Monica Chang – Project 04 – String Art

sketch

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

function draw() {
  // changing background color based on mouse position
  background( mouseX, mouseY, 245);
    
  // creates pattern on top right
  
  for (var i = 0; i < 300; i++) {
      strokeWeight(0.5); // for thin lines
    
      var x1 = width - i * 5; // x1 for curve 1
      var x4 = width + 50; // x1 for curve 4
    
      var y1 = height - i * 5; // y1 for curve 1
      var y2 = height + i * 50; // y1 for curve 2
      var y3 = height - i * 6; // y2 for curve 3
      var y2y4 = height - i * 15; // y2 for curve 4
      var y1y4 = height - i; // y1 for curve 4

      //curve #1
      stroke("red");
      line(x1, mouseY, mouseX, y1); 
    
      //curve #2
      stroke("blue");
      line(0, y2, x1, mouseY); 
      
      //curve #3
      stroke(255);
      line( x1, mouseY, 0, y3);
      
      // curve #4
      stroke("yellow");
      line(x4, height - i, mouseX, y2y4); 
    }
      

  
  
}

This project allowed me to better understand the way loops can be used. I may have struggled but I am becoming more comfortable with the concept of loops and what I can do with them. I had lots of fun integrating color and design as I grew more familiar with the concept of for loops and “i”.