Processing-Tutorial: Exploring Wave-Figures

Published by Tim on Saturday June 5, 2021

Last modified on January 25th, 2024 at 14:07

In this spontaneous Processing coding-session, I solve one of the assignments from my online course “Bauhaus Coding Workshop” available on my website. Here some very important concepts like loops, waves and mapping come together.

Bauhaus Coding Workshop

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The Code

void setup() {
  size(1200, 900);
  background(0);
}

void draw() {
  translate(width/2, height/2);
  float mag = 400;
  float s = 15;
  noStroke();
  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    float w = map(sin(radians(frameCount)), -1, 1, -100, 100);
    float wave1 = map(tan(radians(frameCount * 0.8 + i + w)), -1, 1, -100, 100);
    float wave2 = map(tan(radians(frameCount + i)), -1, 1, -mag, mag);
    float c = map(sin(radians(frameCount * 5 + i)), -1, 1, 0, 255);
    fill(c);
    rect(wave1, wave2, s, s);
  }
}

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