Final Product

My final product in ISM is to write an image-processing program. The novel algorithm used for this project converts ordinary digital images into visually-appealing "polygon art" by averaging the colors of the pixels that fall within each of a set of triangles.

 

The main challenge of this project was the placement of the triangles themselves. The triangles must be positioned in a way that maximizes the clarity of the objects in the image while maintaining an interesting effect. The core idea of this placement algorithm was to minimize the "color variance" of each triangle that comprises the image.

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Please take a look below to see examples of polygon art that the program has created. The collection of images will increase in number and in quality as the algorithm continues to improve.