Digital Techniques and Their Role in Contemporary Graphic Art

Abstract

Graphic arts are considered among the arts in which the technical factor is an essential one in terms of both structure and aesthetics. This type of art has an impact on the human creative thought and artistic innovation, since its distinguished artistic printing techniques produce distinctive aesthetic values which are characterized by a high degree of visual excitement that in turn affects intellectual excitement. The magic of the techniques of this art is considered a new factor that distinguishes it from other artistic creative methods.This research aims at studying digital art techniques and their role in contemporary graphic arts, particularly digital printmaking as well as its multiple outcomes. Furthermore, the aesthetics of the indicative structure of digital graphic arts, its extent of association with the traditional printmaking techniques, in addition to the connection of digital techniques with the social environment in terms of the expressive aspects and the paradox of accepting digital techniques by the plastic art society are invested. Digital art originated in the USA in 1957 and the first digital art exhibition was opened in Germany in 1965. Then, it began to spread globally, where numerous techniques were used to represent different creative ideas of contemporary artists. Following the modern technological development at the end of the 20^th century and the beginning of the 21^st century, digital printmaking continued to develop through the interest of graphic artists, where digital graphic techniques were mixed with traditional graphic techniques to form a homogeneous mixture of distinguished artistic works. The study concentrates on the nature of digital art, its evolution and development and techniques of digital drawing and design.[i]

Keywords: Digital Art , Digital Techniques , Digital Drawing

[i] Yassin, Hassan. (1999). New Plastic Possibilities of Artistic Print in Building Printing Surfaces (Colargraph and Silokit). PHD Thesis, Department of Printed Designs, College of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt, (in Arabic)