blobby_portrait_0

// original sketch https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/533299

// https://goo.gl/sgDRu6

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//  (c) Tariq Rashid 2018

//  sketch supports content of Make Your Own Algorithmic Art

//  https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Algorithmic-Art-ebook/dp/B07BP13VPR

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// source image based on https://pixabay.com/en/salvador-guillermo-allende-gossens-155939/

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// load portrait

var img;

function preload() {

  img = loadImage('famous-portraits-4.jpg');

}

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function setup() {

  simple();

  background('white');

  // create array from image

  img.loadPixels();

  loop();

}

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function draw() {

  //strokeWeight(1);

  noStroke();

  for (var p = 0; p < 30; p += 1) {

    var x = int(map(mouseX, width/2-img.width/2, width/2+img.width/2, 0, img.width));

    var y = int(map(mouseY, height/2-img.height/2, height/2+img.height/2, 0, img.height));

    x += randomNumber(-5, 5);

    y += randomNumber(-5, 5);

    // read pixel value

    var [r, g, b] = get_rgb_from_image(img,x,y);

    //paint

    fill(r, g, b, 30);

    var x1 = x + width/2 - img.width/2 + randomNumber(-5, 5);

    var y1 = y + height/2 - img.height/2 + randomNumber(-5, 5);

    circle(x1, y1, randomNumber(2, 12));

  }

  // border

  noFill(); stroke(0); strokeWeight(1);

  rect(width/2 - img.width/2 - 50, height/2 - img.height/2 - 50, img.width + 100, img.height + 100);

  stroke(200); rect(0, 0, width-1, height-1);

}

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// returns a greyscale value from image at given location

// retrun value is scaled between 0 and 1

function get_rgb_from_image(im, x, y) {

  // red value

  var r = im.pixels[4*x + (4*y*im.width)];

  // green

  var g = im.pixels[4*x + (4*y*im.width) + 1 ];

  // blue

  var b = im.pixels[4*x + (4*y*im.width) + 2 ];

  // return array of 3 numbers

  return [r, g, b];

}