Preservation of the Tasikmalaya Batik Motif with Turtle Graphics

Tasikmalaya batik is predicted existed since the Tarumanegara Kingdom in the 7th to 9th centuries. The discovery of the Tarum tree as a material for making batik made this assumption even stronger. The split-up of the Mataram Kingdom in the 17th century caused many residents of Kudus, Pekalongan, Tegal, and Banyumas, the majority of whom were batik craftsmen, to migrate to Tasikmalaya. This affected Tasikmalaya city batik. The characteristic of Tasikmalaya batik is the use of bright colours due to the influence of coastal batik. The problem here is because the Tasikmalaya batik motif has not been digitally documented in the digital vector image. The vector image is good quality if it enlarged or reduced and requires less storage memory. Therefore, digital vector image documentation is needed. Turtle graphics is one of the algorithms that can generate vector images. In this article, we will explain Bilik motif, Tasikmalaya umbrella motif, and Sukapura motif. Each motif is formed in a different path will be presented in the form of a pseudocode. The comparison of the turtle graphic result and the original motif shows similarities