"The
proper artistic response to digital technology is to embrace
it as a new window on everything that's eternally human,
and to use it with passion, wisdom, fearlessness and joy." -
Ralph Lombreglia
Fine
artists are embracing the use of computer tools and expanding
the limits of their visual exploration. Digital Fine Art
produced on the computer and printed archivally (not video,
animation or multi-media art) falls into three basic categories:
digital painting, digital photography & darkroom, and
fractals. In those categories are several subcategories.
And of course, the computer allows the artist to mix all
of these practices together to the delight of the artistic
soul.
The
artist creates directly on the computer, using software such
as Photoshop® and Painter® with
a digital tablet and stylus, and/or brings in selected photographic
or scanned elements. When complete, the work is then printed
on a fine art printer, such as the Epson® 2200
or 9600, using archival pigmented inks on archival photographic
papers, watercolor papers or canvas.
Digital
Fine Art is often printed in limited editions, but can be
completed as single works or designed as open editions at
the preference of the artist. Traditional media such as pencil
or watercolor can be applied to or combined with the digital
fine art prints for unique effects.
For
more about the spectrum of Digital Fine Art, click
here.
