What is digital art and types of digital art?

Digital Art is a term used to describe art that is made or presented using  digital technology. Digital Art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. It can also refers to computational art that uses and engage with digital media.

Types of Digital Art

There are many types of digital art some of these are this

• Digital Painting
• Digital Photography
• Fractals Art
• Digital Collage
• 2D Animation

Digital Painting

Digital Paintings consists of making art using digital tools and software mimicking traditional painting techniques used in watercolor oil and acrylic painting. Digital Painting is made using a combination of brushes texture layer modes and effects to create stunning images with complex composition and illustration full of life. Some software used in digital paintings are adobe photoshop COREL painter.

Digital  Photography 

Digital  Photography involves capturing images using digital cameras or devices with cameras built on them like smartphone and tablets.

Some software used digital  photography like adobe photoshop, adobe lightroom, capture one and DXO photo lab are commonly used for photo management and photo manipulation.

To take digital  photography you will need

• Digital Cameras
• Lenses 
• Tripods and stabilization
• Lighting equipment
• Storage devices
• A laptop or PC

Fractal Art

Fractal Art is never ending patterns. To make fractal art you need software like ultra fractal Mandel bulb 3D apophysis and fractal tint besides that you will need a high performance computer and a high resolution display to appreciate the intricate details of fractal art.

Digital Collage

Digital Collage is a form of digital art that combines various digital elements into a single composition this technique involve using digital tools to merge photos graphics text and texture into a single piece of media creating a layered complex piece.

2D Animation

2D Animation involves creating the illusion of movement in a two dimensional space where character creatures, FX background that are created in flat environment instead of using 3D.

Some of the common styles we see in 2D Animation are

• Traditional Animation
• Vector based Animation
• Motion Graphics 

To make 2D Animation you will need a graphics tablet, a set of dual monitor for the several timelines, tool and window of your preferred animation software.