The best devices for making a digital artwork

The digital art market is growing at a constant pace and thus traditional painting techniques are synthesized by innovative technological tools.

Not surprisingly, numerous solutions are available on the market designed for those who would like to use their computer, smartphone or tablet for create digital masterpieces and maybe put them up for sale on dedicated platforms or as NFTs to generate profits: from the collage Everydays: the First 5000 Days by Mike Winkelman to Pak’s opera entitled The Merge sold during last December at 91.8 million dollars, Jefferies analysts estimate that the Non-Fungible Token could reach a capitalization of over $ 80 billion by 2025.

«We are in the age of technology and each artist can adapt to a change in his way of producing art exploiting these “artificial supports”, then experimenting with new tools and techniques that they can give life to new artistic forms without losing the dexterity and originality that he must always keep with care “he explains Chiara De Lorenzo in art Chiara Delo – draftsman, painter and graphic designer – and continues: «In my opinion technology undoubtedly provides help, since its artificial intelligence is able to “guide” our hand sometimes facilitating the artistic process, without however influencing our mind, our ideas and purely human creativity. Nonetheless, in my experience, I believe the synergy between technology and tradition is fundamental“.

And among the graphics tablets equipped with pressure sensitive stylus ei Tablet of the latest generation such as Apple’s iPad Pro or Huawei MatePad 11 with large and bright displays, the technology is constantly evolving to offer us an experience that is as close to ordinary media as possible. On the subject, Chiara Delo again comments: «The latest generation devices guarantee a fairly faithful feedback to what we obtain using paper, canvas or inks, even if I believe that the experience of the artistic executive process still remains distant, especially from a sensorial point of view. Undoubtedly though, digital would offer us some economic benefits as, after an initial investment, it would allow us to work for several years without purchasing additional material or equipment and also giving us the possibility of correct any errors without much difficulty either create multiple versions of a work in a very short time ».

On the other hand, it is equally important to choose the right applications dedicated to this purpose. The most advanced proposals to paint digitally or create illustrations provide a real complete laboratory with a large set of brushes and high definition canvases: «Each software developed for digital drawing and painting has its own peculiarities. However, I would recommend to use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator: two solutions for the creation of digital works that offer enormous potential thanks to which it is possible create real masterpieces. These, when associated with commercially available graphic tablets, allow us to draw or paint with ease and naturalness, almost as if we were working with a nib on paper. For those who use an iPad, however, I suggest Procreate: an app that allows you to create simple sketches, even complex illustrations or animations by providing hundreds of brushes and artistic tools to give vent to our creativity “concludes the artist.

Do you want to create your first digital artwork? In the gallery you will find 11 proposalsbetween apps and devices, recommended by the expert.

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