Interpolation of Point Distributions for Digital Stippling

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel method for merging point distribution techniques using distance fields to produce high-quality digital stippling with customizable styles and preserved linear features.

Contribution

It presents a new approach to combine different point distributions via distance fields, enabling flexible and artifact-free digital stippling with enhanced style control.

Findings

Produces stippling without visual artifacts

Preserves linear features effectively

Allows diverse stippling styles through parameter customization

Abstract

We present a new way to merge any two point distribution approaches using distance fields. Our new process allows us to produce digital stippling that fills areas with stipple dots without visual artifacts as well as includes clear linear features without fussiness. Our merging thus benefits from past work that can optimize for either goal individually, yet typically by sacrificing the other. The new possibility of combining any two distributions using different distance field functions and their parameters also allows us to produce a vast range of stippling styles, which we demonstrate as well.