PhD Thesis Proposal Defence


"Making Digital Painting Organic"

by

Mr. Siu Hang Chu


Abstract:

Painting is one of the most appreciated and practiced art forms
throughout human history. Today, this art has also turned digital
through the use of digital paint systems. Although digital painting
has been around for over three decades, there are still things left to
be desired. The biggest problem, as many artists argue, is that
computer images tend to lack a natural look. Strokes made using many
of the existing paint systems are too flat, too clean because they use
some simple 2D mark-marking methods.

In this proposal, I focus on the further development of digital
painting technology. Specifically, I attempt to bring the spontaneity
and complexity (and fun!) offered by real paint brushes and
water-based painting media into the digital world. I propose new
physically-based methods to efficiently capture the complex behavior
of real art media. Results to date are very satisfactory and our
prototype is now being used in various real-world art projects.


Date:     		Tuesday, 13 March 2007

Time:                   4:00p.m.-6:00p.m.

Venue:                  Room 4480
			lifts 25-26

Committee Members:      Dr. Chiew Lan Tai (Supervisor)
                        Dr. Dit Yan Yeung (Chairperson)
			Dr. Philip Fu
			Prof. Long Quan


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