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WHAT IS DIGITAL ART?
Digital art is work made with digital technology or pre-
sented on digital technology. This includes images done
completely on computer or hand-drawn images scanned
into a computer and finished using a software program
like Adobe Illustrator. Digital art can also involve anima-
tion and 3D virtual sculpture renderings as well as pro-
jects that combine several technologies. Some digital art
involves manipulation of video images.
dia platforms. In short, digital art is a sort of merger
between art and technology. It allows many new ways
to make art.
The term ‘digital art’ was first used in the 1980s in con-
nection to an early computer painting program (yes,
before they were called apps!). It’s a method of art-mak-
ing that lends itself to a multimedia format because it can
potentially be viewed in many ways, including on TV and
the Internet, on computers, and on multiple social me-
Irrational Geometrics digital art installation
2008 by Pascal Dombis
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