After reading about and observing various new media artists and their creations and goals I am beginning to see how big of an impact on the world new media art can have. Before learning about these individual artists and how they started for example JR and Bansky I did not conceive that two teenage graffiti artists could come so far and become so influential and well known throughout the world. Not to mention all the other artists with their own respective art fields. Another interesting example is Paul Vanouse who combines science and art by creating unique computerized images. Two new media artists that caught my attention were JR and Bansky. JR started off as a teenage graffiti artist who was more interested in literally making his mark on society rather than being an influential figure. He later began to portray photos of his work all over and eventually his illegal postings were made official when Paris started putting his portraits up on the walls of buildings. JR believed that by putting his works in the street he could reach people who couldn't or wouldn't go to museums. He refers to himself as a urban activist as he portrays social economic and moral issues in certain parts of the world and posts them upon the walls and rooftops of cities. The second is Bansky who combines dark humor with graffiti in a distinctive stenciling technique. Apparently he uses stenciling because it takes less time to complete and he discovered it while hiding from the police. One of the most interesting things to me about these two artists is that even though they are largely known their true identities are not most likely due to their artwork being graffiti. The reason I like these two artists is because I myself really admire graffiti art and those who can pull it off. even though it is illegal these two artists show that their work can be used to send messages and spread awareness of problems in different parts of the world. Nowadays with so much technology at our disposal it is now more simple than ever to create complex works of art. You can make and edit together entire films you can create complex digital murals and collages and compose beautiful music with a few keystrokes. I myself have drawn many different cartoons and pictures by using software like Microsoft paint or sketchbook express and not to mention the short sketches I have put together using imovie.