Artistic Style Deformation for Cartoon Character

Artistic styles reusing is a commonly used method for the fast creation of cartoons. Computer graphics deformation techniques further promote the creation of cartoon more automatic and intelligent. Based on the study of the artistic creation of cartoons, this paper presents a method for reusing artistic deformation styles by combining shape deformation with the artistic style reusing techniques. First of all, the solution selects the deformation area of the cartoon character from a user and generates the free-form deformation control points to control the deformation of the selected area. Then, the deformation is implemented by changing the positions of the control points or applying the stylized deformation template. Grading strategy and free-form deformation also contribute to the deformation. Finally, a new character is generated with its style similar to the template. Experimental results show that the proposed method has obvious operability and automaticity compared with the traditional methods such as manual adjusting weights and repainting. The method can be applied to fast drawing of cartoon, animation, and other non-photorealistic rendering applications.