The Digital Cubism Journal

Essays and guides on digital cubism, Cubism, and contemporary digital art.

• What Is Digital Cubism? The Definitive Guide, Digital cubism is a 21st-century art movement that reinterprets the fractured, multi-perspective language of Cubism through digital tools and algorithms. Here is what it is, where it came from, and how to recognize it.
• How to Buy Digital Cubist Art Prints: Canvas vs Metal vs Acrylic, A practical guide to buying digital cubist art prints, how canvas, metal, and acrylic compare, what size to choose for your space, and how to get the best result for your wall.
• Digital Cubism vs Traditional Cubism: What's the Difference?, Digital cubism and traditional Cubism share a visual language but differ in tools, process, and possibilities. Here is a clear comparison of the two.
• How to Choose Art for Your Living Room: A Simple Guide, How to choose the right wall art for your living room, picking size, color, placement, and a focal point that ties the whole room together.
• Analytic vs Synthetic Cubism: The Two Types of Cubism Explained, Cubism has two main phases, Analytic Cubism and Synthetic Cubism. Here is what separates them, when each emerged, how to tell them apart, and where digital cubism fits in.
• The Main Types of Digital Art (With Examples), Digital art spans digital painting, vector illustration, 3D, pixel art, photo manipulation, generative art, and AI art. Here are the main types of digital art explained, and where digital cubism fits.
• How Much Does Digital Art Cost? A Buyer’s Guide to Prices, Digital art ranges from about $40 for a digital download to roughly $85, $750 for a museum-quality print. Here is what drives the price of digital art, prints, and commissions.
• Was Picasso a Genius? The Mind That Invented Cubism, Was Picasso a genius? By most measures, yes, he co-invented Cubism, reinvented his style repeatedly, and reshaped modern art. Here is what made Picasso revolutionary.
• What Is Neo-Cubism? A Guide to the Movement, Neo-cubism is a contemporary revival of Cubism that updates its fractured, multi-perspective language for the 21st century. Here is what neo-cubism means, how it differs from classic Cubism, and where digital cubism fits.
• The Masculine Form: Cubist Male Figure Art in Digital Cubism, The Masculine Form series renders the male figure in fractured, geometric digital cubism, bold cubist male figure art and masculine abstract prints by Daniel Michael Newland.
• How to Hang Large Format Art Prints: Canvas vs Metal vs Acrylic, A practical guide to hanging large format art prints, choosing canvas, metal, or acrylic, getting the height and scale right, and lighting a statement piece.
• The Fractured Portrait: How I Deconstruct the Face in Digital Cubism, An inside look at the Fractured Portraits series, how the human face is deconstructed into geometric planes and multiple viewpoints in digital cubism.
• Best Wall Art for a Modern Masculine Office, The best wall art for a modern masculine office, bold, geometric, figurative pieces that command the room, with tips on size, material, and placement.
• Homoerotic Art: A Brief History and Its Modern Revival, What is homoerotic art? A short history of homoerotic and gay art, from classical antiquity to Tom of Finland and today’s digital revival of the male form.
• The Male Form in Art: From Classical Sculpture to Digital Cubism, Why the male form has endured as a subject in art, from Greek sculpture to the male nude in modern and contemporary work, including digital cubism.
• What Is Queer Art? A Guide to Queer and LGBTQ+ Art, What is queer art? A clear guide to queer and LGBTQ+ art, what defines it, its history, and how it relates to gay and homoerotic art.
• Tom of Finland and the Rise of Modern Gay Art, How Tom of Finland shaped modern gay art, the artist, his style, his cultural legacy, and how today’s homoerotic art continues the tradition.
• Gay Wall Art: How to Choose & Display Homoerotic Prints, A practical guide to choosing gay wall art and homoerotic prints for your home, picking pieces, sizes, materials, and where to display them tastefully.
• Cubism Explained: A Simple Guide to the Art Movement, Cubism explained in plain language: what cubism is, how Picasso and Braque started it, the two main phases, and why this art movement still matters today.
• Famous Cubist Artists: From Picasso and Braque to Today, A guide to the most famous cubist artists, from Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque to Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, and the digital cubists carrying the movement forward today.
• The Cubism Art Style: Characteristics, Techniques, and Examples, A guide to the cubism art style: the key characteristics of cubism, the techniques cubist artists used, and clear examples, from Picasso and Braque to digital cubism today.
• Geometric Abstract Art: A Collector's Guide, A collector’s guide to geometric abstract art: what it is, its history from Cubism to today, how to choose geometric art prints, and where digital cubism fits in.
• How to Start Collecting Art: A Beginner’s Guide, A beginner’s guide on how to start collecting art: setting a budget, training your eye, where to buy, prints vs originals, and building a collection you love.