#comp1720

[caitelartv2619]

I learned some p5.js today and implemented a mockup of the animation I was trying to get working in the Caitessegonal plugin back in the day.

It only took me a couple hours to write up, which was really surprising! The plugin was a lot more complicated because to draw shapes in a 2D context in Nuke I had to process it on a line basis - so the plugin code was checking if each pixel it was handed was inside a particular shape.

To draw the same animation in p5.js I had to write one function to draw 3 rectangles and 1 octagon. It's definitely not as nuanced, but it was a nice feeling to get something animated out of this idea!

[anshulsaini90-blog]

Initial thoughts

I enrolled late into the course (week 5), and although I felt a little pressured, I was confident, that catching up would not be a big problem, as long as I put in the effort.

However, I was unsure of the assessment until my first lab, and was both, relieved and excited to find out about the distribution of marks across a single project.

So essentially, the project entails creating a program that engages the users, is based on the theme of ‘Coming Closer’ and runs on the ‘Processing’ platform.

[alvinalmazan]

Preliminary ideas about Comp1720 project

Thinking of ideas of ideas for this project is actually excruciating especially for someone who has a little background in Visual/Media arts. It is excruciating because of the fact that I want to create a a piece that corresponds to the given theme, which is "Becoming Close" and fulfill some requirements/ criteria which can be found on the link below.

http://cs.anu.edu.au/student/comp1720.new/76proces/hg7675.php

Well, anyway, the least thing I can do now for the past few weeks collect ideas(picture or videos) that could serve as inspiration to my final piece. 

To begin, I already think of ideas that could serve as inspiration for the piece. One of these ideas is the concept of internet, where it is used as a tool to make the world into a small global village.

the image above is a sketch in my visual diary representing a small globe with small line hovering above it. It sounds tempting and easy to do; however, i'm not sure if this will hold the audience attention for at least a minute or two.

Besides of the idea of networking, i have nothing else to think about but only bits and pieces that may be inspires me or may be used to form a piece. This bits includes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XVIFSM1tEQ

the background design for Sistar's music video alone(I love the idea of the use of pattern and colors in thier background while they are dancing, plus the 'wing's' effect in one of the scenes). Apologise if the MV is in korean; but the my main point that i want to point out is the use of their background and props which helps on conveying the message of the music which is the side effect of being in love ie. break ups.

another concept that I might use is the old Filipino cultural artifacts. Anitos(idols created during Pre-Hispanic period in thee Philippines) and Alibatas(an old Filipino writting system), for instance, may show authenticity and historical background of ancestral Filipinos on practicing thier beliefs and ways to keep in touch with thier God's and deities.

Other inspiration that may help me in constructing my ideas for the piece are the cover picture of my laptop and the colour scheme use in my blog. I've got an intution that I may produce something from these simple patterns and colours that may convey the dark side of the selected theme. Who knows?

[michaelburr-blog-blog]

COMP1720.Lec.II

Golden Rectangle A distinctive feature of this shape is that when a square section is removed, the remainder is another golden rectangle; that is, with the same proportions as the first. Square removal can be repeated infinitely, in which case corresponding corners of the squares form an infinite sequence of points on the golden spiral, the unique logarithmic spiral with this property. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Markov chain A simple two-state Markov chain. A Markov chain, named for Andrey Markov, is a mathematical system that undergoes transitions from one state to another (from a finite or countable number of possible states) in a chainlike manner. It is a random process characterised as memoryless (i.e., exhibiting the Markov property): the next state depends only on the current state and not on the entire past. Markov chains have many applications as statistical models of real-world processes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

[michaelburr-blog-blog]

COMP1720.Lec.I

Competition entry winners announced.

Things to do  this week update. (http://hingstonbrook.com/COMP1720/)

PDE template: http://hingstonbrook.com/dir/PDEtemplate.txt

Real Programming. Functions.

Definition:

Ordinate (in order). In java "" denotes a string rather than an integer or float, etc.

Definition: Concatination.

The joining of strings and variables. eg

position = ordinate(5) + "!";               //printing position will print: 5!

Java name-space rules.

Java variable, function: Lowercase first letter and camel-case.   //variable, function: protoNinja

Java Class: Uppercase first letter and camel-case.    //class: ProtoNinja

Below is the code developed during the lecture.

Note: There is an eye.png art asset that is required for this code to run.

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BlobPet.pde Intent ~~~~~~ This program is supposed to make an infintee spawning amorphouse-blob pet Designed ~~~~~~~~ baz Aug 2011 Modified ~~~~~~~~ */ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initialisation // Global (i.e. PApplet-wide) constants and variables PImage mbEye ; //Processing Image (is a class) // ------------------------------------------------- void setup() { size(400, 500) ; background(127) ; mbEye = loadImage("eye.png") ; //Using the loadImage() function smooth() ; //Makes curves look better } // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Main methods void draw() { float x = random(50, 350) ; float y = random(50, 450) ; float s = random(50, 120) ; drawBlob(x,y, s, color(256,128,0)) ; } // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private methods void drawBlob(float x, float y, float blobSize, color colour) { float eyeHeight = blobSize/4, eyeWidth = blobSize/4 ; noStroke() ; for (int i=1 ; i < blobSize ; i++) { fill(color(red(colour), green(colour), blue(colour), blobSize-i)) ; ellipse(x,y, i,0.6*i) ; } ellipse(x,y, blobSize, blobSize*0.6) ; image(mbEye, (x-eyeWidth/2),(y-eyeHeight/2), eyeWidth,eyeHeight) ; } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Classes /* classes referenced '''''''''''''''''' - */ // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------