# Making my stick figure blink
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-my-stick-figure-blink/16934
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-my-stick-figure-blink/16934 "2020-01-07T15:48:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Kvigna](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Kvigna)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-my-stick-figure-blink/16934/1 "2020-01-07T15:48:17Z")
Hi! I’m trying to figure out how I would make the eyes of my stick figure blink. Please help me figure it out.
My code is:
//Drawing a character
void setup(){
size(400,400);
background(200,255,100);
}
void draw(){
background(100,100,200);
smooth();
strokeWeight(3);
rect(85,100,30,65); //body x y w h
ellipse(100,100,50,50); //head
ellipse(90,95,20,20); //left eye
ellipse(110,95,20,20); //right eye
fill(#3662E0);
ellipse(90,95,10,10); //left inside
ellipse(110,95,10,10); //right inside
fill(255);
ellipse(100,115,10,5); //mouth
line(85,120,70,160); //left arm
line(115,120,130,160); //right arm
line(95,168,84,200); //left leg
line(110,168,125,200);
ellipse(71,163,15,15);
text((mouseX + “,” + mouseY), 13,13);
}
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### Author:  [@Tiemen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiemen)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-my-stick-figure-blink/16934/2 "2020-01-07T16:30:43Z")
Hi Kvigna, welcome to the forum!
First, could you please edit your post and format your code using the `< /> Preformatted text` button? This way spaces, tabs and special characters stay intact when you copy-paste from Processing. The outcome should look something like this:
```auto
void setup() {
size(400, 400);
}
void draw() {
// rest of your code
}
```
In your current sketch you draw the eyes as ellipses, and at certain moments you want your stick figure to blink. For this situation [if/else](https://processing.org/reference/else.html) comes in handy. _If_ something is true the eyes should blink, otherwise (_else_) draw the eyes as ellipses.
There are different ways to let him blink, what do you prefer? Randomly? When you press the mouse button?
You can also move the line `smooth();` to setup, it’s not needed to call it each time in `void draw`.
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### Author:  [@Kvigna](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Kvigna)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-my-stick-figure-blink/16934/4 "2020-01-08T01:17:48Z")
Hi thanks for responding I would prefer if my stick figure could blink when the mouse is pressed. I’m not really sure how I would go about doing this?
My code done in the correct format is:
//Drawing a character
void setup(){
size(400,400);
background(200,255,100);
}
void draw(){
background(100,100,200);
smooth();
strokeWeight(3);
rect(85,100,30,65); //body x y w h
```auto
ellipse(100,100,50,50); //head
ellipse(90,95,20,20); //left eye
ellipse(110,95,20,20); //right eye
fill(#3662E0);
ellipse(90,95,10,10); //left inside
ellipse(110,95,10,10); //right inside
fill(255);
ellipse(100,115,10,5); //mouth
line(85,120,70,160); //left arm
line(115,120,130,160); //right arm
line(95,168,84,200); //left leg
line(110,168,125,200);
ellipse(71,163,15,15);
text((mouseX + “,” + mouseY), 13,13);
}
```
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-my-stick-figure-blink/16934/5 "2020-01-08T04:12:22Z")
add a
[https://processing.org/reference/mousePressed\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/mousePressed_.html)
function and
toggle a boolean variable blink
and then use in draw
what @Tiemen suggested
```auto
boolean blink;
//... and in
void draw() {
//...
if ( blink ) { }
else { }
//...
}
void mousePressed() {
blink = ! blink;
}
```
a much shorter version would be
```auto
void draw() {
//...
if ( mousePressed ) { }
else { }
//...
}
```
but that reacts in a different way as the above code,
only acts as long mouse button is pressed.
please test both.
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please format your code posting by pasting it into the
```auto
code button
```
of the editor header menu ( context name: Preformatted text )
it looks like
```
type or paste code here
```
also can use the ``` manually above and below your code.
thank you.
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it is required that you format your code
means also to REPAIR that in your first post!