Research for lighting inspired codes

I really like this idea more than that of the guitar one. As I think that this would be more fun to play with rather than just strumming some guitar strings. Also using the lights as an inspiration leaves many doors open to explore this project with. More potential.

Open publication - Free publishing - More effects

Research for Light idea:

Sound:
As far as sound goes I want something that sounds bass like. As its the bass line that I feel portrays the idea of the chaser more so than the dynamic of the song.
Below are the websites that I will be using within my interaction
http://www.soundjay.com/
http://www.drumsamples.org/ - This website gave me heaps of drum sounds. Of which I will probably be using over the soundjay soundeffects. As these drum sounds is what I am looking for more than just simple effects. I want that 'real' drum beat.

Research for guitar inspired codes.

If I were to do my guitar inspired coding. I would focus on the strings more that anythings else purely based on the fact that it is the strings that make the noise. I like the idea of doing a guitar as it gives the person who is interacting with the interaction the oppertunity as such to make their own music.

Open publication - Free publishing - More guitars

Ideas

I have a couple ideas for what I wish to achieve in this project.

The first and main one that I am looking into is when the person clicks the mouse a beam of light as such shoots up from the bottom hits where you clicked and then expands into a type of fan creating a sound that lasts the length of the time it takes for the fan to finish, all the while the fan trail slowly disappears. The higher up you push the higher the key is.

The second idea comes from the inspiration of a guitar. So you have the different guitar strings lined up horizontally. When the 'strings' are pulled you create that string sound. E.g., drag E-string; it therefore makes an E sound. Depending on which part of the string you pull it creates a different key of 'E' or 'G' etc. But I feel that this is a very generic interaction and has most likely been done many a times. So I would like to stay away from this interaction and do more research into my first and favourite idea.

PROJECT 3 - SOUND

ARTISTS STATEMENT

My final interaction has four ellipses of different sizes which move with the movement of the mouse. For me I personally feel that once making a pattern on an interaction I like to be able to easily refresh so as to start again. So using mouseClicked you are able to refresh the page and start again.

FINAL

My final interaction

Colour and Opacity

My first I have no opacity with the colour yellow. Admittedly yellow does stand out, especially from the black. Second. The colour purple with 80% opacity. I like the opacity as it gives the interaction a new more interesting element. Lastly. Green, with 80% opacity also, except without an outline. I feel that this undefined the ellipses. Therefore I will be keeping an outline in my end result.

Experimentation

I am now going to experiment with colour, to see whether this will make the interaction better and possibly more attractive.
As well as experimenting with the opacity to see if this heightens my interaction.

Refreshed

Here I have given the interaction a 'refresh' with the click of the left mouse button.

I think that having eight ellipses did create an interesting effect. But i feel that it is too much for what i am wanting.
So I think that I will preferably use four ellipses as i feel it creates an interesting effect rather than having just one or two ellipses.
I will most likely change the sizing's of the ellipses so as to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
Next I want the person interacting with this code to be able to 'refresh' what they have created, so as to start anew.

Process

My progress from the original. First is with two ellipses. At the moment I am experimenting with how many ellipses I will be using for my final. Four Ellipses Eight Ellipses

More Inspiration

Something else that gave me inspiration.
The game solitaire. The old one that is. How the cards fall and bounce off the ground after winning a round, like in the picture shown below.

Inspiration

David Fasullo



Here is another inspiration that I have for my new concept. I like the idea of being able to create your own patterns, with the movement of the mouse. It gives the control to the user more than from the interaction itself.

Change

After much consideration and unforeseen circumstances I have decided to make a last minute change in what I am doing. I am going back to the interaction I found called "Stitches in Waves".
I have decided that my original idea of cat and mouse was becoming too complicated for what I wanted to do. As well as me feeling that it was still a bit too controlled in comparison with what I have now decided to do now.
As seen in my second try at making the cat and mouse idea, I made the ellipse that was following the mouse leave a trail of ellipses behind. What I know wish to achieve is to have more ellipses moving towards the mouse leaving behind many trails, giving the person in control of the mouse the ability to make patterns with the given ellipse trails.

Processing

First i want to get how to place the circles which will block the main circle from you the mouse. After I have achieved this I will then look into how the circles dropped can block the chasing circle. Then after I will look into colour. Here is my first attempt at trying to create my vision. As you can see its not exactly going as planned. The circles aren't staying in the spot when clicked, it just changes with the mouse, never staying where it was originally clicked which is what I am trying to achieve. As you can see I tried a second attempt. I thought that maybe it was the placing of 'background' which made it so. But I was wrong. So back to the drawing board.

What I want to achieve

In my own coding I want to take bits and pieces from most of my inspirations.
What I want to achieve from my own coding, is to have a circle chasing the mouse (you) with the click of either the left or right mouse button you produce random sized circles and squares which eventually lead to making it impossible for the circle to catch you.
The idea comes from the game 'cat and mouse' which basically has a cat forever chasing after the mouse. Which is what I plan to achieve in my code.
As seen below there are some sketches of my ideas on how it looks.

More inspirations

I like this as it is quite interactive, but also gives room for development. Turns it 3D when clicked and moved. Interactive Very simplistic. With your own drawings there is a constant movement, just like a carousel, which leads it to be three-dimensional.


http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1V3Z4Z/www.moremeyou.com/you.html
This website I found when Stumbling one day.
I like the colours used, as well as the different styles you can draw with. I like the idea of getting the user more involved with the design. Rather than just moving your mouse around and moving things around. But also to get the user to interact with the code on a more personal level, where they choose what they do, with a minor boundary mark.