Project 2: Variable Faces

sketch

var eyeSize = 50
var mouthType = 1
var eyebrowType = 1

function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 640);
}

function draw() {
    background(215, 167, 119);
    strokeWeight(0);
    fill(107, 70, 27); // eyes
    ellipse(width/3, height/3, eyeSize);
    ellipse(width*2/3, height/3, eyeSize);
    if (eyebrowType >=1) { // angry eyebrows
        fill(107, 70, 27);
        triangle(width/5, height/5, width/4, height/4, width/2, height/4);
        triangle(4*width/5, height/5, 3*width/4, height/4, width/2, height/4);
    } else if (eyebrowType < 1 & eyebrowType > .5) { // unibrow
        strokeWeight(20);
        line(width/4, height/5, 3*width/4, height/5);
    } else { // arc eyebrows
        noFill();
        strokeWeight(7);
        arc(width/3, height/4, 200, 100, -5/6 * PI, -PI/6);
        arc(2*width/3, height/4, 200, 100, -5/6 * PI, -PI/6);
    }
    noFill(); // nose
    strokeWeight(7);
    stroke(107, 70, 27);
    arc(width/2, height/2, 80, 80, PI/4, 3/4 * PI);
    stroke(107, 70, 27); // line mouth
    if (mouthType >= 1) {
        strokeWeight(7);
        line(width/3, 3*height/4, 2*width/3, 3*height/4);
    } else if (mouthType < 1 & mouthType > .5) { // open mouth
        strokeWeight(0);
        fill(107, 70, 27);
        ellipse(width/2, 3*height/4, width/2, height/10);
    } else { // smile mouth
        strokeWeight(7);
        arc(width/2, 3*height/4, 200, 100, PI/6, 5/6 * PI);
    }


}

function mousePressed() {
    eyeSize = random(25, 75);
    mouthType = random(1.5);
    eyebrowType = random(1.5);

}

I wanted to see what combination of facial features the computer would create, rather than creating combinations myself. While this prevented me from focusing on individual emotions, it’s been fun to see what the computer comes up with.