Simplicial Families of Drawings
In this paper we present a method for helping artists make
artwork more accessible to casual users. We focus on the
specific case of drawings, showing how a small number of
drawings can be transformed into a richer object containing
an entire family of similar drawings. This object is represented
as a simplicial complex approximating a set of valid
interpolations in configuration space. The artist does not
interact directly with the simplicial complex. Instead, she
guides its construction by answering a specially chosen set
of yes/no questions. By combining the flexibility of a simplicial
complex with direct human guidance, we are able to
represent very general constraints on membership in a family.
The constructed simplicial complex supports a variety of
algorithms useful to an end user, including random sampling
of the space of drawings, constrained interpolation between
drawings, projection of another drawing into the family, and
interactive exploration of the family.
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BibTex references
@InProceedings{KG01, author = "Kovar, Lucas and Gleicher, Michael", title = "Simplicial Families of Drawings", booktitle = "Proceedings of User Interface Software Technologies (UIST)", month = "oct", year = "2001", url = "http://graphics.cs.wisc.edu/Papers/2001/KG01" }