Yoshi Torralva – Project 04 – String-Art

sketch

// Yoshi Torralva
// Section E
// yrt@andrew.cmu.edu
// Project 04
function setup() {
    createCanvas(300, 400);
}

function draw() {
    background(0, 191, 255);
    /* for loop making 40 lines
    which allows for 10px spacing */
    for(var i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
    /* mouseX and Mouse Y move the string art */
    strokeWeight(1);
    stroke(255);
    //moving string art
    line(mouseX, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, mouseY);
    // flipped mouseX and mouse Y to create opposite scaling
    line(mouseY, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, mouseX);
    strokeWeight(0.2);
    //string art starting at top x height 
    // 10 px width between each line
    // increments of 50
    line(i * 10, 0, 300, 0 + i * 10);
    line(i * 10, 0, 250, 0 + i * 10);
    line(i * 10, 0, 200, 0 + i * 10);
    line(i * 10, 0, 150, 0 + i * 10);
    line(i * 10, 0, 100, 0 + i * 10);
    line(i * 10, 0, 50, 0 + i * 10);
    //string art at bottom x height
    // 10 px width between each line
    // increments of 50
    line(250, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, 400);
    line(200, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, 400);
    line(150, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, 400);
    line(100, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, 400);
    line(50, i * 10, 0 + i * 10, 400);
    }
}
 

Using string art, I wanted to create a shell-like formation. I used multiple lines in the for() statement to create a swirling visual. Mouse tracking was implemented to add depth as it served as a frame into the shell.