Project 3: Generative Art

In this project, you will create a simple generative art program using Python.

Stage 1: Setting up your Project Environment

• Learning Objective: Get comfortable with setting up a Python project environment
• Tasks:
  • Install Pillow library for image creation and manipulation.
• Topics Covered:
  • Setting up Python Environment
  • Installing Packages with pip

Stage 2: Creating the ArtElement class

• Learning Objective: Learn how to create a class to represent an individual object.
• Tasks:
  • Define a class named ArtElement that will represent a basic shape in your generative art.
    • Define attributes for position, height, width, and color.
    • Create a constructor method (__init__) that initializes the attributes of the class.
    • create a method called draw that will draw the shape onto an image canvas.
• Topics Covered:
  • Classes and Objects

Stage 3: Creating the Canvas Class

• Learning Objective: Learn how to create a class that manages a collection of objects.
• Tasks:
  • Define a class named Canvas that will represent your digital canvas.
    • Define attributes for height, width, and background color.
    • Create a constructor method that will create a blank image with a specified height, width, and background color.
    • Write a method called add_element that takes an ArtElement object as a parameter and draws it onto the canvas.
    • Create a method called render that loops through the stored ArtElement objects and calls their draw method to render them onto the canvas.
• Topics Covered:
  • [Classes and Objects](../../Variables/TypesOfVariables/DataStructures/Objects/page.m
  • Loops

Stage 4: Composing and Generating Art

• Create a function:
  • that creates a Canvas object
  • Generates multiple ArtElement objects with random attributes (position, size, color)
  • Adds them to the canvas
  • Render the final image and save it to a file.
• Topics Covered:
  • Loops
  • Random Module