NIGAO: interactive facial caricature drawing system using genetic algorithm

What is the appeal of facial caricatures? The authors believe that it is not just geometrical exaggeration, but the uniqueness of artist’s impression of the target face. This paper proposes a novel system that can draw facial caricatures interactively reflecting the user’s impression. The proposed system adopts the interactive genetic algorithm (IGA), and is called “NIGAO” that is a Japanese word meaning a facial caricature.

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