The Value of Creating Digital Vs. Traditional Art

“You can create something digitally that would be impossible to create by hand. Conversely, you can create something by hand that you cannot replicate digitally.”

I recently stumbled upon this blog piece that finally highlights the painstaking tension between handmade and digital art. As graphic design artists our talent is a double edged sword. We are two faced, where one side reflects our analog, robotic like semi-pofessionalism in computer programs and the click of a mouse and where the other side reflects our ability to hold a pencil in our hand and use that tool as a catalyst for creativity. But is the overuse of and codependence on computers detrimental to our art-making or instead the hubris which gives it inspiration? Can computer and tradition even live happily every after together? Read up on the article--it's definitely an effective shift of paradigm. 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/paint-or-paint-app-value-of-creating-digital-vs-traditional-art/