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Represent yourself as a dbnlet
ILLOGICAL CUBE - This is an attempt to program unexpected qualities into the behavior of a cube as users move around it.
Read DD pp. 38 to 66. Using the basic element of the Line and Dot, construct an image that is evocative of the intent and spirit of a Line. Define this drawing as a single Command 'MyLine' that you invoke just once.
SCRIBBLED LINE - Here a sine wave function is split up into a series of random straight lines. It was an attempt to produce and a hand sketched like line.
Read RK pp. 67 to 102. Evoke the image of an 'egg' shape: smooth, round, yet not entirely symmetrical, using all the DBN knowledge you might have at your disposal. Think closely about how the surface of the egg should be textured and decorated. Establish a clear underlying concept of computation, which will be demonstrated by your cleanliness of code.
SHADED EGG - The shading is achieved by overlaying a number of quadratic functions of differing tone.
Create a generally smooth gradation of white to black, from left to right using only a 100 percent black pen.
CROSS HATCHING STUDY - This piece attempts to highlight the rasterised quality of the computer monitor line by subtly shifting the angle of cross hatched lines.
Display the name of your main theme from class using dbnletters.dbn. At the top of the code list your 10 keyverbs/keyadjectives. Note that many used nouns even though they were instructed not to -- remove all nouns and replace with verb/adjectives.
MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF LETTERS - here letters are overlapped in dense patterns to form differing 'material properties'.
Your display is now 200 by 200. Emphasize the difference between your early 100 by 100 display area and the now larger 200 by 200 display area with a statically motivated graphic.
FOLDED PAPER - STUDY IN LIGHT AND SHADE 1 - This piece attempts to convey the subtle shading of folded paper.
Do problem 9A, this time with a temporal display of the difference in display area.
FOLDED PAPER - STUDY IN LIGHT AND SHADE 2 - This piece takes some of the techniques developed in 9A and animates them. Shadow is also added to create a greater sense of depth.
Do problem 9A, this time with an interactive display of the difference in display area.
PLAN VIEW OF EXPANDING PYRAMIDS - this piece started as an attempt to allow the user to manipulate and fold paper with in DBN space. It evolved into a set of interactive expanding pyramids.
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