Adam-Assignment-05-VisualClock

I set out to design a generative clock that gives you subtle sense of time as it passes.
My clock draws itself over a 5 minute period using noise. At the end of each 5 minutes a new clock face is started.

I think that visually the clock works well, the clock faces are definitely aesthetically pleasing.
Things to work on –
Indicating how many 5 minute blocks have passed. I had the idea that as a 5minute block is completed, it would be added to a wall of all of the past 5 minute blocks.
As Golan spoke about – experimenting with how the clock face “ends” would have a huge impact. Instead of it just fading, perhaps the lines unravel off-screen. I love this idea!

Generative Clock

float x, y, oldX, oldY;
float xNoise, yNoise;
float xOffSet, yOffSet;


void setup( )
{
  smooth(); 
  background(255); 
  size( 600, 600 );
  stroke( 0, 16);
  strokeWeight( 1 );


  xNoise = random( width );
  yNoise = random( height );
  xOffSet = 0.001;  
  yOffSet = 0.001;  
}

void draw( )
{
  drawNoisePoint( );
  int s = second();  // Values from 0 - 59

println(s); 

  for (int i = 20; i < s-20; i = i+5) {
    for (int j = 20; j < 600-20; j = j+5) {
      //      point(i, j);
      x = noise( xNoise )  * width ;
      y = noise( yNoise )  * height;
      point( i+x, y );
      xNoise = xNoise + xOffSet;
      yNoise = yNoise + yOffSet;
    }
  }
}
void drawNoisePoint( )
{
}

float y = 1; 

void setup( )
{
  smooth(); 
  size( 750, 750 );
  background(255);

  noFill(); 
  stroke( 0, 16);
  strokeWeight( 1 );
  frameRate(10);
}



void draw( )
{

  int s = second();  // Values from 0 - 59

  float x = s % 12; 
  println(x); 
  point ( width/12 * x, height/12*y );

  for (int i = width/12; i < width - width/12; i = i+width/12*int(x)) {
    for (int j = height/12; j < height - height/12; j = j+height/12) {
//      ellipse(i, j, 55, 55);
      line(i +random(-25, 25), j + random(-25,25),i +random(-25, 25), j + random(-25,-25));
    }
  }

}