Digital Art

What is Digital Art?

Digital Art, which stands for digital content made or presented using computer software and electronic devices, is an emerging topic keep gaining popularity during the last few decades.

At the same time, it is an artistic expression that creates a unique world and atmosphere exceeding the boundaries of traditional art, which is why Digital Art gives us fresh feelings we have never experienced.

What makes Digital Art so spectacular is the technological advances which never stop. More and more possibilities come out constantly, and the only limit is the artist's imagination.

To summarize, "Digital Art" is a term that represents a wide range of activities and forms. We call anything created using digital technology "Digital Art," such as photographs, illustrations, animations, videos, and digital paintings.

What about AI in Digital art?

Nowadays, Digital art has made progress by making good use of AI and machine learning. AI can be a creative partner for artists that simulate the human mind to create an endless stream of unique works of art.

We use neural networks - deep learning algorithms - and train them with an amount of data that makes it possible to derive insights from data. Such algorithms can draw original shapes and patterns to generate something new based on the insights learned from the training data. One of the well-known deep learning algorithms which can generate original images is GAN (Generative Adversarial Networks). If you want to learn more about GANs, please read this article.

There is also an algorithm called AICAN (Artificial Intelligence Creative Adversarial Network), a kind of GAN, but more specialized in generating digital art. AICAN models are different from each other because AICAN can learn and memorize current styles or aesthetics; thus, it brings us more opportunities to build new artwork that is not similar to existing ones. To learn more, please read this paper.

There are many excellent AI algorithms, but they cannot do a great job without the help of humans. AI-generated Digital art is the outcome of cooperation between an artist and AI. Also, the level of creativity and quality of the final product is highly dependent on the quality of the training data.

Is generating images the only job of AI algorithms?

Artificial Intelligence does not only generate images, but it can also help the art world in many ways. For example, AI can help conservators recreate long-lost art masterpieces by analyzing the artworks and learning the artists' unique styles.

Moreover, it can help to identify art replicas. In 2019, a Swiss art authentication company created a pioneering AI system called Art Recognition. After a year of development, the company's AI assistant can now assess a piece's authenticity from a single smartphone shot. If the image is clear enough, you can expect a good result. If you want to explore more, please visit the home page of Art Recognition.