Disadvantages of digital painting Style of work in digital painting (long post)

Wikipedia:
Digital painting - the creation of electronic images, carried out not by rendering computer models, but through the use of human computer simulations traditional instruments artist.
Creating a drawing / painting from start to finish on a computer is a relatively new direction in fine arts. The exact date of creation of the first computer drawing it makes no sense to establish (you can get bogged down in determining what is artistic and serious enough for a drawing as such); however, the approximate date for the wide appearance of impressive and colorful works made on the PC is 1995-1996 (this date accounts for the appearance and wide distribution of relatively affordable SVGA monitors and video cards capable of displaying 16.7 million colors). The computer in digital painting is the same tool as a brush with an easel. In order to draw well on a computer, it is also necessary to know and be able to apply all the knowledge and experience accumulated by generations of artists (perspective, aerial perspective, color wheel, highlights, reflections, etc.). The use of digital technologies in photography has also given rise to hybrid technologies (for example, photo-impressionism).

Illustration for the fairy tale "Theft in the caravanserai" (Persia)

Advantages of digital painting

Nowadays, CG-art (Computer Graphics Art) is developing rapidly and takes a strong position in the design of books / posters, monopoly dominates the industry computer games and modern cinema, popular in amateur art. The reasons for the rapid displacement of traditional remedies from these areas:

• Availability. In order to create digital works of any level, it is necessary to purchase / have a personal computer of sufficient power, a graphics tablet (“digitizer”) and several programs for computer painting. All this will cost ~$1500 (most of this amount is the cost of licensed programs) in the initial version (professionals buy more expensive computers, monitors and tablets, but they only increase the convenience of work).
• Big work speed. Particularly critical in the area of ​​paid artistic activity: design of books, movies, games. Specialized programs for CG artists (such as Painter) contain a large number of tools that speed up work. Choice desired color- a matter of seconds (as opposed to traditional painting where you need to mix paints to get the right color - it takes experience and time), choosing the right brush / tool is also an almost instant operation. The ability to undo your actions, as well as the ability to save at any moment of your work and return to it later, and a large list of features and benefits - all this makes the work of a professional artist several times faster with the same quality. In addition, a computer work is immediately ready for use in digital technologies of cinema, games, layout - a canvas painted in oil must first be transferred to a digital form.
• Unique tools. For example, working with layers or applying textures to the parts of the picture you need; various brush effects; HDR pictures; various filters and corrections - all this and much more is simply not available in traditional painting.
• prospects. traditional art practically reached its limit in terms of perfection of technology and means in the 18th century. Since then, nothing new has been added - you still have pigment, oil (or a ready-made mixture of them), canvas and brushes. And nothing new will appear. It is fair to say that modern computer painting is still far from the best paintings of the geniuses of the past in terms of quality and scale of work - but it has room to develop. The resolution of monitors is growing, the quality of color reproduction is increasing, the power of computers is growing, programs for digital painting are changing and improving, there is a fundamental possibility of creating new methods and devices for working with color / color output (projectors or holography).
• Ease of development some groups of people and ease of operation. If you know how to work on a computer and are an inquisitive and energetic person, it will not be difficult for you to understand the interface of computer painting programs - it is the same as in most Windows programs + quite logical digital artist tools. Both paid and free video tutorials on working in a particular program are available on the Internet. With regard to cg-art programs, such video tutorials contain a record of all stages of the work of a digital artist on a painting.

