Talk:Computer art

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[edit] Overlapping articles

The following articles overlap:

I realize that "digital art" and "computer art" have technically different meanings, but in practice they almost always refer to the same thing, and they're resulting in similar articles. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. They need to be merged into one article, either digital art or computer art or similar. Computer-generated art can be confusing.

Note the existence of these more specific articles:

FAL 08:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

There is some contrast. It's just not made very clear in those articles.
Computer art vs computer-generated art: The latter is a subclass of the former. The latter originates on the computer, whereas the former could originate using traditional media and then get scanned into the computer for completion or enhancement. It could be merged into this article, but there may be enough material there to keep it separate. I'm neutral on this.
Computer art vs digital art: IMO, digital art shouldn't even be an article. It doesn't mention anything that shouldn't be part of a more relevant article. It's a question of what is the focus of the article.
  1. If the delivery and display technology is the focus, then digital media is the more relevant article.
  2. If the development tools and techniques are the focus, then this article is more relevant; in which case it should be merged into this article.
  3. If the impact of digital art is the focus, then electronic art article is the more relevant article.
One suggestion of a better way to handle it would be to make this article an umbrella topic, with a template linking to all the related articles, similar to the HTML, 3D computer graphic and the Software development process articles. Oicumayberight 19:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Terminology Question

What is a good antonym for "Computer Art"? Traditional Art? I'm looking for something less awkward than "Non-Computer Art". If one is writing about the work of an artist who creates both computer art and the kind of art that is done directly onto canvas or paper, one section would have the heading, "Computer Art". What would be the other heading?

Scribe2u 14:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Traditional art seems to work well when discussed in the context of computer art. I'm not sure it's as easily understood outside that context. Oicumayberight 18:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Art in traditional media? Bus stop 18:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Analog art? Practical art? Physical art? --DocumentN (talk) 21:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Magazine

Take note that Computer Arts is also the name of a magazine in both english and french. TulipVorlax (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)