Victoria Reiter – Project 09 – Portrait

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/*
Victoria Reiter
Section B
vreiter@andrew.cmu.edu
Project-09-Portrait
*/

var img;

// preoloads photo of my friend Shirley!
function preload() {
    var myImgURL = "https://i.imgur.com/n0vEZ2z.png?2";
    img = loadImage(myImgURL);
}


function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 480);
    angleMode(DEGREES);
    background(89, 10, 201);
    imageMode(CENTER);
    img.loadPixels();
}

function draw() {
    // chooses a random x value located near the cursor
    var randomX = floor(random(mouseX - 15, mouseX + 15));
    // chooses a random y value located near the cursor
    var randomY = floor(random(mouseY - 15, mouseY + 15));
    // selects the color from a pixel at a random point near the cursor
    fill(img.get(randomX, randomY));
    // draws a flower at that point
    flower(randomX, randomY);
}

// creates flower shape
function flower(x, y) {
    push();
    noStroke();
    translate(x, y);
    ellipse(0, 2, 2, 6);
    rotate(45);
    ellipse(5, 0, 2, 6);
    rotate(90);
    ellipse(5, 0, 2, 6);
    rotate(135);
    ellipse(-8, 5, 2, 6);
    rotate(180);
    ellipse(8, 4, 2, 6);
    rotate(225);
    ellipse(-6, 11, 2, 6);
    rotate(270);
    ellipse(-6, -11, 2, 6);
    rotate(-45);
    ellipse(0, -13, 2, 6);
    pop();
}

这个周末我决定了创造我的朋友Shirley的画像。因为她很艺术的，所以我觉得可能是最好的题材。她很优雅的，所以我决定了创造花来代表这个她的性格的方面。她是我在上海留学的时候的语伴，现在在墨尔本，澳大利亚上大学。你好Shirley！！

This week I decided to make a portrait of my friend Shirley. She is very artistic, so I thought she would be the perfect subject for the project. She is very pretty and elegant, so I decided to create flowers to represent this aspect of her personality. She was my language partner when I studied abroad in Shanghai, and now she attends school in Melbourne, Australia. Hi Shirley!!

I added an aspect where you use the mouse to “paint” the flowers on the screen, and thus be able to control how the portrait is revealed. I think this is interesting, because it allows you to decide how you explore the portrait, and makes the process feel a little more intimate. You can also draw with the mouse in the earlier frames and create swirls and shapes on the screen by revealing the colors of the portrait below.