Anthony Ra – Project 09 – Portrait

sketch

/* Anthony Ra
Section-A
ahra@andrew.cmu.edu
Project-09 */

var heaven;
var start = 100;
/* spelling of heaven as arrays to fill the image */
var name = ["H", "E", "A", "V", "E", "N"];

function preload() {
    var heavenUrl = "http://i.imgur.com/ILpL0Fu.jpg" /* uploading picture */
    heaven = loadImage(heavenUrl);
}

function setup() {
  createCanvas(400, 400);
  background(0);
  imageMode(CENTER);
  heaven.resize(400, 400);
  heaven.loadPixels();
  frameRate(5000);
}

function draw() {
  /* series of sizes for the letters */
  var size = random(20, 35);
  /* starting point */
  var px = randomGaussian(width/2, start);
  var py = randomGaussian(height/2, start);
  /* values constrained to the picture */
  var heavenX = constrain(floor(px), 0, width);
  var heavenY = constrain(floor(py), 0, height);
  /* getting colors from the picture */
  var col = heaven.get(heavenX, heavenY);
  /* induces the speed of pixels array */
  var i = floor(random(5));
  push();
  translate(px, py);
  noStroke();
  fill(col);
  textSize(size);
  text(name[i], 0, 0);
  pop();
}

I don’t have any pictures of myself because .. I don’t. So, I used a personally funny picture of a dear friend who is always salty. Using a play on his name (Evan), I randomized the letters in the word “HEAVEN” and given each color based on the image. The origin of “Heaven” came from a typo from Au Bon Pain. I increased the rate of the letters appearing to an astronomical amount because I just want to see this face haha.