Class 35: Geometric Art Through Numeric Recursion

Held:

We use the techniques that we’ve learned so far (particularly numeric recursion and GIMP drawing tools) to build some interesting regular images. (You can decide whether or not it’s “art”.)

Preliminaries

Overview

• Using numeric recursion to make images
• Parallel lines, concentric circles, and beyond

Related Pages

• Eboard 35 (Source)

• Reading: Geometric Art

• Lab: Geometric Art

Updates

News / Etc.

• I have fixed the brush size problem. Before starting DrRacket and Gimp, open a terminal window and type /home/rebelsky/bin/csc151-update.

Rotating reminders

• Visit mentor sessions! We have mentor sessions on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 8:00-9:00 p.m. in the CS Commons. Wednesdays will be more Q&A, Thursdays will include sample quizzes.
• Visit review sessions! I run review sessions on Thursdays at 9am in this room.

Upcoming Work

• Lab writeup: TBD.
• Homework 7 is ready.
  • You can choose your own partners and work in groups of size 1, 2, or 3.
  • We will discuss the assignment at the end of class. (I had fun computer problems this morning.)
• Reading for Friday: Random (unpredictable) drawing

Extra credit (Academic/Artistic)

• Tonight at 7:30 p.m.: Tilly Woodward’s Time and the Beauty of Small Things.
• (No CS extras this week.)

Extra credit (Peer)

• Baseball games Saturday at 1pm and 3:30 pm vs. Monmouth (if it ever stops raining)
• Track and Field Saturday at Cornell at 11 am.

Extra credit (Misc)

• Donate during Scarlet and Give Back day.
  • Since I know that even a small donation is a challenge to many of you, I will reimburse you up to $5.
  • Remember that you can specify a recipient, such as the CS department, the Equestrian club, the South Asian club, the Baseball team, Women’s soccer, Punclub, or whatever.
  • To receive credit, you still have to write a reflective paragraph on your experience of donating.
  • I realize that receiving credit may undermine some of your own views on good works. You need not get credit for giving if you don’t want to.

Good things to do

• Women’s Tennis Saturday at 10:00 am