Idea: Digital Art

 
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  • Created on: 12 May 2007
  • Idea status: Just a thought
  • Town: Romford, Greater London
 

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I am really interested in using digital art as a medium raise awareness of sensitive issues like child abuse. I think it would be a great platform.

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I am really interested in using digital art as a medium raise awareness of sensitive issues like child abuse. I think it would be a great platform.

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I have no training in digital art, but really appreciate it. So where do I start.

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  • Avatar g!by 12:37, 02 July 2007 errrmmmm what is digital art?
  • Avatar zw!tch 15:44, 11 July 2007 Hey,

    Here are a few examples: Digital Art Museum http://www.dam.org, digitalart.org, and digital art source www.digitalartsource.com.

    Hope that helps!
    Zoë
  • Avatar J-H 13:23, 11 September 2007 A good place to start for digital art is a website/online community called deviant art. Its like the ones Zoe above recommended, however slightly better.

    When your on the main page website either click on categories button near the top then go to resources and then tutorials they have a section on digital art, which has a broad range of different guides posted by artists on there. Also theirs a forum with a mine of information.

    If you find a style of work you like then you can get directly in contact with that artist, if you explain the situation then I'm sure they'll be more than willing to help as well.

    If you?re planning on doing it yourself, you'll need a pretty good computer for start. Depending what type of artwork you wanna do you'll have to buy some new hardware and software, which can range from cheap to expensive.


    If you find a style of work you like then you can get directly in contact with that artist, if you explain the situation then I'm sure they'll be more than willing to help as well.

    If your planning on doing it yourself, you'll need a pretty good computer for start. Depending what type of artwork you wanna do you'll have to buy some new hardware and software, which can range from cheap to expensive.
  • Avatar Burffy 22:33, 16 October 2007 It sounds like a good idea... But what type of awareness would you like to generate? Would you like to help to prevent it; would you like to offer help to those who have suffered abuse; help to those who have committed the abuse?
    I think Digital Art is the best medium to explore sensitive issues on stronger and more direct fashion... more 'on-your-face' type... nevertheless I personally dislike the use of images of disadvantaged people on poor and undesirable conditions to be used as a medium to generate aid.
    On my personal view Aid comes from empathy and love, not Simpathy and pity
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