This study presents a novel Chinese calligraphy and painting system, which servers as an expressive vehicle for interactively creating Chinese traditional calligraphy and ink-wash painting works. We developed a brush model which gives the user natural control of complex brush strokes. This model enhances the realistic sense of the user’s manipulating the pen with the pressure sense. We also develop an ink-wash painting model which simulates Tuiyun – a unique Chinese ink-wash painting technique. User feedback has shown that the system is able to create vivid art works easily and smoothly

Publications

Yin, J., Ren, X., Ding, H. 2005. HUA: An Interactive Calligraphy and Ink-Wash Painting System. In proceeding of CIT2005. pp. 989-995.

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This study provides a lightweight tool for workgroup participants, which will enable them to capture daily experiences and to communicate their ideas to others easily. Note-taking and presentation are two common and fundamental activities which may be viewed respectively as the capturing of experiences and the communication of ideas. We developed a system named SketchPoint that allows users to perform freeform note-taking, to author and give presentations informally. Our major contributions are characterized as follows: First, SketchPoint organizes freeform note-taking into a unified hierarchical structure. Second, SketchPoint offers a natural bridge between note-taking and presentations.

Publications

Yang Li, Zhiwei Guan, Xiangshi Ren, and Guozhong Dai. 2003. A Smooth Bridge from Idea Capture to Communication. Special issue of the Journal of Asian Information, Science and Life (AISL). Nova Science Inc., NY, 2(2).PDF