Virtual Sumi-e

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

I tried to get excited by this ... but couldn't. Maybe it will appeal to one of you.

Researchers have figured out a way to do ink-brush computer input. If I am following the articles correctly, the problem is broken into two parts - one being a 3-D model of a ink brush which maps the movements of a real one and the other being a model of ink flow on paper.






www.primidi.com/2005/07/04.html
www.trnmag.com/Stories/2005/062905/Paint_program_renders_ink_physics_Brief_062905.html
visgraph.cs.ust.hk/MoXi/
www.cs.ust.hk/~cpegnel/VCB/

[qworg]

A great application of the technology - two disparate problems in one neat engineering package.

Useful? Not for what they actually made. =) But for future digital painters, etc, this will be invaluable.

[Saionji Shonagon]

Ick. What's the point if you can't make an ungodly mess and learn the subtleties of brushwork and ink saturation?

She who cannot draw with a mouse either.

[Date Saburou Yukiie]

Wacom company has pressure sensitive tablets which I just adore, and with the right software, such as Painter preferably, or even Photoshop one can achieve easier digital results.
The Painter program, which emulates natural media in a way most other programs can only hope to attempt, is now a very powerful piece of software...and since they adjusted it to function like Photoshop in a professional environment, life is good for illustrators like myself who have been trained in natural media, yet must often function in a digital world.
Even still - I like real ink for period pieces...
Date

[qworg]

Does Wacom do pen angles?