Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Role Of Digital Collages In The Evolving World

By Ethel Harris


There is no better way of showing your emotion than through arts. This is supported by the saying: the value of a picture is equal to that of one thousand words. Words and feelings are all expressed in art. There have been lots of transformations in drawing and design. Years back, oil paints and clay were the chief ingredients in art-work. The crude accessories had their strengths and weaknesses. Time has seen an increasing desire to take art to both the artists and the community. A new trend in design, digital collages, has facilitated social appreciation of the world of arts. This technique is still quite new in the market.

Digital collage is a method in which an artistic piece of work is created using computer programs. People spend lots of time spent surfing the web. People rarely go out. Patronage of arts exhibitions is on the decrease.

The internet has captured the souls of many people. A lot time is spent on the internet. Outdoor activities are on the decline. This has reduced the number of visitors to arts exhibitions. Art belongs to the people. Art exists because of the support it receives from the society. It is accurate to conclude that society is the fountain of the life without which art cease to exist. Virtual images that are generated by computers have a better chance of reaching out to a larger audience hence sustaining the life of art.

Art used to be a specialty that is reserved to certain groups of people. Not everyone had the ability to indulge into it; not even those with genuine interests. The alienation accrued due to association of art with certain supernatural talents. It was a common belief that only gifted people could draw, for example. While this is true, it tends to make art a secluded field. It keeps potential audiences from this marvelous adventure. Computers have made things easy. Anyone who has a few computer skills can manipulate images to create a wonderful masterpiece.

Marriage between computers and art has the potential to improve the visibility of art in the society. The age of computers has seen people indulge in computer related stuff than in real life. A digital image is a sure way of reaching out to this kind of generation.

Computers have an additional advantage of improving the outlook of works of art. Collage is the practice of unifying unique objects. Ingredients of non-digital collage are rare more so in towns. It is way simpler to create virtual versions of the said ingredients. The images can be made using any of the innumerable computer programs. The virtual images can then be co-aligned to create any desired figure.

Virtual images are easily created modified and stored. They allow you to rebuild a piece of work without having to mess up with the original design. The changes can be effected at almost no cost.

The contributions of the digital collages to the world of art can by no means be underrated. Digital collage is one sure way of prolonging the lifespan of art in spite of the progressive technological development.




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