Disadvantages of digital painting

• Difficulty of learning. At the moment, there are very few schools or more serious educational institutions that teach in this specialty - mostly the most energetic and inquisitive people, and especially children who can learn on their own and find information on their own, become digital artists; designers and printers (who have experience working with graphics on a PC); Most of the well-known digital artists graduated from educational institutions in traditional painting and only then independently switched to cg-art. Also modern digital artist we cannot imagine without the Internet (communication with colleagues, employers, searching for new programs or ways of drawing, etc.) - and again, not many people have it. There are practically no books on creating drawings on a computer.
• The current limit of computer technology. Modern monitors still do not work at resolutions close to the resolution of our eyes. That is, the monitor is not able to display such a number of details and details that can provide live observation of the same size section of the canvas of classical painting. You can print your picture on a printer - but it gives rise to the third problem of cg-art:
• Output problem computer image on a material carrier. Monitors operate in RGB color space - 16.7 million colors. Printing on paper cannot physically cover this entire range of colors - the CMYK color space covers a smaller number of colors and shades. At the moment there is no decent medium for digital drawing. Monitors that can show all the colors of the picture (and have brightness, contrast, color settings) have too low a resolution that does not allow showing all the details of the picture (they do not show it in full size without interpolation - a regular monitor cannot display more than 1-2 megapixels at the same time , special and rather expensive LCD monitors can show about 8 megapixels).
• Copyright issue. The one who has the original (source) file of the picture is the owner of the picture. But, like any digital information, a file can be duplicated (copied) and replicated in unlimited quantities without any tangible costs. The simplest example protecting your drawing - posting a small copy on the Internet (usually professional artists draw in high resolution - 6000 × 10000 pixels and even more - it is convenient to draw details, and a small version is posted on the Internet - 1600 × 1200 or less; or even a fragment). In this case, whoever has a large version of the drawing is its author and owner. Copyright in a digital drawing is easy to change and only well-known artists can really help from its presence.

Links

Russian-language forums where artists of all directions communicate

• GURO ART FORUM is the oldest

specialized forum based famous artist Guro in December 2002

• SKETCHERS.RU - somewhat younger

a resource that has many convenient features (magazines, galleries) for artists. Founded January 17, 2004 by artist/designer AJ.

• http://3dcenter.ru 3d center — Popular site and forum on CG (Galleries

3d and 2d works, W.I.P, lessons and articles).

• http://drawing.wetpaint.ru - Forum on the website of Ilya Komarov.
• http://forum.hofarts.com - Forum on Hof's website.
• http://forum.cgfight.com - A place to find out the relationship of CG artists.

Regular art battles of a large scale :).

• RealTime is a subsection of the Real Time school. One of the few institutions

teaching computer art in all areas (2D, 3D). At the beginning of the development of the forum, the direction of the drawing was led by the famous Russian CG artist Anry. At the current time, the forum is inactive, but the archives are very useful for both beginners and professionals.
External links to foreign forums and communities of artists.

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  Creating a drawing / painting from start to finish on a computer is a relatively new direction in the visual arts. It makes no sense to establish the exact date of the creation of the first computer drawing (you can get bogged down in determining what is artistic and serious enough for a drawing as such); however, the approximate date for the wide appearance of impressive and colorful works made on the PC is 1995-1996 (this date accounts for the appearance and wide distribution of relatively affordable SVGA monitors and video cards capable of displaying 16.7 million colors). The computer in digital painting is the same tool as a brush with an easel. In order to draw well on a computer, it is also necessary to know and be able to apply all the knowledge and experience accumulated by generations of artists (laws of perspective, color theory, glare, reflexes, etc.).

  Hybrid technologies are also used in the visual arts (in addition to cosmetic correction or improvement of a manual original). Two main directions: first, a manual image is made, which is not brought to completion (mostly limited to a drawing), but work is completed on a computer; modification of the completed hand-drawn image using a computer editor. In the latter case, the range of processing depth is very wide: from changing only the mood (through color scheme) through the modification of the image to a complete change in the original image - beyond recognition.

  The progress of digital painting

  At the end of XX - early XXI For centuries, digital painting has been rapidly developing and has a strong position in the design of books / posters, prevails in the industry of computer games and modern cinema, and is popular in amateur art. The reasons for the rapid displacement of the old funds from these areas:

  Availability

  In order to create digital works of any level, it is necessary to purchase / have a personal computer of sufficient power, a graphics tablet and several programs for computer painting. All this will cost ~$1500 in the initial version (professionals buy more expensive computers, monitors and tablets that increase the convenience of work).

  Great work speed

  Specialized programs for CG artists (such as Painter) contain a large number of tools that speed up work. Choosing the right color is a matter of seconds (unlike traditional painting, where you have to mix paints to get the right color - it takes experience and time), choosing the right brush / tool is also an almost instantaneous operation. The ability to undo your actions, as well as the ability to save at any moment of your work and return to it later, and even a large list of features and benefits - all this makes the work of a professional artist several times faster with the same quality. In addition, computer work is immediately ready for use in digital technologies of cinema, games, layout - the work done on the material with paints must first be transferred to digital form.

