{"id":31,"date":"2010-08-29T16:55:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T08:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magicandlove.com\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2010-08-29T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T09:20:11","slug":"context-free-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.magicandlove.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/29\/context-free-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Context Free Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

To prepare for a new course Evolutionary Graphics<\/a> in AVA<\/a>, I am testing the use of various graphical tools. One of them is the Context Free Art<\/a>. It is a ruled based language to generate complex imagery. It cannot be described as a programming language as it lacks a lot of procedural elements. Its recursive capability makes it a good choice for generative type of graphics.<\/p>\n

The Community of Variation<\/a> book contains the sample of drawings in the gallery.<\/p>\n

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Community of Variation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The drawing is done by typing a sequence of rules on the left hand panel. Press the ‘Render’ button to generate the graphics.<\/p>\n

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Main window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every ‘program’ starts with a startshape<\/em> keyword. For example, to draw a circle, we can type in the following:<\/p>\n

startshape MyShape\r\n\r\nrule MyShape {\r\n     CIRCLE {}\r\n}<\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\n
\r\n\r\n
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Circle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/pre>\n
To draw a square, type:<\/p>\n
startshape MyShape\r\n\r\nrule MyShape {\r\n     SQUARE {}\r\n}<\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\n
\r\n\r\n
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Square<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\n
To draw a triangle, type:<\/p>\n
startshape MyShape\r\n\r\nrule MyShape {\r\n     TRIANGLE {}\r\n}<\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\n
\r\n\r\n
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Triangle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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