Image-to-image is a system for creating digital images that resemble photographs based on a sketch drawn by a human artist. The user draws a line drawing of a particular object, either a facade, handbag, shoe or cat, and the system converts the drawing into a photorealistic image.

Drawing Apprentice draws with an artist in real time. When the human artist draws, the system responds with its own drawing on the same canvas. The artist can rate the system’s drawings to influence what algorithms are used to generate them. Throughout the drawing process, the artist can control a ‘creativity slider’ that influences how much the system’s drawings deviate from their own.

This system draws simultaneously with a human. Like a ‘virtual pen on a virtual canvas’ the system’s agents respond to the user’s drawing and produces their own drawings on the same canvas. The user cannot directly control the virtual agents, but they can make new agents to add to the artwork.