Learn About Digital Art

Digital art uses digital technology as a part of the creative process. It has also been known as computer art or multimedia art. Digital art is either computer generated or can come from other sources; a scanned picture that is altered with the computer or a picture drawn on the computer using a mouse. Film-makers and mainstream media use digital technology in their special effects and advertisements. Andy Warhol created digital art when he used the first computer to add color to a monochrome image of Debbie Harry via the graphics program ProPaint. The simplest digital art or computer-generated art is 2D computer graphics, this type of art is similar to drawing with a pen and a piece of paper. Most PC's come with a Paint program that can accomplish these simple graphics. 3D computer graphics use vector graphics to create a virtual environment. Vector graphics is the use of points, lines, curves, and shapes to draft images in computer graphics. 3D graphics are used in film, television and for special effects. There are many software programs that help accomplish these tasks. Movies use computer-generated imagery while making movies such as Lord of the Rings. Computer-generated imagery is an animation that was created with the computer. A third type of digital art is can be 2D or 3D, but is created solely through the execution of algorithms coded into computer programs. Algorithms or fractals are created be executing code in a computer program, the code is similar to a mathematical equation. Algorithmic art is purely computer-generated art. Repeated executions of the same code will produce identical pieces of art. This form of art cannot be created without the computer. Digital photo art is the uploading of a photograph and altering it using Photoshop or some other form of picture-editing software. Digital photos