by Daniel Shiffman. Mouse horizontal location controls size of dots. Creates a simple pointillist effect using ellipses colored according to pixels in an image.
Original Processing.org Example: Pointillism
// All Examples Written by Casey Reas and Ben Fry
// unless otherwise stated.
// @pjs preload must be used to preload the image so that it will be available when used in the sketch
/* @pjs preload="data/eames.jpg"; */
PImage a;
void setup()
{
a = loadImage("data/eames.jpg");
size(200,200);
noStroke();
background(255);
smooth();
}
void draw()
{
float pointillize = map(mouseX, 0, width, 2, 18);
int x = int(random(a.width));
int y = int(random(a.height));
color pix = a.get(x, y);
fill(pix, 126);
ellipse(x, y, pointillize, pointillize);
}