Assignment 3 –Generative Artwork Object-Oriented Programming

Concept + references

For this artwork, I was actually inspired by the composition of Still-life, a genre of art in which the artist focuses on applying an outstanding level of detail to an arrangement of everyday objects. One of the most popular choices for this genre are the paintings of fruit, which I decided to feature in my work. However, I decided to display these with their most fundamental structure, lacking any of the depth or level of detail found within the Still-life. After this, to exercise the use of the arrays, and object-oriented programming, using as inspiration one of the array functions I found in the section of Array Functions on p.5 j.s tutorials, I decided to create a trail for one of my favorite fruit, the watermelon.

Array functions

Highlight code

Although the watermelon trail is the most eye-catching, interactive, and unique code in this entire work, the code I am actually most proud of are the ones that make up the functions for my fruit. It was fun to create these functions and later simply add the berry(x coordinate, y coordinate) under the function draw() as well as for the apples, since not only did this process make it easier to make multiple copies, but it was nice to see objects of my own creation as part of the objects as if they were another primitive shape we can use whenever we want.

function apple(x,y){
  fill(200,40,50);
  ellipse(x,y,35,35);
  fill(0);
ellipse(x-1,y-10,10,8);
  //stem
  fill(50,190,40);
  rect(x-3,y-25,4,15);
 
}

function berry(x,y){
  fill(70,40,190);
  ellipse(x,y,15,15);
 
}

 

Embedded sketch

 

Reflection and ideas for future work or improvements

Although I am happy with the results, I wish I could understand more properly how the function of the trail works so I could make it smoother even if I move the mouse faster. Also, I would like to learn how to make more than one form of interactivity at a time, since I also wanted the rest of the fruit to fall down the canvas while the watermelon remained interactive for the viewers. Despite this, I learned the advantages of creating one’s own functions, how arrays can provide a a¿variety of  interactive outcomes, and how all of these elements compliment each other to make the final piece more engaging.