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 Your computer is your darkroom. Your software is free. The world is your gallery.       **Digital Graphics** Do you want to... Find out about cool 'art' jobs - architect, animator, graphic designer and game creator.
 * Digital Photography**
 * Draw on the computer
 * Create characters for cartoons and movies.
 * Make your own video game.
 * Design real buildings in 3D.
 * Learn computer programming.
 * Showcase your work on your own web site.Express your creativity while working on fun projects in digital illustration,3D modeling, programming, and web site design.

What is Digital Art?
//art////computer (or with technology)// [|connection between art and technology]
 * Graphic illustrations - in advertising, logos, brochures, posters
 * Illustrations - in Books, Comics, web sites
 * 3D models - in Animations, Movies, Video Games
 * Digital photo artwork to create posters, advertisements
 * Digital painting
 * Web sites
 * Computer generated images
 * Animations
 * Games

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Why are computers good at Art?
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 * Draw straight lines
 * Make perfect shapes
 * Fill exact colors withouth going over the lines
 * Can Undo anything ! Computers have the best artist tool of them all - the UNDO button! This takes away all the stress about creating art, since there can be no mistakes. Every time you put down the wrong color, you can just 'undo' it and try the next color. It also means that a lot of experimentation is possible. Artists sometimes use the computer to create different versions and experiment (just like experimenting in Science) before they decide to make the final version, which could be on the computer or even on paper or canvas.
 * Art Stuff you should know**====
 * [|Elements of art : line, shape, color, value, texture, space].
 * Design principles :contrast, repetition, balance, alignment

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Technical Stuff you should know
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 * [|Computer count in Binary. Binary, Hex, Bits, Bytes, KB, MB etc]
 * [|File types, file import/export]
 * [|Colors theory for computers, RGB values]
 * The Digital Art Journey, how your art work moves from your computer to the wiki
 * [|Vector graphics and Raster graphics]
 * Pixels, resolution
 * HTML code and widgets
 * URL, links, anchors
 * Selections, options
 * Choosing a good password. Passwords are important. Get one that is easy to remember but difficult to guess.

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About the Digital tools

 * **GIMP:** GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is written and developed under X11 on [|UNIX] platforms. But basically the same code also runs on [|MS Windows] and [|Mac OS X]. Help on using GIMP can be found at [| http://www.gimp.org/about/introduction.html]
 * **Inkscape:** Inkscape is a FREE Open Source drawing program similar to Adobe Illustrato r. It allows users to work with vectors. A good manual can be found at the Floss Manuals site at []. More on Inkscape and download instructions can be found at [|www.inkscape.org]
 * **Sketchup:** SketchUp is a powerful yet easy to use 3D software tool that allows one to build and modify 3D models quickly and very easily. A FREE powerful version of SketchUp is available from Google. Help on using SketchUp can be found at []
 * **Scratch**: Scratch is a FREE programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, in collaboration with the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. It is available free from []/. A good help page is at []

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=== Artists you should know ===
 * Leonardo da Vinci**
 * [|http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~pb4r/Leonardo/docs/07-architecture.html]
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 *  M.C.Escher **
 * [|The official web site]
 * [|The Tessellation.org site has good examples of his work.]

=== Digital Artists in the real world === •Animator •Game designer •Graphic artist or graphic designer Other art related careers that combine a knowledge of art and science •Architect •Art restorer

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**Examples of Digital Art**
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