I have to say that I am with a lot of you on the whole yes it can be art but it could also be just a graphic.

I break my own work up into art and design. Design is when I am creating an image intended for a client whether it is ever used does not effect my view of the image. Art is when I am just playing in my free time (is there really such a thing????).

The aspect of drawing something by hand and scanning it in to the computer definitly has it's place, but is it really required???? I have the artistic skills to create such drawings but can't say that I ever have used this technique.

Is an image more likly to be art if the whole image was quote unquote drawn in Photoshop. And is it not art if the whole image is a colage of altered images. I myself find both to be art, but must say I am more impressed with those who can do it without altering photos.

Should graphic artist be putting on "shows" and selling prints of their work?