Assignment 9

Computer Rendered Art Program (CRAP)

The purpose of this assignment is to implement a program that generates abstract art. You will use Perl/Tk, a canvas and drawing primitives to create abstract art. Let your creative juices flow.  

Requirements

• Implement CRAP using the example below as a start.
• Your CRAP interface should allow the user to add  Arcs, Lines, Ovals, Circles, Polygons and Rectangles. Any additional shapes are optional.
• Eliminate the ability to render text (it's just too boring).
• Allow the user to vary the "tonality" (color scheme) of the color range used. That is, allow the user to add objects with a red, green, blue, cyan, yellow, whatever... hue.
• All of the above options may be implemented using button widgets. You however, may use any type of widget that allows for user interaction.

Extra Credit

Extra credit will be granted using slider components (or any other wiz-bang scheme) for adjusting tonality or general form of the shapes involved..

Example CRAP Layout (click to enlarge)

 Note that the sample program (available here) contains a function called random_color, which returns random colors in a format compatible with Tk. Feel free to use this (or a variation of it) in your solution.

What You'll Turn In:

Name your Perl file mp09.pl.

Submit a file mp09.zip containing the Perl file to the homework web site.