  Unique Toolkit

  Unlike traditional painting, digital painting has progressive and high-tech features and super-developed artistic capabilities such as: working with layers or applying textures from photographs to the areas of the picture you need; generation of noise of a given type; various brush effects; HDR pictures; various filters, transformations and corrections; a huge number of shades of colors and textures; various line structures.

  prospects

  Traditional art practically reached its limit in terms of perfection of technique and means as early as the 18th century. Since then, almost nothing new has been added - as before, the artist has paints, pigment, oil (or a mixture of them), canvas and brushes. Modern computer painting is already far from the best paintings of the geniuses of the past in terms of quality and scale of work - and it has room to develop further. The resolution of displays is growing, the quality of color reproduction is increasing, the power of computers is increasing, programs for digital painting are changing and improving, there is a fundamental possibility of creating new methods and devices for working with color / color output (projectors or holography).

  Availability of training and work

  If the user is computer literate and has drawing skills or art education- it will not be difficult for him to understand the interface of computer painting programs - it is the same as in most Windows programs, and has a completely logical digital artist's toolkit. Video tutorials on working in a particular program are available on the Internet, containing a record of all stages of the artist's work on a digital painting.

  Disadvantages of digital painting

  Difficulty of development

  At the moment, there are very few schools or more serious educational institutions that teach in this specialty - mostly the most energetic and inquisitive people, and especially children who can learn on their own and find information on their own, become digital artists; designers and printers (who have experience working with graphics on a PC); Most of the well-known digital artists graduated from educational institutions in traditional painting and only then independently switched to cg-art. Also, a modern digital artist is unthinkable without the Internet (communication with colleagues, employers, searching for new programs or ways of drawing, etc.) - and again, not everyone has it. There are practically no books on creating drawings on a computer, but the situation is gradually improving.

  As of 2007, the situation is in a fairly good position - at this moment there are quite a few different educational resources to prepare future teachers of fine arts to work with digital devices. Techniques for working on a computer with graphics tablet And various programs that allow you to engage in media drawing. In the near future, such courses will be launched in the main pedagogical universities of the country, which, in turn, will subsequently have a positive effect on schools and other universities when they receive new teachers who have good experience with media drawing and digital painting.

  The current limit of computer technology

  Modern monitors still do not work at resolutions close to the resolution of our eyes. That is, the monitor is not capable of displaying such a number of details and details that a live observation of the same size section of a classical painting canvas can provide. You can print your picture on a printer - but this gives rise to the third problem of cg-art:

  The problem with the output of a computer image to a physical medium

  Most monitors work in the RGB color model with the sRGB color space, the color boundaries of which do not match those of a typical CMYK printer, which has its own color gamut limitations. As a result, some colors visible on the monitor are not printed on paper, and at the same time, the full potential of the printer in terms of its coverage is not used. To solve this problem, professional monitors are used with an ARGB (Adobe RGB) color space, specially designed to accommodate almost all colors available for the printer, and color profiles are used to best match the images on the monitor and print media. However, 100% match cannot be achieved, because even the worst sRGB space is wider in some color areas than many CMYK spaces. Another problem is that monitors that can show all the colors of the picture (and have brightness, contrast, color settings) usually have too low a resolution that does not allow showing all the details of the picture (they do not show it in full size without interpolation - more than 1-2 megapixels). the monitor cannot display at the same time, special and rather expensive LCD monitors can display about 8 megapixels).

  Copyright issue

  Whoever has the original (source) drawing file is the owner of the drawing. But, like any digital information, a file can be copied and replicated in unlimited quantities without any tangible costs. The simplest example of protecting your drawing is posting a reduced copy on the Internet (usually professional artists draw in high resolution - 6000 × 10000 pixels and even more - it is convenient to draw details, and a small version is posted on the Internet - 1600 × 1200 or less; or even a fragment). In this case, whoever has a large version of the drawing is its author and owner. Copyright in a digital drawing is easy to change and only well-known artists can really help from its presence.

