Computer-generated iron filing art

Wonbae Yoon, Namil Lee, Kiwon Um, Junghyun Han

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    Abstract

    This paper proposes a digital tool which enables users to create the iron filing effects. It is a 2D interactive system, where the user provides a silhouette of a 2D target shape and interactively specifies various parameters of magnets. Then, the patterns of the iron filings are automatically generated through the principle of magnetism. The system also provides a real-time feedback while the user updates the magnet parameters, i.e.; the magnet lines are interactively displayed such that the user can speculate the final patterns of iron filings. The experimental results show that a variety of artwork can be created by the proposed tool.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)889-895
    Number of pages7
    JournalVisual Computer
    Volume30
    Issue number6-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014 Jun

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (NRF-2012R1A2A2A06047007).

    Keywords

    • Digital artistic tool
    • Iron filings
    • Magnetic fields and forces

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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