Author: Sarah

Project 1: My Self Portrait

This is my project.

sketch_selfportrait-SL
function setup() {
    createCanvas(800, 720);
    text("p5.js vers 0.9.0 test.", 10, 15);
}

function draw() {
    background(247, 221, 235)
    noStroke()

    // hair
    fill(38, 23, 8)
    ellipse(400, 450, 500, 650)

    // face
    fill(235, 190, 143)
    ellipse(400, 420, 300, 400)

    // ears
    circle(250, 400, 50)
    circle(550, 400, 50)

    // neck
    rect(358, 600, 90, 300)

    // nose
    stroke(255, 222, 179)
    strokeWeight(4)
    triangle(382, 475, 400, 420, 418, 475)

    // ear holes
    noStroke()
    fill(0, 0, 0)   
    circle(245, 400, 12, 12) 
    circle(555, 400, 12, 12)

    // earrings
    fill(175, 23, 104)   
    circle(246, 420, 5, 5) 
    circle(554, 420, 5, 5)

    // eyebrows
    noFill()
    stroke(38, 23, 8)
    arc(330, 377, 80, 70, (5 * PI) / 4, (7 * PI) / 4)
    arc(470, 377, 80, 70, (5 * PI) / 4, (7 * PI) / 4)

    // bangs
    fill(38, 23, 8) 
    arc(270, 230, 240, 250, -.18, HALF_PI + QUARTER_PI, OPEN)
    arc(480, 240, 200, 180, QUARTER_PI, -2.5, OPEN)

    // mouth
    fill(255, 255, 255)
    stroke(255, 0, 0)
    strokeWeight(6)
    arc(400, 510, 75, 75, 0, PI, CHORD)
    stroke(0)
    strokeWeight(1.5)
    line(370.2, 526.5, 429.8, 526.5)
	
    // eyes (outer)
    arc(330, 385, 48, 48, PI, 0, CHORD)
    arc(470, 385, 48, 48, PI, 0, CHORD)

    // upper body    
    fill(102, 0, 51)
    square(250, 660, 300)

    //eyeballs
    fill(75, 45, 14)
    circle(330, 373, 20, 20)
    circle(470, 373, 20, 20)
    noStroke()
    fill(0, 0, 0)
    circle(330, 373, 8.5, 8.5)
    circle(470, 373, 8.5, 8.5)
    fill(255, 255, 255)
    circle(333, 375, 4, 4)
    circle(473, 375, 4, 4)
}

Looking Outwards: My Inspiration

When I think of inspirational art involving technology, the use of lights always comes to mind. For example, one of my favorite things about Carnegie Mellon University, are the lights used as art at the Hunt Library and the lights on the Pausch Memorial Bridge. One piece of artwork that comes to mind and is similar to these is the “Final Response” in London. The lights in this piece of art interact with people’s movement as they walk by. The artwork consists of invisible sensing technology which was created by Software Programming and Electrical Engineering company, White Wing Logic Ltd. I imagine they created custom software for this project, although not much is released about the work put into this project. Along with them, a structural engineering company, installation company, assembly and fabrication company, and a concept and design company (Cinimod Studio) helped make this possible. Cinimod Studio says to have gotten their inspiration from Soho’s evolution of the media district. These changing lights offer something new and futuristic (at least it was at the time, in my opinion), with the opportunity to evolve just as the media district has. While I have never been to London, I feel it would be very peaceful to walk by here and would give me just as much joy as the lights displayed at CMU do. Here’s the link for a more in-depth description, https://www.cinimodstudio.com/experiential/projects/finial-response, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find much information about the project itself.