"""
Purpose: Provide a minimal image creation template
Author: Luther Tychonievich (lat7h)
License: Released to the public domain
"""

from PIL import Image

width = 400 # pixels
height = 300 # pixels
dimensions = (width, height)

image = Image.new('RGB', dimensions, color='yellow')
# the "color" keyword argument is optional, defaults to 'black'

image.show() # pops up a window
image.save('blank_image.jpg') # creates (or overwrites) a file