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allowing the creation of patterns that adhere to struc-
tures provided by the user. Furthermore, animating
the generated patterns procedurally is another possi-
ble direction for future works.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank Troy Alderson and
Ali Mahdavi Amiri for their detailed comments and
lively discussions during the course of this research.
This work was funded by GRAND NCE.
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