CMSC 110 (Introduction to Computing)

Fall 2011

Assignment#1

Due before start of class on Tuesday, September 6, 2011

First, read Chapters 1-3 from Shiffman's text.

Task#1: 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. The dimensions can vary depending upon your design, but make sure that it is not "small".
• Make use of any of the drawing primitives learned in class this week: 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, several sketches will be presented in class. Here are some additional ideas:

• A self-portrait
• An avatar or a cartoon of someone
• Your favorite cartoon TV Show character (e.e. South Park), or design your own...
• A city scape
• Animal/object caricatures/study
• A Post Card Design
• A fabric pattern
• 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 follow the Code Formatting Standards in your implementation.

Task#2: By Friday of the first week of classes you will receive an e-mail invitation from the instructor to join the dropbox.com folder sharing service. Follow the instructions given in the assignment submission instructions for joining Dropbox.

What to Hand in: Write a paragraph about the sketch, its inspiration, and how you designed and implemented it. Write a brief paragraph about your impressions on working on this assignment. Include a printout of the sketch in your document, and include all code for your sketch. Submit a hard copy of this document in class. Additionally, submit all work electronically using Dropbox as described in the assignment submission instructions.