Authors:
Nader Hamekasi
and
Faramarz Samavati
Affiliation:
University of Calgary, Canada
Keyword(s):
Floral Patterns, Texture Generation, Circle Packing, Conformal Mapping.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
;
Geometry and Modeling
;
Texture Models, Analysis, and Synthesis
Abstract:
In this paper, we present a novel approach toward generating floral patterns. We extract the essence of a pattern aside from its appearance and geometry into combinatorial elements. As a result, existing patterns can be reshaped while preserving their essence. Furthermore, we can create new patterns that adhere to high level concepts such as imperfect symmetry and visual balance. By decomposing floral patterns into a configuration of circles and angles, we can reconstruct this patterns on different surfaces given a conformal mapping.