What is Digital Art?

I will use the above image, Vintage Victorian Rivals II as an example of how I create my digital art. All of my art is digital art so I really would like you to understand what this term actually means. Digital art is art in which a computer has had some kind of role. Some artists create entire artworks with it. Others use it as a kind of assistant , for example to help with color, texture or blending . There is a great deal of controversy between many traditional artists and digitals. Some traditional artists do not accept digital art as "real" art. They think we don't know anything about color, composition, hues, light, washes and underpainting. All I can say is to look at my work, look at the work of Nina Fosdick and Lianne Schneider. Do you see "real" art? The image above is a perfect example of digital art. I felt my muse tugging at my soul (more about her later) and went into my resource file where I found the faces of these two Victorian females and also some lovely textures. I imagined that they were vying for an attractive man in their social circle. A wealthy man with the means to take care of them in the manner to which they were accustomed. Anyway, these were my thoughts as I combined and blended color, texture, hue, lighting, and many overlays and this was the result: digital art. There are as many different definitions for this genre as there are artists, and as many different ways to do it. Over two years after creating it, this is still one of my most popular pieces. Alexius Jorgensen has written in part: "There are arguments regarding the overuse of Photoshop, which it is claimed can turn photographs into digital art. However, this argument makes no sense, because by definition, digital photography is digital art. There´s no such thing as an untouched photograph. Changing the settings on your camera alters the way an image is presented. Maybe extra light via flash, reflectors etc. have also been used. So does it really matter then if we manipulate images on location, or do it afterwards in Photoshop?" In conclusion, all I have to say is that anything that can shake up a field of art to such an extent must be pretty strong and significant and is not going away very soon!