Based on: Zup Tze 30 by Paul Shao, 1978
Category: experimental
Description:
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/* Part of the ReCode Project (http://recodeproject.com) Based on "Zup Tze 30" by Paul Shao Originally published in "Computer Graphics and Art" v3n2, 1978 Copyright (c) 2013 Karl Rothermel - OSI/MIT license (http://recodeproject/license). */ /* @pjs pauseOnBlur="true"; */ static final int LINE_WIDTH = 1; void setup() { size(512,360); } // Draws a single cross. void drawCross(int left, int top, int dim, int thickness) { int offset_1 = dim/2 - thickness/4; int offset_2 = offset_1 + thickness; int offset_3 = dim; beginShape(); vertex(left + offset_1, top); vertex(left + offset_2, top); vertex(left + offset_2, top + offset_1); vertex(left + offset_3, top + offset_1); vertex(left + offset_3, top + offset_2); vertex(left + offset_2, top + offset_2); vertex(left + offset_2, top + offset_3); vertex(left + offset_1, top + offset_3); vertex(left + offset_1, top + offset_2); vertex(left, top + offset_2); vertex(left, top + offset_1); vertex(left + offset_1, top + offset_1); vertex(left + offset_1, top); endShape(CLOSE); } // Draw a stack of crosses. void drawCrossWithDecay(int left, int top, int base_dim, int num_decay, PVector dpos, int ddim, double dthickness) { double thickness = base_dim/2; int dim = base_dim; int curleft = left; int curtop = top; for (int i = 0; i < num_decay; i++) { drawCross(curleft, curtop, dim, (int)thickness); curleft += dpos.x + ddim/2; curtop += dpos.y + ddim/2; dim -= ddim; thickness -= dthickness; } } void drawCrossMatrix(int dim, int left, int top, int rows, int cols) { int thickness = dim/2; PVector dp1 = new PVector(0,-1); PVector dp2 = new PVector(1,0); PVector dp; for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) { int rleft = left + i * thickness; int rtop = top + i * 1 * thickness; for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++) { dp = i%2==0?dp1:dp2; dp.mult(-1); drawCrossWithDecay(rleft + thickness * 2 *j, rtop - thickness * j, dim, 8, dp, 4, 4.5); } } } void draw() { background(0xffffff); drawCrossMatrix(49, 60, 150, 6, 6); }