Final Sketch

This is my final sketch entitled Sound Orbs. I wanted to create a relaxing aesthetic and sound sketch. I have chosen these orbs that are create when pressing the mouse down, as many or few can be created and the sound I felt matched well was a tibetan sound bowl, its long, low warbling tone was perfect to match with my ellipses. The more you make and move the mouse the nicer the over lapping effect becomes.

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=41661

black or white

I quite like both of these however for some reason I have always imagined a white background from the beginning and the black with brighter colours is looking a little bit disco to me at times. I think I am going to go with the blue and green orbs rather than the bright or darker purple.

colours

I just wanted to experiment with some different colours and see what they look like.

I quite like the purples that fade into like a yellowish colour.

rect

I decided to see what it would look like when changing my main ellipse to a rectangle, although I liked the movement and look of it  felt as though it didnt tie in very well with my sound. I also tried with a black background which im not too sure about, I still have to experiment to get my colours right.

movement?

I tried to experiment a bit with movement of the circles however it was not very successful and I prefer them still, these are some of the shapes you could make with the mouse with the new code.

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Just playing around with different fills and strokes. I like the look of it better with no background and I think I like the look of the HSB colours more that the brighter ones. I also experimented with the circles not fully fading out but I think it looks better when they do.

sound orbs

sticking to my original idea of the sound orbs I have been experimenting with ellipses and Steven has helped me to understand arrays more. I wanted the circles to grow in and out when the mouse is over them and a new one to be created when the mouse is clicked. I experimented with a few different colours and strokes. I am using transparency to give it that extra look and have taken away the background so that the residue from the growing balls is no longer there.

I think they look better with no stroke.

Sound

I was wondering what sort if sound I should be using and I have been looking at a lot of different chimes and bells etc. I talked to Ben after my presentation and he suggested to me that I look at tibetan singing bowls. Because I want a sort of low long soft sound I think these would be perfect for what I have been thinking about.

image sourced from:http://www.thebuddhagarden.com/images/bowls/tibetan-singing-bowl-mn.jpg

shapes

I was just trying out different shapes and seeing if they would be better than ellipses.

more key movement

i did some more experiments with the key changing movemnt but im really not liking the movement or the look, its just not very natural.

I was going to start making the circles react to the moving circle but because I don't like the movement theres no point continuing on with it.

keys

I started to experiment with movement in the sketch but using the keys instead of mouse X Y like I normally do. So I just made a circle that you can move around the screen and I was thinking it could interact with the other circles. However I decided that the movement isn't very smooth and I prefer the mouse interaction.

circles

I made this which I really like the visual effects however I don't think it would work very well with sound. As the mouse is moved continuously growing circles are formed.

experimenting

I have just started experimenting with ellipses and different shades and workings.

bubbles

This is one of my experiments with bubbles or orbs which just randomly generates different size and colour ellipses with a bubbling sound, when the mouse is pressed.

sound

In class today we had a tutorial to teach us how to put sound into our sketches. This was one of my first attempts. Its pretty horrible and basic with awful sounds but at least now I know how add sound.

The circle moves across the screen and when pressed makes a bubble sound and when not pressed it makes a laser sound.

orbs

I think I want to go with the sound orb idea and see how much I can develop it. I always steer away from the more intense visuals and I just want to create something that has a really beautiful visual and a nice matching sound. maybe something like a charm or a bell.

Storyboard

For this project I have a few sound ideas. My first idea is to do something with weather. I was thinking it would start with rain and then turn into hail and then into snow the more you clicked.

I also thought i could do something with ellipses, which i know sounds boring but i had a vision of suspended orbs that expanded outwards on contact in different colours that just had a really nice sound to them.

Precedent images

These are 2 images I found that I really like and think could make cool interactions.

images sourced from http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Pulsing-orb_1.png

http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=rain+drops&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=680&tbm=isch&tbnid=cQhQLkAphZXlmM:&imgrefurl=http://etacar.put.poznan.pl/piotr.pieranski/Physics%2520Around%2520Us/Physics%2520around%2520us.html&docid=LQX1eIX9T6ATIM&w=1024&h=773&ei=4kCSTt7iMMqeiAfGjuntDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=807&vpy=200&dur=329&hovh=153&hovw=208&tx=103&ty=62&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=192&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0