Summer Daydream is the final chapter in a nature trilogy that I've worked on throughout 2023. The inspiration comes from both the superbloom in California this spring, and the carefree summer vacations of my childhood. I used to live close to a beautiful woodland in northern China, with a willow-lined creek filled with lotus and water lilies. I spent many long summer days playing in the woods with my friends, pretending to be explorers, detectives, martial arts masters, and more ... back then I only dreamed of the future, and now I sometimes dream of the past. Things as small as the taste of a hawthorn berry or the fragrance of a pagoda tree would pull my mind back to that simpler time. I can't remember the shape of the creek or the paths we took, yet the colors are still vivid as new, and they bring me a sense of happiness and peace.

The artwork is best viewed in full screen mode in a Chrome browser.

Created by Elsif, 2023.09


Keyboard controls
[f] Fill the current window (press ‘f’ again to get back to the original aspect ratio).
[g] Toggle the background texture.
[m] Change the margin amount.
[s] Save a PNG image of the live view, default resolution is based on the width of the browser window.
[j] Save a JPEG image of the live view, default resolution is based on the width of the browser window.
[1]-[3] Change the output resolution.

URL parameters
&aspect=[an aspect ratio between 0.25 and 4, default is 1.78 (16/9)]
&texture=[a roughness value greater than or equal to 0, default is 1.33]
&margin=[the amount of margin around the painting (try 20 to 150), default is 0]
&fill=[true/false, whether to fill the window]
&res=[output size of the long edge]

Libraries used: p5.js