ilona altman – project 09

sketch

var theImage;

function preload() {
    //loading my image
    var myImageURL = "https://i.imgur.com/3SFfZCZ.jpg";
    theImage = loadImage(myImageURL);
}

function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 480);
    background(250,250,250);
    theImage.loadPixels();

    // going through each pixel 
    for (x = 0; x < width+10; x = x+3) {
        for (y = 0; y < height+10; y = y+2) {
            var pixelColorXY = theImage.get(x, y);
            if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 0 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 20) {
                //light pink
                stroke(255,230,230,70);
                line(x, y, x-1,y-1);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 20 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 50) {
                //orange
                stroke(250,170,160);
                line(x, y, x+3, y+3);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 50 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 55) {
                //pink
                stroke(230,130,160);
                line(x, y, x+3, y+3);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 55 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 60) {
                // light green
                stroke(180,195,200);
                line(x, y, x-1,y-1);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 65 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 70) {
                //yellow orange
                stroke(235,180, 100);
                line(x, y, x-2, y-2);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 75 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 85) {
                //blue
                stroke(196,130,130);
                line(x, y, x-1, y-1);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 85 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 95) {
                //dark red
                stroke(220,80,80);
                line(x, y, x-1, y-1);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 95 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 110){
                //pink
                stroke(220,69,90);
                line(x, y, x+2, y+2); 
            } else if(brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 110 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 130){
                //medium blue
                stroke(80,130,60);
                line(x, y, x+1, y+1); 
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 130 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 160){
                //light orange
                stroke(220,170,130);
                line(x, y, x+1, y+1);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 130 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 160){
                //light orange
                stroke(202,70, 100);
                line(x, y, x+1, y+1);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 160 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 190){
                //white
                stroke(255,255, 255);
                line(x, y, x+3, y+3);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 190 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 220){
                //yellow
                stroke(150,130, 90);
                line(x, y, x+3, y+3);
            } else if (brightness(pixelColorXY) >= 220 & brightness(pixelColorXY) <= 255){
                //yellow
                stroke(200,60,60);
                line(x, y, x+3, y+3);

            }
         
         }   
    }

}
function draw() {

}

In this project, I was thinking about memories with my family and about my grandma. I took some photos this summer of her teaching the rest of my family how to make Lithuanian dumplings. In my psychology class it is interesting because we have been learning about how distortion happens to what we remember over time. This is why I chose to make my image a bit distorted, and not so clear. I also love gradient maps, and wanted to emulate this with this piece. Yellow, green and red are the colors of the Lithuanian flag as well.