This sketch is meant to eplore the range of expressions and emotions a face can have as well as to question the social norm that makes smile the default facial expression in social situations and rules an angery face somewhat inappropriate. The X-positon of the mouse changes the shape and color of the face, the background color and the facial expression, while the Y-position can shift the vertical position of the face. When you press and hold the mouse, you can randomly change the height of the eyes, making the impression that the eyes are either blinking or widening. When you release the mouse (or simply click it), you can change the color of the face.

Reflection

The sketches that I first did in Illustrator really helped me map out the face accurately and find the approximate coordinates for all the elements. The coding process this time is smoother and more organized than the first project because I'm more familiar with the workflow and got a better understanding of how scopes and the code-running order work in p5. One thing I hope to improve on next time is to list all the variables in the very beginning of the project and set their origianl value in the setup function.

Sketches

Credits

This project was created based on the Variables, Parameters, and Randomness by Katherine Moriwaki & Xin Xin.