Shapes & Text

Below is a list of all of the shapes, and text available for drawing within spark.

All of the examples below assume you have the boilerplate from the notebook setup in your code

Rectangles

To create a rectangle there are 3 options:

Function	Description
rect(x, y, w, l)	Draw a rectangle filled with color, and with a stroke
fill_rect(x, y, w, l)	Draw an rectangle filled with a color
stroke_rect(x, y, w, l)	Draw the rectangle of an ellipse (it's stroke)

Comparison of 3 functions, note the red color was added for visibility, by default fill is black

rect()

1	`rect(x, y, w, l)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
w: (int or float) The width of the rectange
l: (int or float) The length of the rectange

Example(s):

Creating a filled and stroked rectangle at (100, 100) with a width of 75, and length of 50

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    rect(100, 100, 75, 50)

Results in:

rect() example

fill_rect()

1	`fill_rect(x, y, w, l)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
w: (int or float) The width of the rectange
l: (int or float) The length of the rectange

Example(s):

Creating a filled rectangle at (100, 100) with a width of 75, and length of 50

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    fill_rect(100, 100, 75, 50)

Results in:

fill_rect() example

stroke_rect()

1	`stroke_rect(x, y, w, l)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
w: (int or float) The width of the rectange
l: (int or float) The length of the rectange

Example(s):

Creating a filled rectangle at (100, 100) with a width of 75, and length of 50

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    stroke_rect(100, 100, 75, 50)

Results in:

stroke_rect() example

Squares

To create a square there are 3 options:

Function	Description
square(x, y, s)	Draw a square filled with color, and with a stroke
fill_square(x, y, s)	Draw an square filled with a color
stroke_square(x, y, s)	Draw the outline of a square (its stroke)

square()

1	`square(x, y, s)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the square
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the square
s: (int or float) The width and height of the square

Example(s):

Creating a filled and stroked square at (100, 100) with a width and height of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    square(100, 100, 75)

Results in:

square() example

fill_square()

1	`fill_square(x, y, s)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the square
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the square
s: (int or float) The width and height of the square

Example(s):

Creating a filled square at (100, 100) with a width and height of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    fill_square(100, 100, 75)

Results in:

fill_square() example

stroke_square()

1	`stroke_square(x, y, s)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the square
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the square
s: (int or float) The width and height of the square

Example(s):

Creating a stroked square at (100, 100) with a width and height of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    stroke_square(100, 100, 75)

Results in:

stroke_square() example

Circles

To create a circle there are 3 options:

Function	Description
circle(x, y, d)	Draw a circle filled with color, and with a stroke
fill_circle(x, y, d)	Draw an circle filled with a color
stroke_circle(x, y, d)	Draw the circle of an ellipse (it's stroke)

circle()

1	`circle(x, y, d)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
d: (int or float) The diameter of the circle

Example(s):

Creating a filled and stroked circle at (100, 100) with a diameter of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    circle(100, 100, 75)

Results in:

circle() example

fill_circle()

1	`fill_circle(x, y, d)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
d: (int or float) The diameter of the circle

Example(s):

Creating a filled circle at (100, 100) with a diameter of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    fill_circle(100, 100, 75)

Results in:

fill_circle() example

stroke_circle()

1	`stroke_circle(x, y, d)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
d: (int or float) The diameter of the circle

Example(s):

Creating a sroked circle at (100, 100) with a diameter of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    stroke_circle(100, 100, 75)

Results in:

stroke_circle() example

Ellipses

To create an ellipse there are 3 options:

Function	Description
ellipse(x, y, l, w)	Draw an ellipse filled with color, and with a stroke
fill_ellipse(x, y, l, w)	Draw an ellipse filled with a color
stroke_ellipse(x, y, l, w)	Draw the outline of an ellipse (it's stroke)

ellipse()

1	`ellipse(x, y, l, w)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
l: (int or float) The length of the ellipse
w: (int or float) The width of the ellipse

Example(s):

Creating a filled and stroked ellipse at (100, 100) with a length of 100 and height of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    ellipse(100, 100, 100, 75)

Results in:

ellipse() example

fill_ellipse()

1	`fill_ellipse(x, y, l, w)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
l: (int or float) The length of the ellipse
w: (int or float) The width of the ellipse

Example(s):

Creating a filled ellipse at (100, 100) with a length of 100 and height of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    fill_ellipse(100, 100, 100, 75)

Results in:

fill_ellipse() example

stroke_ellipse()

1	`stroke_ellipse(x, y, l, w)`

Parameters

x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the rectangle
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the rectangle
l: (int or float) The length of the ellipse
w: (int or float) The width of the ellipse

Example(s):

Creating a filled ellipse at (100, 100) with a length of 100 and height of 75

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    stroke_ellipse(100, 100, 100, 75)

Results in:

stroke_ellipse() example

Triangles

To create a triangle there are 3 options:

Function	Description
traingle(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3)	Draw a triangle filled with color, and with a stroke
fill_triangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3)	Draw a triangle filled with a color
stroke_triangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3)	Draw the outline of a trianlge (it's stroke)

triangle()

1	`triangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3)`

Parameters

x1: (int or float) The value of the x position first of the three points
y1: (int or float) The value of the y position first of the three points
x2: (int or float) The value of the x position second of the three points
y2: (int or float) The value of the y position second of the three points
x3: (int or float) The value of the x position last of the three points
y3: (int or float) The value of the y position last of the three points

Example(s):

Creating a triangle with points at (110, 75), (75, 150), (150, 150)

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    triangle(110, 75, 75, 150, 150, 150)

Results in:

triangle() example

fill_triangle()

1	`fill_triangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3)`

Parameters

x1: (int or float) The value of the x position first of the three points
y1: (int or float) The value of the y position first of the three points
x2: (int or float) The value of the x position second of the three points
y2: (int or float) The value of the y position second of the three points
x3: (int or float) The value of the x position last of the three points
y3: (int or float) The value of the y position last of the three points

Example(s):

Creating a filled triangle with points at (110, 75), (75, 150), (150, 150)

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    fill_triangle(110, 75, 75, 150, 150, 150)

Results in:

fill_triangle() example

stroke_triangle()

1	`stroke_triangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3)`

Parameters

x1: (int or float) The value of the x position first of the three points
y1: (int or float) The value of the y position first of the three points
x2: (int or float) The value of the x position second of the three points
y2: (int or float) The value of the y position second of the three points
x3: (int or float) The value of the x position last of the three points
y3: (int or float) The value of the y position last of the three points

Example(s):

Creating a stroked triangle with points at (110, 75), (75, 150), (150, 150)

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    stroke_triangle(110, 75, 75, 150, 150, 150)

Results in:

stroke_triangle() example

Text

To create text in your drawing use:

1	`text(message, x, y)`

Parameters

message: (str) The text you want to draw
x: (int or float) The value of the x position of the text
y: (int or float) The value of the y position of the text

Example(s):

Creating some text at (100, 100)

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    text("Hello World!", 100, 100)

Results in:

text() example

Change text size

To change the size of your text use:

1	`text_size(s)`

Parameters

s: (int or float) The size you want to make your text

Example(s):

Creating some text at (100, 100), that is 16pt font

%%ignite

def setup():
    size(200, 200)

def draw():
    text_size(16)
    text("Hello World!", 100, 100)

Results in:

text_size() example