Experimental Camera

Link: https://editor.p5js.org/koj097/sketches/mF2DtDoih

Description

This camera captures the image in circles. However, the trick is sliding the cursor across the screen, which allows the circles to shrink or grow in size. I did this so show the juxtaposition of the realistic and detailed, to the abstract and simplified. I was also inspired by an engineer named Daniel Rozin, a man who makes mirror installations that can mechanically mimic the movement of the subject, usually made out of bizarre objects such as copper or toys.

Design Process

I first had to test the waters out with three experimental sketches, two of them were the webcam and face capture I did in class, and the instagram filter that was given as an example. Inspired by the instagram filter, I ended up doing more research, and decided to do something shape related. I had difficulties however. p5.js got a lot more laggy when using the webcams, it got so bad that I had to restart the computer just to get that one site working again. So yeah, despite being a fresh breath of air after last week's project, it still wasn't easy

Sketches

Reflection

This project was a little more fun and relaxing. I actually found the process of creating webcams with javascript and experimenting with them to be fascinating, I just wish the internet didn't lag because of it. If there is a solution, I would be glad to hear. This project also appealed to my artistic sensibilities, in which shapes to simplified in order to literally reflect reality.

Images

Credits

This project was created based on the Sound Interactive tutorial by Ari Melenciano (@AriCiano) and it remixes never by Everest Pipkin (@everestpipkin), licensed under MIT License 2018.