The Joy of [Digital] Painting

Before We go to much further into this blog entry,  yes the title is indeed an homage to the long running PBS series The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross. Now with that said, just what is digital painting and how does it happen to apply to the world of Web Design anyway?

Much like its analog counterpart, digital painting is the art of applying ink to canvas in order to create an image which is pleasing to the human eye. The techniques involved actually share many of the same details as well as an artist works with layers to build up the perfect image for a given project, be it an icon, header graphics or photo touch ups.

A differing area in the two, for the longest time has been with how the artist works on the images in question.  Digital Painters for many years worked primarily with a mouse, over time switching to drawing tablets, and for the creative, like myself,  even using things like Griffin's A-Frame iPad stand to create an easel, thus replicating the painter style, however, even this technique I believe will eventually evolve as more computers ship with touch screen displays and the digital stylus becomes more precise in its on screen tracking.