Pool Table
Pool Table
For this weeks assignment to code an image, I really took advantage of layering. I knew I wanted to create something with a little bit of dimension so this angle of a pool table seemed like a good challenge. I wanted to only use the 2D primitive shapes found through Processings Documentation. I worked from back to front creating the pool table and the 'wood' details first, to then add the pool balls and hole on top. The top most 'layer' includes the little highlights on each pool ball. For Example, I made sure the add the shadow before the pool ball so it sits on top of it.
I struggled with a few thing on this assignment. I haven't used math in this manner in a long time so finding the slope along the circles that help make the illusion of a curve along the edge of the table was the most challenging part. I worked through this by what felt right, and then remembering after the fact, that there may have been an equation I could have used to solve this. I also didn't want to overcomplicate the assignment.