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The Art of the Millennium
Huge strikes in
technology have paved the way for a whole new Art Form. In the conventional
form, creativity manifests itself through the paint and the brush while today,
in this age of technological revolution, it happens through the mouse and other
tools and software.
That’s what
Digital Art
is all about.
The computer is just
as valid an art medium as any other. Man’s creativity has
been evolving and taking different shapes as he started honing his skills. At
every stage of his life he has been using different tools and techniques to
unleash his creativity. Besides the artworks themselves, even the tools and
techniques give an idea of the lifestyles in those times.
Sculpting easily among
the earliest forms of art, involved giving shape to stone. Carvings on wood and
stone were an integral part of the creative expression in the Stone Age and
still an important art form today. These ancient art forms then gave way to
newer ones like painting on walls with natural pigments and then on cloth and
other media.
Thus art has undergone a
total metamorphosis and has evolved over the years. Each era has seen the
evolution of a new art form and we now being in the Silicon Age are experiencing
what is called Computer Art or Digital Art.
Digital Art is as " real original hand-drawn" art.
Painting created
from scratch, from a blank digital canvas.
There is no less skill involved, and
no less artistic judgment involved, than using traditional oil paint on a
"real" canvas.
Banning Digital Art is like banning pastels but
allowing oil paint, like banning acrylic but allowing watercolor.
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