Digital Art is any form of artistical expression in which digital components are processed and combined using a computer.

The main difference with the traditional methods is that the materials forming the work of art are not handled physically by the artist, because this final work is a computer file. The digital original only takes physical substance when it is printed on some imaging media.

Therefore the concept of original artwork, understood as a unique material object, is not applicable to digital art. Every new print is in reality a new instantiation of the virtual original. Digital technologies are an open door to experimentation, and they enable the artist for new forms of expression.