Magnetic Curves: Curvature-Controlled Aesthetic Curves Using Magnetic Fields

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dc.contributor.authorXu, Lingen_US
dc.contributor.authorMould, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.editorOliver Deussen and Peter Hallen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-22T07:19:07Z
dc.date.available2013-10-22T07:19:07Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractWe describe 'magnetic curves', a particle-tracing method that creates curves with constantly changing curvature. It is well known that charged particles in a constant magnetic field trace out circular or helical trajectories. Motivated by John Ruskin's advice to use variation in curvature to achieve aesthetic curves, we propose to continuously change the charge on a simulated particle so that it can trace out a complex curve with continuously varying curvature. We show some examples of abstract figures created by this method and also show how some stylized representational forms, including fire, hair, and trees, can be drawn with magnetic curves.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imagingen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-905674-17-0en_US
dc.identifier.issn1816-0859en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2312/COMPAESTH/COMPAESTH09/001-008en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectCategories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]: Line and Curve Generationen_US
dc.titleMagnetic Curves: Curvature-Controlled Aesthetic Curves Using Magnetic Fieldsen_US
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