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What is Glitch Art, Examples with My Digital Art
My digital paintings as a source of glitching
3 min readAug 10, 2022
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” — Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Glitch art is the practice of using digital errors for aesthetic purposes by either corrupting digital data or physically manipulating electronic devices.
Glitches are common in the world of technology. A glitch is a short-term, accidental error in a system.
Glitch art is an unintentional distortion made by a digital crash that has led to an entire, mind-bending sub-genre of graphic design.
1. Glitch art from my digital painting.
What is the point of glitch art?
Glitch Art is a visual style that is distinctive in its use of artistically curated digital distortions.
These intentional errors create a unique and futuristic design style.
Anyone with a computer can make glitch art. It’s one of the most accessible forms of art out there, after pen and paper artworks, and it’s so much fun!
