Adam He – Project 04 – String Art

sketch

/* Adam He
Section A
xiaotiah@andrew.cmu.edu
Project - 04 - String Art */


function setup() {
    createCanvas(300, 400);
    background(10);
}

function draw() {
    var changeX = 10;  // changing increment of x
    var changeY = 20;  // changing increment of y
    var lineX = 10;
    var lineY = -10;

    for (var m = 10; m <= 500; m += 10) { // 1st layer : sun beam
        stroke(240, 200, 120);
        strokeWeight(1.5);
        line(100, m, m, m);
        lineX += changeX;
        lineY += changeY;
    }

    for (var i = 0; i < 400; i += 10) { // 1st layer of the wave (light purple), filling the left bottom
        stroke(120, 80, 120);
        strokeWeight(1);
        line(0, i, i, 400);
        lineX -= changeX;
        lineY += changeY;
    }

    for (var j = 0; j <= 300; j += 10) {
        stroke(180, 80, 170); // 2nd layer of the wave (purple)
        strokeWeight(1.5);
        line(20, j, j, 300);
        lineX += changeX;
        lineY += changeY;

        stroke(230, 100, 70); // 3rd layer of the wave (orange)
        strokeWeight(1);
        line(50, j, j, 270);

        stroke(240, 40, 30); // 4th layer of the wave (red)
        line(70, j, j, 220);
    }
}

When I heard about string art, I had the impression that it is very wavy. With different layers of intersecting lines, the drawing starts to have three dimensional flow even though it is two dimensional. I wanted to to incorporate this into one of my favorite sports, surfing. I used different layers to show the movement of the waves, as well as rather systematic lines to show the bright sunlight at beaches.