
It's Halloween week, so here's a quick SAS ODS Graphics take on a cute Halloween Card craft project for kids. Happy Trick-or-Treating, all!
* Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: Monster Mash (Band + Polygon + Ellipseparm Plots Mashup)
Inspired by Halloween card at thebestideasforkids.com/handmade-halloween-cards/
Note: Used MS-Paint to get x/y points and RGB hex colors;
data zigzag; /* x/y points making up monster's hair */
input xZ yZ @@; output;
datalines;
0 67 35 112 105 45 171 112 242 40 316 112 378 49 434 112 460 90
;
data rectangles; /* x/y points making up monster's eyebrow and mouth */
input xR yR @@; polygon=floor((_n_-1)/4)+1; output;
datalines;
74 184 363 108 377 160 88 240 158 240 389 285 379 341 144 295
;
data circles; /* x/y points making up monster's eyeballs and pupils */
input xC yC r @@; color=mod(_n_,2); /* Alternate colors - white for eyeballs, black for pupils */
datalines;
210 192 24 213 191 14 261 184 24 265 184 14
;
data combined; set zigzag rectangles circles; /* Mashup all of the Monster's points */
ods graphics / reset height=3.7in width=4.58in noborder;
proc sgplot data=combined nowall pad=0 noautolegend noborder; /* Monster mash - band, polygon, ellipseparm plots */
styleattrs backcolor=cxA7DC8A datacolors=(white cx28272D); /* Colors - green skin, black & white eyes */
band x=xZ lower=0 upper=yZ / fill fillattrs=(color=cx635A5D); /* Monster's hair (off-black band chart) */
polygon x=xR y=yR id=polygon / fill fillattrs=(color=cx464040); /* Monster's off-black eyebrow and mouth */
ellipseparm semimajor=r semiminor=r / xorigin=xC yorigin=yC /* Monster's eyeballs/pupils */
slope=0 fill outline group=color nomissinggroup lineattrs=(color=black thickness=1pt);
yaxis display=none offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 reverse values=(0 370);
xaxis display=none offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0 values=(0 458);
run;
Work-in-Progress