Aesthetic agents: experiments in swarm painting

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dc.contributor.authorLove, Justin
dc.contributor.supervisorWyvill, Brian
dc.contributor.supervisorGibson, Steve
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-28T20:35:17Z
dc.date.available2012-09-28T20:35:17Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-09-28
dc.degree.departmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Programen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe creation of expressive styles for digital art is one of the primary goals in non-photorealistic rendering. In this paper, we introduce a swarm-based multi-agent system that is capable of producing expressive imagery through the use of multiple digital images. At birth, agents in our system are assigned a digital image that represents their 'aesthetic ideal'. As agents move throughout a digital canvas they try to 'realize' their ideal by modifying the pixels in the digital canvas to be closer to the pixels in their aesthetic ideal. When groups of agents with different aesthetic ideals occupy the same canvas, a new image is created through the convergence of their competing aesthetic goals. We use our system to explore the concepts and techniques from a number of Modern Art movements and to create an interactive media installation. The simple implementation and effective results produced by our system makes a compelling argument for more research using swarm-based multi-agent systems for non-photorealistic rendering.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4294
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectMulti-agent Systemsen_US
dc.subjectInteractive Arten_US
dc.subjectNon-photorealistic Renderingen_US
dc.subjectSwarm Paintingen_US
dc.subjectArtificial Lifeen_US
dc.titleAesthetic agents: experiments in swarm paintingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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