Because my hometown, Guangdong, China, is often affected by typhoons, especially during these two months every year, I wanted to create a data project about typhoons. Some reference websites were collected, and a simple data visualization was made in p5. It presents ten of the largest typhoons in East Asia in recent years and their landing locations. By clicking, the information of each typhoon can be viewed, and with each play, the typhoons are distributed in different positions.

This design, compared to the last one, first adjusted the frequency of the text’s random color changes to slow speed according to what we learned in class. This makes the color changes no longer flash too quickly and affect the visual experience. In addition, the original color scheme was changed. The original scheme used complementary colors that were a bit too eye-catching, so it was modified to a comfortable yellow-green-brown palette. Also, to enrich the background, two if-else conditions were used to control the random size of the borders and the floating of their positions, making the picture more dynamic. Finally, a bit of small decoration was added to the background, including a dot-matrix background and floating random-color rectangles. The image in the center of the picture was replaced with another one according to the new color scheme.

This project uses the verse: “The grass is bearing its seeds, the wind is shaking its leaves, and we stand here in silence, and it is already beautiful.” I believe that in this fast-paced internet age, people have not experienced “not speaking, just standing and feeling” for a long time. Without the noise of words, in nature there is no need for much speech, and we can feel each other’s existence, as well as the beauty of blending with nature. For me, I especially enjoy being alone in quiet places surrounded by plants. It brings deep relaxation to both my body and mind, and helps me release the exhaustion of daily life.

This project made some modifications to the issues mentioned in class. The main content includes making each playback a different canvas size, changing the middle image into different shapes and sizes, and making the background randomly switch among several light colors, as well as adding the color range of the border and text in random colors. In this way, it solves the problem that after having various random contents it still looks like the same picture. After these modifications, it can generate at least 20 different appearances, and it also increases the interactivity of this project.

Because this week’s content reflects random borders and text, I found a light and lively poem. The color of the text will continuously change randomly among the four preset colors: yellow, blue, orange, and purple. The border will also randomly choose from these four colors and a random width each time I click play. In the GUI controls, it is possible to switch between two fonts, modify the radius of the circle, and change the font size.