Abstract Line Drawings from 2D Images

Abstract

We present a novel scheme for automatically generating line drawings from 2D images, aiming to facilitate effective visual communication. In contrast to conventional edge detectors, our technique imitates the human line drawing process and consists of two parts: line extraction and line rendering. We propose a novel line extraction method based on likelihood-function estimation, which effectively finds the genuine shape boundaries. We consider the feature scale and the blurriness of lines with which the detail and the focus-level of lines are controlled in the rendering. We also employ stroke textures to provide a variety of illustration styles. Experimental results demonstrate that our technique generates various kinds of line drawings from 2D images enabled by the control over detail, focus, and style.

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