HUA: an interactive calligraphy and ink-wash painting system

This paper presents a novel Chinese calligraphy and painting system, which servers as an expressive vehicle for interactively creating Chinese traditional calligraphy and ink-wash painting works. We developed a calligraphy-brush model, which gives the user natural control of complex calligraphy-brush strokes. This model enhances the realistic sense of the user´s manipulating the pen with the pressure sense. We also develop an ink-wash painting model which simulates Tuiyun - a unique Chinese ink-wash painting technique. User feedback has shown that the system is able to create vivid art works easily and smoothly.