abradbur-Project-04-String Art

stringart

function setup() {
    createCanvas(400, 300);
    strokeWeight(1);
}

function draw() {
    background(150, 53, 54);
    //black string
    for ( x = 0; x < 400; x += 20){
        stroke(84,1,3);
        line(x, 0, x * 1.5, 120);
        line(1.5 * x, 120, 1.2 * x, 300);
    }
    //light pink string
    for (y = 20; y < 300; y+= 50){
        noFill();
        stroke(254, 170, 171);
        bezier(0, y * 1.5 , 50, y, 20, y * .4, 400, y);
    }
    //strawberry string
    for (a = 0; a < 200; a += 10){
        noFill();
        stroke(210, 107, 108);
        bezier(0, a * 0.5, 30, a * 1.3, 300, a, 400, a *2);
        bezier(1.5 * a, 120, 1.2 * a, 300, 0, a, 40, 20);
        stroke(140, 123, 172);
        bezier(50 * a, 120, 1.2 * a, 300, 0, a, 40, 20);
        bezier(100 * a, 120, 1.2 * a, 300, 0, a, 40, 20);
    }
    //purple string
    for (b = 350; b < 400; b+= 20){
        bezier(300, 60, b, 40, 20, 10 * b, 120, 1.2 * b);
        bezier(30, 20, b, 40, 20, 10 * b, 120, 1.2 * b);
        bezier(60, 20, b, 40, 20, 10 * b, 120, 1.2 * b);
        bezier(100, 20, b, 40, 20, 10 * b, 120, 1.2 * b);
        bezier(170, 22, b, 40, 20, 10 * b, 120, 1.2 * b);
        bezier(250, 40, b, 40, 20, 10 * b, 120, 1.2 * b);
    }
}

With this project I had fun playing with bezier curves and seeing what resulted from different loops in the code. I didn’t exactly have a distinct form in mind, and I didn’t want to make one because I felt it would take away from my exploration of the piece.