Dynamic Shapes

From Open Clip Art Library Wiki

There are a number of general shapes that may not be basic enough to include as a primitive in a graphics application but that wouldn't necessarily be satisfied by static clipart. A couple examples might be a 'heart' and a 'sunflower'.

The idea of DynamicShapes is to create a grouped object with certain controllable properties that allow customization of the shape with a small number of parameters. This page lists ideas for these kinds of shapes.

Human face

Emotions, smiles, eyes, etc

Heart

The basic heart shape. Four lines seem to define a heart. One vertical in the center from the valley to the point. Another horizontal from the leftmost point to the rightmost point. Two other from each of the topmost points down to the bottom left and right edges. The location and length of those lines define how the heart ends up looking.

Sunflower

This is a circle with petals arranged radially around the outside. The diameter of the circle relative to the petals can be controlled, as can the roundness/shape of the petals. The petals can be changed from perfectly circular to oval to triangular (like a sunburst).

Shield

This is a shield such as would be used in a coat of arms. The dimensions can be adjusted to change the style to match a range of different kinds of shields.

Arrow

Curved, straight; Solid, outlined; 'triangular,' 'linear.'

Raindrop

Tear - shaped.

Borders

Borders around a rectangle, most of the time around a sheet of paper of any size.

Should define four corners (perhaps defined as a transformation of base corner), a center for each side (same remark), and a pattern to fill between corner and center. One tricky problem is to end pattern cleanly (must not cut complex shape in half if not designed for that).

Collections of Glyphs

• All playing card suits
• Original Lucky Charms shapes :)
• Window Decoration Glyphs ( close, min, max, restore, pin, tray, check )