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_id: '12984'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Tattoos are a highly popular medium, with both artistic and medical applications.
    Although the mechanical process of tattoo application has evolved historically,
    the results are reliant on the artisanal skill of the artist. This can be especially
    challenging for some skin tones, or in cases where artists lack experience. We
    provide the first systematic overview of tattooing as a computational fabrication
    technique. We built an automated tattooing rig and a recipe for the creation of
    silicone sheets mimicking realistic skin tones, which allowed us to create an
    accurate model predicting tattoo appearance. This enables several exciting applications
    including tattoo previewing, color retargeting, novel ink spectra optimization,
    color-accurate prosthetics, and more.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: M-Shop
acknowledgement: We thank Todor Asenov and the Miba Machine Shop for their help in
  assembling the tattoo machine and manufacturing the substrates. We thank Geysler
  Rodrigues for the insightful discussions on tattooing practices from a professional
  artist's perspective. We thank Maria Fernanda Portugal for sharing a doctor's perspective
  on medical applications of tattoos. This work is graciously supported by the FWF
  Lise Meitner (Grant M 3319).
article_number: '67'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Piovarci, Michael
  id: 62E473F4-5C99-11EA-A40E-AF823DDC885E
  last_name: Piovarci
  orcid: 0000-0002-5062-4474
- first_name: Alexandre
  full_name: Chapiro, Alexandre
  last_name: Chapiro
- first_name: Bernd
  full_name: Bickel, Bernd
  id: 49876194-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Bickel
  orcid: 0000-0001-6511-9385
citation:
  ama: 'Piovarci M, Chapiro A, Bickel B. Skin-Screen: A computational fabrication
    framework for color tattoos. <i>Transactions on Graphics</i>. 2023;42(4). doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3592432">10.1145/3592432</a>'
  apa: 'Piovarci, M., Chapiro, A., &#38; Bickel, B. (2023). Skin-Screen: A computational
    fabrication framework for color tattoos. <i>Transactions on Graphics</i>. Los
    Angeles, CA, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3592432">https://doi.org/10.1145/3592432</a>'
  chicago: 'Piovarci, Michael, Alexandre Chapiro, and Bernd Bickel. “Skin-Screen:
    A Computational Fabrication Framework for Color Tattoos.” <i>Transactions on Graphics</i>.
    Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3592432">https://doi.org/10.1145/3592432</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Piovarci, A. Chapiro, and B. Bickel, “Skin-Screen: A computational fabrication
    framework for color tattoos,” <i>Transactions on Graphics</i>, vol. 42, no. 4.
    Association for Computing Machinery, 2023.'
  ista: 'Piovarci M, Chapiro A, Bickel B. 2023. Skin-Screen: A computational fabrication
    framework for color tattoos. Transactions on Graphics. 42(4), 67.'
  mla: 'Piovarci, Michael, et al. “Skin-Screen: A Computational Fabrication Framework
    for Color Tattoos.” <i>Transactions on Graphics</i>, vol. 42, no. 4, 67, Association
    for Computing Machinery, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3592432">10.1145/3592432</a>.'
  short: M. Piovarci, A. Chapiro, B. Bickel, Transactions on Graphics 42 (2023).
conference:
  end_date: 2023-08-10
  location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
  name: 'SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference'
  start_date: 2023-08-06
date_created: 2023-05-16T09:39:14Z
date_published: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-01-29T10:27:23Z
day: '26'
ddc:
- '004'
department:
- _id: BeBi
doi: 10.1145/3592432
external_id:
  isi:
  - '001044671300033'
file:
- access_level: open_access
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  creator: mpiovarc
  date_created: 2023-05-16T09:38:25Z
  date_updated: 2023-05-16T09:38:25Z
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  file_name: Piovarci2023.pdf
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  relation: main_file
  success: 1
file_date_updated: 2023-05-16T09:38:25Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
intvolume: '        42'
isi: 1
issue: '4'
keyword:
- appearance
- modeling
- reproduction
- tattoo
- skin color
- gamut mapping
- ink-optimization
- prosthetic
language:
- iso: eng
month: '07'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
project:
- _id: eb901961-77a9-11ec-83b8-f5c883a62027
  grant_number: M03319
  name: Perception-Aware Appearance Fabrication
publication: Transactions on Graphics
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1557-7368
  issn:
  - 0730-0301
publication_status: published
publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Skin-Screen: A computational fabrication framework for color tattoos'
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 42
year: '2023'
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