rkondrup-project-05-wallpaper

sketch

//ryu kondrup
//rkondrup@andrew.cmu.edu
//section d
//project-05-wallpaper

//rectangle width is 120 pixels
var rectHalf = 60;

function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 480);
    background(155, 213, 198);
}
function draw() {

    //horizontal odd-numbered rows
    for (x = 0; x < 10; x ++ ) {
        for (y = 0; y < 10; y ++) {
            shrimp(x*2*rectHalf, y*4*rectHalf);
        }

    }
    //horizontal even-numbered rows
    for (x = 0; x < 10; x ++ ) {
        for (y = 0; y < 10; y ++) {
            shrimp(x*2*rectHalf-rectHalf, y*4*rectHalf+2*rectHalf);
        }
    }
noLoop();
}

function shrimp(x, y) {
    push();
    translate(x, y);
    darkestRed = color(200, 64, 62);
    darkRed = color(251, 104, 102);
    medRed = color(251, 134, 132);
    white = color(255, 252, 215);
    lightBlue = color(213, 233, 198);
    blue = color(155, 213, 198);

/*    //temporary box
    fill(blue);
    rect(0, 0, 2*rectHalf, 2*rectHalf);
    */

    //background water blue
    strokeWeight(4);
    fill(blue);
    noStroke();
    //left arc
    fill(medRed);
    stroke(white);
    arc(rectHalf, rectHalf,
        2*rectHalf, 2*rectHalf,
        PI/2, 3*PI/2);
    //triangle head
    fill(darkRed)
    triangle(rectHalf, 0,
             2*rectHalf, 0,
             rectHalf, rectHalf);
    //small arc inside
    fill(blue);
    arc(rectHalf, rectHalf+20,
        40, 40,
        PI/2, 3*PI/2);
    //eye
stroke(white);
    fill(darkestRed);
    ellipse(23 + rectHalf, 15, 15);
    //tail polygon
    stroke(white)
    fill(darkRed);
    beginShape();
        vertex(rectHalf, rectHalf + 40);
        vertex(2*rectHalf, rectHalf);
        vertex(2*rectHalf, 2*rectHalf);
        vertex(rectHalf, 2*rectHalf);
    endShape(CLOSE); //still broken
    pop();
}

For this design I wanted to create something simple with mellow colors. In making this, I created a single tile and repeated it in staggered rows. I considered overlapping the tiles but visually the overlaps did not seem comfortable so I left them in a snug edge-to-edge arrangement.