VJ Um Amel | Live Web Art

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The following Live Web Art was created in February 2011. It is a running Java applet written in Processing. It displays the aggregate growth of dots over a random speed of time, representing growth of social media netizens experienced during that month.

TITLE: "LIVE WEB ART"
DATE: FEBRUARY 2011
BY: VJ UM AMEL

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Dot d;
                    Dot q;
                    
                    void setup() {
                      size(800, 340);
                      smooth();
                      d = new Dot(250, 250);
                      q = new Dot(random(0, width), random(0, height));  
                      q.speed = 5;
                    
                      background (255);
                    }
                    
                    void draw() {
                      d.display();
                      d.move();
                      
                      q.display();
                      q.move();
                      
                      stroke(153, 0, 0, 10);
                      float len = dist(q.x, q.y, d.x, d.y);
                      float clr = map(len, 0, 400, 0, 153);
                      line(q.x, q.y, d.x, d.y);
                    
                      
                    }
                    
                    void mousePressed() { 
                      link("http://r-shief.org", "_new"); 
                    }
                    
                    
                    // --------------------------
                    class Dot {
                      float x;
                      float y;
                      float speed;
                      
                      Dot(float ax, float ay) {
                        x = ax;
                        y = ay;
                        speed = 1;
                      }
                      
                      void display() {
                        fill(51, 0, 0, 10);
                        color(153);
                        //stroke(255, 100);
                        noStroke();
                        ellipse(x, y, 10, 10);
                           x = constrain(x, 10, width-10);
                       y = constrain(y, 10, height-10);
                      }
                      
                      void move() {
                        float rx = round(random(-speed, speed));
                        x += rx;
                    
                        float ry = round(random(-speed, speed));
                        y += ry;    
                      }
                     
                      
                      
                    }