Ankitha Vasudev – Project 04 – String Art

sketch

//Ankitha Vasudev
//ankithav@andrew.cmu.edu
//Section B
//Project 04

var r = 210;
var g = 220;
var b = 255;
var angle = 0;
var cx = 0;

function setup() {
    createCanvas(400, 300);
    background(0);
    angleMode(degrees);
}

//spiral eye 
function draw() {
    angle = angle+5;
    cx = cx+20;
    fill(0);
    push();
    translate(width/2,height/2-10);
    rotate(radians(angle));
    strokeWeight(0.5);
    stroke(r-200, g-150, b);
    line(cx, 0, 10, 10);
    pop();

//loop
for (var x = 0; x < width; x += 10) {

    //bottom right curves
   	strokeWeight(0.75);
    stroke(r+40, g+20, b);
    line(x, height-30, width-30, height-x);
    stroke(r-50, g-60, b);
   	line(x, height, width, height-x);

    //top left curves
    stroke(r+40, g+30, b);
    line(x, 20, 40, height - x);
    stroke(r-70, g-80, b);
    line(x, 0, 0, height - x);

    //top right curves
    stroke(r-20, g-10, b);
    line(width/2 + x, 0, width, x);
    stroke(r+40, g+20, b);
    line(width/2 + x, 0, width, x+50);

    //bottom left curves
    stroke(r-40, g-20, b);
    line(0, x+80, x, height);
    stroke(r+40, g+20, b);
    line(10, x, x, height);
}
}
    

For this project, I played around with looping and changing coordinates to obtain different patterns. I also wanted to create a dynamic element, which led to the idea of creating an abstract eye.