Monday, February 16, 2009

SKIT: A Computer-Assisted Sketch Instruction Tool

Greg Coombe and Brian Salomon
Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina

This paper discusses a system, SKIT, that assists users in sketching line drawings by using some artist techniques. The system breaks a full outline sketch into subdrawings that the user can draw at various sizes. This allows the user to see the model they are drawing as a set of smaller, more geometric objects. The subdrawings are then merged back together in the end.

The small user study was more qualitative and showed users improved when using SKIT.


Discussion:

The paper presents a technique or two that might be helpful in starting a user-training program for sketching.

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