Realization of Seurat's pointillism via non-photorealistic rendering

Photorealistic rendering is one of the oldest and most important research areas in computer graphics. More recently, the concept of nonphotorealistic rendering has been proposed as an alternative with important advantages for numerous application areas. The popularity of non-photorealism can be mainly attributed to its simplicity, which could potentially lead to a state of aesthetics and succinctness. Reality often presents too many details and too much complexity, thus offsetting the observation of the essence of objects, and objects' interaction with lights. Based on a similar belief, impressionism focuses primarily on conveying the interaction of light and shadows without emphasizing the fine details of a scene. In recent years, there has been a trend towards simulating impressionism with computers. Among the various styles of impressionism, we are particularly interested in simulating the style of pointillism, especially the style presented by Georges-Pierre Seurat, deemed the...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: VC
• Authors: Chuan-Kai Yang, Hui-Lin Yang
• Keywords: Important Research Areas, Numerous Application Areas, Pointillism, VC 2008