Computer Painting - Definition and Overview

Computer artists have, since the invention of the personal computer, reinvented different forms of artistic expression.

To create computer graphics there are a huge number of programs from commercial and noncommercial sources:

• CorelDraw (vector based)
• Photoshop (image based)
• GIMP (image based)

The word processor Microsoft Word comes with a set of very simple vector graphics tools that can be used to make simple diagrams to spice up a wikipedia article. See How to draw a diagram with Microsoft Word for a tutorial.

There is also ascii art.

See also

• 2D_computer_graphics#Direct_painting
• Bitmap graphics editor

External links

Through the World Wide Web artists can publish their work instantly. Here is a list of sites from around November of 1998:

• Digital Blasphemy [1] (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/)
• Bryce-lobby [2] (http://www.bmacleod.com/brycelobby.html)
• http://www.3dluvr.com/
• http://www.gfxartist.com/
• DeviantArt [3] (http://www.deviantart.com/)

Ascii art

• http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm
• http://artpacks.acid.org/
• http://www.chris.com/ascii_art_menu.html
• Email signatures at CoolSig (http://www.coolsig.com)