Using Design to Support the Creation of Street Art: A three-phase experiment supported by the DDArtS system Paris

The Digitally Drawn Art System is the result of on-going doctoral research on Street Art and Design, which has been running for the past three years in the Department of Product and Systems Design and Engineering (D.P.S.D.E.) of the University of the Aegean. In this paper, the latest version of the DDArtS system (version 3) will be used for the first time in a test performed in real-world conditions with the purpose of generating a large-scale outdoor mural. The leading ambition of this doctoral research in general, as well as of this specific experiment, is to investigate whether the use of the design can provide an auxiliary role in the creation of Street Art. In this regard, the project is divided in three main phases, the objective of each phase is to complete the same mural, but in a different way each time: in the first phase, a group of undergraduate students of the D.P.S.D.E. painted the mural using existing traditional techniques to transfer the original design from small to large scale on a wall. In the second phase, one of the authors, an experienced street artist, pained the same mural directly on the wall, without using measurement or transfer techniques. In the third phase, the students and the artist painted the mural, only this time based on an outline sketch generated by the DDArtS system. The completed murals are compared in terms of colour and line quality, but also in relation to the original design. The completion time of each phase will also be documented, as well as the quantity of resources used for each phase and the degree of difficulty during the execution of each mural project. For this purpose, commentary from the participants' experience before, during and after the completion of the three phases of the experiment is included.

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Paris Xyntarianos-Tsiropinas

Thomas Spyrou

Konstantinos Bailas

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 272-279

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[0001]University of the Aegean

Department of Products and Systems Design and Engineering

2 Konstantinoupoleos st. Hermoupolis, Syros, Greece

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2018.53

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 9 - 13 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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P. Xyntarianos-TsiropinasT. Spyrou 2016 DDArtS: Towards designing digitally enhanced street art tools Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA London 2016)

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[1] R. BlackshawL. Farrely 2008 Street Art in The Artists' Own Words Rotovision

[2] J. DeitchR. GastmanA. Rose (eds.) 2011 Art in the Streets Skira

[3] C. GrayJ. Malins 2004 Visualizing Research: A guide to the research process in art and design Art and Design Ashgate

[4] ICARUS ONE 2018 http://www.icarusone.com (retrieved 26 March 2018

[5] I. NobleR. Bestley 2005 Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design AVA

[6] Sprayprinter 2018 http://sprayprinter.com (retrieved 26 March 2018

[7] P. Xyntarianos-TsiropinasK. BailasT. Spyrou 2017 The Process of Transferring a Draft Sketch from Small to Large Scale in order to Create Street Artworks: A Case Study Supported by the DDArtS Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA London 2017)

[8] P. Xyntarianos-TsiropinasT. Spyrou 2016 DDArtS: Towards designing digitally enhanced street art tools Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA London 2016)

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