What is Digital Art?

Digital and traditional artists use the same elements of art, which are: line, shape, value, texture, and color. All artists work in one or more mediums such as: oil, watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, pen and ink, pencil, wood, stone, clay, and silkscreen. The medium used to create digital art is a computer with highly specialized graphic software. The two most widely used graphic software programs are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe PhotoShop. Between these two programs a digital artist has at their disposal all the tools used by traditional artists such as: brushes, spray cans, pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, scissors, slicers, eyedroppers, sponges, smudge tools, and an infinite palette of color.

Every medium has a host of tools that are unique to that art form. Some specialized tools found in most graphic software packages are: cropping tools, healing tools, a variety of selecting and moving tools, transforming tools, to name a few. Digital art is usually created on many different layers that can be thought of as looking down through transparent sheets of plastic with different items on each layer. After creating an object on a layer, that layer can be treated with a variety of styles, blends, overlays and opacities.

Marriage between Creativity and Technology

I think of digital art as a marriage between creativity and technology. For me it is the perfect vehicle of artistic expression. When I sit in front of my computer I am lost in time and space. Setting a timer is the only way I remember there are other thing in my life that need my attention.

What is Tradigital Art?

Tradigital art is the blending of traditional art with digital art. It is created by using a black and white traditional medium such as pen and ink, brush and ink, scratchboard or clay board. The art is then scanned into the computer where it is given a life of color using a very powerful graphic software application, which most often is Adobe Photoshop.

Digital & Tradigital Art - Photoshop Design