  Programs for digital painting

  Free Software

  • GIMP is a raster graphics editor, also suitable for drawing.
  • MyPaint is a drawing program, an endless canvas, lots of brushes and a minimum of features.

  general information

  Examples of works by digital artists

  • The Inquisitor by Ruslan Svobodin
  • Angels by Ilya Komarov
  • Bank bridge in St. Petersburg, author B. Slobodan.
  • Flying Castle for a Little Princess by Eduard Mango Kichigin
  • Deisis-Anticipation, by Konstantin Khudyakov (ART&SPACE Gallery, Munich)
  • God from the Machine by Evgeny Volos

  The progress of digital painting

  At the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries, CG-art (Computer Graphics Art) is rapidly developing and takes a strong position in the design of books / posters, prevails in the industry of computer games and modern cinema, and is popular in amateur art. The reasons for the rapid displacement of the old funds from these areas:

  Availability

  In order to create digital works of any level, it is necessary to purchase / have a personal computer of sufficient power, a graphics tablet and several programs for computer painting. All this will cost ~$1500 (most of this amount is the cost of licensed programs) in the initial version (professionals buy more expensive computers, monitors and tablets, but they only increase the convenience of work).

  Great work speed

  Particularly critical in the field of paid artistic activity: the design of books, films, games. Specialized programs for CG artists (such as Painter) contain a large number of tools that speed up work. Choosing the right color is a matter of seconds (unlike traditional painting, where you have to mix paints to get the right color - it takes experience and time), choosing the right brush / tool is also an almost instantaneous operation. The ability to undo your actions, as well as the ability to save at any moment of your work and return to it later, and even a large list of features and benefits - all this makes the work of a professional artist several times faster with the same quality. In addition, a computer work is immediately ready for use in digital technologies of cinema, games, layout - a canvas painted in oil must first be transferred to a digital form.

  Unique Toolkit

  For example, working with layers or applying textures from photographs to the parts of the picture you need; generation of noise of a given type; various brush effects; HDR pictures; various filters and corrections - all this and much more is simply not available in traditional painting.

  prospects

  Traditional art almost reached its limit in terms of perfection of technique and means back in the 18th century. Since then, nothing new has been added - as before, you have pigment, oil (or a ready-made mixture of them), canvas and brushes. And nothing new will appear. It is fair to say that modern computer painting is still far from the best paintings of the geniuses of the past in terms of quality and scale of work - but it has room to develop. The resolution of monitors is growing, the quality of color reproduction is increasing, the power of computers is growing, programs for digital painting are changing and improving, there is a fundamental possibility of creating new methods and devices for working with color / color output (projectors or holography).

  Ease of learning by some groups of people and ease of operation

  If you know how to work on a computer and are an inquisitive and energetic person, it will not be difficult for you to understand the interface of computer painting programs - it is the same as in most Windows programs + quite logical digital artist tools. Both paid and free video tutorials on working in a particular program are available on the Internet. With regard to cg-art programs, such video tutorials contain a record of all stages of the work of a digital artist on a painting.

  Disadvantages of digital painting

  Difficulty of development

  At the moment, there are very few schools or more serious educational institutions that teach in this specialty - mostly the most energetic and inquisitive people, and especially children who can learn on their own and find information on their own, become digital artists; designers and printers (who have experience working with graphics on a PC); Most of the well-known digital artists graduated from educational institutions in traditional painting and only then independently switched to cg-art. Also, a modern digital artist is unthinkable without the Internet (communication with colleagues, employers, searching for new programs or ways of drawing, etc.) - and again, not everyone has it. There are practically no books on creating drawings on a computer, but the situation is gradually improving.

  As of 2007, the situation is in a pretty good position - at the moment quite a lot of various educational resources are being made to prepare future art teachers to work with digital devices. Techniques for working on a computer with a graphics tablet and various programs that allow you to engage in media drawing are being intensively mastered. In the near future, such courses will be launched in the main pedagogical universities of the country, which, in turn, will subsequently have a positive effect on schools and other universities when they receive new teachers who have good experience with media drawing and digital painting.

