Reaction-diffusion textures

We present a method fortexturesynthesisbased on thesimulation of a process of local nonlinear interaction, called reaction-diffusion, which has been proposed as a model of biological pattern formation. We extend traditional reaction-diffusion systems by allowing anisotropic and spatially non-uniform diffusion, as well as multiple competing directions of diffusion. We adapt reaction-diffusion systems to the needs of computer graphics by presenting a method to synthesize patterns which compensate for the effects of non-uniform surface parameterization. Finally, we develop efficient algorithms for simulating reactiondiffusion systems and display a collection of resulting textures using standard texture- and displacement-mapping techniques.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1991
• Where: SIGGRAPH
• Authors: Andrew P. Witkin, Michael Kass
• Keywords: Computer Graphics, Non-uniform Diffusion, Non-uniform Surface Parameterization, Reaction-diffusion Systems, SIGGRAPH 1991