Host: The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan
Southern Ishikawa area research unit, which has been selected as one of the promotion of science and technology on city area project, is developing a visual simulation method for traditional craft materials. This paper reports a method for representing gold leaves faithfully using Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and surface bump data of materials. In this method, the color variation to gold leaf by the angle of incidence of light is confirmed and it can be perfectly reproduced. In addition, a peculiar wrinkle to gold leaf is also expressed.