  The current limit of computer technology

  Modern monitors still do not work at resolutions close to the resolution of our eyes. That is, the monitor is not capable of displaying such a number of details and details that a live observation of the same size section of a classical painting canvas can provide. You can print your picture on a printer - but this gives rise to the third problem of cg-art:

  The problem with the output of a computer image to a physical medium

  Monitors work in RGB color space - 16.7 million colors. Printing on paper cannot physically cover this entire range of colors - the CMYK color space covers fewer colors and shades. At this point in time, large-format inkjet photo printers, such as Canon or HP, exist and are increasingly being used. Such printers operate in RGB color space with a resolution of 1200-2400 dpi and can print on various, sometimes exotic, print media. However, the cost of such work is very high. Monitors that can show all the colors of the picture (and have brightness, contrast, color settings) have too low a resolution that does not allow showing all the details of the picture (they do not show it in full size without interpolation - a regular monitor cannot display more than 1-2 megapixels at the same time , special and rather expensive LCD monitors can show about 8 megapixels).

  Copyright issue

  Whoever has the original (source) drawing file is the owner of the drawing. But, like any digital information, a file can be copied and replicated in unlimited quantities without any tangible costs. The simplest example of protecting your drawing is posting a reduced copy on the Internet (usually professional artists draw in high resolution - 6000 × 10000 pixels and even more - it is convenient to draw details, and a small version is posted on the Internet - 1600 × 1200 or less; or even a fragment). In this case, whoever has a large version of the drawing is its author and owner. Copyright in a digital drawing is easy to change and only well-known artists can really help from its presence.

  Links

  External links to Russian language forums

  where artists of all directions communicate

  • - forum of 2D artists. Ash founder.
  • Skill.ru is a creative site where everyone can post their works (any - from photographs to poems) and learn the harsh public opinion on their account. Or get a well-deserved recognition in life - that's how lucky.
  • Hofarts.com is a forum with a dedicated School section and a CG news magazine.
  • Guro art forum - a specialized forum founded by the famous artist Roman Guro Gunyavym in December 2002.
  • CGFight.com is a forum specializing in "fights" and competitions of artists (including team ones) among themselves.
  • CGTalk.ru - forum on CGTalk.ru
  • Manga.ru - a forum of artists in the style of "manga"
  • Real time - a subsection of the Real Time school. One of the few institutions that teach computer art in all areas (2D, 3D). At the beginning of the development of the forum, the direction of the drawing was led by the most famous Russian CG artist - Anry. At the current time, the forum is inactive, but the archives are very useful for both beginners and professionals.
  • Arttalk.ru - Community of creative people
  • Render.ru - online magazine for computer graphics and animations
  • artburn - Collection of cg artists.
  • "A Certain Aesthetics" - a community of young artists. The founder is the famous artist Ketka.
  • Sketchers.ru is a somewhat younger resource that has many convenient features (magazines, galleries) for artists. Founded January 17, 2004 by artist/designer AJ. This domain is not currently active. 2010.01.10
  • ecreatorman.com - the original site for creating collective digital canvases.
  • PointArt - Portal for artists.
  • DigitalBrush - Gallery of author's works of leading artists working in digital.
  • ArtTower.ru - artforum dedicated to computer graphics, drawing and photography. Issued electronic journal Art Tower Magazine. Contains a regularly updated catalog of lessons for beginners.
  • - All about graphics, artforum.
  • - Design and graphics.

  External links to foreign forums and communities of artists

  • pixiv.net in Japanese

  Programs for digital painting

  Free Software

  • GIMP is a raster graphics editor, also suitable for drawing.
  • MyPaint is a drawing program, an endless canvas, a lot of brushes and a minimum of functionality.
  • Krita is a drawing program, part of the Calligra Suite.
  • Alchemy-
  • Inkscape is a vector graphics editor designed for drawing.

  Proprietary programs

  • Painter - A program from Corel for digital artists.

  Now let's think about art style. It just so happened that the moment has come to decide what exactly and how exactly I want to portray. I think I'm beginning to understand what I want. Here are the works of my favorite digital artists. I hope they inspire you and help you catch your wave. What follows are my judgments, based on purely my preferences - we are talking about how I would like to draw, and not whether someone draws badly. In addition, the works presented here belong to an artist of such a serious level that I, in principle, have no right to judge them.

  So, let's start with my eternal favorite in terms of technique, mood and plots - tebe_interestingno .

