It would be certainly a very foolish thing: try paint the Internet, start making oil-on-canvas paintings out of the computer world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Attempting to force traditional art forms onto digital mediums is misguided. The computer world has its own native languages and methods.
- In plain terms
- Trying to paint the internet with old school methods is foolish.
- What can you take from it?
- Use mediums appropriate to the technology.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you adapt old skills to new tech?
- What tools suit your medium?
Another view
Traditional artists can still find value in blending old and new.
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