Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art

Figure 7-8. Revealing the points making up the curve
In Figure 7-7, I just decreased xSpeed, making the curve fall faster, since the x progression
is slower. In the second example, I increased both variables considerably, maintaining a
similarly shaped curve, but with a much faster overall progression, revealing the points
making up the curve.
I want to look at some other relatively simple ways to generate curves; but before I do,
here are some more interesting examples building upon what you just learned
(see Figure 7-9). (If you don’t see any output in the examples, try raising the
strokeWeight(1.5) argument from 1.5 to 2 or above).
/*
Curves I
Ira Greenberg, December 4, 2005
*/
int steps = 300;
float[]x = new float[steps];
float[]y = new float[steps];
float[]xSpeed = new float[steps];
float[]ySpeed = new float[steps];
void setup(){
size(400, 400);
background(255);
float margin = height*.1;
smooth();
strokeWeight(1.5);
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