Connor McGaffin – Project 04 – String Art

sketch

/*
Connor McGaffin
Section C
cmcgaffi@andrew.cmu.edu
Project-04
*/

function setup() {
    createCanvas(300,400);
    strokeWeight(2);
    }
function draw(){
    background (220,45,0);
    //sun
    fill(250);
    ellipse(250,250,50,50);
    //farthest web away(in background)
    for (var e = 0; e < width; e += 8) {
        stroke(150,150,150);
        line(-5, e,e*1.5, 0); 
    }
    //draw architectural structure
    for (var a = 0; a < width; a += 5) {
        stroke(0);
        line(0, 0, a, 400);
    }
    for (var b = 0; b < width; b += 9) {
        stroke(150,0,0);
        line(300, 400, b * 1.5, 0);
    //draw top web
    }
    for (var c = 0; c < width; c += 15) {
        stroke(250);
        line(250,75, c * 1.2, 1);
        //draw web moving off screen
        //hinting where spiderman is at
        line(250,75,350,height);
    }
    //draw closest web that goes off screen
    for (var d = 0; d < width; d += 20) {
        stroke(250);
        line(0,d*1.5, d*1.2, height);
    }
    


}

This project was challenging yet rewarding to work through. I wanted to create something abstract, yet still derivative of something else. After playing around with the different line generations I could create, I noticed the spiderweb-like quality to the pattern. Playing off of this, I used functions described in class and in the brief to create an abstracted scene inspired by Spiderman, with lines that suggest him to have just swung off screen.