Are computers and art your thing?

For many artists, the last thing they wish to do is fiddle with a computer. They much prefer to paint or sculpt or create jewelry, or carry on with another artistic venture.

Learning to use a computer and complex software is a difficult left-brained pursuit. But in today's world, we need to use computers for basic things like email, banking, shopping and more. If you are an artist, there is a long list of the benefits to be gained by using a computer: creation of images for submission to a gallery; digital artwork, flyers for publicity; mailing lists for promoting your shows, websites for selling your work, and on and on.

So are computers and art your thing? Do you have a mild interest or a consuming passion?

I ran across a wonderful essay about computers and artwork by Laurie McCanna. She begins with a short test to find out if you are a Computer Person. She then talks about equipment, software, and lists some of the groups of people talking about art at Google Groups.

Read Laurie's essay titled Getting Started in Computer Graphics. It appears the article is about a year old, but the concepts are still right on.

And if you find out that computers and art are your thing, and you want to learn how to use Photoshop, check out The Painter's Guide to Photoshop. Click here to read more about it and to purchase your own copy.