# Cross-Domain Style Mixing for Face Cartoonization

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.12450 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.12450/

## Key facts

- Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 16 of its 28 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 25 May 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 16 of 16)

- [A Style-Based Generator Architecture for Generative Adversarial Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1812.04948/) (2018)
- [Generative Adversarial Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.00667/) (2022)
- [Image-to-Image Translation with Conditional Adversarial Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1611.07004/) (2016)
- [Analyzing and Improving the Image Quality of StyleGAN](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1912.04958/) (2019)
- [Demystifying MMD GANs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1801.01401/) (2018)
- [Image Super-Resolution Using Deep Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1501.00092/) (2014)
- [Training Generative Adversarial Networks with Limited Data](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.06676/) (2020)
- [Encoding in Style: a StyleGAN Encoder for Image-to-Image Translation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.00951/) (2020)
- [Image2StyleGAN: How to Embed Images Into the StyleGAN Latent Space?](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1904.03189/) (2019)
- [Designing an Encoder for StyleGAN Image Manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.02766/) (2021)
- [GAN Inversion: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.05278/) (2021)
- [StyleSpace Analysis: Disentangled Controls for StyleGAN Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.12799/) (2020)
- [ReStyle: A Residual-Based StyleGAN Encoder via Iterative Refinement](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.02699/) (2021)
- [U-GAT-IT: Unsupervised Generative Attentional Networks with Adaptive Layer-Instance Normalization for Image-to-Image Translation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1907.10830/) (2019)
- [Resolution Dependent GAN Interpolation for Controllable Image Synthesis Between Domains](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.05334/) (2020)
- [Photo-realistic Facial Texture Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.04306/) (2017)

## Built on by (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [WebtoonMe: A Data-Centric Approach for Full-Body Portrait Stylization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.10335/) (2022)
- [ToonAging: Face Re-Aging upon Artistic Portrait Style Transfer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.02733/) (2024)
- [A Framework for Portrait Stylization with Skin-Tone Awareness and Nudity Identification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.14264/) (2024)
- [Make VLM Recognize Visual Hallucination on Cartoon Character Image with Pose Information](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.15048/) (2024)
- [UMAIR-FPS: User-aware Multi-modal Animation Illustration Recommendation Fusion with Painting Style](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.10381/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Cartoon domain has recently gained increasing popularity. Previous studies have attempted quality portrait stylization into the cartoon domain; however, this poses a great challenge since they have not properly addressed the critical constraints, such as requiring a large number of training images or the lack of support for abstract cartoon faces. Recently, a layer swapping method has been used for stylization requiring only a limited number of training images; however, its use cases are still narrow as it inherits the remaining issues. In this paper, we propose a novel method called Cross-domain Style mixing, which combines two latent codes from two different domains. Our method effectively stylizes faces into multiple cartoon characters at various face abstraction levels using only a single generator without even using a large number of training images.