Diocese of Baguio – Schools

Saint Therese School of Tomay, Inc.

Tomay, Bahong, La Trinidad, Benguet
2601 La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines

Second Quarter
ARTS-10
21st-century Technology-based Art
Overview
Since the 1960s, various names have been used to describe the process, including computer art and
multimedia art. In this activity we are to focus on Digital art which is an artistic work or practice that uses
digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process.

Objectives:
a. Discusses the concept that technology is an effective and vibrant tool for empowering a person to
express his/her ideas, goals, and advocacies, which elicits immediate action.
b. Applies different media techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
showing the characteristics of 21st century art.

Concept discussion
What is Technology-based art?
- Technology-based art is essentially computer-generated and/or manipulated.
- Through the centuries, visual artists used actual brushes and palettes, and a whole array of paints,
inks, and natural pigments applied to paper, canvas, fabric, walls and ceilings.
- Today’s computer artists employ the ever-expanding powers of image manipulation programs and
applications to create their works which can appear in an entire range of media—whether as a
physical output or a virtual experience.
Computer/ Digital art
- make use of electronic and mechanical devices, rather than the artist’s own hand, to produce the
desired images and effects. Thus, these are definitely technology-based art forms.
- In recent decades, personal gadgets such as laptops, tablets, and android phones have incorporated
the artistic capabilities of the large-scale computers. So it is now possible for anyone to be a digital
artist.
Technology based art
Computer/Digital Art
- Mobile phone (photos/Videos)
- Digital Photography
- Digital Painting
- Computer Generated Images
- Videos (TV and Film)
Mobile phone art

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 - The mobile phone that you
constantly hold has evolved
from a mere communication
tool, into a creative device that
allows you to generate original
works of art for an entire range
of purposes.
- These could be personal
photographs and videos that
you can manipulate with a
myriad special effects, both
visual as well as sound and music.
- They could also be school projects or reports that require you to combine images, incorporate text,
even include simple animation.
- And the wonder of it all is that you can do all these right on your own mobile devices, particularly
the new-generation models known as android tablets, phones, and combination of both called
“phablets.
The tasks that traditional photo editors used to perform manually— cropping, retouching, airbrushing—are now
just a few of the many editing effects done for you with split-second ease at the click of a mouse, a keyboard
command, or a few taps and drags of your finger on a touch screen.
Computer-generated image (CGI
- Computer-generated image (CGI) can be defined as
any image that is created with the use of a
computer-based processor or program. Because
computers nowadays are so widely used, these
images are therefore remarkably pervasive.

- Computer-generated images are difficult to identify

because many images are processed using a
computer.
- Being so it is generally understood that mere incorporation, alteration and enhancement of images
and basic properties such as brightness, contrast, and colors are not necessarily computer generated
Digital photography
- Is recording the image using a digital
camera or a device with a built-in
camera, like your mobile phone,
android device, or tablet.
- Today’s users have the option of a
“pointand-shoot” type of digital
camera which automatically makes
all the adjustments in lighting, focus,
zoom-in and zoom-out, even removal of “red eye” with the user being given some leeway for slight
adjustments.
- It offers image enhancement features like adjusting color and brightness imbalances, as well as
sharpening or blurring the image. It may even offer unique effects like “fish eye” or filters that allow
pre-setting of the photo to be taken with a colored tint or a special texture. Plus, it allows the user to
immediately review the photos taken without waiting for a complex developing process—and to
delete any unsatisfactory images while storing the good ones for future needs.
- A second option is the digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera. This also provides the film-less and
instant review features of a “point and-shoot” type of digital camera, but gives the photographer

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 much more artistic freedom and control to select the camera settings to create the desired final image
with the preferred visual effects.
Other technology based art
- Digital painting

- Videos (TV and film)

When you make a film, you need to follow an organized process. It’s best to think of filmmaking as
three distinct stages:
 planning and getting ready to film (development and pre-production)
 filming (production), and
 completing the film and getting it ready to show (post-production).
(https://www.learnaboutfilm.com/making-a-film/organising-filmmaking-process/)

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Photo taken from: Cipriano, E, et al. the 21st Century MAPEH in Action.2018. Rex Bookstore. Pp 129-130.

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