We present an interactive system which allows users to create abstract
paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock using three dimensional
viscous fluid jets. PollockĄ¯s paintings were created by using
streams of household paint to make guided, semi-random patterns
on his canvas. Our fluid jet model consists of two coupled simulations:
a Navier-Stokes solver for an axis-symmetric fluid column
and a linked-mass system for tracking the three dimensional motion
of the jetĄ¯s axis line. The paint trails left by the jets are represented
using implicit surfaces. Our system also includes an algorithm for
generating the splatter patterns created by the impacts of a highspeed
fluid drops. We allow users to analyze the fractal properties
of the images they create, comparing them to those known to exist
in PollockĄ¯s own paintings.
PDF with all Pollock images or
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