This project is about mapping a texture onto a surface or an object.  This involves several steps, and you should be sure you go through all of them yourself.

• Create a 1D or 2D texture map yourself.  You may create a 1D texture using a color ramp (see the section on visual communication), you may create a texture with programming (but if you do, don't use a trivial map like a checkerboard or stripes), or you may create a texture by imaging: scanning a photogaph or using a digital camera.  If this texture isn't created by programming, save the scanned image in an appropriate format and do any manipulation you may need by using a tool such as Photoshop.

 
• Design an object or two on which to apply the texture.  Do not use any of the built-in GLU or GLUT objects, but use the modeling capabilities of OpenGL to design and build your own objects.  It might be interesting to use more than one textured object to see how these can interact.

 
• Map the texture map onto the object.  If you are using a 1D texture, you can use the texture as a height map as discussed in the texture mapping module.  If you are using a 2D texture, try to make the texture say something about the object or the object say something about the texture map.  I suggest that you not try to use the spherical texture map for the first project because you need to start more simply.