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