Based on: Untitled 2 by Aaron Marcus, 1978
Category: direct
Description:
Composition done in P5.js recreating Untitled 2 composition made by Aaron Marcus in 1978. This sketch is running in the browser.
/* Part of the ReCode Project (http://recodeproject.com) Based on "Untitled 2" by Aaron Marcus Originally published in "Computer Graphics and Art" v3n2, 1978 Copyright (c) 2022 Adelaida Avila - OSI/MIT license (http://recodeproject/license). */ /* @pjs pauseOnBlur="true"; */ //Composition recreating "Untitled 2", from the Hieroglyph series by Aaron Marcus, 1978. //Retrieved from the ReCode project: http://recodeproject.com/artwork/v3n2untitled-2-marcus //made by Adelaida Avila Cabrera, March 2022. let numElements = 6; function setup() { //set canvas size createCanvas(800, 800); //define style elements noFill(); strokeWeight(2); //change angles from radians to degrees angleMode(DEGREES); } function draw() { //define style elements background(0); stroke(255); //grid variables let cellWidth = width / numElements; let cellHeight = height / numElements; //grid loop for (let row = 0; row < numElements; row++) { for (let col = 0; col < numElements; col++) { let x = col * cellWidth; let y = row * cellHeight; //grid rectangles rect(x, y, cellWidth, cellHeight); let x1 = random(x, x + cellWidth); let y1 = random(y, y + cellHeight); let x2 = random(x, x + cellWidth); let y2 = random(y, y + cellHeight); let x3 = random(x, x + cellWidth); let y3 = random(y, y + cellHeight); let x4 = random(x, x + cellWidth); let y4 = random(y, y + cellHeight); //lines inside grid line(x1, y1, x2, y2); //circles inside grid circle(x2, y3, random(1, cellWidth)); push(); //randomly rotate squares rotate(random(360)); //squares inside grid rect(x4, y4, random(1, cellWidth / 2)); pop(); } } noLoop(); } //click to redraw shapes in another random order function mousePressed() { redraw(); }