Chinese ink painting, known as sumi-e, is a traditional art form based on careful placement of expressive brush strokes. To extend such brush strokes from their paper form, we propose a system that can digitize and transform such paintings into 2.5D sprites, while preserving the artist’s unique style. We apply our paintstroke-extraction technique to plants, the most traditional subject of sumi-...

in north of iran, a style of architecture has formed over time which is specific to the culture and the weather conditions of that region. this style of architecture is the result of the extrovert nature of the locals and is deeply rooted in islam as well as the persian civilization. sagha nefar is a type of nefar which takes its name from hazrat abolfazl, the half-brother of the imam of shia f...