| The advent of technology has introduced | | | | compatibility between your choice and the |
| significant changes into the art world. While | | | | desired programs, first, before you purchase |
| artists continue to produce work in the | | | | or upgrade. You will also require a high |
| "traditional" manner, many are turning to the | | | | quality scanner to process drawings, |
| computer and technology to advance or change | | | | paintings, collages or lithographs and a |
| the way they do things. Out of this has | | | | printer. You can purchase these two items |
| arisen digital art. | | | | separately or in a combined form. |
| | | | Hewlett-Packard, Epson, Mikrotek and others |
| Digital art is art created on a computer in | | | | offer scanners and printers at a wide variety |
| digital form. You can create this type of art | | | | of prices from affordable to costly. Epson |
| purely through computer generation, through | | | | has large format printers for art printing. |
| scanning or by using vector graphics | | | | |
| software. Out of these manipulations come | | | | The type of computer program, microcontroller |
| fractals, scanned photographs and drawn | | | | or electronic system you need must be capable |
| images. It is, strictly speaking, a term | | | | of interpreting an input to create an output. |
| applied to art significantly modified using | | | | If you want to produce 3D graphics, there are |
| any computing process. In fact, there are | | | | many software programs for doing this. |
| various groups, including Digital Atelier and | | | | Interested in the photographic aspect - |
| the Digital Art Guild, who focus on this | | | | consider the often used and maligned Adobe |
| particular type of art. Specific accepted | | | | Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. There |
| artists in this genre include of Mavi | | | | are the latest models, but you can purchase |
| Roberto, Joan Myerson Shrager, Jago Titcomb, | | | | older versions to see if this works for you. |
| D.L. Zimmerman, and Steiner Rosenburg. | | | | "Natural Media" software is another option. |
| | | | Corel has various products under the name |
| Integrative Digital Art, while disputed by | | | | Corel Painter. Other possibilities include |
| traditionalists, produces some highly | | | | GIMP, a GNU manipulation program, as well as |
| personal and diverse styles to both the | | | | Inscape, a vector graphics editor. The |
| production and appearance of art. Adopting | | | | digital artist using these programs has an |
| this method allows you to bring into play all | | | | assortment of tools created to mimic nearly |
| the imaging sources, drawing tools, automated | | | | all the traditional paint and drawing tools. |
| filters, traditional and digital processes. A | | | | |
| virtuoso in this area, literally and | | | | If you want to take your art to the next |
| figuratively, can be every media. | | | | level, you will have to invest substantial |
| | | | money in various digital tools. Digital tools |
| If you want to compete at or take your art to | | | | are now an integral part of the process of |
| this next and still developing level, you | | | | making art. Both digital photography or |
| will have to invest in two separate but | | | | neography and digital printing are now |
| related areas: computer hardware and | | | | acceptable mediums to the public and major |
| software. This applies to many different | | | | art galleries and museums. Digital artists |
| types of artists from photographers - known | | | | are slowing making progress, executing their |
| as "neographers," to painters, as well as | | | | work through robotic installation, net art |
| print makers. In this new, technologically | | | | and software art. Slowly, the products of |
| savvy media, you absolutely must have the | | | | digital painters and printmakers is finding |
| right equipment. | | | | acceptance. Their chances increase as the |
| | | | technological capabilities and quality |
| First things first: you will need a computer | | | | increases. There are now several |
| with sufficient memory and sophistication to | | | | internationally respected museums now |
| handle the various programs. You decide | | | | displaying and collecting digital art. These |
| whether it should be a Mac or a PC. Check | | | | include the San Jose Museum of Art and the |
| out, however, the possibilities and | | | | Victoria and Albert Museum print department. |