//Goodbyes under the same sky
int SubjectX;
void setup() {
size (500,400);
background (#92BED8); //sky is day time
SubjectX = 50;
}
void draw() {
{
if (mousePressed) {
background(#3C65A5); // Turning the sky to night
}
}
stroke(20,80);
fill(255,105);
strokeWeight(0);
ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 5, 5); //Contrails and Stars
//shapes
//Object of the sky
//Outermost Layer
stroke(255);
strokeWeight(3);
fill(#CEB034);
ellipse(350, 120, 100, 100);
//Middle Layer
stroke(255);
strokeWeight(3);
fill(#E0D054);
strokeWeight(3);
ellipse(350, 125, 75, 75);
//Inner Layer
stroke(255);
fill(#E8E3BE);
ellipse(350, 130, 50, 50);
//downhill
stroke(#1C4011);
strokeWeight(1);
fill(#3B5D0D);
triangle(0,150,0,400,500,400);
//uphill
stroke(#1C4011);
strokeWeight(1);
fill(#2C711D);
triangle(100,360,560,400,500,250);
//ground
stroke(#1C4011);
strokeWeight(1);
fill(#3B811E);
rect(00,360,500,50);
//Guardian
stroke(0);
strokeWeight(5);
fill(255);
rect(30,320,14,54);
//Subject
stroke(0);
strokeWeight(5);
fill(255);
rect(SubjectX,330,14,44);
SubjectX=SubjectX+1;
//Subject moves forward and never back
//Leaving the guardian alone and waiting.
//”Home”
for (int testX = 20; testX <=155; testX +=10) {
line(testX,0,testX,300);
}
}
Instructions: Please mouse press once the “Subject” leaves the canvas. You can drag the cursor across the canvas to produce “contrails” and “stars”
I title this piece, “Goodbyes Under the Same Sky.” I was inspired by “Can’t Help Myself” and how it causes the audience to relate to a machine. I hope these simple shapes can be personified as it tells its tale.
The initial background of the scene is a light blue to represent the day time sky, and if the mouse is pressed then it will turn a darker shade of blue to represent the night time. Two triangles and a rectangle lay across the canvas to form the landscapes of the hills and ground. As the shapes come to the foreground, the shade of green becomes lighter in color. Its strokeWeight is 1 and a dark green so it doesn’t appear prominent, but still has a cartoon outline type of style. At the top right are multiple circles in different shades of yellow. Its strokeWeight is heavy and filled with white to make the circles appear bright like the sun in the sky, or a luminescent full moon. In the bottom left corner there are two white rectangles.The one on the left has a taller height and stands in the same place; I call the “Guardian.” The one on the right is shorter and moves to the right of the screen; I call the “Subject.” Standing above the subject is a repeating line that stops a third into the canvas. I call this the “Home” but it also is supposed to resemble prison bars.
The story begins once the Sketch is opened. The Subject moves continuously to the right, as the Guardian is left behind. It is daytime. If the cursor is put on the sky, small white circles will appear, like contrails from an airplane. When the rectangles are on the canvas at the same time it is like they can both witness and share the tale of what they picture the contrails to be. Once the mouse is pressed the sky turns into night time. The contrails disappear. The circles become like stars. Although now, the sky does not return to day time. Every time the mouse is pressed the small white circles are erased, to show the passage of endless nights. And thus the Guardian waits, only for the Subject to never return. But at least they share the same sky.
I came to this idea looking at the moving object and thinking of the word, “Commute.” I thought about my mother who immigrated, leaving her mother behind, causing her to be very attached towards my siblings and me. I thought about how she would stay up waiting for my family to return from their late night shifts, so she knew that they had come home safely. The idea of waiting so patiently for a return. The idea of separation is something everyone can relate to, as you grow older and more independent, but I hope this piece provides a bit of comfort that, truly, you are not alone.
— Cheri Tanamal