The concept :
I got the idea from this activity they used to make us do in middle school. Basically a message is written in blue, obscured by red scribbles. On placing a red cellophane paper over the design, we can see the hidden message. I wanted to do something similar to this image shown below (taken from JIANG’S BLOG – WordPress)
The design itself is a puzzle piece, where the portrait is hidden under the red scribbles. On viewing it over the red circle, the portrait is revealed underneath. I wanted to make it like a puzzle- me hidden under the red scribbles. Basically the red scribbles are absorbed in the circle, revealing the blue portrait. I drew it using most of the line tools, like arc, curves and quadrilaterals. I made it in this because I’ve heard a lot of people say that I am very hard to read (P.S; I have no idea why, I’m an open book I swear). Basically, I wanted to capture that essence into my portrait, in a way that is interactive to the users.
A highlight of some code that you’re particularly proud of :
I’m proud of the abstract style of the portrait, it’s pretty cool to look at (if I can say so myself) It was a bit hard to draw it with the curves and figure out the points exactly, but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty fun to do! I also really love the transparent red decoder circle; I feel like I managed to bring the paper and pen version into code pretty well!
Embedded sketch :
Reflection and ideas for future work or improvements :
Maybe I would make the portrait itself more detailed. Maybe once I understand how to code better I can improve it!! I also wanted to try and draw it in one continuous line, but that was a bit hard to do.