Ghalya Alsanea – Project 04 – String Art

sketch

//Ghalya Alsanea
//Section B
//galsanea@andrew.cmu.edu;
//Project-04

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

function draw() {
    background(0);
    stroke(255);

    //make x and y depend on mouse postition
    var x = constrain(mouseX, 0, width);
    var y = constrain(mouseY, 0, height);

    //create the mirrored x and y positions
    var ix = width - x;
    var iy = height - y;

    //create 4 parabolas mirroring each other to make an X like shape 
    //each parabola spans the width and height incrementally
    for (var i = 0; i <=width; i += 10) {
        //as the lines draw, make them darker proportionally
        stroke(255 - i / 2);

        line(i, iy, ix, height - i);
        line(width - i, y, x, i);
        line(width - i, iy, x, height - i);
        line(i, y, ix, i);
    }
    
    //same thing but on the inside of existing shape
    for (var i = 0; i <=width; i += 10) {
        //as the lines draw, make them go form red to darker proportionally
        stroke(255 - i / 2, 0 , 0);

        line(width - i, y, ix, height - i);
        line(i, iy, x, i);
        line(width - i, iy, ix, i);
        line(i, y, x, height - i);
    }
    
}

I wanted to create parabolic shapes that moved based on your mouse location proportionally. I thought it would be interesting to also have the color gradient as the lines were drawn.