Is digital art? - Beyond Tiki

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Fri, Jan 6, 2006 3:08 PM To continue the echo, yep, it's art. mbonga touched on my personal hangup when he tossed in the phrase "mastery of a given technique." It's a lot easier for me to grasp the challenge a painter had when trying to capture a reflection of light, or the way a writer found just the right turn of phrase to capture a mood, or the way a sculptor or carver created a curve just so, but it's harder for me to appreciate what the challenges are on a computer, because much of that is foreign to me. Did the artist create that shading, or was there a function in the program he was using that did it for him? Composition and color choice can still be pretty cleanly appreciated, but beyond that, it's just harder to appreciate. That will probably change as time goes on and a wider audience is able to understand what is hard on a computer, and what is easy.

To continue the echo, yep, it's art.

mbonga touched on my personal hangup when he tossed in the phrase "mastery of a given technique." It's a lot easier for me to grasp the challenge a painter had when trying to capture a reflection of light, or the way a writer found just the right turn of phrase to capture a mood, or the way a sculptor or carver created a curve just so, but it's harder for me to appreciate what the challenges are on a computer, because much of that is foreign to me. Did the artist create that shading, or was there a function in the program he was using that did it for him? Composition and color choice can still be pretty cleanly appreciated, but beyond that, it's just harder to appreciate. That will probably change as time goes on and a wider audience is able to understand what is hard on a computer, and what is easy.

Post #206051 by Humuhumu on Fri, Jan 6, 2006 3:08 PM