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Evolving Pop Art Using Scalable Vector Graphics

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In this paper we present our findings of our continued investigation into the use of Scalable Vector Graphics as a genotype representation in evolutionary art. In previous work we investigated the feasibility of SVG as a genetic representation for evolutionary art, and found that the representation was very flexible, but that the potential visual output was somewhat limited by the simplicity of our genetic operators. In this paper we extend on this work, and introduce various new, more expressive genetic operators for SVG. We show that SVG is a flexible and powerful representation for evolutionary art, and that the potential visual output is only limited by the design of the genetic operators. With the genetic operators that we describe in this paper, we are able to evolve art that is visually similar to screen printing art and pop art.

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  • Genetic Operator
  • Image Collection
  • Colour Scheme
  • Symbolic Expression
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    E. den Heijer

  2. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  1. Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Pólo II - Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030, Coimbra, Portugal

    Penousal Machado

  2. School of Computer Science, Department of Communications and Information Technologies, University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A, Coruña, Spain

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den Heijer, E., Eiben, A.E. (2012). Evolving Pop Art Using Scalable Vector Graphics. In: Machado, P., Romero, J., Carballal, A. (eds) Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design. EvoMUSART 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7247. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29142-5_5

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