The Art of Digital Art

Many people in their lives will visit an art gallery. They will walk around, admiring the various works of art, thinking of the style used and the type of brush strokes that went into a sketch or painting. They will come around the corner and see an electronic production before them; it could use movement, sound, or other visuals as part of its presentation. At first, people may be confused as to what this presentation is doing here, as it used no paint, no brushes, no pencils, and no paper. Although not considered traditional art, this style of presentation is considered to be digital art. What is digital art? It is defined as a style of various art works, using digital technology as the main construction of the presentation.

The are various types of digital art that can be found in exhibitions. Some of these make use of computers for a visual aid. Some forms of digital art cannot even be created without use of a computer; some examples of this include: fractal art, data-moshing, and dynamic painting. Fractal art uses fractal objects to get still images and media. Data-moshing removes key-frames between two videos, thus allowing the pixels to run together. Dynamic painting, is a form of digital art, where paintings are constantly being updated, and changed.

There are some pros in digital art, as opposed to traditional art. It is easier to edit media, including brush strokes and other imperfections on a digital art piece. Digital art can also be saved onto a flash-drive to work on later.

Some argue that there is a loss of human connection with a piece of artwork that is digitally produced, as opposed to traditionally produced, saying that it is not 'real' and that it is 'synthetic.' Either way, art is an expression of one’s self, which can be shown with a brush and paint, or with use of technology -- art is unique to everyone.