What is the difference between digital and traditional art?

Answer 1

The difference between digital and traditional art is the medium used to create it.

Digital art is created digitally--using a computer (using software's like i.e. Photoshop, Iclone software, or MS Paint). Most online art is digitally created and thus is digital art.

Traditional art is created using mediums other than the computer--such as painting on canvas with actual paint, drawing with a graphite pencil on real paper, or sculpting a figure out of clay.

Answer 2

It's a grey area, in terms of subject matter & techniques. But it could be termed modern if you use stuff like dung or whatever on canvas or whatever.

(john here) Traditional painting (and sculpture) demanded realistic rendering of subjects from life. Artists were dependant on patronage so they painted what the patrons would approve and that was often flattering portraits of the patron, his family, even his horses and dogs. 19th and 20th century artists wanted to free their imaginations and impressionism ,expressionism, dada, cubism, etc . all appeared in a rush. Much modern art is rubbish but critics are afraid to denounce it for fear of being tarred as neanderthals. But much modern art is brilliant.