Mapping Paths was a project where the focus was to map a journey that we experience in our everyday lives. For my project, I worked with the idea of mapping out my university journey. In order to accomplish this I used squares to represent the classes that I have took, and then used lines to draw out the path to that class to the parking lot that I parked in at the time.
That semester was my first semester working with processing, and I learned a lot while using the program. To see all of the work that I did that semester, you can check out the Wordpress blog that I created for that class here
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To create this project, I used the skills that I learned in the program Processing. Like I mentioned above, I used squares and lines to map out my walking path from the parking lot to the class that I was taking. Each colour represents a different school semester.
In order to start that process I had to find a map of the university that had everything that I needed on it. The image below is the image that I ended up using:
Later, in Photoshop I reversed the image, so that it had a black background instead of the white one, and that the building outlines were white. I felt like with all of the colours that I was using, a black background would stand out bettering in comparision.
The next step was to look through my past classes, and place a square for each of them. Once that was accomplished, the map looked like this:
Squares that were overlapping, mean that they are in the same classroom as the semester before it. To understand the colour layouts, and what each square represents, here is that information organized:
Red = Winter 2017 : Classes were: Digital Photography (ART 323) (Riddell), Idea to Finished Drawing (ART 333) (Riddell), Intro to New Media Graph. Design (CTCH204) (Classroom Building),Concert Band (Riddell), and Digital Studio Tools(CTCH211) (WEB)
Green = Fall 2016: Classes: Intro to Painting(ART240) (Riddell), Drawing Media and Process(ART 336) (Riddell), Curating the New (ARTH 360) (RIC), Concert Band (Riddell), and Indigenous Issues in the Arts (MAP202) (WEB)
Blue = Spring 2016: Classes: PSYC B (Classroom), and Intro to Music (WEB)
Purple = Winter 2016: Classes: Digital Photography (ART233) (Riddell), Drawing the Human Form (ART332)(Riddell), Art Theory and Criticism (ARTH301)(Luther), Film 100(Classroom), and Concert Band (Riddell)
Yellow = Fall 2015: Classes: Intro to Print (ART 270) (Riddell), Intro to Graphic Design (Luther), Psychology A (Luther), Intro to Religious Studies (Education Building), and Concert Band (Riddell).
Orange = Spring 2015: Classes: Intro to Museum Display (ARTH211) (Riddell)
Pink= Winter 2015: Classes: Intro to Anthropology (Classroom), Intro to Drawing(ART230) (Riddell), Intro to Art History (ARTH100) (Luther), English 110(Luther), and Concert Band (Riddell)
Light Blue = 2014 Fall: Classes: Art 100 (RIC), Three Dimensional Design (ART221) (Riddell), English 100 (Luther), INAH 100 (Classroom), Foundations of University Practices (FA001), and Concert Band (Riddell).
Finally, following that colour patter, I began to code in the lines, creating the final image.
If you would like to read more details on this project, and see the code that created it, you can click the website link here