Research on Artificial Intelligence in New Year Prints: The Application of the Generated Pop Art Style Images on Cultural and Creative Products
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
I find the work very interesting and innovative. It is well-structured and the conclusions and development are pertinent. I am especially interested in the way in which he integrates a method of artistic creation through technology, as an integral part of the research work method, which is newfangled.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 1 Comments
Point: I find the work very interesting and innovative. It is well-structured and the conclusions and development are pertinent. I am especially interested in the way in which he integrates a method of artistic creation through technology, as an integral part of the research work method, which is newfangled.
Response: Thanks for the reviewer’s recognition. This work is mainly to introduce AI technology for the generation of traditional cultural heritage images, to achieve the expansion of the single expression form of New Year Prints. In the future, the author will explore the combination of AI deep learning and traditional cultural heritage in different ways, aiming to better protect and promote traditional culture.
Reviewer 2 Report
I have carefully reviewed your article and would like to provide some suggestions that could assist improve its quality.
1. Clarify the results of this study in the abstract.
2. Add the motivation for this research to the introduction.
3. To explain how k-means operates on these data, authors must provide the conclusion of K-means cluster and credit this latest study on K-means cluster. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.health.2022.100112
4. Clarify the model's architecture and compare your work to previous publications.
5. Authors must clarify the concept and, if possible, conduct an ablation study.
6. Add those recent Machine Learning papers to the introductory section to demonstrate how the topic benefits from machine learning. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8409459; https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.011
Thank you
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 2 Comments
Point 1: Clarify the results of this study in the abstract.
Response 1: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind suggestion. The results are added to the abstract of the revised article in lines 23-26.
Point 2: Add the motivation for this research to the introduction.
Response 2: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind recommendation. The motivation is added to the revised article's abstract in lines 284-291.
Point 3: To explain how k-means operates on these data, authors must provide the conclusion of K-means cluster and credit this latest study on K-means cluster. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.health.2022.100112
Response 3: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind suggestion. The author added an explanation of the K-means algorithm to the article and referred to the article suggested by the reviewers. The elbow method is added to the article to determine the K value; finally, the K value is 3. The specific content is in the revised article lines 435-439, 464-471, and Figure 12, Figure 13.
Point 4: Clarify the model's architecture and compare your work to previous publications.
Response 4: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind suggestion. The author clarified the model structure in the article, refer to lines 381-386 and Figure 6 of the revised article. In this research, the author's innovative content is to use the GAN model and image post-processing to generate high-quality Pop Art New Year pictures. Therefore, in the GAN model, the author only adjusted the training weights and model parameters, and did not modify the model architecture. The results of other model generation can refer to Figure 3. The image generated by the author's method is better than other methods.
Point 5: Authors must clarify the concept and, if possible, conduct an ablation study.
Response 5: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind suggestion. The author clarified the concept in the revised article, referring to lines 381-386, 435-439, and 464-471 of the revised article. The GAN model has been subjected to ablation study by previous studies.
Point 6: Add those recent Machine Learning papers to the introductory section to demonstrate how the topic benefits from machine learning. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8409459;https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.011
Response 6: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind suggestion. The authors added a discussion of the article suggested by the reviewers to the article, see lines 266-277 of the revised article for details.
Reviewer 3 Report
The protection and dissemination of heritage elements is extremely important due to local and global culture. The symbolism associated with the Chinese New Year Print is definitely beyond local and requires additional attention and emphasis on the artistic quality of related graphic products. Given the assumptions of the authors, the elimination of a human being from the process of creation and replacing it with artificial intelligence is somewhat disturbing, it would be worth emphasizing even more that the basic patterns and aesthetics are a human work related to a long tradition.
The introduction presents legal regulations related to the creation and dissemination of elements of China's cultural heritage and is thoroughly prepared in this regard. It would be worth expanding this chapter a bit with the knowledge of legal conditions related to global heritage. It is all the more necessary that the Chinese New Year Print is known beyond the local area and is part of the cultural heritage of mankind. It would also be advisable to include in the introduction specifically the main theses related to the presented study. They are too general now.
The methodology and results are presented very precisely and do not raise any doubts. The great advantage of the developed material is the graphic part, which makes the presented text more understandable and more interesting for the reader.
The article definitely lacks a discussion that should be extended. With such a broad presentation of the research background and research results, this part seems essential.
The conclusions are clear and unambiguous, their undoubted advantage is the presentation of recommendations related to further research on the presented processes.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 3 Comments
Point 1: The protection and dissemination of heritage elements is extremely important due to local and global culture. The symbolism associated with the Chinese New Year Print is definitely beyond local and requires additional attention and emphasis on the artistic quality of related graphic products. Given the assumptions of the authors, the elimination of a human being from the process of creation and replacing it with artificial intelligence is somewhat disturbing, it would be worth emphasizing even more that the basic patterns and aesthetics are a human work related to a long tradition.
Response 1: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind recommendation. Your worry is necessary. The author believes that AI cannot replace the role of human beings in the creation process. The purpose of the author's research is to expand the expression and application of traditional culture through AI technology, so as to attract more people's attention and activate traditional culture in the current context. More details can be found in lines 281-291 of the revised article.
Point 2: The introduction presents legal regulations related to the creation and dissemination of elements of China's cultural heritage and is thoroughly prepared in this regard. It would be worth expanding this chapter a bit with the knowledge of legal conditions related to global heritage. It is all the more necessary that the Chinese New Year Print is known beyond the local area and is part of the cultural heritage of mankind. It would also be advisable to include in the introduction specifically the main theses related to the presented study. They are too general now.
Response 2: Thanks for the reviewer’s kind suggestion. New Year Prints not only exist in China, but also exist in Russia, Japan and other countries in large quantities. Through Russia and Japan and other countries, some scholars have made in-depth research on the culture, history, and art of New Year Prints. The authors introduce it in lines 54-75 of the revised article. Other relevant research authors have further summarized, please refer to lines 218-223, 233-237, and 246-250 of the revised article.
Point 3: The methodology and results are presented very precisely and do not raise any doubts. The great advantage of the developed material is the graphic part, which makes the presented text more understandable and more interesting for the reader.
Response 3: Thanks for the reviewer's recognition.
Point 4: The article definitely lacks a discussion that should be extended. With such a broad presentation of the research background and research results, this part seems essential.
Response 4: Thanks for the reviewer's suggestion. The Discussion section has been added, please consult lines 647-673 of the revised article.
Point 5: The conclusions are clear and unambiguous, their undoubted advantage is the presentation of recommendations related to further research on the presented processes.
Response 5: Thanks for the reviewer's recognition.
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
All comments have been addressed by the authors, and the paper can be accepted in its current form.
