Untitled 2: The Reckoning by senior Logan Spevak is among the many digital works he has produced.

DS: Do you prefer digital art as a medium?

LS: I don’t necessarily prefer digital art to traditional. I grew up with just pencil and paper and I prefer that nine times out of 10, but especially with the iPads, digital art can feel a lot like a pencil.

DS: What are the perks of digital art compared to traditional art?

LS: Compared to traditional art, it’s a lot easier to undo happy accidents. When creating art digitally, you can easily create duplicates of a piece and change them slightly to try and find what works best for the art.

DS: How long have you been working with this medium?

LS: I first discovered digital art back in 4th grade with Photoshop. I really picked up in 8th grade with working digitally. I learned most of the basics of working digitally on my own by Photoshopping images my friends requested or I personally wanted to do.

DS: About how much time did it take to complete this artwork?

LS: Probably spent about five hours of on and off working on the piece.

DS: What do you like the most about your submission?

LS: This is probably the first self-portrait I’ve drawn that I’m happy with. I’ve done them before in art classes with paint and then with charcoal, but I was never happy with the final product.

DS: What artists inspire you with digital art?

LS: Eugenia Loli and Joel Santana are the two main digital artists that inspire me, but I take inspiration from any medium and try and apply it to my art. Alexa Meade, Albert Camus, Edward Hopper, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Bill Watterson are my main pools of inspiration at this time in my life.

DS: Are there any pieces that come to mind that inspire you?

LS: Room in New York and Nighthawks both by Edward Hopper, Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim and Bill Watterson’s creation, Calvin and Hobbes, all come to mind.