Rosa "Sai" Salangsang

For this project, I put together a javascript sketch to make a character of mine named Calibri. What you see is a screenshot of the program. The link to the program is up above. A fun thing about this sketch is if you click anywhere on the page, Calibri will change colors. Another interesting thing I did for this project is I used if and else statements to make it seem like they are following the mouse cursor. Despite the hiccups here and there, I had a lot of fun with this project. Even though this project is on display, I'm still tweaking it every now and then. As of now, there is a microphone input code. I'm currently figuring out a way to fix a bug in it that's caused by Github. Once I fix this bug, you will be able to make Calibri talk with your voice.

Calibri is a character I created back when I was in high school. They were originally a disposable character made to help get a good grade on a storyboard assignment for a video production class. I ended up becoming attached to Calibri after the assignment and I’ve been building on their story since. When I first created Calibri, I created them as a sentient origami cat. Today, I based their design off of rubber hose cartoon characters. They are curious and playful but also somewhat lazy and impulsive. They are also somewhat fascinated with the stars, hence the night sky background in the code. Although Calibri appears to be a cat, they are actually an ink-like interdimensional being. Calibri has a paint brush-like tail that can produce magical ink. Depending on the color they change to, Calibri can do a variety of things, such as teleporting or shooting projectiles. Calibri represents my goals for my future because character design is one of the things that I want to make a career out of after I graduate. It’s something that I genuinely enjoy doing. Sometimes I use it to create mod concepts for video games I play, like Minecraft and Don’t Starve. Calibri is certainly one of my favorite characters I have created.