3 Concepts

Precedents

I really liked this code because of the elegance. The way the specks of light only grow when the curser traces them. The like the way the speaks magnet to the curser but it also gets momentum and flicks around tracking the mouse.

It held my attention for a long time and didn't get boarding to me.

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=2799

I find this code very entertianing and find myself play on it for long periods of time with out realising it. I find it captivating even though it just simulates a curtian.

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=20140


I really like the composition of this picture. the colours relate nicely on to the background.

Final 8 Patterns

 

 

 

 

Links to patterns on Open Processing

Pattern 1: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32198
Pattern 2: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32495
Pattern 3: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32514
Pattern 4: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32492
Pattern 5: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32521
Pattern 6: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32527
Pattern 7: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32537
Pattern 8: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=32542

Development - Pattern8

 playing with where the lines stop

 playing with line thickness

playing with the angles to change the pattern style

Development - Pattern7

 playing with spacing between the lines

 playing with the angles of the lines

playing with how many lines are repeated.

Development - Pattern6

 playing with the amount of lines repeated

 playing with how much times the lines are repeated

playing with the directions of the lines

Development - Pattern5

 playing with the width of the ellipses

 playing with the amount of ellipses

playing with the strokeweight of the lines

Development - Pattern4

 playing with stroke weight

 adding other structures to the pattern

playing with the placement of the circles

Development - Pattern3

 playing with the thickness of the stroke

 playing with transparency of the fill

playing with transparency of the stroke

Development - Pattern2

 taking away the transparency

 playing with strokeweight

playing with the circle repetition and where it starts

Development - Pattern1

 playing with the line weight and fill of the pattern

 playing with the shape of the ellipse

playing with how many times the ellipse is repeated

Development - Colour

 

For my set of patterns I want to have a one colour through out so that they relate to one another more.some patterns my have slight variations or exceptions but the majority of the patterns will stay one colour. I think green is to bright and obscures the pattern a little. This wouldn't be a very good colour for my patterns. I think blue is the preferred colour over red, although both colours are aesthetically appealing the blue creates a nicer atmosphere.  

Trail patterns and Experiments

This is the very first pattern I made on processing. I tried to experiment with variables to get my head round the concept of variables. I tried to get use to using fill with different colours and used a series of ellipses to create a scale effect.

 Ben Jack's tutorial - Ben Jack show us coding from scratch through to variables ,loops and ifs.
This made coding easier because the pattern could be changed drastically just by changing a few numbers in the code.