Computer aided visual environments
Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting
techniques such as watercolor
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolor><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterc
olor> , oils
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paint><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pai
nt> , impasto
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impasto><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impasto> ,
etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer
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, a digitizing tablet
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/Digitizing_tablet> and stylus
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus> ,
and software
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software>
. Traditional painting is painting with a physical medium as opposed to a more
modern style like digital. Digital painting differs from other forms of
digital art
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_art><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit
al_art> , particularly computer-generated art
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_art><http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Computer-generated_art> , in that it does not involve the computer
rendering from a model. The artist uses painting techniques to create the
digital painting directly on the computer. All digital painting programs try
to mimic the use of physical media through various brushes and paint effects.
Included in many programs are brushes that are digitally styled to represent
the traditional style like oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and even
media such as airbrushing. There are also certain effects unique to each type
of digital paint which portraying the realistic effects of say watercolor on a
digital 'watercolor' painting.[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_painting#cite_note-0><http://en.wikiped
ia.org/wiki/Digital_painting#cite_note-0> In most digital painting programs,
the user can create their own brush style using a combination of texture and
shape. This ability is very important in bridging the gap between traditional
and digital painting.
