TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Figures. iii

Chapter 1: Introduction. 1

1.1 Motivation. 1

1.2 Distinguishing Features of BodyGen/BodyView.. 3

1.3 Chapter Overview.. 6

Chapter 2: BodyGen. 7

2.1 Overview.. 7

2.2 Architecture. 8

2.3 Contour Specification. 9

2.4 Contour Correspondence. 10

2.4.1 Previous Work. 10

2.4.2 Implementation. 11

2.5 Contour Tiling. 13

2.5.1 Previous Work. 14

2.5.2 Implementation. 16

2.6 Contour Branching. 20

2.6.1 Previous Work. 20

2.6.2 Implementation. 23

2.7 Results. 24

Chapter 3: BodyView.. 26

3.1 Overview.. 26

3.2 Architecture. 28

3.3 Multiresolution. 30

3.3.1 Previous Work. 31

3.3.2 Implementation. 32

3.3.3 Results. 34

3.4 Non-Photorealitic Rendering. 36

3.4.1 Silhouetting.