Concept
My concept was inspired by ASCII art, as I loved the idea of integrating the digital with the concept of a portrait. Although it is not as detailed as some ASCII art found on the internet, it was a fun exercise to think of letters on the keyboard not just as a means of writing sentences, but also as a way to create a face. I found that the letters “O” and “X” were great for distinguishing between the hair and face, in addition to differentiating via color (e.g. brown and black). I also used the line function extensively to create an outline of the face, and added the “print(mouseX,mouseY)” code line to help me with attaching coordinates.
A highlight of some code that you’re particularly proud of
One aspect of the code I’m proud of is the droopy eye effect. I achieved it simply by duplicating the code for the eye line and adding an extra space to the second line. This created a dissonance for the eyes (and only the eyes) since I separated the face fill from the eye fill for that row in my ASCII portrait.
text(" (0) (0) ", width / 2, height / 3 + 2 * x);
text(" (0) (0) ", width / 2, height / 3 + 2 * x);
Reflection
Although I am happy with this portrait as a base, I would have loved to add animation, such as mandala art in the background, to create a dreamy landscape effect. Additionally, I would like to add more detail by incorporating multiple rows of ASCII codes to enhance the definition of my face.