  My favorite method of pronounced strokes:

  

  

  

  

  Clouds are drawn norms:

  

  Light abrasions - good:

  

  

  From what I found on the net:

  
  (Unfortunately I couldn't find the author)

  Here I would have worked the face properly:

  Something crazy:

  This pins me, but it would be too lazy to work it out myself, I would generalize:

  Too little detail:

  Great:

  I really like this kind of detailing with careless strokes. But not all work is done like this! From which we conclude that I want more centralized compositions. And in principle, landscapes are not for me - except perhaps with some kind of main object, so that in the end the environment is only outlined, focusing on the main object.

  Gorgeous, but the look is too wandering. I would concentrate more on this mechanical thing and the girl, even cut off part of the environment. I really like how neatly drawn the girl.

  And here, in my opinion, there are two main objects - so I would also draw the animal more carefully. Well, the environment is still more careful) And yes, I understand that the concept art, all the things that the task could have been different - but this does not prevent me from thinking, as if it were just an independent illustration.

  Okay, but I don't like such an explicit use of textures in the works. Not mine, apparently.

  Little detailing = (The muzzle in general could be cool to do, wool, highlights, all things ...

  Super, but again - the girl would be more detailed ... Especially her elongated leg.

  And here it is very interesting to see a mixture of styles. I like neat strokes on the towers, textures and cartoon characters - no. But it's interesting, yes.

  And on the page of this artist, I found a cool gif:

  

  (very unusual artist Gloom82)

  Very curious work with portraits, in addition pronounced strokes - like it.

  My favorite Windrunner is a character from DotA:

  Traxex, from the same game:

  Strokes, shape - like:

  The characters work just fine. So, I think I found someone to focus on. I think he's awesome.

  He has cool clouds (the cat shits on the tablet, and I circle, yeah):

  And yet I never managed to understand the logic of his strokes. Here, try, for example, to draw a similar scarf:

  In general, the work is very emotional. There is something to see.

  Also in terms of emotionality and swiftness, I like leventep. He has chaotic (as it seems) lines, strokes often go out of shape. He is more into mett painting than painting - but he paints well and blends everything perfectly. I advise you to study.

  Again, in DotA (only in the first one), I spotted the work of kunkka, who drew illustrations for each map update. He draws well, but in terms of composition for a long time came out porridge:

  Now he has upgraded, and he has something to look at:

  And here it feels like the detail is expressed through a linear drawing. Also interesting to see (Kerem Beyit):

  (artist
  Without textures:

  And amazing in contrast to the rest of the work, these are stylized things:

  (in general, please love and favor, artist DavidRapozaArt)

  There are also works based on 3D models, with the addition of textures and all sorts of effects. These works are very clean, but this is not for me.

  I analyzed various styles for myself and decided on what I want. Maybe it helped you too.
  Here I brought the work of those artists who stare at the last year and a half. This is my collection =)
  I look forward to your links, your views on styles and your preferences. I'm really interested.

  Creating a drawing / painting from start to finish on a computer is a relatively new direction in the visual arts. It makes no sense to establish the exact date of the creation of the first computer drawing (you can get bogged down in determining what is artistic and serious enough for a drawing as such); however, the approximate date for the wide appearance of impressive and colorful works made on the PC is 1995-1996 (this date accounts for the appearance and wide distribution of relatively affordable SVGA monitors and video cards capable of displaying 16.7 million colors)). The computer in digital painting is the same tool as a brush with an easel. In order to draw well on a computer, it is also necessary to know and be able to apply all the knowledge and experience accumulated by generations of artists (perspective, aerial perspective, color wheel, glare, reflections, etc.).

  Examples of works by digital artists

  • Theft in the caravanserai, by Guro.
  • snowdrop by Anry.
  • Sir Kurush by Anry.
  • Daisies and gargoyle by Ellyon.
  • Evil Guy by Ellyon.

  Advantages of digital painting

  Availability

  In order to create digital works of any level, it is necessary to purchase / have a personal computer of sufficient power, and several programs for computer painting. All this will cost ~$1500 (most of this amount is the cost of licensed programs) in the initial version (professionals buy more expensive computers, monitors and tablets, but they only increase the convenience of work). You can read more about the rigging of a modern (2006) CG artist in the article "Digital art: where to start?".

