The term stroke-based rendering collectively describes techniques where images are generated from elements that are usually larger than a pixel. These techniques lend themselves well for rendering artistic styles such as stippling and hatching. This paper presents a novel approach for stroke-based rendering that exploits multi agent systems. RenderBots are individual agents each of which in gen...

A number of Non-Photorealistic Rendering methods for producing artistic style images have been developed. Recently, a method called “Image Analogies” was proposed. This method is based on the idea of example-based filtering that uses a pair of images (an original image and a filtered image) as training data and creates an image which has a style that resembles the filtered image of the training...

The line integral convolution (LIC) method, originally developed for imaging vector fields in scientific visualization, has the potential to produce images with directional characteristics. In this paper, we present four techniques to explore the use of LIC in generating images in the style of the Impressionists. In particular, we develop an Impressionist Line Integral Convolution algorithm (IL...

This chapter introduces the vision and the technical challenges of the Flow Machines project. Flow Machines aim at fostering creativity in artistic domains such as music and literature. We first observe that typically, great artists do not output just single artefacts but develop novel, individual styles. Style mirrors an individual’s uniqueness; style makes an artist's work recognised and reco...

Artificial mosaics can be generated making use of computational processes devoted to reproduce different artistic styles and related issues. One of the most challenging field is the generation of an artificial mosaic reproducing some ancient and well known techniques starting from any input image. In this paper we propose a mosaic generation approach based on gradient vector flow (GVF) properly...

Recently, various non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) techniques have been developed for computers to generate images of different artistic styles automatically. Due to the complexity of the algorithms, however, most NPR methods are limited to the processing of still images. It is the objective of this paper to extend and improve existing NPR techniques to enable near realtime processing of vide...

Illustrative parallel coordinates (IPC) is a suite of artistic rendering techniques for augmenting and improving parallel coordinate (PC) visualizations. IPC techniques can be used to convey a large amount of information about a multidimensional dataset in a small area of the screen through the following approaches: (a) edge-bundling through splines; (b) visualization of “branched ” clusters to...

this essay analyzes the paradox and sensuality, as two alienation styles and two artistic methods of expression, in the mystical language of rumi in his masnavi. paying attention to the fact that the source of these two imagination forms, being used in mystical literature, refers to one of the basic principles of thought in ash?ari’s word, denial of causality and belief in absolute domination o...