CC Assignment 1 : Lost & Found "A Key"

Description

Hello, this is my first assignment for Critical Computation. My name is Daniel Aum (Ori) and my partner for the project was Gabriel-Lee Dekoladenu. His object description was written as: "A small piece of metal consisting of two parts: the blade and the bow. This object is used to operate a lock." After reading his description, I began to build and to draw his object in P5JS.

Design Process

The first things that I included to add were the shapes. At first, I entered in the 2D primitives into the code and then manipulated the dimensions. Interacting with the coordinate system of the P5JS required an adjustment to estimate where to place the shapes. Once I became more comfortable using P5JS, I started to alter the shapes by changing their dimensions and their colours. The shapes were changed according to the description given. I thought that a blade would be a long rectangular shape with one curved side or arc, and a bow would be an arc as well. I decided to also include a lock that the key would fit through to give the object some context.

I used complementary colours of green and red and also I decided to use the blendMode Lightest option to tone down the vibrancy of the colours.

Reflection

I thought that the description given by my classmate gave me freedom to interpret the look of the key also the dimensions of the object. If he were to give measurements of the object, then I would have been more restricted in my choices. This is my first time drawing or creating an image with code. I felt limited by my ability, but I am sure my skills and drawings will be greater as I become more comfortable with p5js. It was interesting that the description of my classmate characterised his object using the references of other objects, "blade" and "bow". This placed immediate imagery in my head as I tried to imagine the appearance of his object. The drawing that I created definitely included a blade, a long, curved object, connected to a bow, semi-circular arc. The look of a blade or a bow could seem very different to another person, and therefore leaving interpretation to the creator of the image. If someone else was to create this object, that person might imagine a different looking blade or bow.