Paint-on-Glass Animation

In this work we deal with paint-on-glass animation, which is a technique for making animated films by pushing slow-drying paints from frame to frame directly under the camera.

Our approach consists of an interactive paint setup that physically simulates paint media. Together with a set of digital tools the artist is relieved from the difficult task of sustaining a constant frame-to-frame coherence while animating and is given the possibility to modify or undo earlier paint modifications. Regarding the interaction part, the artist stays in full control by employing a tangible interface. This allows artists to push pigment with their fingers, use special-purpose digital brushes, or even to employ real life tools like paper tissue.

Feedback from artists confirms the real-life behaviour of stretching and smudging the paint as well as interacting with the setup, resulting in a natural and reality-based methodology.

"Paint-on-Glass Animation - The Fellowship of Digital Paint and Artisanal Control", CASA 2011

Authors: Tom Van Laerhoven, Fabian Di Fiore, William Van Haevre & Frank Van Reeth

Hasselt University - tUL - IBBT
Expertise Centre for Digital Media
Belgium

http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/tvanlaerhoven/#Research

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• animation
• paint systems
• painterly animation
• paint-on-glass
• interaction techniques
• casa 2011
• uhasselt
• casa
• painting
• art