Face Sketch Synthesis using E-HMM and Selective Ensemble

In this manuscript, we propose an automatic sketch synthesis algorithm based on embedded hidden Markov model (E-HMM) and selective ensemble strategy. The E-HMM is used to model the nonlinear relationship between a photo-sketch pair firstly, and then a series of pseudo-sketches, which are generated based on several learned models for a given photo, are integrated together with selective ensemble strategy to synthesize a finer face pseudo-sketch. The experimental results illustrate that the proposed algorithm achieves satisfactory effect of sketch synthesis.