NOT RANDOM

This is a print on demand book that I made using processing. It was originally designed as a game to be played by two people using graph paper, markers, and a pair of 30 sided die. I was making a series of drawings using this game and my friend asked why should I waste my time making these drawings when someone could easily write a program to make them instead. I thought the idea of autonomy versus monotony was interesting and I was also curious to experiment with the differences in randomness created by software trying to resemble randomness created by dice.

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import processing.pdf.*; 
 
boolean record;
 
int[] storage = {5, 5};
int padding;
 
void setup() 
{
  size(3000, 3000, PDF, "notRandom.pdf");
  padding = width/10;
  background(255);
  smooth();
}
 
void draw() 
{
  fill(255);
  rect(0, 0, width, height);  
  for(int i=0; i<width; i+=padding) 
  {
    stroke(0);
    strokeWeight(0);
    line(0, i, width, i);
    line(i, 0, i, height);
  }  
  for(int i=0; i<2; i++)
  {
    float density = random(0, 8000)+4000;
    for(int x=0; x<density; x+=100) 
    {
      int a = int(random(11));
      int b = int(random(11));
      strokeWeight(7);
      if (i%2!=0) stroke(0, 0, 255);
      else stroke(255, 0, 0);
      line(storage[0]*padding, storage[1]*padding, a*padding, b*padding);
      storage[0] = a;
      storage[1] = b;
    }
  }
  PGraphicsPDF pdf = (PGraphicsPDF) g;  
  pdf.nextPage();  
  if (frameCount == 350) exit();
}

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