
'What is digital art?' might seem a question with a simple answer. It's art created using electronic tools and systems rather than traditional media like pen on paper, paint on a canvas or a chisel on stone. That makes it a very broad term, covering everything from 2D pixel art to CGI, photorealistic 3D art, algorithmic art, digital replications of traditional art and much more.
But pinning down a definition of digital art gets more difficult as the lines between traditional vs digital art become blurred. Some artists who made their names in the former have transitioned to digital work, from David Hockney to Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread.