IMake

Abstract

Many women enjoy applying makeup. Eye makeup is especially important for face makeup, because eyeshadow color and eye line shape can dramatically change a person's impression given to others. In addition to standard eye makeup, there is "artistic eye makeup," which tends to have a greater variety of designs and is more ostentatious than standard eye makeup. Artistic eye makeup often has a motif of characters or symbols, such as a butterfly or a musical note. Needless to say, it is often difficult for non-artistic people to apply this type of eye makeup. Artistic eye makeup requires a special technique; therefore, we propose and implement a computer-aided eye makeup design system called "iMake." This system generates eye makeup designs from the colors and shapes of a favorite characters selected by a user. Once the user has selected the desired eye makeup pattern, an ink-jet color printer prints it on a transfer sheet that the user can apply to his/her eyelids. The user can design any type of eye makeup with a simple operation, and then apply the transfer sheet makeup without any special techniques.