Overall Experience
For our first assignment, we were tasked with creating a self-portrait. As someone with little art skill, all I could think of was drawing a face that resembled me. I am not quite sure if I succeeded though ;D. Coding for me has always been tedious hours of writing code and handling data files but the artistry of this assignment was the complete opposite. Playing around with basic shapes and putting them together into a face, also accessorizing was really fun.
Process and Progress
I started with an elliptical shape for my face and then added two more for the eyes. To portray my brows, I discovered that simple lines with a strokeWeight of 5 produced the appropriate thickness. It was the placement of eyelashes that I first realized that finding coordinates for drawing a simple line was not as easy as it seemed and I looked up for coordinates of p5.js. https://editor.p5js.org/prewiredonline/sketches/mA6XRFf-G. This is where I got what I was looking for and it eased my way through the rest of the portrait. I think the turning point of my sketch was this stage where the eyelashes were in the making and the coordinate plotting made it easier for me: 
This is how my final portrait looks like:
Reflection
I am pleased with my initial p5.js project, but I see room for improvement by incorporating animations into my self-portrait. I look forward to experimenting with these elements in my future assignments. This project was a great step for me in the Interactive Media world and I can’t wait to tackle more cool interactive projects in the future!