Digital Art vs. Graphic Design
Luna
you define the difference? I need to know because my website(s) are in for
a major redesign and restructuring, and I can't figure out how to
categorize everything, lol.
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Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.
lime
> So, what's the difference between digital art and graphic design? How do
> you define the difference? I need to know because my website(s) are in
for
> a major redesign and restructuring, and I can't figure out how to
> categorize everything, lol.
If you break it down: Art vs Design, I think the difference is very clear.
Yankee Rebel
"Luna" <luna...@NOSPAMmindspring.com> wrote in message
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> So, what's the difference between digital art and graphic design? How
do
> you define the difference? I need to know because my website(s) are
in for
If you are selling to a conservative it is graphic.
If you are selling to a liberal it is art.
Same designing it on a computer then painting it on a canvas.
Or painting it on a canvas then digitizing it into a computer.
> a major redesign and restructuring, and I can't figure out how to
> categorize everything, lol.
>
> --
> Michelle Levin
> http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
>
> I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3
flaws.
Ban the Republican party.
Vote Independent
Shaw
same tools, different results.
john shaw
http://www.takeoutdesigns.com
Luna
you...@criminalversatility.com (Shaw) wrote:
Ok, let's say you have a print ad. In the ad is a photograph of a woman
that has been digitally altered to make it look like she has a tiger's
head, there's the company logo, and there is the text of the ad. Someone
did the digital artwork of putting the tiger's head on a woman's body,
someone designed the company logo, someone wrote the ad copy, someone chose
the font for it, and someone put all these elements together into one ad.
Are these "someones" all different people, or could one person do all of
it? If one person does all of it, are they a graphic designer or a digital
artist? Or am I totally off the mark here in even thinking that the work
of melding the tiger's head and woman's body would be considered digital
art?
Inspiratone
"Luna" <luna...@NOSPAMmindspring.com> wrote in message
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> you define the difference? I need to know because my website(s) are in
for
> a major redesign and restructuring, and I can't figure out how to
> categorize everything, lol.
>
> --
> Michelle Levin
> http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
As I've probably stated before, I have had no formal training in either
digital art or graphic design, and so anything I've learned has either been
read, observed or experienced firsthand (which is great sometimes, but
really bites when you're trying to explain an idea and lack the correct
terminology to describe it). Therefore, my ideas on the two genres of art
might not be the "accepted" definitions. :) I only truly have myself from
which to refer.
That being said...
I have always thought that graphic design focuses more upon visual
communication itself, be it for the purposes of informing, advertising,
persuading or whatever. I don't feel that graphic design must be commercial
in nature, although a majority of it probably is just that. I fully believe
that digital art can also (and often does) communicate, or have a
communicative purpose. Where the two differ for me, though, is that (for
me) design's very purpose is visual communication, whereas digital art isn't
bound to the same purpose. That is, it can communicate something specific,
but doesn't have to the way that design work does.
I also feel that a given project can easily incorporate the two, and
blending the two together can yield very powerful results professionally.
So if I have a full page ad which I am designing for a client, and it
incorporates a fantasy digital painting (because the client happens to be an
online gallery owner, specializing in fantasy artwork, advertising in an art
magazine), does the art piece become graphic design? I could look at it two
ways:
It becomes graphic design if it is helping to communicate the purpose of the
ad - that is, convey the fact that the gallery specializes in fantasy
artwork by giving a sample of what one might find at the gallery, and
convince the audience that they should visit and purchase from the online
gallery.
It's not graphic design, but actually a digital art piece which becomes a
part of the overall design, which is in fact a graphic design piece
(advertisement) - that is, one element (art) of a whole project (design).
Lastly, I also consider both to be sub-genres of Art, in general.
Sorry for rambling. ;) Again, merely my own ideas on the subject. I'm glad
for this question, though. I'd really love hearing other opinions on it as
it sounds like a good opportunity for me to learn something new.
-Isa
Ozman Trad
> Or am I totally off the mark here in even thinking that the work
> of melding the tiger's head and woman's body would be considered digital
> art?
its called an Illustration, you can get trendy and call it a 'digital'
illustration but lets not forget that computers are tools. It just a
different medium than charcoals, inks or cutting up bits of magazines and
making a collage.
If its an untouched photo its called photography - any manipulation and its
an illustration
IMHO
Ben Measures
> "Luna" <luna...@NOSPAMmindspring.com> wrote in message news:lunachick-
>
>>Or am I totally off the mark here in even thinking that the work
>>of melding the tiger's head and woman's body would be considered digital
>>art?
>
> its called an Illustration, you can get trendy and call it a 'digital'
> illustration
I don't think it's entirely correct to equate 'art' with 'illustration'.
An illustration is a (clear) graphical explanation of something. Art is
more than that and comes without this restriction.
--
Ben M.
Ben Measures
> So, what's the difference between digital art and graphic design? How do
> you define the difference? I need to know because my website(s) are in for
> a major redesign and restructuring, and I can't figure out how to
> categorize everything, lol.
It's clearer if you ignore that you're working digitally and just
consider 'art' and 'graphic design'. By implication, both are visual so
let's exclude this commonality and just consider 'art' and 'design'.
Now to me, design is started with a specific purpose in mind. First you
investigate your brief, then you create some plans, and then you refine
the plans to fit your brief better.
With art, there is no requirement for purpose. Sometimes final pieces
have no purpose and 'just is', sometimes the purpose only reveals itself
towards the end, and sometimes it has different purpose for different
people.
However, that's not to say that graphic design doesn't involve art, just
that everything is considered for purpose.
Hth,
--
Ben M.
Ozman Trad
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i agree but in the context she's givin its clearly an illustration
PCportinc
>http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
>
get yourself a domain and hosting then we talk.