Assignment 2 – Living in Chaos

Looking into Computer Graphics and Art, two artist’s style caught my eye. It is specifically Charles Fritchie and Robert Morriss  where their style consisted of free form lines and a sense of chaos, blending circles and lines – some straight and some aren’t. (Page, 32)

The concept of this code is to tell the tale of how we as humans have become entrapped in a fast-paced life of constantly having to work that sometimes it is hard to break free of that mindset. The circles, which eventually aren’t visible represent us, and the lines represent every aspect of our work lives – assignments, jobs, social life, etc.

As a person who is new to p5.js I found that it was easier for me to start coding without an initial concept but a loose inspiration, it took me quite a bit of time because I wanted to implement some of the ideas we learned in class, the code ended up being simple however very impactful.

function setup() {
  createCanvas(600, 600);
  background(255);
  noFill();
  stroke(0);
  frameRate(4);
}

function draw() {
  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    let x1 = random(width);
    let y1 = random(height);
    let x2 = random(width);
    let y2 = random(height);
    line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
  }

  ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 20, 20);
}

function keyPressed() {
  background(255);
}