Abstract
The aim of this study is to develop a system that supports drawing skill proficiency in making illustrations online. To achieve this, we conducted an experiment that focuses on gaze information at the time of sketching in order to obtain fundamental data of a user's behavior when drawing. In this experiment, motifs for drawing were prepared from illustrations and photographs. Gaze information of experts and beginners in their drawing activities were recorded with an eye-tracking system. We compared the gaze data of experts and those of beginners in terms of duration and region of gazing. The results of the experiment show that gaze duration for looking at the motifs tends to be longer than the time spent by users looking at their own drawings. We also found that when the motif for drawing is an illustration of a human face, the gaze duration of experts for looking at the motifs tends to be significantly shorter than that of beginners.
