Method for producing diagrammed work surfaces on which are created artistic renderings of multi-color images

Abstract

Abstract A GIVEN IMAGE SUCH AS A COLOR PHOTOGRAPH IS USED TO PRODUCE A WORK SURFACE RETAINING DIAGRAMMED BOUNDARIES THAT DEFINE GENERAL AREAS ON WHICH DISTINCTLY COLORED PAINTS CAN BE APPLIED TO CREATE A RENDERING OF THE PICTURE IMAGES ON THE PHOTOGRAPH. SELECTED AND IDENTIFIED, IN A GIVEN COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM, ARE BOUNDARIES OF COLOR DOMAINS CORRESPONDING GENERALLY TO COLOR TONALITIES OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. A DISTINCTLY COLORED OIL PAINT IS THEN PROVIDED TO REPRESENT EACH OF THE COLOR DOMAINS AND EACH PAINT COLOR IS GIVEN AN IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION. SCANNING THROUGH DISCRETE PORTIONS OF THE PHOTOGRAPH WITH A SUITABLE COLOR ANALYZER SYSTEM ESTABLISHES IN THE GIVEN COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM THE COORDINATE POSITONS OF THE COLOR PRESENT IN EACH OF THE PORTIONS SCANNED. NEXT, A DETEMINATION IS MADE AS TO THE PARTICULAR ONE OF THE SELECTED COLOR DOMAINS ENOCOMPASSING THE COLOR COORDINATE POSITION OF EACH OF THE ANALYZED COLORS IN TH PHOTOGRAPH. FINALLY, DISCRETE AREAS OF THE PAINT RECEIVING WORK SURFACE THAT CORRESPOND GEOMETRICALLY IN POSITION TO THE DISCRETE PORTIONS SCANNED IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ARE LOCATED AND THEREE IS APPLIED TO EACH WORK SURFACE AREA THE DESIGNATION FOR THAT PAOINT COLOR REPRESENTING THE COLOR DOMIN THAT ENCOMPASSES THE COLOR CORRDINATE POSITION OF THE ANALYZED COLOR IN THE GENOMETRICALLY CORREPONDING PORTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. APPLICATION TO THE WORK SURFACE ARE OF THE DISTINCT COLORED APINT DESIGNATED THEREON RESULTS IN AN ARTISTIC RENDERING OF THE IMAGE SCENE RETAINED BY THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH.

Inventors

• 👤 J Bowker

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