Digital Art! Do you think its really art?

Is Digital Art and Art the same thing?Some people consider digital art cheating as the computer does all the work for you but is it really cheating?
According to wikipedia.com Digital Art 'refers to art created on a computer in digital form.'
On the other hand the definition of the word Art according to onelook.com is 'the creation of beautiful or significant things.'

I believe, whether art is being created by an artistic hand or digitally on the computer it is still the SAME but just done in different forms.I also believe that art is art and art and it does come in many forms and are displayed and viewed differently, but digital art is just the same, it is made and viewed differently and can be identical to a peice of artwork in an art gallery but is is on the computer and digitally made.

Digital art may be made differently on the computer but does that mean it's not the same as art?OF COURSE NOT!!! Digital art is fully art!There's nothing not art about it? Should it really not be taken as a form of art? I can't even believe that people can call painting on a canvas....ART and other forms of art such as fashion designing, decorating is just the same as graphic designing on the comptuer or........DIGITAL ART. You can't really compare the Mona Lisa to a painting done digitally,because the Mona Lisa is a famous painting but who says that artists who create masterpieces on the computer aren't as good!?Nowa days everything is digitallised but I still think painting on canvas is so cool and different but people should also aknowledge artists who sit behind their computer for hours perfecting their masterpieces and holding a mouse instead of a paint brush!

Lookie here!it's an image made from digital art:and here's in image from the traditional art,canvas,painting.

It is so, so important that people understand that digital art is just as good if not better than painting,it may be easier but still needs hard work to get the work to turn out the way you want it!Some of the advantages of using digital art is that you can rub out any mistakes you've made,whether it be in pencil, paint or any other form of digital art.That's right, you can rub out anything you don't need or don't want,amazing isn't it? Also when using digital art you don't have to wait till your artwork dries,you can just save it if you haven't got the time to finish it right now and continue on with it later or when you have time!See you don't have to worry about spilling something on it either because it is like always making a hard copy!You don't have to start over if it gets a stain on it,you also don't have to wait hours till it is dry and ready to sell or hang!

Believe it or not but being a digital art artist is hard work as you really need a steady hand,so you can have perfect strokes(if you move your hand just a bit too much,you can have a disaster and have lines all over you page,of course there is always undo!)but still you need to be carefull with your hand and mouse,unless you are doing abstract art!which is awsome too!Another skill would be to know where everything is and what it means, incase you accidentally do something wrong,or it is pretty obvious that you should know some information about the software and items you use in digital art! There are many more skills too.hehe
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