Dots are headed for the direction of the most similar color leaving their traces behind making the picture alive.


  Fig.1.  light tracing scheme
of the brush agent
     Impressionists such as Vincent Van Gogh used scrolling touch to express the stream of light. But what if the touch is really flowing with the stream of light? In this work I simulated an intelligent brush agent which reinterprets an image in a stylish way.

     Thousand of these agents are generated at random positions and sample the colors around them. These agents move to the direction of the pixel which has the closest color. The brushes follow the stream of colors and gradually construct an image. I tried to make these brushes mimic the touch of the impressionists.

     Great artists' masterpieces can be reinterpreted and recreated in a new form. This can cause to lose its value. But it gave me a great fun by maximizing the feelings that I got from those painting.



  Fig.2.  Test of pictures and variables





LightTracers (2005)
Java, Processing