Me: This is totally like a more intricate version of Kid Pix! I’m so excited.
*fifteen minutes later*
Me: This is not at all like Kid Pix and this tree looks like shit.
I would say something more profound about the digital age and its influence on artistic mediums if I knew what I was talking about. It’s not like I can draw particularly well on or off-screen, but Adobe Illustrator seemed challenging to me in all the wrong ways. Instead of focusing on how I could make my triangle more triangle-y, I spent most of my time desperately trying to locate the “add triangle” button.
This was an entirely new artistic realm in which I was not prepared to appreciate my incompetence. And I’m not critiquing digital art–I have friends who create truly breathtaking art that requires a great deal of skill using digital software. However, it begs the question: must we reconsider definition for art? Does the computer “middleman” affect how we perceive the validity of digital art?
