Month: September 2017

sketch

var faceWidth = 250
var faceHeight = 300
var cheekWidth = 13*faceWidth/12
var smile = 10
var smileWidth = 7*faceWidth/12
var smileHeight = 2*faceHeight/32
var blushWidth = 20
var blushHeight = 20
var blushDepth = 0
var dimple = 1
var eyeLX = 240 - faceWidth/4
var eyeRX = 240 + faceWidth/4
var eyeLY = 320 //height/2
var eyeRY = 320
var sunglasses = 0
var glassR = 0
var glassG = 0
var glassB = 0
var hairWidth = 100
var hairHeight = 400

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

function draw() {
    background(164, 230, 239);

    //hair
    fill(0);
    ellipse(width/2, height/2 - hairHeight/4, hairWidth, hairHeight);

    //head
    noStroke();
    fill(255, 220, 200);
    ellipse(width/2, height/2 + faceHeight/4, cheekWidth, faceHeight/2);//cheeks
    ellipse(width/2, height/2, faceWidth, faceHeight); //face

    //mouth
    var mouthHeight = height/2 + faceHeight/4
    noFill()
    stroke(0);
    strokeWeight(2);
    if(smile > 20) {
        arc(width/2, height/2 + faceHeight/4, smileWidth, smileHeight, 0, PI); //smile
    }
    else if(smile < 10) {
        arc(width/2, height/2 + faceHeight/4, smileWidth, smileHeight, PI, 0); //frown
    }
    else {
        line(width/2 - smileWidth/2, mouthHeight, width/2 + smileWidth/2, height/2 + faceHeight/4); //straight mouth
    }

     //dimples
    noFill()
    stroke(0);
    strokeWeight(2);
    if(dimple > .5) {
        arc(width/2 - (smileWidth/2 + 12.5), mouthHeight, 25, 30, 3*PI/2, PI/2); //left dimple
        arc(width/2 + (smileWidth/2 + 12.5), mouthHeight, 25, 30, PI/2, 3*PI/2); //right dimple
    }

    //blush
    noStroke();
    fill(254 + blushDepth, 118 + blushDepth, 145 + blushDepth);
    ellipse(width/2 - 7*faceWidth/16, height/2 + 5*faceHeight/32, blushWidth, blushHeight) //left blush
    ellipse(width/2 + 7*faceWidth/16, height/2 + 5*faceHeight/32, blushWidth, blushHeight) //right blush

    //eyes
    if(sunglasses > .5) {
    stroke(0);
    strokeWeight(2);
    fill(glassR, glassG, glassB);
    ellipse(width/2 - 50, height/2, 70, 70); //left frame
    ellipse(width/2 + 50, height/2, 70, 70); //right frame
    noFill();
    arc(width/2, height/2, 30, 30, PI, 0); //nose bridge frame
    line(width/2 - 85, height/2 - 5, width/2 - faceWidth/2, height/2 - 20); //left ear frame
    line(width/2 + 85, height/2 - 5, width/2 + faceWidth/2, height/2 - 20); //right ear frame
    }
    else {
    noStroke();
    fill(0);
    ellipse(eyeLX, eyeLY, 20, 20); //left eye
    ellipse(eyeRX, eyeRY, 20, 20); //right eye
    }
}


function mouseClicked() {
        faceWidth = random(200, 300);
        faceHeight = random(260, 300);
        cheekWidth = random(2*faceWidth/3, 13*faceWidth/12);
        smile = random(30);
        smileWidth = random(faceWidth/4, 7*faceWidth/12);
        smileHeight = random(faceHeight/16, faceHeight/4);
        blushDepth = random(-40, 50);
        blushWidth = random(20, 40);
        blushHeight = random(20, 40);
        dimple = random(1)
        eyeLX = random(240 - 3*faceWidth/8, 240 - faceWidth/8); //width not declared yet, so used numerical value 240 instead
        eyeRX = random(240 + faceWidth/8, 240 + 3*faceWidth/8);
        eyeLY = random(320 - 2.5, 320 + 2.5); //height not declared yet, so used numerical value 320 instead
        eyeRY = random(320 - 2.5, 320 + 2.5);
        sunglasses = random(1)
        glassR = random(255);
        glassG = random(255);
        glassB = random(255);
        hairWidth = random(100, 400);
        hairHeight = random(200, 400);


}

This project made me skeptical at first… When I first heard that we would be using variables to “randomly” generate faces, I thought that the faces would be just that. Random. Impersonal. Throughout the process — and certainly at the end — I found this not to be true though. Even though when I click the mouse, yes, a bunch of variables are randomly assigned values, I found that every generated face still represented me as the artist and programmer. The style of the artist is evident, and that is something that I did not expect. Each of these faces reflect a bit of my comedic and goofy nature (especially with the colored, circular sunglasses).