Community Digital Art

When I began College at Colorado State University Pueblo with the intention to become a teacher I took a wide variety of art classes. From painting to ceramics to photography. I fell in love over and over and over again, and consider myself a jack of all trades. However I was drawn intensely into the world of Digital Art. There I felt I was able produce sharp, clean images that could easily be reprinted and sold again. I quickly

Recognize that the 2 forms of art (drawing and painting) not only can be done with art equipments ( brushes and pencils or markers) but also with the ICT tools.

“You’ll never make a living as an artist,” a phrase I have heard nonstop from family, friends, and just about everyone growing up. A phrase I constantly told myself while trying to pick my major when I made the big transition in going to college. Coming from a family of doctors, veterinarians, and other various medical careers, it was almost unheard of to pursue a career in the arts. I explored business, advertising, teaching, and many other careers, but in the end, I decided to place happiness over wealthiness and I chose to go through with a career path in Visual Communication Design. Looking more into an art major and questioning if I had made the right decision, I learned that so many of the things people say about artists are just rumours or myths. In today’s society, artists are not starving, they are thriving and we need them to keep the world running. Unlike myself, many people decide to not get a job in the arts because they listen to the false claims of the people that tell them that they will become a starving artist and have no money. In reality, creative jobs are extremely needed in today 's society, and there are actually very many perks in pursuing an art career. Some of the many perks include, being known to make an average amount of money, have little to no decrease in job outlook, being statistically happier than other careers, while making others and the world around you a much more positive place.

Early computer art stemmed from an unlikely place and as the computer technology advanced, minimized, and became affordable, the computer turned into the most important invention of the modern age and has been implemented in almost every aspect of human life. Like video art, computer art started small and progressed with the technology and now is a tool used for many digital mediums.

Art is very personal to some people. It has become their life. People take art very seriously. Studies have shown that painting, drawing, and sketching, have reduced stress and made people calmer. When an artist takes their art very seriously, other people can enjoy it for themselves. For example, Michelangelo was very serious about his paintings, which lead his opinions and inspiration, to change the way we look at the Renaissance today.

Additionally, the arts can be considered as the antidote. The Mental Health Foundation concluded that “it is evident that engaging with participatory art can improve the wellbeing of older people and mediate the negative effects of becoming older” (Mental Health Foundation 2011). Participating the arts can widely divided into modes: being a member of the audience and creating a work by themselves. Both types offers the elderly great opportunities for making new friends, having interaction with other people, though “it is likely that the latter, creating art (sometimes called ‘participatory arts’) will be more prolonged, may be more satisfying, have greater depth and be more likely to break down isolation and loneliness” (Cutler 2012).

Community based art is pretty clear in terms of participants and the goal of the project. It also inspires people to contribute to artworks such as financial support so that they continue working on their project.

This term our class was commissioned by Evergreen Hamilton to conduct research around various neighbourhoods around Hamilton. The objectives of this research was to determine how the city’s use of public art builds its communities and culture, while also proposing new ideas that would help empower and reinforce a sense of community through art. The neighbourhood our group was assigned was the North End (west) neighbourhood, which is a very family oriented neighbourhood. In addition, through the use of anthropological research methods such as participant observation, structured interviews and written field notes we conducted research in the North End (west) neighbourhood. We proposed the idea of chain link fence installations in order to help

The first sketchpad that was ever made was by Ivan Sutherland in 1962. After this invention a lot of things were made like smartphones and computers. Drawing is very important because it’s almost like writing but sometimes drawings can describe things that cannot be described with words. Drawings were used before the Italian renaissance and they were used inside caves, this is why museums have information about many years ago. Many drawings from the renaissance and the middle ages were not finished and they had very good patrons, some of this drawings could be in museums or in other special places.

Art is a part of my everyday life, twenty-four seven people will find me doing something to do with creative arts. Most of my hobbies have one thing in common, that is they have something to do with creative arts. When I am at home and I have nothing to do with my time I get my art book and begin to draw. My mind begins to calm down and my imagination runs wild. What I draw is really never known

In today’s society, technology and art go hand in hand. Art has been around for a long time but technology such as computers are still very new. These two mediums have comingled and now evolve and effect the other. Art has changed to reflect the vast improvements technology has contributed to communication and the ability to create using digital space. Technology has also changed with artist pushing the boundaries of what is technical possible in the digital realm. Much of today’s art is created and presented in digital formats. The question of whether digital art is truly art has risen among many critics in the art community.

Another benefit of using dA is that it can lead the artists to new heights. In the article, " DeviantArt gives artist online path to stardom," written by Graham Jefferson (2011) it describes how "an artist was able to jump from being a random user posing his artwork on dA to publishing a book on his work and finally to having his book turn into the movie, Last Man Standing" (Jefferson, 2011, p. 4). This example has shown the public that dA can act as a starting ground for artists to start their career path and with the

Digital art is a general term for a range of works by the artists who use digital technologies as a major part of the processes of creation and representation (Paul, 2006). Specifically, digital technology refers to the application of computers as media and partners for the artists in creating art works. However, digital industry is often a vague term and does not clearly define the final form of the art work. In his book called Art of The Digital Age, Wands (2006) has classified digital art works based on their final tool to digital prints, sculpture, installations and virtual reality, performance, music and art of sounds, video and animation, software, databank, and the art of gaming. He says although many digital arts including digital picture

With a computer for example, a Mac, I have access to Adobe software which I can use to illustrate and easily edit my piece as I create it after I have done a preliminary sketch or drawing on paper to determine how I want your piece to look. With illustrating, instead of using a mouse to draw out my design, I can use a drawing tablet and stylus to directly draw in my software without having to struggle with attempting to make it look exquisite by spending a heap of time with a mouse. These tools can impact my career because it can give me that little time advantage or technology advantage that maybe another artist may not have.

In the Ted Talk “How Painting Can Transform Communities,” Haas and Hahn discuss the significant impact art can have on deteriorating cities. First, about ten years ago, they had the idea of painting houses to create an image and to improve the sense of community in declining cities. The duo were introduced to the right people, and their dream came to life in Vila Cruzeiro. Haas and Hahn hired some workers to create an image -- a boy flying a kite -- on three vapid houses in the middle of the community. This turned out to be a success, and they received some publicity from the local news. Motivating from their recent success, Haas and Hahn decided to return to Rio for a second project. They covered the concrete with a Japanese-styled river.