Hey Beckman08 - A couple thoughts:
Your code ended up generating a decent likeness to the character, so that's good.
However, I think you're missing the greater purpose of programming. As a programmer, you are trying to find ways to save yourself work - not create more work. You could have written a simple drawing program in much less code than it took to draw the character!
You also cost yourself a lot of time drawing a solid rectangle by filling in each individual line. As a programmer, always look at the Reference information available to you. You would have found the rect() function.
For example in part 8, the code:
Code:
beginShape(LINES);
vertex(385, 256);
vertex(385, 120);
vertex(386, 256);
vertex(386, 120);
vertex(387, 256);
vertex(387, 120);
vertex(388, 256);
vertex(388, 120);
vertex(389, 256);
vertex(389, 120);
vertex(390, 256);
vertex(390, 120);
vertex(391, 256);
vertex(391, 120);
vertex(392, 256);
vertex(392, 120);
vertex(393, 256);
vertex(393, 120);
vertex(394, 256);
vertex(394, 120);
vertex(395, 256);
vertex(395, 120);
vertex(396, 256);
vertex(396, 120);
vertex(397, 256);
vertex(397, 120);
vertex(398, 256);
vertex(398, 120);
vertex(399, 256);
vertex(399, 120);
vertex(400, 256);
vertex(400, 120);
vertex(401, 256);
vertex(401, 120);
vertex(402, 256);
vertex(402, 120);
vertex(403, 256);
vertex(403, 120);
endShape();
could be replaced by a single call to rect():
Code:
rect(385,120,18,136);
My first suggestion would be to go through and use rect() wherever you can.
Some general notes:
Programmers hate to do things repeatedly. We always find ways to do things more efficiently. There is almost always a better way!
Programmers hate unnecessarily long code! :-p Smaller is ALWAYS better. :-D
To learn programming you need to read a lot. You read the reference docs, to see what functions are available to you (rect()!), read examples to see how to use different functions, and you read source code to see what others are doing or having trouble with. Even the biggest guru coders read alot. (Probably the most!)
Reading will help you solve issues, give you ideas, show you new ways to consider a problem.
So, I would reccomend you read the following:
http://processing.org/reference/rect_.html
http://processing.org/learning/basics/variables.html
http://processing.org/learning/basics/functions.html
http://processing.org/learning/basics/iteration.html
I admire your effort to code all that drawing by hand. But if it were a beginning programming class, I would grade this a C. Now, go back and optimize your program! Good luck!
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