Blog spot for Washington State University - Introduction to Digital Media class (FA332)
Friday, September 26, 2008
Reading Responses Due 9/30/2008 by 10pm
Post your comments to this blog regarding "Digital Media" by Christiane Paul. Read the introduction and Chapter 1.
*Remember to include your student number somewhere in the text so I can give you credit.
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After reading the introduction and first chapter of Christiane Paul's "Digital Art," I found the most striking part was the creativity of digital artists involved in their works. Computers, digital recording media, upscale printers, and other digital mediums are combined by various artists to create works that mimic old styles: paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. It seems to me that digital media offers a new type of paint, a new set of brushes, a new type of clay, a new lens for a camera. Digital art is a new frontier for modern art by creating digital collages, morphs, negative spaces, and artistic data points. I found it interesting how quickly artists, particularly modern artists, accepted digital mediums, incorporating them into their work.
I enjoyed reading the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Digital Art. I learned more about the development in computer technology and the progress of computers from room-sized to small lap-sized units. Also, I liked how the book narrowed down the prossess of digtial imaging using pixals and snd ones and zeros. Concerning chapter 1, I liked how the book offered different stratagies on making a unique digital art piece. In addition, it provided ways on how digital art can be used for sculpture with the help of CAD and 3D imaging, which I thought was interesting.
After reading the first chapter oh Christiane Paul's "Digital Art," I couldnt help but relate it to other mediums of art. She explained how digital media is basically the new frontier of art. It is a new tool, just like the brush was a new technology years ago. I have to relate it to the music industry just because I love music so much. But musicians are artist amongst themselves and they are using digital media to create new genres and new sounds just as painters are using digital media to make new styles and mixing different techniques that you otherwise couldnt using the old method. This was a pretty cool chapter.
The topics that stood out the most to me in this reading was the argument as to whether digital art is representational or not, the software developed to "perfect" images and the differences between digital art and physical art. I was interested in the idea of digital art denoting a process rather than simply a finished piece. As for the argument of whether it is representational or not, I agree with the author in that the topic is debatable but I don't see how it can't be. Like the chapter explains, with digital imaging, we have access to several different art media and I believe the choices we make when we enhance or even create an image via digital means, it's no different than choosing whether to use a pencil, paint brush or charcoal to make art.
I really liked how the author described digital media as a new form of art and a new toll in itself. I really relate to this because not everyone can pick up a pencil and start drawing, but most everyone can move a mouse since they were ten. Also the amount of creativity in Digital media also seems more then most media because the process seems more intense. There are more steps in the creative process then most things. You can mess with the printer, colors, paper, material, anything and ever can be formed into what you want.
I found that the reading brought up interested challenges with digital art as far as instillation and preservation. It made me think of all the interactive exhibits that the world will never be able to experience again. In the future, perhaps they will develop technology to preserve the integrity of digital and interactive mediums. If we are able to use digital technology to recreate other mediums, as was achieved by several of the artists exhibited, we will be able to develop methods to recreate interactive exhibits virtually to exist forever.
The introduction and chapter one of Christiane Paul's "Digital Art" kept my attention the whole time. It was fascinating to read about how the history of digital art has been shaped by the history of science and technology as well as art-historical influences. My favorite part of chapter one was reading about the technique called morphing; the faces of film stars Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelley, Sophia Loren, and Marilyn Monroe were all merged together. This is amazing to see, and I'd love to learn how to do this. It was neat to see that we have learned some of the stuff mentioned in the book, such as making a real picture look like a painting and such. The chapter goes on to show that you can use digital technology in so many ways.
An interesting set of ideas similar to one of the first readings. Again, the author talks about how the digital tools offer new and exciting ways to create works of art through image manipulation and emulation of other art techniques. And, again, I ask why? Art is already the imitation of something else, the use of a digital medium to simulate the previous great works made from the original tools is adding yet another layer of imitation, distancing itself from the perfection of form or the perfection of the imperfection of form all artists seek to achieve. If the digital medium is the new frontier, why is so much of it focused on accurately reproducing traditional art making methods? What digital media really provides is the ability to add interactivity to any work with relative ease. While some sculptures have touched upon this in the past, the digital plane allows for interactivity to be added to something as flat as a painting. As I said, an interesting read, but I disagree with the focus.
what i found most interesting about the first chapter of Christiane Paul's "Digital Art" was the how she talked both about how artists are using digital techniques to replicate older techniques, such as drawings and paintings. but i did not like that it was so focused on that and not on what digital tools are making their own. this chapter also mentions means of digital altering that would not be possible with out digital technology
I think the nicest thing about digital art is the artist's ability to save time and in the long run money by using digital art. The reason why this is the case is an artist can go back several steps if they make a mistake. It is much more difficult on mediums that are in the physical world. It makes sense that many new artists would incorporate digital art into their own styles. This does not only apply to 2D art of course as the book points out. It also applies to sculpture and other 3D art projects which makes the computer one of the most diverse mediums of artwork since it can imitate limitless styles and pieces of artwork.
