A Tedious Way to do Art

Computer artists once spent weeks carefully setting each pixel to the color they want. There are now easier ways to draw pictures, but perfectionists want to have control over every pixel. Often an artist starts with a crude picture made using the easy methods, then adjusts the picture pixel by pixel where needed.

Here is a program that sets 10 pixels in a row to the color Red:

' Setting 10 pixels in row 3
' to color 4 (Red)
'
SCREEN 12
'
' Change the pen color to Red
'
COLOR 4
PSET ( 1, 3 ) ' set column 1 row 3
PSET ( 2, 3 ) ' set column 2 row 3
PSET ( 3, 3 ) ' set column 3 row 3
PSET ( 4, 3 ) ' set column 4 row 3
PSET ( 5, 3 ) ' and so on
PSET ( 6, 3 )
PSET ( 7, 3 )
PSET ( 8, 3 )
PSET ( 9, 3 )
PSET (10, 3 )

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