Having gone over some basics in Processing, our first assignment was to create our own simple screen drawing, programmically. I chose to try to replicate a piece by Ron Gang called Windmill. Below is the original oil on canvas by Gang.

Here is my version created using Processing.

It’s not exactly the same. I couldn’t figure out how to get the lines to change to yellow toward the center where the beams overlap. But overall, not too bad if I say so myself…

Here is the code I used to draw the lines.

//setup
int canvasTop = 0;
int canvasLeft = 0;
int canvasBottom = 514;
int canvasRight = 700;
int alphaVal;

noStroke();
smooth();

size(canvasRight,canvasBottom);
background(92,183,176);

fill(216,226,114);
triangle(184,canvasBottom, 366,canvasBottom, 274,94);

//yellow flame
fill(216,226,114, 100);
noStroke();
quad(274,126, 314, 98, 274, -30, 236, 98);

fill(92,183,176);
quad(273,238,310,274,271,124, 236,275);

//light blue star lines
strokeWeight(10);
stroke(144, 207, 186);
line(174, canvasBottom, 298, canvasTop);
line(376, canvasBottom, 247, canvasTop);
line(41, canvasBottom,460, canvasTop);
line(510, canvasBottom, 75, canvasTop);
line(canvasLeft, 314, 635, canvasTop);
line(canvasLeft, 227, canvasRight, 222);
line(canvasLeft, 50, canvasRight, 373);

//red line
stroke(235, 93, 109);
line(114, canvasTop, canvasRight, 267);

//dark pink
stroke(126,118, 159);
line(canvasLeft, 404, 335, canvasTop);

//pink line
stroke(172,116,163);
line(canvasLeft, 209, 433, canvasTop);

//dark green line
stroke(99,161,146);
line(canvasLeft, 128, canvasRight, 117);

//dark blue lines
stroke(96,117,182, 100);
strokeWeight(10);
line(canvasRight, 319, canvasTop, canvasLeft);
stroke(96,117,182, 30);
line(425, canvasBottom, 311, canvasTop);
line(125, canvasBottom, 247, canvasTop);
stroke(96,117,182, 50);
line(canvasRight, 162, canvasLeft, 172);
line(canvasLeft, 263, 533, canvasTop);
stroke(96,117,182);
line(80,canvasBottom, 199, 0);
line(345, canvasTop, 475, canvasBottom);