Is Digital Art art?

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  Differences between digital and traditional art are few. Digital art can be easily mass produced, while traditional art is more time-consuming. While traditional art can be digitized, the question remains, is the artist's internal rhythm missing in digital art? Can a computer interpret an artist's desire and emotional connection to the work?
  
  

Culture

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  Artistic taste relies on a culture. In past traditional art movements, art patrons were sometimes aghast by the "new" works being displayed. Art movements changed the technique of a familiar form, however, representing the idea of art in a different perspective.
  
  

Techniques

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  Like traditional art styles, digital art is a new form that depends on technique and skills. Knowledge of traditional art theories are imperative to creating intelligent digital art.
  
  

Art Rules

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  Lighting, color theory, composition, perspective, values exist whether the art is digital or traditional.
  
  

Illusions

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  All art is an illusion. A painter creates the image of a flower from lines and dots, colors and shapes. A paint brush or a fingertip become a tool for art creation. The computer, like a paint brush, is a tool. Digital art is merely another expression from within an artist's soul.