Cosmic Enchiladas

Hey ヽ(´▽`)/.

This is a lighthearted artwork that I made as my first project on FxHash, it does NOT represent my artstyle.

This creative coding piece is actually a metaphor for the constant and never-ending pursuit of perfection, like this little mexican doodle, riding into infinity.

𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲

Doodles were all around when I was a teenager. Stickmen, creating abstract figures to pass the time, mexican doodles.. And when i was trying some noise generation algorithm (from which i found the existence by the great Tyler Hobbs) and ended up with a result that reminded me about those doodles, I just had to go with it.
I was always amazed of the fact that with a few simple shapes you could represent something more complex, that your brain could interpret and complete/imagine.

The algorithm will decide the color and size of your sombrero, there is no defined palettes but ranges determined by the algorithm.
I could identify several groups that the algorithm likes to go for: "𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑭","𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔","𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑹𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔","𝑼𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒕","𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 42","𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒖𝒙","𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔" and the very rare "𝑺𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝑨".

Each piece is 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄 and apart for the color and sizes "lottery", the animation and interactivity are 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄, like space(probably?)! The code should run well forever on its own.

Everything was done in Javascript, p5.Js, no shaders used, pure 2D.
There is a slight chance to encounter a Dark Star, but can you spot it ?

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦

-Press S to save as a PNG with your current viewport size, Q to save as a PNG with a resolution of 900x900, and D for a resolution of 3000x3000.
-Press F to go in fullscreen mode.
(Results might look stretched if not in FULL VIEW first.)
-Press H to alternate between two sizes for the doodle.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

All in all this project was a mix of experimentations and new experiences, head scratches, and knowledge acquired. And I loved it.
For me, Gen-art is all about experimenting and having fun with your piece(even though it might result in some hair loss sometimes).

With that I hope you'll accompany me on my generative journey, and I bid you 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.
(Oh and by the way, minters get a 4.2% royalties split, and the Cure Parkinson's charity will get 4.2% aswell)

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼:

@concavepentagon for his help when i was stuck with code.
@TheCodingTrain on Youtube, this guy is a legend and helped me learn a lot.