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In Mini Project #3, I explored mainly three types of motions:
Simple linear motion with position change manipulated with the mouse: Nightcity
Position and color change with a sin wave: Sin-Wave
Random motion with noise() function: Lost-Bouncing-Ball
More detailed explanations for the sketches can be found on the Mini Project page. What I would like to talk about in depth is how the motions affect my design for Project A.
project A: Inspiration
project A: Inspiration
The sketch I chose for my project A is the first sketch: Nightcity. I have picked this motion because originally, I would like to create a sense of heartbeat as the sketch theme, but failed at last since making the automatic heartbeat vector natural was a little bit challenging and time-consuming.
The current version is more like a sketch generating "night" in a modern city with elements of office buildings and skyscrapers. The building generation is a non-stop process, since the whole canvas is cleared when the line reaches the right end and gets restarted from the very beginning.
In fact, "heartbeat" can still be generated in the current version. It can be seen from the canvas on the left that if the user chooses to hold the mouse while moving it, acute angles, similar to those of a heartbeat, will appear.
It enhances my imagination of the connection between buildings and heartbeat. Buildings, especially the light they emit, during a modern city night, are also the "heartbeat" of the "city" itself.
The modern city seems to run on human beings as its fuel, and the combustible matter that acts as its pacemaker is not unalloyed. In the morning, it is the clear ambition and dreams that support people in their struggle; at night, it becomes intoxicating pleasures—alcohol, games, and other forms of indulgence.
And this is how Luxuria appears.
Luxuria
Luxuria
Luxuria is a nocturnal bacterium that thrives only in the presence of light. Unlike ordinary parasites or bacteria, Luxuria does not feed on physical flesh, but something worse instead. It lures humans’ eyes with radiant illusions, drawing strength from attention or interaction itself to construct desires and unlimited pleasure, devouring aspiration, ambition, or even the future. It depicts a city ablaze with lights when it is gazed upon, and conjures illusions of the very things most desired by those who touch it.
Luxuria was found by Amy, a novice biologist, by accident one evening when she was busy with her PhD project. Unfortunately, she was infected before notifying others of the high level of danger posed by this bacterium generated inside her screen. Her willingness for hot pot was instantly stirred, and she did not get back to the lab the next day.
In fact, Luxuria does not have a defined name or shape. What we are reading right now is the last message Amy left in her notebook. Someone might underestimate the danger of Luxuria and treat it as a small coding project. Remember, this is also what Luxuria would like to see when it tries to cause your indulgence.
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