Alex Kagan
I have always
been interested in art. Also, from my early years, nature captivated me – its beautiful
landscapes, cityscapes, trees, and flowers, and the variety of their shapes, harmony
of their elements, and intense saturation of their colors were mesmerizing.
Becoming an
artist is closely tied to my work as a professional, during a career in which I
designed and developed computer-aided design systems. I am very interested in
the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Digital art and like to stay abreast of
new developments. This has been very rewarding
to me, as some newly released applications allowed my long-held dream to come
true—the ability to apply my creative thought and vision to generating digital
artworks. Through this happy meeting of technology and visualization, I synthesized
my years of experience in computer science with my longing for and love of art.
This process
had me looking at the task of “art-making” through the lens, or platform, of
contemporary computer programs. Does the program presuppose an artist's facility
with issues like color and rendering of shape and imagery? Where
does the artist’s style take over, or does it? Does the artist's imagination play
any part in the process of creating artwork, or is he or she a slave to the
machine? Is it only the prerogative of the artist to be inspired, or does that
ability—often considered transcendent—also belong to the computer? Is it all
about changes in input parameters reflecting on resulting images?
There are a few different applications to create an artwork using Digital art. These are the tools that contemporary technology helps to create an image. The latest tendency in creating Digital art is using the verbal description(prompt) of the future image as input in the application. The program creating
the image by processing the input. We can agree or disagree with the results. If the latter happens, we can regenerate or evolve the image to bring it closer to our vision(idea). Then I manually edit the image.
The image is printed on photo paper or canvas using special ink.
Recently, I begin to animate my Digital art created pictures. I consider this as а next important step in development of contemporary art and an opportunity to bring it closer to the public.
Here are the link to my Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@alexkagan9938
