Art-Driven Modeling
Wednesday, 11 August
8:30 - 10:15 am
Room 515B
Session Chair: Cindy Grimm, Washington University

Tile-Based Kolam Patterns A catalog of 16 diamond-shaped tiles that can be used to create classic "kolam" line drawings that are popular in South Indian art and culture. Saty Raghavachary DreamWorks Animation saty (at) smartcg.com
Column Modeling An easy-to-use art and design tool that allows users to create complex and architecturally interesting shapes with large numbers of beams and columns. Ergun Akleman Texas A&M University ergun (at) viz.tamu.edu Esan Mandal Vinod Srinivasan Texas A&M University
Cords: Keyframe Control of Curves With Physical Properties Cords are 3D curves with empirical physical properties of strength and elasticity that wrap and twist around geometry. This sketch describes cords and highlights their use in the film "Ryan." Patrick Coleman University of Toronto patrick (at) dgp.toronto.edu Karan Singh University of Toronto
Modeling Expressive 3D Caricatures An educational method to teach students artistic concepts of abstraction and exaggeration by modeling expressive 3D caricatures. All students, regardless of their artistic abilities, can create convincing caricatures. Ergun Akleman Texas A&M University ergun (at) viz.tamu.edu Jon Reisch Texas A&M University