Evolved Art with Transparent, Overlapping, and Geometric Shapes
Abstract
In this work, an evolutionary art project is presented where images are approximated by transparent, overlapping and geometric shapes of different types, e.g., polygons, circles, lines. Genotypes representing features and order of the geometric shapes are evolved with a fitness function that has the corresponding pixels of an input image as a target goal. A genotype-to-phenotype mapping is therefore applied to render images, as the chosen genetic representation is indirect, i.e., genotypes do not include pixels but a combination of shapes with their properties. Different combinations of shapes, quantity of shapes, mutation types and populations are tested. The goal of the work herein is twofold: (1) to approximate images as precisely as possible with evolved indirect encodings, (2) to produce visually appealing results and novel artistic styles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.06110,
title = {Evolved Art with Transparent, Overlapping, and Geometric Shapes},
author = {Joachim Berg and Nils Gustav Andreas Berggren and Sivert Allergodt Borgeteien and Christian Ruben Alexander Jahren and Arqam Sajid and Stefano Nichele},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.06110},
year = {2019}
}
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Proceedings of the Norwegian AI Symposium 2019 (NAIS 2019), Trondheim, Norway