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Part 2 of Digital Confusion and Song Celebration

Bottles In the Kitchen - 1 more manipulation to photo

This is part 2 of a series which starts below or at this link. There are two subjects - first the different kinds of meaning around the digital medium and second, since I am focused on a particular image - the song which it relates to. 

The above photo has 2 manipulations done to it to create the look of a painting.  In this case it was simple and took very little time and voila - painting or is it?  The second filter is a crosshatch.  I actually think the image is kind of interesting - despite what I know to be done mostly by the computer.

I try to have the attitude of being open to anything which allows people to be more creative - the auto bass line of a keyboard - or the instant painting effects of photoshop.

But as an artist I don’t want people to think that my work - not what you see above - is generated by the computer.  The computer provides gradients and textures for me to work with and some tools - such as cutting and pasting, resizing, moving, tinting etc,  when I choose to use them.

But in the digital paintings I do - I start from a clean canvas - and the color and form is my adding - the computer program and the archival inks provide the new medium.

See Also

• Graphics.com: The Shared Resource for Creative Design
  Discussion about using Photoshop Crosshatch Filter
• Computer-generated Art - Wikipedia
  Definition and other variations on this and other digital art

Digital Photography, Manipulation, & Painting

Bottles In the Kitchen - Listen to Song

This is the beginning of a series which will cover a wide array of topics.

Through demonstration, I will try to show why there is such confusion surrounding digital art and also focus on a song which is the inspiration for the above photo or vice-versa depending upon how you look at it.

Technology is amazing these days. One can play instruments without knowing how to play and paint without knowing how to paint. Notice what a simple one button filter manipulation does to the above photo.

For those curious, this is a palette knife filter in photoshop - one touch painting - making a mediocre photo look interesting.

Years ago and probably still to this day - you would here people looking at an abstract painting saying "my kid could have done that". People understandably expect a level of expertise from an artist or musician - that is not to say a novice can’t hit something wonderful - but this is the normal expectation.

The only thing special about someone doing something anyone could do - is if that person thought of it first - otherwise - so what.

See Also

• Photoshop Tutorial: Hayes Island Cafe
  Example of transforming photo into almost instant painting
• A Painting from a Photo: a Photoshp Tutorial by Janee
  Another example of Voila - instant painting
• CreativeLoafing Atlanta | Arts| Tough Sell
  Attitudes toward Art - “my kid could have done that”