Self-Portrait

Concept:

I wanted to draw myself in NYUAD. My friends usually call me Olaf, the Disney character. My characteristic seems similar to Olaf’s, cheerful and trying to think positively about everything. Also, since I get easily cold, I always wear heavy clothes even in Abu Dhabi to feel warm. In this portrait, I am holding a purple torch, the symbol of NYU. The red flake from the torch is made with several circles.

 

A highlight of some code that you’re particularly proud of:

The background color is sky blue, which shows the nice weather in Abu Dhabi. The snowflakes are not actually snowballs. They are sunflakes (?). I expressed how hot Abu Dhabi is by drawing falling orange sunflakes.

let snowflakes = [];

function setup() {
  createCanvas(400, 400);
  noStroke();
  
}

function draw() {
    
  background(135, 206, 255);

  // Create a new snowflake at random x position
  let snowflake = {
    x: random(width),
    y: 0,
    size: random(5, 18),
    speed: random(1, 3)
  };
  
  snowflakes.push(snowflake);

  // Iterate through the snowflakes and update their positions
  for (let i = snowflakes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    let flake = snowflakes[i];
    flake.y += flake.speed;
    
    // Draw the snowflake
    fill(255, 235, 0);
    noStroke()
    ellipse(flake.x, flake.y, flake.size);
    
    // Remove snowflake if it goes off-screen
    if (flake.y > height) {
      snowflakes.splice(i, 1);
    }
  }

This video taught me how to make snowflakes (sunflakes) in motion.  www.youtube.com/shorts/kQU2FW6FqcY. At first, I made many errors because it was my first time using random and let function. However, after I got used to the function, I tried different colors of the flakes.

Reflection and Ideas for the Future of Improvement:

It would be beneficial to know how to draw snowballs and snowmen in 3D shapes. Also, in the future, I want to learn how to draw fire from the torch. Since I only learned how to draw 2D shapes, it was pretty difficult for me to draw fire shapes. In the near future, I will make much more creative artwork using diverse functions.