Art is commonly associated with paintings, sculptures, music
and performance crafted by human hands. I’ll be the first to admit that then
when I first thought of art that I would not associate it with computers. When
one thinks of computers they think of technology, analytical solutions,
expressionless and raw data. Yet, I quickly came to realize how wrong that
perception is, the computer can serve as a wonderful art palette for expressing
oneself and their creativity. Computers have actually assisted in the
progression of art and greatly expanded its range of expression.
In
today’s current age, digital media is ever expanding and along with its
expansion so is the idea of digital art continuing to grow. Using computers,
many artists have been able to craft digital artwork. What’s great about a
computer is that it can help create things to add to your art by helping you
craft specific colors that you desire that would be difficult to mix correctly
in real life, and if you do a mistake on digital art, you are easily able to
undo the error with the touch of a button and leave continue on with your work
unaffected. Using a computer, the artist is able to quickly publish their
digital artwork to the general public, whoever has Internet connection would be
able to see the artwork, the Internet essentially becomes the world’s largest
art museum. Of course, computers are not just limited to digital artwork; they
possess many more tools to express artistic freedom. Using the latest music
technology, it is possible to draft up music on computers, no longer is one
restricted to playing a physical instrument, with a few keystrokes a computer
becomes any musical instrument that you desire. Even using of the simplest functions
that computers have, the typing function, is able to bring art to life. Poets
and storytellers use computers to type out their literary works, proofread
them, and publish them on websites where works of literature are promoted and
praised.
Deviantart,
Fanfiction and Soundcloud are some the leading websites in which various art
forms are displayed prominently. Digitizing artwork is something that is slowly
gaining popularity. In Barnes and Nobles, they advertise towards their
customers to purchase electronic copies instead of paperback novels by selling
the electronic version at a lower price. You may also buy digital copies of
published artwork to have on your computer. I personally prefer digital copies
of art; it provides a better sense of security. Your favorite book, cd or even
drawing may get damaged, but a digital copy remains safe and intact, safely
stored online. With the progression of technology, we may one day wake up to
world where art is displaced and preserved in a digital format while physical
copies are only maintained if one wants to reminisce at antiques and admire a
format of what was once used so prominently around the world.
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