In my free time, I develop algorithms that turn images into drawings. I say drawings because the results are always made with a single line or collection of lines of constant width that can also be drawn with a pen by a plotter. So in a way I try to follow great computational artist like Georg Nees and Frieder Nake that started to create artworks with plotters.
This style is one of my latest algorithms, it scribbles a drawing of any input image. The algorithm tries to understand the image and divides it into patches with different structures and tone similarities. While making the “drawing” the algorithm dynamically evaluates the image and adjust the drawing path according to the structures in the image (contours etc.) and the tone.
The result is a messy but adequate scribble.
Audrey Hepburn
Notice the details of the hair and the sweater.
Female study
Female Study
Female study
This image is a really good example how the algorithm recognizes the border between the face and the shoulder. To emphasize this, the algorithm draws the background slightly darker where it meets the face and shoulders.
Scribble of a tiger
Scribble of a fox
Quokka. The friendliest animal on this planet!
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Thank you! This is the first time someone called my work fantabulous!
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The fact that it is only one line is just a byproduct. I was also thinking about spreading the ink like roots of a tree, but this will be a different style for later.
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I don't have words to describe how I feel about this... ummmm... it is so good that it is hurting my brain. I don't really understand how you achieve this and I have a feeling I would still struggle with it after a comprehensive explanation lol... Bravo Sergei, bravo.
Those are only generated digitally, but I have uploaded some gifs of the plotter-bot on my Imgur page. I will have to look for them.
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Thats so cool. Do you actually have a robot with hands to draw this in real life?
I do have a robot (more of a plotter), but instead of hands it has one clamp to hold the pen.
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I am sorry but no. I had bad experience with copy cats before and decided not to share my code anymore.
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Thank you! Of course the result can only be as good as the original image. So the credit should go to the photographer Emma Tempest and the model Willow Hand.
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Looks nice! I did some similar experiment a while ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8VFru8rL_s
I've seen these before, and they are still as stunning as the first time I stumbled upon them. They are fit for any gallery.
I did love to have my photo scribbled like this! Ingenious and fantabulous!
I have so many questions. What program do you use? Also, what type of coding is this? I'm in love with what you are doing and I have so many friends that wouldn't view this as "art" because it was done by a computer and not your own hand, but as a graphic artist I truly see the kind of talent that is displayed in these pieces. Well done, and keep at it!
Looks amazing! Do you plan on publish these algorithms somewhere? I guess the people at G'MIC for example would be very happy! (And me too)
I am working on a paper about my system right now. So yes
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I've done art with line squiggles before, and they are good for shaping whatever you're drawing!
Post the code. That would be more interesting to me than the actual output.
Thank you! This is the first time someone called my work fantabulous!
Load More Replies... The fact that it is only one line is just a byproduct. I was also thinking about spreading the ink like roots of a tree, but this will be a different style for later.
Load More Replies... I don't have words to describe how I feel about this... ummmm... it is so good that it is hurting my brain. I don't really understand how you achieve this and I have a feeling I would still struggle with it after a comprehensive explanation lol... Bravo Sergei, bravo.
Those are only generated digitally, but I have uploaded some gifs of the plotter-bot on my Imgur page. I will have to look for them.
Load More Replies... Thats so cool. Do you actually have a robot with hands to draw this in real life?
I do have a robot (more of a plotter), but instead of hands it has one clamp to hold the pen.
Load More Replies... I am sorry but no. I had bad experience with copy cats before and decided not to share my code anymore.
Load More Replies... Thank you! Of course the result can only be as good as the original image. So the credit should go to the photographer Emma Tempest and the model Willow Hand.
Load More Replies... Looks nice! I did some similar experiment a while ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8VFru8rL_s
I've seen these before, and they are still as stunning as the first time I stumbled upon them. They are fit for any gallery.
I did love to have my photo scribbled like this! Ingenious and fantabulous!
I have so many questions. What program do you use? Also, what type of coding is this? I'm in love with what you are doing and I have so many friends that wouldn't view this as "art" because it was done by a computer and not your own hand, but as a graphic artist I truly see the kind of talent that is displayed in these pieces. Well done, and keep at it!
Looks amazing! Do you plan on publish these algorithms somewhere? I guess the people at G'MIC for example would be very happy! (And me too)
I am working on a paper about my system right now. So yes
Load More Replies... I've done art with line squiggles before, and they are good for shaping whatever you're drawing!
Post the code. That would be more interesting to me than the actual output.
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