Ian Kaneko-Project-04-String-Art

I really wanted to show huge amounts of contrast in my drawing, so I made the strings and background always be opposite of each other in terms of gray value. This also leads to a cool middle point where they are the same color.

ikaneko string art

//Ian Kaneko
//Project 4: String Art

var canvasWidth = 300;
var canvasHeight = 400;
var bkgrnd = 250;
var change = -1;

function setup() {
    createCanvas(canvasWidth, canvasHeight);
    
} 

function draw() {
    background(bkgrnd);
    
    strokeWeight(1);
    
    stroke(250 - bkgrnd);

    bkgrnd = bkgrnd + change;

    if(bkgrnd <= 0){
        change = -change;
    }

    if(bkgrnd > 250){
        change = -change;
    }

    

    for (i = 0; i < 50; i ++){ //diamond forms created by negative space
        line(0, 100 + i * 6, 300, 100 - i * 6); 
    }
    
    for (i = 0; i < 50; i ++){
        line(0, 300 - i * 6, 300, 300 + i * 6);
    }
    
    for (i = 0; i < 50; i ++){
        line(0, 100 - i * 6, 300, 100 + i * 6);
    }

    for (i = 0; i < 50; i ++){
        line(0, 300 + i * 6, 300, 300 - i * 6);
    }

    stroke(150, 100, 150); // colored borders

    for (i = 0; i < 40; i ++){ // purple "web" on top left
        line(0, 200 - 5 * i, i * 5, 0);
    }

    stroke(150, 100, 210);
    for (i = 0; i < 40; i ++){ // purple bottom right web
        line(0, 200 + 5 * i, i * 5, 400);
    }

    stroke(210, 100, 150); // top right web
    for (i = 0; i < 40; i ++){
        line(300, 200 - 5 * i, 300 - i * 5, 0);
    }

    stroke(210, 100, 210); // bottom right web
    for (i = 0; i < 40; i ++){
        line(300, 200 + 5 * i, 300 - i * 5, 400);
    }

    


}