Here are results from our methods, on images for clarity. They are ordered from simple to complex.
Stippling
Lion, original.
Lion, quantified.
Approximation by curves
Girl with a Pearl Earring, with few points. Look from afar.
Girl with a Pearl Earring; same as on the left, but smaller.
Girl with a Pearl Earring, drawn under L1 constraints.
Madonna, original.
Madonna, with speed and acceleration constraints.
A drone’s path on a crime map, under different acceleration and autonomy constraints.
Laser engraving. Result below.
Result of the laser engraving above.
Approximations with a time component, with lines or sets of segments.
Ballerina, original.
Ballerina, point discretisation.
Ballerina, line discretisation.
Ballerina, line discretisation with a longer line.
Ballerine, 30-segment discretisation.
Ballerine, broken line discretisation.