sketch
/*
* Eric Zhao
* ezhao2@andrew.cmu.edu
*
* Project 4: String Art
* A dynamic string art with four separate string shapes
* that changes based on mouse position.
*/
var angle = 0;
var posX = 0;
var posY = 0;
var cursorX;
var cursorY;
var loopCount = 0;
var numLines = 30;
function setup() {
createCanvas(400, 400);
background(220);
text("p5.js vers 0.9.0 test.", 10, 15);
}
function draw(){
stroke(255);
strokeWeight(0.125);
background(0);
translate(width/2, height/2);
push()
cursorX = map(min(mouseX, width), -200, 200, 0, 400);
for(let a = 0; a <= 360; a += 1){
//rotates the canvas an increment of radians and adjusts canvas
rotate(5);
push();
scale(4);
posY = -a;
line(-cursorX, posY, cursorX, cursorX);
//draws lines normal to point offset after rotation
pop();
}
pop();
stroke(0, 255, 255);
strokeWeight(0.75);
//bottom right cyan string corner
line(0, height/2, width/2, height/2);
line(width/2, 0, width/2, height/2);
numLines = int(map(constrain(mouseX, 0, 400), 0, 400, 0, 30));
var dx1 = (0-width/2)/numLines;
var dy1 = (height/2-height/2)/numLines;
var dx2 = (width/2-width/2)/numLines;
var dy2 = (height/2-0)/numLines;
var x1 = 0;
var y1 = height/2;
var x2 = width/2;
var y2 = height/2;
for (var i = 0; i <= numLines; i += 1) {
line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
x1 -= dx1;
y1 -= dy1;
x2 -= dx2;
y2 -= dy2;
}
//bottom left string corner
line(0, height/2, -width/2, height/2);
line(-width/2, 0, -width/2, height/2);
dx1 = (0 + width/2)/numLines;
dy1 = (height/2-height/2)/numLines;
dx2 = (-width/2 - 0)/numLines;
dy2 = (height/2-0)/numLines;
x1 = 0;
y1 = height/2;
x2 = -width/2;
y2 = height/2;
for (var i = 0; i <= numLines; i += 1) {
line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
x1 -= dx1;
y1 -= dy1;
x2 -= dx2;
y2 -= dy2;
}
rotate(PI); //rotates canvas to draw top two string corners
//top left string part
line(0, height/2, width/2, height/2);
line(width/2, 0, width/2, height/2);
numLines = int(map(constrain(mouseX, 0, 400), 0, 400, 0, 30));
dx1 = (0-width/2)/numLines;
dy1 = (height/2-height/2)/numLines;
dx2 = (width/2-width/2)/numLines;
dy2 = (height/2-0)/numLines;
x1 = 0;
y1 = height/2;
x2 = width/2;
y2 = height/2;
for (var i = 0; i <= numLines; i += 1) {
line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
x1 -= dx1;
y1 -= dy1;
x2 -= dx2;
y2 -= dy2;
}
//top right string part
line(0, height/2, -width/2, height/2);
line(-width/2, 0, -width/2, height/2);
dx1 = (0 + width/2)/numLines;
dy1 = (height/2-height/2)/numLines;
dx2 = (-width/2 - 0)/numLines;
dy2 = (height/2-0)/numLines;
x1 = 0;
y1 = height/2;
x2 = -width/2;
y2 = height/2;
for (var i = 0; i <= numLines; i += 1) {
line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
x1 -= dx1;
y1 -= dy1;
x2 -= dx2;
y2 -= dy2;
}
}
I got the initial idea for this composition when trying to make the spiral example from a class lecture and accidentally rotating the canvas in radians instead of degrees.