Art in the Age of Computers 

    My last post was a bit critical of relying too heavily on computers for art so today I'm going to talk about how incredible they are at aiding it. Computers allow us to generate much more complex works with seemingly endless resources and entirely new mediums in 3D art and animation. 

    In the past, when my grandfather was an artist, he kept a stash of magazines and photos to use as references and inspiration. Now all that is easily organized digitally and we have internet access to find whatever we want instantly. Not only that but guides, forums and education about any given topic are ever at our fingertips. 

    By delegating tasks to programs like photoshop and illustrator, we are able to take art further and with more efficiency than ever before as well as experiment without consequences as we can simply undo mistakes. Want to adjust the contrast? Go to levels. Distort an image to elongate it, spiral it and so much more? Use the distortion filter. Try different styles of art like watercolor? Use artistic filters. The potential for making imagination into art is astounding. We're at the golden age of animation and any kind of art due to technology.  

    With these tools we should continue to push our art further and further. It is our responsibility to not only create but innovate. To conclude I leave you with an example of my photoshop art (right click>view image to fit it all onscreen).