Throughout the semester I definitely learned a lot more about digital art. On top of exploring it more than I ever have, I became a lot more comfortable with the programs. I feel like I can actually do some digital art and am working towards what I want to accomplish, which is becoming a graphic designer. Digital art links together all different types of art, it can link together actual drawn art with created art, 3d objects with 2d pictures and it can link art and creativity with a more commercial industry. Of course the list goes on, but that is just the beginning.
I find it interesting all the different ways there are to do things with digital art. Not only are there about 100 different ways to accomplish one task, but there are about a million things you can do. When first working in digital art this seems daunting, and it is, but then I realized that this leaves so many possibilities. With digital art there are so many different directions in which your work can go, which I think keeps it interesting and fun, and something that I'd want to do for the rest of my life. I also learned that you have to just experiment and play around with things because that really helps you learn. Anything can usually be undo-ed and sometimes you stumble across something that actually really helps and enhances your work.
My favorite program is kind of a toss up. I am more familiar with photoshop, but for the one project we used illustrator I really enjoyed it. But I haven't really explored illustrator much past the project we did in class, so who knows what else I would think about it. I do like photoshop and I like that I am starting to feel more and more comfortable every time I use it. It's also cool that I keep finding new things and tools on it to experiment with. Overall I really enjoyed this class and all of the projects!
