More Animation Lab #

In this lab we are going to continue to experiment with SuperTurtle and exploring decomposition and abstraciton.

[0] Set Up #

🌐 Github Repo: github.com/Making-with-Code/lab_animation

cd lab_animation

💻 Enter the Poetry Shell to start the lab. We will run this command at the start of each lab, but only when we are inside a lab folder.

poetry shell

💻 This lab uses a package called SuperTurtle. To use SuperTurtle in this repo, we must install it using poetry.

poetry install

👾 💬 Exiting the poetry shell

When you want to exit the shell, you can type exit or ^D

💻 Take a look at the files inside with: ls

• animation_tree.py
• experiment.py
• tree_parts.py
• shapes.py

[1] Tree Animations #

This mini lab is designed to be a pick and choose adventure for practice animating with SuperTurtle.

👾 💬 Documentation

For lab, we recommend referencing the previous lab repository, lab_superturtle, and the offical documentation.

📖 SuperTurtle Documentation: superturtle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/animation.html

The offical documentation has a lot of information, so be sure to ask a teacher and experiment if you have any questions.

💻 Let’s start by running animation_tree.py

python animation_tree.py

💻 Take a look at the code with: code . The main animation loop is in animation.py. It uses the shapes.py file and tree_parts.py from the modules lab.

💻 Fist, add a moon! Look in shapes.py for a function you can use to draw the moon!

💻 Now move the moon and change its color!

[2] Deliverables #

⚡✨ For this lab, you should:

☑️ At then end of class, be sure to fill out this Google form.

💻 Push your code to Github

0. git status
1. git add file.py
2. git status
3. git commit -m "describe changes here"
4. git push

[3] Experiment! #

💻 In experiment.py, experiment by creating your own animation to create a new design using functions in shapes.py. We included the starter code from the documentation, but feel free to delete it and start fresh!

A few ideas…

• a face with eyes that move
• a car that moves across the screen
• a llama with ears taht grow

💻 Explore using the additional functions available to the animation transformations in SuperTurtle. Experiment with:

• debug = True?
• last_frame
• cycles
• restore_state_when_finished() in movement
• dashes, dots, and rainbow in stroke
• the available easing options