Midterm progress/ proposal
Concept & Design
For this project, I decided to continue exploring the idea of a moving Starry Night. In Week 3, I was inspired by Van Gogh’s The Starry Night and experimented with recreating some of its swirling motion using movers and attractors. I was also influenced by Batool’s work that week, since she implemented what I had envisioned. This time, however, I want to approach the concept differently, instead of movers and attractors, I am experimenting with: Perlin noise to create organic, natural-looking flow and Sine functions to introduce rhythmic oscillation and temporal movement to create the system
Designing the Code (Functions, Interactivity, Structure)
For this week, I experimented with using Perlin noise to determine the directional flow of the strokes and sine functions to introduce subtle rhythmic movement over time. There are no classes yet, since I decided not to use movers or attractors in this version of the system. For interactivity, I am planning to implement a slider to control movement strength or direction, possibly another slider to adjust speed or oscillation intensity, and a slider that changes the color palette. I am still deciding what additional controls would be meaningful without overcomplicating the system.
States & Variations
As mentioned, I will have sliders and that will help me to produce different variations/ states to my system. I am thinking of creating variations such as:
- Different movement speeds
- Opposite swirl directions
- Stronger vs softer oscillation
- More chaotic vs more calm motion
Also, for the printing part, I’m thinking of having an icon on the top, so when I’m satisfied with how it looks, I will click on the icon and it will download as png to later print.
Most Uncertain Part
The most complex and uncertain part for me was deciding whether to use movers and attractors again. In Week 3/4, I used attractors and movers; however, I remember that when I tried to recreate the motion of Starry Night using movers, it became very complex very quickly. Controlling behavior while maintaining aesthetic control was difficult with attractors and movers; at least for me. To minimize risk here is to either find an alternatives (which is where im headed) or learn new ways to use them.
I provided below the current starting point, still a skeleton version, no interactions yet but its a vision to where I’m headed.