Patent ID: 8854342

Claim:
A method, comprising: performing by a computer: collecting information about the pose of a stylus that represents an airbrush tool during a stroke made by the stylus on a tablet; determining a conical shape with which to model paint spraying from the tip of the airbrush tool, the determining the conical shape comprises constructing a three-dimensional geometry representing the spray of the paint dependent on the collected information; determining a target area on a virtual canvas in which to deposit the paint, the determining the target area comprises determining an intersection of the three-dimensional geometry and the virtual canvas; determining a target distribution for depositing the paint within the target area; depositing paint within the target area on the virtual canvas dependent on the determined target distribution, the depositing paint comprises depositing at least a portion of the paint as a plurality of individual particles of paint sprayed on the virtual canvas by the airbrush tool; and storing data representing an image that includes the deposited paint.