ISSN:2321-1156 International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science(IJIRTS) Digital Art is the convergence of technologies A review Vandana Syal ,Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Applications,MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh ABSTRACT:With the rapid growth of digital Traditional and Digital Art technology, digital art is getting refined and refined. When the question arises- which one is the true art? I Digital mediums are in a continuous state of flux.More believe that both are the two categories of visual art that and more artists are accepting the digital art as art since have their own unique qualities and can exist in it involves creativity and the knowledge of ‘art and harmony under the visual art. Digital opens new design’ principles. Still a question mark is there and it doorways and sometimes results very creative outcomes has been become an argument that “Digital art is not that are difficult to achieve with traditional art. On the real art since it is machine generated and infinite other hand, traditional media allows outcomes that are number of copies can be generated with no ‘original’. hard to replicate digitally.Traditional art seem to give This paper of mine is an attempt to justify the quote more satisfaction and is less challenging due to the lack “Digital Art is the revolution in art” without disquieting of learning the software tools and working on the grace of traditional art. I don't think either is killing computer. For the artists who are creative, digital is the other one. The paper includes the reference of another medium and for them, medium doesn’t matter. various technologies that make the digital art rich.Technology has opened up new potential for Digital technology – a stimulant for art dissemination and public engagement with artwork. Digital is referred to data represented by (Digital images/paintings). This paper has been written, numbers and art is made with the intention of keeping in mind the paintings, drawings and images as stimulating thoughts and emotions.These two digital art. concepts “digital” and “art” are quite distant and are jointly used with very open meanings Keywords now-a-days. Digital art, traditional art, digital technologies Digital technology has transformed the human expressions as the art piece. This may be a Introduction painting, drawing, sculpture, music and even Digital world is not static. It is changing very rapidly. poetry. The software tools help the artists to The technical development and advances in enhance their creative skills towards hardware(PCs, mobile phones, tablets, ipads/ipods), innovative and unexplored paths. Technology, Software(System S/W and Application S/W) that creativity and knowledge give birth to new includes GUI supported operating systems, search forms such as net art, digital installation art softwares, social network sites, graphics softwares etc., and virtual reality. storage (CDs,DVDs, optical storage,flash storage) and As the technology expands, the possibilities of networks( internet and mobile telephone) have added a art expands.There are so many ways to new spirit to the art work. combine the traditional and digital art.For example a traditional drawing is scanned and Traditional art can be thought of a product of human stored in a computer as the digital document. creative skill and imagination, in a visual form such as Using image editing tools,the modifications painting or sculpture, that influences and affects one or can be done in this document. Parameters like more of the senses, emotions, and intellect. Generally, color, shading, texture etc can be added. art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts Technology helps to see the connections and emotions.When we talk of digital, we mean the between mathematical ideas and art. The numeric data and computer is a digital machine. So, the Digital Art combines together the Art, Math, Science and Technology.The Digital art need art created on the computer is called digital art. The the knowledge of art, computers, design and drawings, paintings and 3D characters created using the the innovative spirit. graphic tools on computer are the examples of digital Technology has the ability to allow the people art. to create amazing and beautiful pieces with the aid of technological resources. 46 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY&SCIENCE | VOLUME 3, NUMBER3 ISSN:2321-1156 International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science(IJIRTS) Technology can be accepted as the medium to by a finger or with a stylus. Using the touch screens creatively communicate information, beauty and tablets, the artist can create art similar to the and emotions through art. artwork created in a well-stocked art studio. A touch screen system comprises the three basic components- a Technologies used in digital art touch screen sensor panel which generates the required Few of the technologies are inherent in the very nature voltages according to the location, a touch screen of digital art.These allow the information and processes controller that processes the signals received from the to be created in the form of digital art and are stored in sensor and translate into the touch event data which is the digital storage with the possibility of distribution passed to the computer’s processor and a S/W driver over electronic networks. that provides the interface to the operating system. Resistive touch screens respond to the finger pressure or stylus pressure. Electronic Capacitive type touch screens require contact with a Digital art is all electronic art in the sense that all digital bare finger or conductive stylus. The availability of the art is created on computers. Computers are the capacitive paintbrushes provides the feeling of using a electronic machines that work on binary digits.All the traditional paintbrush when creating art on a material required to generate the touchscreen device. The bristle fibers of the artwork(Painting/drawing) is in electronic rather than paintbrushes are very fine and aren't individually physical form. Even the artwork itself is in the recognized by the device but when combined in the electronic form ie. in some image file format and is bristle tip, its advanced hair technology and stored in the electronic(machine) storage. From the construction creates a spring and responsiveness that process of preparation for the creation of the art to the gives a feel of real painting. The whole thing conducts delivery stage, all mediums are electronic electricity. objects(Hardware/Software). An artwork may be In modern era, tablets are the tools of choice by digital created by recording events in the physical world, by painters. Tablets can range in size from 4" x 6" to 12" x manipulating or remixing electronic information or by 19". Artists prefer the tablets having specific features combining these processes. In a computer art, it for graphic applications like high pressure sensitivity, becomes difficult to differentiate between what is good pen accuracy, HD ultra sharp high resolution recorded and what is fabricated.A digital copy of the screen, high aspect ratio, millions of colors, full digital artwork is very close to the quality of the versions of programs such as Photoshop and traditional original art. Multitouch facility (meaning the ability to use your For the creation of a high quality digital art: hands) to create a fine digital artwork. the platforms(laptop, personal computer, workstation, mobiles, tablets etc.) Inkjet printers include processes that use fade-resistant, I/O devices archival inks (pigment-based), and archival substrates system software(windows, linux, device primarily produced onCanon, Epson, HP and other drivers) large-format printers. These printers use software tools( Photoshop, Adobe illustrator, the CMYK color process.These printers may use the MS Paint, etc.) multiple cartridges for variations of each color based on built-in clip art libraries the CcMmYK color model. It results the increases in graphic cards the resolution and color gamut and allows smoother high resolution graphic monitors gradient transitions. The look of the digital art also large amount of secondary storage depends upon the type of printing paper used. Eg. (optical/flash memory) a glossy sheet, heavily textured matte paper or High speed processor canvas stock provide their own look and feel to an Adapters image. Scanner High quality color printers etc used are all Storage technologies electronic. Digitally stored artwork occupies little space as I/O compared to physical artwork. If appropriate A touch screen is an intuitive computer interface that storage and playback facilities are maintained, functions as both an input and an output device. Rather artwork can be kept and accessed for very long than using the keyboard keys or pointing with a mouse, periods of time. touch screen allows the users to navigate a computer The digital art is quite demanding in terms of processor system by touching icons or links on the screen either speed and storage capacity.Traditionally, data storage for computers has mainly been based on magnetic 47 DIGITAL ART IS THE CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES-A REVIEW ISSN:2321-1156 International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology & Science(IJIRTS) storage technology like magnetic tapes, floppy disks crowdfunding via network to raise money online to and hard disks. persue their ideas. In 1990s, the optical technologies became popular, allowing random access to voluminous amount of data, Protection inexpensive duplication, long media life, high data When the art is on the net, the chances of theft, integrity and capable to store multiple media. Data on plagiarism and misuse are always there. To protect the the optical storage is read by laser light.There have artwork from these, the file size can be reduced and the been various types of optical data storage disks that quality of the art can be optimized properly.