Pattern, Part A

Brief

This project is considered an exploration into the iterative nature of Javascript and consists of two parts. This is Part A.

Part A

You will write a Javascript program which uses loops and if statements to create a modular generative pattern.

You will design at least one single pattern unit (a module) (think: div) that changes over the course of its output. Your unit should iterate at least 100 times. With each iteration, your unit should somehow modify itself (content or css attributes: size, color, rotation, shape, texture).

Requirements

Your pattern should:

• have at least 2 variables of change (ex: content, color)
• is allowed to repeat itself (i.e. be a pattern)
• is allowed to be as abstract or literal as you want (it can tell a story, or it can be an exercise in form).

Questions

As you begin designing and coding your pattern, to consider the follow questions:

• What affordances does the browser window provide? How might your pattern react to them?
• What digital forms do you find pleasing? How might your pattern exhibit them?
• What non-digital forms might you integrate?
• How does your pattern exist on mobile devices? How is your pattern not only responsive, but also reactive to its environment?

Reading:

Vera Molnar, Toward Aesthetic Guidelines for Paintings with the aid of a Computer