  Great work speed

  Particularly critical in the field of paid artistic activity: the design of books, films, games. Specialized programs for CG artists (for example) contain a large number of tools that speed up work. Choosing the right color is a matter of seconds (unlike traditional painting, where you have to mix paints to get the right color - it takes experience and time), choosing the right brush / tool is also an almost instantaneous operation. The ability to undo your actions, as well as the ability to save at any moment of your work and return to it later, and a large list of features and benefits - all this makes the work of a professional artist several times faster with the same quality. In addition, a computer work is immediately ready for use in digital technologies of cinema, games, layout - a canvas painted in oil must first be transferred to digital form.

  Unique Toolkit

  For example, working with layers or applying textures from photographs to the parts of the picture you need; generation of noise of a given type; various brush effects; HDR pictures; various filters and corrections - all this and much more is simply not available in traditional painting.

  prospects

  Traditional art almost reached its limit in terms of perfection of technique and means in the 18th century. Since then, nothing new has been added - as before, you have pigment, oil (or a ready-made mixture of them), canvas and brushes. And nothing new will appear. It is fair to say that modern computer painting is still far from the best paintings of the geniuses of the past in terms of quality and scale of work - but it has room to develop. The resolution of monitors is growing, the quality of color reproduction is increasing, the power of computers is growing, programs for digital painting are changing and improving, there is a fundamental possibility of creating new methods and devices for working with color / color output (projectors or holography).

  Ease of learning by some groups of people and ease of operation

  If you know how to work on a computer and are an inquisitive and energetic person, it will not be difficult for you to understand the interface of computer painting programs - it is the same as in most Windows programs + quite logical digital artist tools. Both paid and free video tutorials on working in a particular program are available on the Internet. With regard to cg-art programs, such video tutorials contain a record of all stages of the work of a digital artist on a painting.

  Disadvantages of digital painting

  Difficulty of development

  At the moment, there are very few schools or more serious educational institutions that teach in this specialty - mostly the most energetic and inquisitive people, and especially children who can learn on their own and find information on their own, become digital artists; designers and printers (who have experience working with graphics on a PC); Most of the well-known digital artists graduated from educational institutions in traditional painting and only then independently switched to cg-art. Also, a modern digital artist is unthinkable without the Internet (communication with colleagues, employers, searching for new programs or ways of drawing, etc.) - and again, not everyone has it. There are practically no books on creating drawings on a computer, but the situation is gradually improving.

  The current limit of computer technology

  Modern monitors still do not work at resolutions close to the resolution of our eyes. That is, the monitor is not able to display such a number of details and details that can provide live observation of the same size section of the canvas of classical painting. You can print your picture on a printer - but this gives rise to the third problem of cg-art:

  The problem with the output of a computer image to a physical medium

  Monitors operate in a color space of 16.7 million colors. Printing on paper cannot physically cover this entire range of colors - the color space covers a smaller number of colors and shades. At the moment there is no decent medium for digital drawing. Monitors that can show all the colors of the picture (and have brightness, contrast, color settings) have too low a resolution that does not allow showing all the details of the picture (they do not show it in full size without interpolation - a regular monitor cannot display more than 1-2 megapixels at the same time , special and rather expensive LCD monitors can show about 8 megapixels).

  Copyright issue

  The one who has the original (source) drawing file is the owner of the drawing. But, like any digital information, a file can be duplicated (copied) and replicated in unlimited quantities without any tangible costs. The simplest example of protecting your drawing is posting a reduced copy on the Internet (usually professional artists draw in high resolution - 6000 × 10000 pixels and even more - it is convenient to draw details, and a small version is posted on the Internet - 1600 × 1200 or less; or even a fragment). In this case, whoever has a large version of the drawing is its author and owner. Copyright in a digital drawing is easy to change and only well-known artists can really help from its presence.

  Links

  External links to Russian language forums

  where artists of all directions communicate

  • GURO ART FORUM- the oldest specialized forum, founded by the famous artist Guro in December 2002.
  • SKETCHERS.RU- a somewhat younger resource that has many convenient features (magazines, galleries) for artists. Founded January 17, 2004 by artist/designer AJ.
  • real time- a subsection of the Real Time school. One of the few institutions that teach computer art in all areas (2D, 3D). At the beginning of the development of the forum, the direction of the drawing was led by the most famous Russian CG artist - Henry. At the current time, the forum is inactive, but the archives are very useful for both beginners and professionals.
  • 3d center- A popular site and forum on CG (Galleries of 3d and 2d works, W.I.P, lessons and articles).