Computer-Generated Chinese Painting for Landscapes and Portraits

Abstract

Practiced for more than three thousand years, Chinese painting stresses the notion of "implicit meaning" in which painters use a minimum amount of strokes to express their deepest feelings. Chinese landscape and figure paintings are the two major themes of Chinese painting. Of relevant interest is more thoroughly understand Chinese art by analyzing basic rules of Chinese painting. This paper proposes two novel methods capable of synthesizing rock textures in Chinese landscape painting and synthesizing portraits in Chinese figure painting, respectively. In addition to saving time during trial and error, these two methods attempt to synthesize painting styles. After users only specify the contour and parameters, our methods underwrite the complete painting process. With the requirement of familiarity with painting skills, individuals can paint various styles of Chinese painting.