User:CoreyCam1/Electronic art

Electronic art otherwise known as digital art is a practice of using technology to create art work. The basics of Electronic arts consist of using different computer systems to make the artwork come to life. There are various softwares that are essential in the creation of digital art. PhotoShop, the most widely known digital editing software, it is mainly used to edit and alter the image of your choices for your own liking. Electronic art was founded around 1950s and the computer played a big influence of electronic art. during this era company's were really experimenting with not only digital art but audio to go along with the art. The earliest form of digital art called the Oscillon 40 ,created by Ben Laposky, which used electromagnetic waves on a fluorescent screen to create the first ever electrical works. Around the 1960's computers started to play a big role in electronic arts, even though computers were not as easy to access as they were now computers and digital art went hand in hand. During this time period you had to hand write your computer programs so this was revolutionary for the creativity of art and computers. The earliest forms of art was mainly black and white geometric shape created by ink plotting by the earliest printer. Hommage à Klee is and example a piece of artwork that use the ability to create your own computer program and create a form of digital art. This wasn't anything like the digital art we know today it just consisted of horizontal and vertical lines created by a computer guided pen and brush. Bell labs was a big influence to creating the the earliest computer generated animation and some of the greatest pioneers all came from this technology and art collaboration. During the 1980's digital technology had completely evolved, Apple and Microsoft were born and made computer easy, affordable and portable. This allowed anyone who was interested in creating digital art the ability to freely create. Their are a variety of forms of digital art and each of them are unique in their own way, some digital work is uses specifically for motion picture as some other forms are used in just digital art work. Digital Photography is the form of taking pictures with a camera and using a special software like PhotoShop,VEGAS Movie Studio,Adobe Photoshop, and more to edit and create whatever the artist desires on the photograph. Digital Painting is what you most commonly see in video games and television shows. This is where the artist creates a 2d or 3d virtual environment that is completely computer generated and brought to life. This form of digital art mainly uses the computer tool to make complex designs, and perfect geometric shapes that the human hand cannot do normally.