Paul Greenway – Project04 – String Art

pgreenwa_lineArt

function setup() {
  createCanvas(400, 300);
}

function draw() {
  
  background(50);
  
  //white triangle lines downwards
  for (var i = 0; i < 41; i++) {
    
    x1 = 200;
    y1 = 300;
    x2 = 0;
    y2 = 0;
    
    x2 += i*10;
    y2 -= i*0;
    
    stroke(100);
    strokeWeight(1);
    line(x1,y1,x2,y2);

  }
  
  //white triangle lines upwards
  for (var i = 0; i < 41; i++) {
    
    x1 = 200;
    y1 = 0;
    x2 = 0;
    y2 = 300;
    
    x2 += i*10;
    y2 -= i*0;
    
    stroke(100);
    strokeWeight(1);
    line(x1,y1,x2,y2);

  }
    
    //top left curved lines
    for (var i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
    
    x1 = 400;
    y1 = 0;
    x2 = 0;
    y2 = -50;
    
    x1 -= i*10;
    x2 -= i*10;
    x2 += i*10;
    y2 += i*10;
    
    stroke(150);
    strokeWeight(1);
    line(x1,y1,x2,y2);
      
    }
  
    //bottom right curved lines
    for (var i = 0; i < 45; i++) {
    
    x1 = 400;
    y1 = 300;
    x2 = 400;
    y2 = -50;
    
    x1 -= i*10;
    x2 -= i*10;
    x2 += i*10;
    y2 += i*10;
    
    stroke(150);
    strokeWeight(1);
    line(x1,y1,x2,y2);
      
    }
}

For this project I wanted to create string art with a symmetrical organization. To do this I used two intersecting triangular forms for the background with two opposite curving line groups on either corner.