Why Do Line Drawings Work? A Realism Hypothesis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06260v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 21:41:00 GMT
• Title: Why Do Line Drawings Work? A Realism Hypothesis
• Authors: Aaron Hertzmann
• Abstract summary: The paper hypothesizes that the human visual system perceives line drawings as if they were approximately realistic images. The techniques of line drawing are chosen to accurately convey shape to a human observer.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Why is it that we can recognize object identity and 3D shape from line drawings, even though they do not exist in the natural world? This paper hypothesizes that the human visual system perceives line drawings as if they were approximately realistic images. Moreover, the techniques of line drawing are chosen to accurately convey shape to a human observer. Several implications and variants of this hypothesis are explored.

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