Drawing Celtic Knotwork 8

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Okay, so that's about it. We've gone from an idea to a program that creates png formatted images of Celtic-style knotwork panels. Not bad at all. There are a lot of other things we could do with this program, though. Here are a few ideas:

  • Come up with some good ideas for unit testing the image generation code. Then send them to me :-)
  • Antialias the lines for a smoother effect.
  • Add color.
  • Incorporate the rest of the patterns detailed in the Andy Sloss book.
  • Add the ability to make complex panels.
  • Add the ability to scale pattern panels to any size.
  • Make Me From The Future happy by fine-tuning the KnotworkPanel initializer and/or the OptParse options so that the user gets a 3x3 panel when they request a 3x3 panel. Oh, but what happens when the user requests a 1x1 panel? I guess you'll have to figure that out.
  • Done already? Andy Sloss also wrote a book using similar techniques for drawing key patterns. Go write that program, and merge it with this one for a lean, mean, Celtic-art producing machine.