Making my way through the Drawing basic shapes recipe from the Processing 2 Creative programming cookbook source code on GitHub. In this recipe I learned how to use the rect, ellipse, quad and triangle functions to draw basic geometric shapes. I also found it interesting how two for loops are used to create the grid background pattern. I’m curious to find out if this coding style is better or more efficient than a single for loop I used to create my grid background pattern. I guess I’ll find that out as I continue to work through each recipe.
I understand this recipe is about drawing basic shapes and not about size and positioning, but there’s something rather inflexible about the way each shape is drawn. I’d prefer to scale and position each shape relative to the size of the window.
- Extension task 1: As an extension to this recipe, I think I’ll explore relative scale and positioning in an attempt to make my Sketch that little bit more flexible.
- Extension task 2: I wonder if it’s possible to detect or determine the display size of the environment/user agent. If so, objects may be able to be drawn and positioned relative to the display size. My task is to find out and then create a few example sketches.
