Digital media is content created, stored, and distributed electronically. Digital art is artistic work using digital technology. My art club digital group is the only digital art group in Canberra. For fieldwork, I use a laptop. So I prefer a table by a power point.
I use pointing devices: mouse and stylus. They input spatial data. A mouse tracks motion. Whereas a tablet detects stylus position, pressure, tilt and button actions.
Tablets
Tablets can be expensive. I have two Wacom peripherals. The first one I used was an Intuos M graphics tablet. The drawing action is separate from the laptop display.
Thanks to a grant, I now use a Cintiq 16 pen display. It requires a stable power supply. The pen draws directly on its screen.
Animation
The animation process manipulates still images to create the illusion of motion. I used twelve frames per second, which is the minimum for portraying motion. Traditionally, each frame was hand-drawn. Software tools accelerate workflow.
Illustration
Application software renders graphics. Raster programs paint pixels. Vector programs draw paths.