Digital art

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/digital-art

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the foundational technologies?Early computing machines, algorithms, and graphical interfaces
2. What is the key historical figures?Ben Laposky, Frieder Nake
3. How did digital art start?In the 1950s and 1960s, artists and engineers used early computers to create pictures with code and math.
4. What tools do digital artists use?They use software such as Photoshop, Procreate, Blender, and Maya to paint, model, or animate.

Generative Art: Art created through autonomous systems, often involving algorithms and code, where the artist designs the process.
Virtual Reality (VR): A simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world, often immersive.
Augmented Reality (AR): An interactive experience of a real-world environment where the sights and sounds are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information.