Generating “Hand Drawn” Art in Larry Marder (Tales of the

Generating “Hand Drawn” Art in Larry Marder
(Tales of the Beanworld)’s Style
Larry Marder
(born May 29, 1951
in Chicago, Illinois)
is an American
cartoonist and writer,
best-known as the
creator of comic
book Tales of the
Beanworld, which
began as an
"essentially
self-published title"
in 1984.
Marder at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010
Larry Marder's World Famous Third Eye Halloween Costume.
Samples from Beanworld selected images
Samples from Beanworld selected images
Samples from Beanworld selected images
Sample screenshot of my program (with no post processing)
Implemented using Processing JAVA by Ben Fry and Casey Reas
Early stage screen shots
Early stage screen shots
Early stage screen shots (still very regular)
The experiment
12 images from 4 groups
Group A: marked as A1, A2, A3, using no rotation for images and fixed gap
spaces for all shapes, there is also no avoiding similarity at all
Group B: marked as B1, B2, B3, where rotations for images are applied, but
still with fixed gap and no avoiding similarity
Group C: marked as C1, C2, C3, with rotations for images, not a fixed gap
(ranged), also these images are generated with similarities avoiding
Group D: marked as D1, D2, D3, that a human (Ying FAN, i.e. myself) defines;
only locations of images and vertices of the triangles are defined
A
B
C
D
The experiment
3 Questions
Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Which one looks more random to you?
Which one looks more like human drawn to you?
Which one do you like more?
18 pairs (of images)
Q1
Q2
Q3
1
A1B1
A3B3
A2B2
2
A2C1
A1C3
A3C2
3
A3D1
A2D3
A1D2
4
B2C2
B1C1
B3C3
5
B3D2
B2D1
B1D3
6
C3D3
C2D2
C1D1
The experiment
3 Questions
Q1. Which one looks more random to you?
Q2. Which one looks more like human drawn to you?
Q3. Which one do you like more?
For each question, the answer could be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
The first one,
The second one,
Both,
Neither.
The experiment
Results
The original outcomes
The experiment
Results for each pairs of all 12 images
Future work
The ultimate objective is to have a program which can mimic Larry Marder’s style so
that it can really assist him for his creations, the images produced by the program
should look no difference to human compared to his original drawings.
To introduce a new random method combine with machine learning to make the
images more human-drawn like.
Variable numbers of vertices of a polygon, instead of triangle only at this stage.
Add real edge detection for easier using.
Allow mix with multiple images when filling.
Future work
Future work
Future work
Future work
Future work
Possible usage
Cel-Shading (Toon-Shading)
Possible usage