern seen in his eye. It was a cool project though, definitely want to explore this more.