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Edited
Jan 26
// width = 800
rectangles = {
const rectangles = [];
for (let x = 0; x < width; x += gap) {
for (let y = 0; y < height; y += gap) {
// skip some squares
if (Math.random() < skipPct) continue;
const side = (Math.random() * (maxSide - minSide) + minSide) * gap;
const offsetX = Math.random() * maxOffset * gap;
const offsetY = Math.random() * maxOffset * gap;
const strokeWidth = Math.random() * side + "px";
const angle = Math.random() * 350 - 50;
const duration = Math.random() * 3 + 1;
rectangles.push({ x, y, side, offsetX, offsetY, strokeWidth });
}
}
return rectangles;
}
rectanglesWithColor = rectangles.map(({x, y, side, offsetX, offsetY, strokeWidth}) => {
const { h, s, l } = d3.hsl(bgColor);
const randColNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * numColors) + 1;
const newH = (h + randColNum * (360 / (numColors + 1))) % 360;
const shadow = "drop-shadow(3px 3px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .7))";
const color = d3.hsl(newH, s + ds, l + dl); // bad attempt at complementary colors
return {x, y, side, offsetX, offsetY, strokeWidth, color, shadow};
})
rectanglesSVG = rectanglesWithColor.map(
({ x, y, side, offsetX, offsetY, strokeWidth, color, shadow }) => {
const angle = Math.random() * 350 - 50;
const duration = Math.random() * 3 + 1;
const rectStyle = `
-webkit-filter: ${shadow};
filter: ${shadow};
${
animate
? `--angle: ${angle}deg; animation: ${duration}s infinite alternate slide-in;`
: ""
}`;
return htl.svg`<rect
x=${x - side / 2 - offsetX} y=${y - side / 2 - offsetY}
width="${side}" height="${side}"
fill="none"
stroke="${color}"
stroke-width="${strokeWidth}"
style="${rectStyle}"
></rect>`;
}
)
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