Digital Art
What is Digital Art?
Digital art (Copeman style) is created in a computer, using a number of tools, printed on high quality Canvas and then embelished with acrylic for relief. This makes every piece unique.
The images are made from a vast library of images, which I have curated. These are then developed using diffusion, mastered with Paintshop Pro and digitally upscaled. Typically each image is an amalgam of multiple layers, white balanced and optimised for vibrancy.
The completed images, over a hundred megabytes in size are printed with a 13 color printer and then receive multiple acrylic layers to embellish relief.
A sip from the firehose.
Not all digital images are equal.
In the same way that everyone can click a selfie or draw a stickman image, but we are not all artists or photographers, digital art is not just “prompting”. Making quality images is a skill that takes hundreds of hours to develop and can never be perfected. You can only hold on as best possible as the technology evolves rapidly.
What makes some art valuable?
Art is as valauble as the quality of its collectors. We value our collectors and their interest. We do not sell our art anonymously and our sales details are shared between our collectors. We want our collectors to be partners and advocates of the images.
Collectors who select images early get the most benefit, as the images sell only for increasing prices. We allocate this benefit with Glyphs (see detailed explanation)
Why invest in Digital Art?
It is early days for digital art (remember the early acrylic days). With the amount of energy and effort going into the digit art genre, the top artists will soon start to emerge. As this wave builds, the price of the earliest images is sure to rize.
What is the numbering?
Each piece has a 6 digit number 0XX0YY, where 0XX is the number of the image and 0YY is the YYth copy of the image. (each separately embelished)
For example 002001 is the first printing of the second image. 003002 is the second printing of the third image. Each time a another copy of the image is printed, each collector of the image is issued with a glyf.
Why are these images freely available on the web?
The low res images are freely available. The low res images promote the higher res images. Slightly higher res images are available for 4K Tv art monitors. The high res images are kept privately. All are audited with Shah256 to prevent unauthorised copying.
What are glyphs?
♑︎ - the symbol of Capricorn, my star sign
These are digital tokens we issue to reward collectors for early purchases. Everytime we reprint an image we increase the price by 2 glyphs (♑︎2). ♑︎1 is distributed to the seller, ♑︎1 is allocated to the image holders.
♑︎ can be used to purchase further images. For example take an image you purchased for ♑︎4, the next time the image is sold, you will receive ♑︎1.
If we sell 4 copies of that image, you will be eligible for a free copy of another image. Each time we reprint we increase the sales price. You image gians value. The more images you hold, the more benefit you get from the success of the image.
The collectors who predict the success of an image, and collect early, get the most benefit. We share the success of an image.
At first the glyphs are use to produce a stable stock of the prints, but we anticipate that these will eventually become cashable. There are no guarantees as the digital art market is in it infancy and will develop unpredictably. Any collector should only purchase if they are happy with the image itself. ♑︎s are a bonus,
A note on pricing
Prices of the print image are the same for all sizes. The production effort is the same for all prints.
What if I only want the image?
Yes – there is a growing trend for digital only images for example for viewing on art monitors. In that case we retains the same price, but give you a credit of two glyphs. That way you retian the rights associated with holding the image. We use Shah-256 to protect the authenticty of the image.