Welcome to Thursday Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. I was recently quite disturbed by a conversation on Facebook. An artist, whom I know slightly, was talking about people who do graphic art on the computer and was suggesting that they aren’t real artists. I have been doing graphic art for many years because the arthritis in my hands has gotten so severe that I can’t hold a pen or paintbrush for more than a couple of minutes before my hand cramps up.
I think being a conventional artist, since I was a small child, has helped me with my graphic art. I feel strongly however that my art on the computer is just as real as art done with pens, pencils, and paintbrushes. I know the artist involved has quite an ego but I think to belittle people who use computers as not being real artists is doing a disservice to a lot of very talented artists.
Many people comment on my art and some of my most popular diaries are ones where I show my art. If I could do conventional art still I would but I cannot. I use what I learned in regular art to compose my graphic art pieces. I know I shouldn't let it bother me but it does. I wonder how many young people with real talent for graphic art will be turned off by an attitude that their work isn't art. It won’t stop me from creating but I hate to think of young people being afraid to show their work for fear of critical judgment because they use the computer as their medium.
How do you feel about this? Does the use of a computer and 3D models diminish art or do you think artists should use new mediums to pursue creating art?
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