A Study on Reflecting User's Emotions Using a Painterly Rendering System

Abstract

Painters express visual experience in paintings through their own form of artistic expression and viewers feel various emotions about the elements appearing in paintings. However, it is very difficult for non-experts to express their emotions in painting by using painting elements as painters do. Thus, we aim to help users to express their feelings by improving their understanding of painting elements. To do this, we created a variety of paintings based on elements using a painterly rendering system with painting features. Then, the relationship between painting elements and emotions was examined through the study of users. We present a method of generating a painting expressing a specific emotion by applying elements according to certain emotional values.