Defining and rendering of textured objects through the use of exponential functions

An image synthesizer

Ken Perlin · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics · 1985 · 2K citations

Architecture, Computer Science, Digital Design +17

An improved illumination model for shaded display

Turner Whitted · Communications of the ACM · 1980 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Architecture, Visualization, Computer Graphics +15

A Generalization of Algebraic Surface Drawing

J.F. Blinn · ACM Transactions on Graphics · 1982 · 1K citations

Computing, Mathematics, Visualization +14

Solid texturing of complex surfaces

Darwyn Peachey · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics · 1985 · 336 citations · Full text

Architecture, Digital Design, Materials Science +17

Hypertexture

Ken Perlin, Eric M. Hoffert · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics · 1989 · 221 citations · Full text

Architecture, Visualization, Computer Graphics +16