I decided to work on the Urban Park Ranger Animal Condition Response from NYC open data, but I struggled to make every animal response into a point on the map, since there are no coordinate in the data, so I can only visulize the amout of number of top 10 speices.

I want to create a series of clouds applied to various dimensions. I adjusted the cloud code from ChatGPT to make it prettier, but it doesn't make a huge difference in different dimensions. I tried to use tiny particles to make a cloud to reach the effect of Chladni Patterns, but it didn't quite work out. I used a gradient and added texture to create the background, and let the text appear randomly on the canvas within the order of the sentence.

I tried to recreate the signature "I Love New York" logo, designed by Milton Glaser in 1976. I used the same typeface and drew the red heart by adjusting others' code. By focusing on making the logo look alike, including the spacing and proportion of the text, I learned to adjust basic argument and get myself more familiar with the rule and coding environment.

This week, I focused on polishing and refining my Flexible Manifesto. I tried to make my cloud visually more compelling and the cloud system more dynamic. I used conditionals to decide the number of clouds to show, and utilized the random function on the density, position, and cloud shape to make my variation as dynamic as possible while remaining certain constraints, like text separated into 4 lines, resulting in a recognizable family.

In this project, "a cloud never dies", I want to make a cloud appear with the text while changing its position and shape. And make the mouse itself become a little cloud to move around. I want to review all the new functions that were demonstrated in the week 2 course: load image, add variable, add GUI control, and use random to make my cloud appear in different places and shapes.