Patterns.

Patterns.

Move the cursor over the image to draw with a software tool which responds to the speed of the mouse.

 
void setup() {
  size(640, 360);
  background(102);
}

void draw() {
  // Call the variableEllipse() method and send it the
  // parameters for the current mouse position
  // and the previous mouse position
  variableEllipse(mouseX, mouseY, pmouseX, pmouseY);
}


// The simple method variableEllipse() was created specifically 
// for this program. It calculates the speed of the mouse
// and draws a small ellipse if the mouse is moving slowly
// and draws a large ellipse if the mouse is moving quickly 

void variableEllipse(int x, int y, int px, int py) {
  float speed = abs(x-px) + abs(y-py);
  stroke(speed);
  ellipse(x, y, speed, speed);
}

Functions Used

abs()

Calculates the absolute value (magnitude) of a number

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stroke()

Sets the color used to draw lines and borders around shapes

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size()

Defines the dimension of the display window width and height in units of pixels

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ellipse()

Draws an ellipse (oval) to the screen

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setup()

The setup() function is run once, when the program starts

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draw()

Called directly after setup(), the draw() function continuously executes the lines of code contained inside its block until the program is stopped or noLoop() is called

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background()

The background() function sets the color used for the background of the Processing window

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