10 comments:
After reading the introduction and first chapter of Christiane Paul's "Digital Art," I found the most striking part was the creativity of digital artists involved in their works. Computers, digital recording media, upscale printers, and other digital mediums are combined by various artists to create works that mimic old styles: paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. It seems to me that digital media offers a new type of paint, a new set of brushes, a new type of clay, a new lens for a camera. Digital art is a new frontier for modern art by creating digital collages, morphs, negative spaces, and artistic data points. I found it interesting how quickly artists, particularly modern artists, accepted digital mediums, incorporating them into their work.
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I enjoyed reading the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Digital Art. I learned more about the development in computer technology and the progress of computers from room-sized to small lap-sized units. Also, I liked how the book narrowed down the prossess of digtial imaging using pixals and snd ones and zeros. Concerning chapter 1, I liked how the book offered different stratagies on making a unique digital art piece. In addition, it provided ways on how digital art can be used for sculpture with the help of CAD and 3D imaging, which I thought was interesting.
-10820196
After reading the first chapter oh Christiane Paul's "Digital Art," I couldnt help but relate it to other mediums of art. She explained how digital media is basically the new frontier of art. It is a new tool, just like the brush was a new technology years ago. I have to relate it to the music industry just because I love music so much. But musicians are artist amongst themselves and they are using digital media to create new genres and new sounds just as painters are using digital media to make new styles and mixing different techniques that you otherwise couldnt using the old method. This was a pretty cool chapter.
-10790386
The topics that stood out the most to me in this reading was the argument as to whether digital art is representational or not, the software developed to "perfect" images and the differences between digital art and physical art. I was interested in the idea of digital art denoting a process rather than simply a finished piece. As for the argument of whether it is representational or not, I agree with the author in that the topic is debatable but I don't see how it can't be. Like the chapter explains, with digital imaging, we have access to several different art media and I believe the choices we make when we enhance or even create an image via digital means, it's no different than choosing whether to use a pencil, paint brush or charcoal to make art.
10710866
I really liked how the author described digital media as a new form of art and a new toll in itself. I really relate to this because not everyone can pick up a pencil and start drawing, but most everyone can move a mouse since they were ten. Also the amount of creativity in Digital media also seems more then most media because the process seems more intense. There are more steps in the creative process then most things. You can mess with the printer, colors, paper, material, anything and ever can be formed into what you want.
10879197
I found that the reading brought up interested challenges with digital art as far as instillation and preservation. It made me think of all the interactive exhibits that the world will never be able to experience again. In the future, perhaps they will develop technology to preserve the integrity of digital and interactive mediums. If we are able to use digital technology to recreate other mediums, as was achieved by several of the artists exhibited, we will be able to develop methods to recreate interactive exhibits virtually to exist forever.
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The introduction and chapter one of Christiane Paul's "Digital Art" kept my attention the whole time. It was fascinating to read about how the history of digital art has been shaped by the history of science and technology as well as art-historical influences. My favorite part of chapter one was reading about the technique called morphing; the faces of film stars Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelley, Sophia Loren, and Marilyn Monroe were all merged together. This is amazing to see, and I'd love to learn how to do this. It was neat to see that we have learned some of the stuff mentioned in the book, such as making a real picture look like a painting and such. The chapter goes on to show that you can use digital technology in so many ways.
10821166
An interesting set of ideas similar to one of the first readings. Again, the author talks about how the digital tools offer new and exciting ways to create works of art through image manipulation and emulation of other art techniques. And, again, I ask why? Art is already the imitation of something else, the use of a digital medium to simulate the previous great works made from the original tools is adding yet another layer of imitation, distancing itself from the perfection of form or the perfection of the imperfection of form all artists seek to achieve.
If the digital medium is the new frontier, why is so much of it focused on accurately reproducing traditional art making methods?
What digital media really provides is the ability to add interactivity to any work with relative ease. While some sculptures have touched upon this in the past, the digital plane allows for interactivity to be added to something as flat as a painting.
As I said, an interesting read, but I disagree with the focus.
-10782406
what i found most interesting about the first chapter of Christiane Paul's "Digital Art" was the how she talked both about how artists are using digital techniques to replicate older techniques, such as drawings and paintings. but i did not like that it was so focused on that and not on what digital tools are making their own. this chapter also mentions means of digital altering that would not be possible with out digital technology
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I think the nicest thing about digital art is the artist's ability to save time and in the long run money by using digital art. The reason why this is the case is an artist can go back several steps if they make a mistake. It is much more difficult on mediums that are in the physical world. It makes sense that many new artists would incorporate digital art into their own styles. This does not only apply to 2D art of course as the book points out. It also applies to sculpture and other 3D art projects which makes the computer one of the most diverse mediums of artwork since it can imitate limitless styles and pieces of artwork.
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