FreeJ/scripts/processing/topics/scribbleplotter.pde

// some scribble style constants that control 
// how the scribble plotting works
int SCRIBBLE = 0;
int HATCHING = 1;

void setup(){
  size(200, 200);
  background(0);

  // create arrays to hold x, y coords
  float[]x = new float[4];
  float[]y  = new float[4];
  // create a convenient 2-dimensional 
  // array to hold x, y arrays
  float[][]xy = {x, y};

  // record points
  // x positions     
  xy[0][0] = 25;
  xy[0][1] = 175;
  xy[0][2] = 175;
  xy[0][3] = 25;

  // y positions
  xy[1][0] = 25;
  xy[1][1] = 25;
  xy[1][2] = 175;
  xy[1][3] = 175;

  // call plotting function
  makeRect(xy);
}

void makeRect(float[][]pts){
  stroke(255);
  smooth();
  
  // scribble variables, that get passed as arguments to the scribble function
  int steps = 100;
  float scribVal = 3.0;
  for (int i=0; i< pts[0].length; i++){
    //plots vertices
    strokeWeight(5);
    point(pts[0][i], pts[1][i]);

    // call scribble function
    strokeWeight(.5);
    if (i>0){ 
      scribble(pts[0][i], pts[1][i], pts[0][i-1], pts[1][i-1], steps, scribVal, SCRIBBLE);
    } 
    if (i== pts[0].length-1){
    // show some hatching between last 2 points
      scribble(pts[0][i], pts[1][i], pts[0][0], pts[1][0], steps, scribVal*2, HATCHING);
    }
  }
}

/* 
scribble function plots lines between end points, 
determined by steps and scribVal arguments.
2 styles are available: SCRIBBLE and HATCHING, which
are interestingly only dependent on parentheses
placement in the line() function calls.
*/
void scribble(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, int steps, float scribVal, int style){

  float xStep = (x2-x1)/steps;
  float yStep = (y2-y1)/steps;
  for (int i = 0; i<steps; i++){
    if(style == SCRIBBLE){
      if (i<steps-1){
        line(x1, y1, x1+=xStep+random(-scribVal, scribVal), y1+=yStep+random(-scribVal, scribVal));
      } 
      else {
        // extra line needed to attach line back to point- not necessary in HATCHING style
        line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
      }
    }
    else if (style == HATCHING){
       line(x1, y1, (x1+=xStep)+random(-scribVal, scribVal), (y1+=yStep)+random(-scribVal, scribVal));
    }
  }
}