Coding Art: A Guide to Unlocking Your Creativity with the Processing Language and p5.js in Four Simple Steps

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M. Funk, Y. ZhangCoding ArtDesign Thinkinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9780-3_3

3. Composition and Structure

Mathias Funk¹   and Yu Zhang¹

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Eindhoven, The Netherlands

 

In the previous chapter, we started with drawing visual elements and experimented with these elements in Processing, line by line. In this chapter, we move from the first step toward the second step: Composition and Structure. The longer we experiment with visual elements and the more we discover about their properties, the more complex become the sketches we can create. For example, we can create variants of an interesting visual element when quickly trying out different shapes, color ...