CMSC 110 (Introduction to Computing)

Fall 2014

Assignment#1

Due before start of class on Wednesday, September  17, 2014
NO CREDIT FOR LATE SUBMISSIONS

First, do all the readings and tutorials assigned in class.

Design and create your own sketch using Processing. Think of yourself as a creative designer when chosing the topic of your design. This is your very first sketch, so here are some guidelines:

• Make sure that it is at least 500 pixels by 500 pixels.
• Make use of any of the drawing primitives learned in class in the past weeks: size, no/smooth, stroke, fill, point, line, rect, triangle, ellipse, quad, begin/endShape, arc, curve, mouseX, mouseY, image, etc.
• Your sketch should make use of several functions (as this is the point of this assignment!). A really "abstract" sketch like a simple circle in the center of the screen will not suffice (as asthetic as it may seem).

To give you some ideas, examples of sketches submitted by students in previous offerings of the course are being displayed on the large screen at the end of the 2nd floor hallway of PSB (where your CS Lab is). Stop by, take a few minutes to look at them. Tyr and figure out the drawing primitives that are used. Here are some additional ideas you can work on:

• A self-portrait
• An avatar or a cartoon of someone
• Your favorite cartoon TV Show character (e.g. South Park, Simpsons, etc.), or design your own...
• A city scape
• Animal/object caricatures/study
• A Post Card Design (theme? Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Rock Band, etc.)
• A fabric pattern (geometrical, abstract, aloha, etc.)
• Stylize your name's initials...or a logo
• The Bryn Mawr Owl
• A Poster
• Imitation of existing design or art (check out Ndebele and other folk designs, works of artists like: Kasimir Malevich, Robert Delauney, Piet Mondrian, Giorgio Morandi, etc.)
• etc.

Make sure to use comments to annotate your code.

What to Hand in:

1. Write a paragraph about the sketch, its inspiration, and how you designed and implemented it. Include a brief discussion about your impressions on working on this assignment.
   
2. Submit a hard copy of the following items:  your paragraph, a printout of your sketch, and all code for your sketch. This hard copy is due at the start of class on the due date.
   
3. Submit an electronic copy of your sketch, in addition to the hard copy. The electronic copy of the sketch must be submitted through the shared DropBox folder which you will be invited to by the instructors.