kyungak-project-04-string-art

sketch

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

function draw() {
    background(95, 138, 128);

    var xpt1; //starting x coordinate
    var ypt1; //starting y coordinate   

//background blue lines
    strokeWeight(1);
    stroke(45,72,94,100);
    
    for (var xpt1 = 0; xpt1 < 30; xpt1 += 1) {
        line(0,10*xpt1,50*xpt1,300); //bottom grid background
        line(399,10*xpt1,20*xpt1,1); //top grid background
    }

//thick transparent blue lines 
    strokeWeight(7);                           
    stroke(82, 88, 135,130);

    for (var xpt1 = 0; xpt1 < 250; xpt1+=25) {      
        var ypt1 = 200;
        line(130, 50, xpt1, ypt1); //starting from top right
        line(130,250,xpt1,ypt1); //starting from bottom right

    }

//thin brown line inside the blue lines
    strokeWeight(1.5);
    stroke(140, 126, 15);
    for (var xpt1 = 0; xpt1 < 250; xpt1+=25) {      
        var ypt1 = 200;
        line(130, 50, xpt1, ypt1); //starting from top right
        line(130,250,xpt1,ypt1);

    }

//think transparent red lines
    strokeWeight(10);
    stroke(140,69,94,130);

    for (var ypt1 = 0; ypt1 < 300; ypt1+=40) {
        var xpt1 = mouseX;
        line(230,200,xpt1,ypt1+10);
    }

//turquoise lines
    strokeWeight(2);
    stroke(111,138,95,150);

    for (var ypt1 = 0; ypt1 < 300; ypt1+=20) {
        var xpt1 = mouseX;
        line(227,200,xpt1,ypt1+10)

    }

//eyebrow + eyes
    strokeWeight(10);
    stroke(0,0,0,150);
    line(40,120,80,130); //eyebrow
    ellipse(50,150,10,10); //outer eye
    stroke(255);
    ellipse(50,150,2,2);//inner eye

}

I was able to further practice the function “for loop” to create the abstract lines in the background. I then used the template to make the body and the moving tail of the fish. I thought the project turned out to be interesting, but not as aesthetically pleasing as I wanted it to be.