Art in This Digital Age

A weekly column on 2D and 3D computer art — commentary, theory and how-to for the neophyte and experienced artist alike. More than 150 articles published; the series index below lists the columns from February through June 2000.

The original publisher (themestream.com) is now offline. Article titles are preserved here as an index of the series.

This column addresses 2-D and 3-D computer art — including commentary, theory and plenty of how-to in various aspects of the medium. Please read the other articles as well in the areas of art, humor, business and more.

As part of the column’s Web Design section, a couple of well-organised collector sites are worth studying for layout and navigation — for example the Rolex super clone watch guide at Clonewatches.io, which treats a niche subject with the same care a gallery gives its catalogue.

The Beginnings

  • The Beginnings
  • The Artist & the IRS
  • On Keeping a Notebook
  • This Business of Art
  • The Last Invention that Most Impacted the World of Art

Web Design

  • Basic Web Design - Part One
  • Basic Web Design - Part Two
  • Basic Web Design #3 - Grabbing the Visitor
  • Basic Web Design #4 - Just Because Something Moves
  • Getting Photos Ready for the Web Site

2D Computer Art

  • Computer Animation Comes of Age
  • A Garden to Nourish The Spirit
  • Painting on the Computer
  • The Computer Print
  • Fractal Art - Between the Boundaries

3D Computer Art

  • 3D Space - Atmosphere
  • 3D Space - Animation
  • 3D Space - The Still
  • You and Your Space
  • Achieving Realism in 3D
  • 3D Heads
  • Time and Speed and Eucalyptus Bark

Multimedia

  • Multimedia Part One
  • Multimedia Part Two
  • Multimedia Part Three

Sculpture

  • Lost Wax Casting
  • Making Art Glass
  • The Glass Process
  • Hand Blown Glass - Works of Art
  • Sculpture Restoration

Painting & Design

  • Back to the Basics
  • The Production of Art
  • A Look at the Importance of Peers
  • Miniature Art Works
  • Influences
  • Painting in Miniature

Art History

  • Nothing is Forever - Preserving Ancient Rock Art
  • Rock Carvings of the Coso Range

Astrophotography

  • Celebration of the Stars

For longer writing see the 1999 thesis, the artist’s statement and poetry by Ralph Dunne.