CLIP-CLOP: CLIP-Guided Collage and Photomontage

The unabated mystique of large-scale neural networks, such as the CLIP dual image-and-text encoder, popularized automatically generated art. Increasingly more sophisticated generators enhanced the artworks' realism and visual appearance, and creative prompt engineering enabled stylistic expression. Guided by an artist-in-the-loop ideal, we design a gradient-based generator to produce collages. It requires the human artist to curate libraries of image patches and to describe (with prompts) the whole image composition, with the option to manually adjust the patches' positions during generation, thereby allowing humans to reclaim some control of the process and achieve greater creative freedom. We explore the aesthetic potentials of high-resolution collages, and provide an open-source Google Colab as an artistic tool.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures, published at the International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC) 2022 as Short Paper: Dem

Content-aware photo collage using circle packing

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Collage Sculptures

In this thesis, I develop a program to automatically assemble collage sculptures, sets of arbitrary, non-overlapping elements arranged to fill out a recognizable target shape according to a set of procedural rules. A user provides the target and element shapes and the program procedurally places the elements in spherical holes in the target space. A signed distance function defined over the target space keeps track of the remaining holes to fill. Elements are preprocessed to determine the size of their smallest enclosing bounding sphere. They are placed in holes based on the radius of their bounding sphere. After each placement, the signed distance function is efficiently updated to account for the newly added element. Elements are placed from largest to smallest, filling the space to a predefined threshold. To demonstrate this program, I generated a number of collage sculptures. In accordance with our procedural rules, the elements in the resulting collage sculptures recognizably represent the target shape, do not overlap, are not deformed from their original shape, and display variety in size, position, and orientation

Picturing another culture: Developing language proficiency, empathy, and visual literacy through art

Integrating art (paintings, sculptures, photography, and other types of images) into second language (L2) instruction, can have a positive effect on language acquisition and developing intercultural understanding. As the instructor provides visual scaffolding, learners at all proficiency levels have the opportunity to engage more deeply with L2 course materials. Not only can students learn to interpret imagery and create their own effective combinations of visuals and texts, they also develop some familiarity with seminal artwork from the target culture. This article outlines how spiraling art through a language curriculum can aid vocabulary retention, illustrate poetic language, and raise awareness of diversity and inclusion. As a result, learners investigate and interact with the products, practices, and perspectives of the L2 culture while simultaneously developing visual analysis skills - the latter essential in an age in which both authentic and digitally manipulated imagery dominate the media and social discourse.Accepted manuscrip

Working out a syllabus for Arts and Crafts through English in a British-Council School

Este documento presenta una programación anual para la asignatura de Educación Plástica. Está diseñado para ser desarrollado en el Colegio Tello Téllez de Palencia (centro bilingúe español-inglés: British Council), donde se imparte esta asignatura utilizando el inglés como lengua principal. En este documento se presentará la asignatura en sí misma, el colegio, el grupo de 4º de Primaria para el que está programada y, finalmente, la programación diseñada.This document presents a Year-Plan for Arts and Crafts. It is designed to be implemented in the British Council School CEIP Tello Téllez, in Palencia, where this subject is taught through English. In this document, it will be presented the subject itself, the school, the Y4A group it is programmed to, and finally the designed syllabusGrado en Educación Primari

Collage Sculptures

In this thesis, I develop a program to automatically assemble collage sculptures, sets of arbitrary, non-overlapping elements arranged to fill out a recognizable target shape according to a set of procedural rules. A user provides the target and element shapes and the program procedurally places the elements in spherical holes in the target space. A signed distance function defined over the target space keeps track of the remaining holes to fill. Elements are preprocessed to determine the size of their smallest enclosing bounding sphere. They are placed in holes based on the radius of their bounding sphere. After each placement, the signed distance function is efficiently updated to account for the newly added element. Elements are placed from largest to smallest, filling the space to a predefined threshold. To demonstrate this program, I generated a number of collage sculptures. In accordance with our procedural rules, the elements in the resulting collage sculptures recognizably represent the target shape, do not overlap, are not deformed from their original shape, and display variety in size, position, and orientation

融合主题和视觉特征的图片拼贴画合成方法

为辅助设计师进行图片拼贴画艺术创作,提出一种融合主题和视觉特征的图片拼贴画合成方法.给定容器图片和素材图片集,将容器图片划分为若干子区域;并使用圆填充算法及Delaunay三角剖分算法生成子区域的Voronoi图,得到补丁集;之后,计算主题-颜色相似性矩阵,进行素材图片与补丁之间的映射;最后,使用颜色线性融合方法进一步优化拼贴画视觉效果.在保留图片视觉特征的同时,该方法亦能保证容器和素材之间具有相似的主题信息.与市面流行拼贴画制作软件的对比实验表明,该方法合成的图片拼贴画能取得更好的视觉效果,在数字媒体和装饰领域中均有着潜在的应用价值.国家自然科学基金(61772440);;\n光电控制技术重点实验室和航空科学基金联合资助项目(20165168007);;\n浙江大学CAD&CG国家重点实验室开放课题(A1706