Extra Credit Assignment

The Digital Revolution

            With the upcoming of the 21^st century, graphic design was under major construction. With this Digital technology revolution, artists and designers could use technology to enhance or create art. This new tool had rapid growth after the popularity of the Internet hit the world.  Though in the beginning many artists resisted the change to technology, many embraced the new found control and simplistic design process that using digital technology had.  Designers now had a new way to change the form, color, shape and space in an image or design.

            Designer April Greiman was an artist who chose to take on the challenge being the first to master digital art.  Her designs stuck out since she used layering and overlapping in many of her work.  She worked with video, print and tactile patterns. Greiman was one of the first designers to execute a piece only using the computer. Not to mention she was the first woman in the field of graphic design to achieve such success on the computer. Her designs have completely changed what we thought graphic design was capable of.  

         Though there were many designers during the time that changed graphic design, April Grieman proved to the world that her computer-generated images were just as strong as any other design. She knew how effectively communicate ideas and designs with text and images layered together. Now we are able to build on the path she has created for all of graphic design.

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