Digital art is created by using software and graphics editor such as Photoshop. Though digital art is growing at a rapid space, it has not subdued the traditional art. Traditional art has the sentimental value of its creator. Traditional art uses human hands whereas digital art uses software. Anything that does not use human hands cannot be real art. This notion has kept digital art out of the realm of fine art. However, the digital footprint has been increasing, thus leading to the acceptance of digital art. Digital art may use artificial intelligence in creating a portrait. Digital artists have a large number of tools available. It keeps on a changing and evolving. Digital art has been explored through movies, graphic novels, comic books. Even traditional artists practising fine art subject their work to Photoshop and other editing tools.

Digital art can be transmitted easily and can be replicated easily. Yes, there are unauthorized digital copies leading to the issue of ownership.

Digital art makes art accessible to a large audience. There are possibilities of training the software (AI) to master human anatomy to generate its own images. In traditional art, the personality of the artist stands to back up his or her works. Traditional artists thus exhibit their works in galleries, and get good response. Galleries and museums have not embraced digital art widely. However, social media has been used as a promotional tool for digital art.