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Is Technology Changing What It Means to Be an Artist?
Jul 29, 2025
Once upon a time, making art meant paint-stained hands, stretched canvases, and the distinct scent of linseed oil. Artists worked with brushes, charcoal, ink, or clay. But today, creativity thrives not only in studios but also on digital tablets, computers, and even VR headsets. Welcome to the digital age of art—where technology is redefining how we create and experience beauty. 🎧 Listen now and explore more: Read more here: https://anitalouiseart.com/art-in-the-digital-age-how-technology-is-transforming-creativity-2/ #AnitaLouiseArt #DigitalArt #ArtAndTechnology #ModernArtists #CreativeTech #DigitalCreativity #VRArt #AIArt Anita Louise Art is a blog and a YouTube channel about all things to do with art. Check out our blogs at https://anitalouiseart.com/ We would also love to hear from you!
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Hi, this is Anita from Five Minutes with
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Art. Today I want to talk about how art
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is changed in the digital age or how
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technology is changing creativity. You
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know, it used to be that art was mainly
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about oil paints, brushes, and canvas.
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But you know these were the techniques
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that were passed down from the
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apprentichip to the master and required
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years of dedication.
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But while these traditional methods are
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still out there, but they no longer
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define the boundaries of what art can
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be. The rise of digital tools has opened
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a new dimension of expression. Programs
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like Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Clip
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Studio Paint, and Corell Draw, just to
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name some of them, have allowed artists
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to sketch, paint, animate, and design
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all on one device. I myself personally
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use Procreate quite a bit. I love
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Procreate. I think it's a great tool
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for, you know, any type of artist. It's
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a it's a just a really a wonderful tool
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that has a lot of great functions to it,
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you know. So, if you're an artist, try
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it out. But these platforms, you know,
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have changed art in in many different
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ways. Digital art is not just a new
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medium. It's an entirely new way of
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thinking about creation. It's flexible,
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fast, and accessible. Artists can
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experiment without the fear of wasting
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materials. They can collaborate in real
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time across continents. They can
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distribute their work instantly through
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online platforms.
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There's lots of online galleries now and
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places where artists can show their work
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digitally. And there's lots of social
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media platforms like Instagram and Tik
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Tok which have also changed this. You
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know digital tools allow experimentation
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that was previously impossible. You know
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I say sometimes when I paint I will take
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a photo of the painting and then if I
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want to change something then I will do
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it digitally online and see do I like
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this color? Do I want to change this?
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And then maybe then I change it. So it
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saves some steps on the canvas itself.
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Another thing which is changing art is
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AI and creativity is a whole new
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frontier.
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This is also one of the most
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controversial and exciting developments
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in the art world is AI generated art.
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I've actually used this quite a bit too
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where I may have an AI generated art and
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then I will add layer and canvas on top
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of the art and uh work with the art
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itself.
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You know AI doesn't necessarily replace
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creativity but it's reshaping it. You
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know, artists can use AI to brainstorm
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concepts. They can generate textures,
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experiment with compositions, and even
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collaborate with algorithms to produce
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hybrid works. It's important to note
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that technology
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doesn't exist in a vacuum. These AI
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tools rely on human input and vision.
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So, the best AI art comes from artists
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who treat the machine as a tool and not
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a replacement. And you know, when you
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look at AI art, you can really tell that
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it's AI generated. That that's been my
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own experience with it. You can see that
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it's been a AI sort of generated piece
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of art. But when an artist takes an AI
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image and then builds upon that image
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and puts hand painting on top of it, it
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can be very hard to tell whether that
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has been hand painted or AI generated.
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Technology is changing for things like
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it's pushing these new boundaries and
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environments like virtual reality,
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argumented reality, you know, are
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becoming creative playgrounds for
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artists that there's lots of like 3D
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spaces, you know, you can surround
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yourself with your work. There's lots of
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ways that, you know, 3D and art and
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digital being used. I think one of the
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great ways that I've saw this was when I
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went to see Van Go immersive experience
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which was called Beyond Van Go and it
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was so fabulous to be in this immersive
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experience and to be within Van Go's
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world where it was on the floor it was
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on the walls it was you know basically
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everywhere you felt you were within the
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painting itself that of course is
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another way that is all changing art and
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will probably you know be changing
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museums as we get going that this is all
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going to change how art is being done.
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So whether we like it or not,
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you know, anyone with a smartphone or a
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tablet can start creating. You know,
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Procrate, for instance, has become a
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favorite tool among beginners and
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professionals due to the, you know,
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intuitive interface and how how
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inexpensive it is. You pay one time like
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about $10 and then you can always use
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it. It's if you have an iPad and a
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pencil, you can sketch and you can use
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Procreate. There's lots of YouTube
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tutorials, online courses. You know,
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more now than ever, you can be a
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self-taught artist. You don't
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necessarily have to go to school and get
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a master's to be able to do it that, you
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know, many people, it's become more of
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an equalizer, this whole digital type of
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platform. And so, this brings more
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voices into the art world. It also
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brings a lot of challenges too that you
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know isn't you know rising technology
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isn't without complications to it too.
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Questions about authorship, originality
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and copyright you know front and center
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with all of this. I've written a blog
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post on this if that you're interested
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in in this how you know art in the
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digital age how to transforming
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creativity. I really believe that we're
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going to see a lot more of this as we
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keep going into this AI generated type
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of world that we're going to see a lot
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more of this art and creativity and
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technology all being merged together.
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We're going to see different types of
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art forms. I personally am a fan of
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that. But there's some people that are
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going to love more the traditional, you
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know, art forms of the, you know, the
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oil paints or the watercolors. But
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that's one of the beauty of art is that
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we can not everybody's going to always
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like everything. And that I really
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believe is the beauty of art itself.
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That not everyone appreciates maybe art
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the same way. Some people love art in
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one way, but they may not love another
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type of art. And some people might be a
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great fan of modern art or digital art,
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but not a great fan of some of the old
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masters. That's the beauty of art. It's
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something which is within you that you
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can have your own opinion about it. This
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is Anita from Five Minutes with Art.
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Thank you so much for listening. We
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certainly do appreciate you and we hope
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that you'll join with us and become part
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of our community as we explore art
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together. Thank you.
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