What is Digital Mixed Media?
Digital Mixed Media is a visual work of art created using two or more types of digital mediums.
So what exactly does this mean? Lets break it down. First lets define "digital." When the word digital is used
What is Digital Mixed Media?
Digital Mixed Media is a visual work of art created using two or more types of digital mediums.
So what exactly does this mean? Lets break it down. First lets define "digital." When the word digital is used to refer to visual artworks it is referring to the method of creation. Computers are used to create digital works, and submitting a work of art to one of the Digital Galleries implies that it was created via the use of a program on computer.
There are several basic digital art forms, and they are defined briefly here:
- Painting/Drawing/Airbrushing: This involves using a mouse or graphics tablet along with a graphics program to create paintings or sketches directly in said program without the use of photographs unless for reference. Programs used include: Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, the Gimp and others.
- Photo-manipulation: The use of photographs (in most cases more than one) which are then altered via a graphics program is considered to be Photo-manipulation. Be advised that using filters or plug-ins is not a Photo-manipulation and all deviations altered in that fashion should not be put here or in Photo-manipulation, but in Digital Art > Miscellaneous. Also, using post-processing techniques like photographers would be able to apply in a darkroom is not a Photo-manipulation either but still considered Photography. These techniques include, but are not limited to, changing hue, saturation, color, contrast, levels, desaturating, inverting, etc. Photo-manipulations can be performed in programs such as Photoshop, Paint Shop P