The Mind Creative
Digital painting is an emerging art form that has recorded
exponential growth in recent years and is now widely accepted as
a modern form of art. In the words of Juan Luis Castillo (botanical
artist): “Nowadays, the term digital has emerged in our society,
holding fast in the art scene as a new language of expression. Digital
technology has given the artist new tools and has allowed the artist
to use these tools under particular disciplines of expression and
creativity; adopting them as a starting point to express feelings
and ideas, that is the basis of any intellectual activity. The artist
has turned them into the most avant-garde means of cultural
transmission.”
The stock standard tools for a
digital artist/painter would be a
powerful computer (since the
applications used in the process
need a fair amount of grunt in
the machine), a digitizer/tablet,
a special stylus and digitalpainting software. There is a
vast amount of choices available
in the market for each of these.
Amongst the manufacturers of
digital tablets, Wacom has long
been considered a pioneer in the
field.
A high-end Wacom digital tablet
and stylus
However, in recent times,
the consumer has many
choices depending, of
course, on the budget. I
personally use a Yiynova
22” tablet that comes at
a fraction of a cost of a
Wacom. It is possibly less
sturdy in feel but does an
admirable job for me.
Screen shot of Corel Painter
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