So I've recently gotten the Bamboo Craft from Wacom. For those of you who don't know it's a type of tablet that basically allows me to draw or write naturally on the computer. In other words if I wanted to draw a cat I no longer have to deal with the sometimes awkward feel that comes with drawing with a mouse. Instead I have the feeling of drawing with a pen like I would normally feel when I draw in my sketchbook.
While this excites me since this can lead to a myriad of new ways to express myself in art at the same time it reminds me of this debate I had once in my museum studies class. What is art? What constitutes as art? My belief is that anything and everything is art (yes even if you were to just paint a dot on a canvas I would consider it art, the kind that pisses me off sometimes). However according to the class, many of the graphic design entries were not considered art, for the sake of it's not "real" that the same effort was not put into it like a traditional art piece. The same went for the some of the photographs that were deemed "myspacey". Though to says it's not art is a lie.
I recently drew something using my tablet and in my sketchbook. Both drawings I feel I was able to create something that I was proud of. For me to say that one is better than the other based on the materials used is just stupid. Besides I've met so many artists who use tablets and digital programs, that to say what they create is not art, would be an insult. Though for me while I love both approaches, I still love the feel of pencil to paper.
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