Chelsea Fan-Project 06

AbstractClock

/* Chelsea Fan
Section 1B
chelseaf@andrew.cmu.edu
Project-06
*/

var ocean = 255; //background "ocean" color
var fishx = [];
var fishy = [];


function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 400);
    for (i = 0; i<=59; i++) { //from 0-59 seconds
    	fishx[i]= random(100, width); //random location of fish x coord
        fishy[i] = random(175, 275); //random location of fish y coord
    }
}

function draw() {
	noStroke();
    var S = second();
    var M = minute();
    var H = hour();
	//var mappedH = map(H, 0, 23, 0, width);
    
    //changing background color to darken every hour
    background(240-5.31*(H-1), ocean-5*(H-1), 255);

	for (i=0; i<S; i++) { //draw for number of seconds on clock
		fill(255, 160, 122); //orange fish color
		ellipse(fishx[i], fishy[i], 15, 5); //fish bodies
		triangle(fishx[i], fishy[i], fishx[i]-10, fishy[i]+4, fishx[i]-10, fishy[i]-4);//fish tails
	}
	//Shark moving across screen counts minutes
	//measured at inner corner of shark's mouth
    fill(160, 160, 160, 170); //gray color
	arc(20+M*(1/59*width)-30, height/2, 400, 150, QUARTER_PI, 11*PI/6); //shark head
    triangle(M*(1/59*width)-100, height/2, M*(1/59*width)-400, height/2-75, M*(1/59*width)-400, height/2+75); //shark tail
	fill(255); //white color
	ellipse(M*(1/59*width)+20, height/2-45, 20, 20); //outer eye
	fill(0); //black color
    ellipse(M*(1/59*width)+20, height/2-45, 10, 10); //inner eye

}

It took me a while to come up with a good idea for an abstract clock. My mind kept returning to ideas similar to the example bar length or a circular clock with standard hands. I had some difficulty figuring out the ratio of colors to keep the background blue (background changes based on the hour). Overall it was an interesting project. I don’t enjoy not being able to run through everything to see the colors of every hour. However, I did enjoy being able to create a “clock” or time measurer without any restrictions. I was able to create whatever I wanted in whatever shape, size, color, etc. I enjoy having that freedom.