Project 09 – Portrait

// Carson Michaelis
// Section C
// cmmichae

// variable to hold my image
let myImage;

// loading in my image
function preload () {
    myImage = loadImage("https://i.imgur.com/Rd1FDlT.jpg");
}

function setup() {
    // scaling down the image becuase it was too big
    myImage.resize(myImage.width/4, myImage.height/4);
    myImage.loadPixels();

    // sizing the canvas to work with other images as well
    createCanvas(myImage.width, myImage.height);
    background(220);
}

function draw() {
    // picking a random pixel out from within the image
    var pixelX = floor(random(myImage.width));
    var pixelY = floor(random(myImage.height));

    // retrieving the color of the pixel selected
    var pix = myImage.get(pixelX,pixelY);

    rectMode(CENTER);

    // defining the size and stroke(or lack thereof)
    fill(pix);
    noStroke();

    // drawing pixel big enough to provide some level of abstraction and overlap
    rect(pixelX, pixelY, 10, 10);
}

//picture is of my friend who gave permisson for the photo to be used