Challenges

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1. Getting Started 

   1. READ - Getting Started

   2. CHALLENGE - Your First Program

2. Drawing Dots - the point() Function

• 1. READ - The point() function

  2. CHALLENGE - Draw your Initial

  3. CHALLENGE - Simple Spiral

  4. CHALLENGE - Dot Grid

  5. CHALLENGE - Pick a Number

  6. CHALLENGE - Big & Small Points

3. Drawing lines - the line() Function

• 1. READ - The line() function

  2. CHALLENGE - Bar Graph

  3. CHALLENGE - House of out Lines 

  4. CHALLENGE  - Teepee

  5. CHALLENGE - Cube

  6. CHALLENGE - Interlocking Squares

  7. CHALLENGE - String Art

  8. CHALLENGE - Celtic Maze

4. Changing Colors

• 1. READ - RGB Color

  2. CHALLENGE - RGB Color Codes

  3. CHALLENGE - Pointillisim

  4. CHALLENGE - Stacked Pastel Lines

  5. CHALLENGE - Colored Tic Tac Toe Boards

  6. CHALLENGE - Flow Free

5. Drawing Rectangles - the rect() function

• 1. READ - The rect() function

  2. CHALLENGE - Simple Rainbow

  3. CHALLENGE - The Golden Ratio

  4. CHALLENGE - Mondrian Art

  5. CHALLENGE - SuperHeros

  6. CHALLENGE - Colored Spiral of Rectangles 

6. Drawing Circles - The circle() function

• 1. CHALLENGE - Zebra Circle

  2. CHALLENGE - Overlapping Circles

  3. CHALLENGE - Planets and Their Orbits

  4. CHALLENGE - Olympic Rings

6A Drawing Ovals - The Ellipse() Function

1. CHALLENGE - Row of Colored Balloons

7. Drawing Triangles - The triangle() function

• 1. CHALLENGE - Morley's Triangle 

  2. CHALLENGE - MultiColored Triangle

  3. CHALLENGE - Triangular Wireframe

  4. CHALLENGE - Animal Triangles

  5. Challenge - Mountains with Varying Opacity

8. Drawing Arcs - The arc() function

• 1. CHALLENGE - Simple Rainbow 2.0

  2. CHALLENGE - Bunny Hop

  3. CHALLENGE - Colorful Arcs

  4. CHALLENGE - Arcs and Circles

9. Drawing Polygons - the beginShape(), endShape() and vertex() functions

• 1. CHALLENGE - Draw a Polygon

  2. CHALLENGE - Draw an Eagle's Head 

  3. CHALLENGE - Dodecahedron

  4. CHALLENGE - Draw a Pokemon

  5. CHALLENGE - Gemstones

10. Multi Shape Images

• 1. CHALLENGE -Circles inside Triangles

  2. CHALLENGE - Drawing filled shapes

  3. CHALLENGE - Shape Robots

  4. CHALLENGE - Inspired By Klee - Castle & Sun

  5. CHALLENGE - Face Portrait

  6. CHALLENGE - Creating Abstract Art

11. Drawing with Text

• 1. CHALLENGE - Writing text to the screen

  2. CHALLENGE - Famous Quote

  3. CHALLENGE - Periodic Table

  4. CHALLENGE - Describe Yourself

12. Transparency

• 1. READ - Color Transparency

  2. CHALLENGE - Transparent Circles

  3. CHALLENGE - Transparent GrayScale Bubbles

  4. CHALLENGE - Transparent Letters

13. The random() Function

• 1. READ - Random Points

  2. CHALLENGE - Random Lines

  3. CHALLENGE - Random Starburst

14. Animation - using setup() & draw()

• 1. CHALLENGE - Fill the Screen with Pretty Points

  2. CHALLENGE - Fill the Screen with Pretty Lines

  3. CHALLENGE - Animated Rainbows

15. Animation - using background() between frames

• 1. CHALLENGE - Using background() and draw()

  2. CHALLENGE - Slow Green Dot

  3. CHALLENGE - Color shading effects

16. Variables

• 1. CHALLENGE - Using a Variable

  2. CHALLENGE - Moving, Fading Dot 

17. State Machines

• 1. CHALLENGE - Stick Figure Animation

  2. CHALLENGE - OptiDisc

  3. CHALLENGE - Kit Kat Klock 

  4. CHALLENGE - Derpy Walker

  5. CHALLENGE - Bouncing Ball Animation

  6. CHALLENGE - Moving Background

  7. CHALLENGE - Circle Walk

18. The if statement

• 1. CHALLENGE -Moving objects in different directions

  2. CHALLENGE - Wall Wrapping

  3. CHALLENGE - Bouncing Ball in a Cage

19. Hue, Saturation Brightness

• 1. CHALLENGE - HSB Color

20. Selective Refresh in Animation

• 1. CHALLENGE -Fade out effects

21. User Inputs

• 1. CHALLENGE -Mouse inputs

  2. CHALLENGE -The keyPressed() functions

22. While Loops

• 1. CHALLENGE -While Loops

  2. CHALLENGE -Wild circles with while loops

  3. CHALLENGE -Creating a grid of objects using nested while loops

23. For Loops

• 1. CHALLENGE -For Loop Grid

  2. CHALLENGE -For Loop Rainbow Stripes

24. Rotation & Translation

• 1. CHALLENGE -Using rotate()

  2. CHALLENGE -Animate with rotate()

  3. CHALLENGE -Move your axes!

  4. CHALLENGE -Making a spinning clock

  5. CHALLENGE -Rectangle rotating around the mouse pointer

  6. CHALLENGE -Many rotating objects and resetMatrix()

25. Functions

• 1. CHALLENGE -Creating functions()

  2. CHALLENGE -Writing your own functions

  3. CHALLENGE -Simplify Programs with Functions

26. Nested For Loops - Tesselations

    2. 1. CHALLENGE -Star Tessellation

       2. CHALLENGE -Arrow Tessellation

• 1. CHALLENGE -3D Pattern Tessellation

27. Scaling

• 1. CHALLENGE -Using Multiplication to Scale

28. Arrays

• 1. CHALLENGE  -Learn about Arrays 

29. Images

• 1. CHALLENGE  -Loading photos or images

  2. CHALLENGE  -Using copy() to re-size or move images

  3. CHALLENGE  -Life Badges

  4. CHALLENGE  -Funny Meme

     1. CHALLENGE - Vision Board

30. Noise

• 1. CHALLENGE  -The noise() function

  2. CHALLENGE  -Advanced noise()

31. Waves and Cycles

• 1. CHALLENGE  -Sine waves

  2. CHALLENGE  -Advanced sine waves

  3. CHALLENGE  -Lissajous Pattern

32. Distance & Vectors

• 1. Vectors and Distance

33. Advanced Concepts

34. Drawing Textures