Now, instead of outputing to printing inks, the electronic image must be matted in html and framed by the monitor. The computer artist no longer lives in an isolated ivory tower - an instant global audience awaits to review and to be entertained. It's harder now to deceive oneself about just how good one's work really is. And it is also difficult not to be influenced by prominent online works that are also constructed from the same software tools. Yet continued education on e -tools and the sharing of technical knowledge among digital artists are critical as the shelf life of digital work is shorter than traditional media when it comes to the physical, pixel based makeup of the image itself.
Technology heralds a new world of vastly improved efficiency and production.
Art cannot remain isolated from its influence and applications. In 1985 I serendipitously became acquainted with this new art tool. But, as yet, no regrets as the monitor's mesmerizing bright lights forever extinguished the urge to create otherwise. So beware to those among you who still create without a computer. It is more than a tool - it can stop how you work today.