For this project, the objective was to construct the Nepal flag with just a compass, protractor, and a ruler. We created parallel and perpendicular lines, equilateral triangles, circles, angles, etc. The first step was to construct the outside of the flag, we made a line and two angles that created the odd shape of the Nepal flag by constructing perpendicular and parallel lines. When we constructed the moon and the sun, we constructed equilateral triangles and a crescent. For the equilateral triangles on the moon, we created a double half circle that was a certain length and from the middle of the circle, we created four triangles on each side of the half circle. For the sun, we needed a whole circle instead of a half and we needed twelve triangles instead of eight. When we made the crescent in the moon, we drew two lines that were a certain length that was below the eight equilateral triangles. Finally, when we finished that, we created a border that was a certain length which went all around the outside.
constructed
When we constructed this flag, we used the compass to construct parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and circles. We also used rulers to make lines through the arcs we constructed with the compass and we used the protractor to make the triangles. During the process of constructing this flag, something that I found most challenging was when I couldn't align the moon to be in the right place, it would always be too close to the edge, not centered, etc. |
outlined
Once I finished my constructed flag, I constructed a new one that I could outline without having all of the pencil marks. When I constructed it again, I found it to be a lot easier since I had already made one and knew what I had trouble with. After I constructed the flag with a pencil, I outlined the actual flag in sharpie and erased the left over pencil marks that were mostly arcs, angles, and lines. |
colored
The final product is an outline of my constructed flag with specific colors in specific places, a white sun and moon, red inside, and blue outline. I colored this in Photoshop using a scanned version of my outline. While working on this project I learned how to construct parallel lines, perpendicular lines, circles, triangles, angles, and much more using only a compass and a ruler. When I finished coloring and outlining the flag, I thought that the flag turned out a lot nicer than I originally thought. At first, I thought I would have to start over because there were some parts that weren't even or didn't look right, but I eventually fixed my mistakes and it turned out nicer than I expected. |