answer:I think it’s rare for much of anything to be done by hand these days, even masturbation. As for whether it has less artistic merit, I don’t think so. See, it still takes a good eye, a good mental image (artistic talent), and a steady hand to create digital art. In my view, claiming that painting on a computer requires less skill than painting on a canvas is like saying that race car drivers who spend many hours in a hot, loud box and subjecting themselves to ridiculous G-forces are not athletes simply because a machine is involved. Have you ever noticed how when someone with no artistic talent tries to use a machine to create art, it generally sucks? Case in point; the “Casio” music of the ‘80s, made by people who thought they could just press a few buttons and get good music without all that pesky composition. I’ve seen people do impressive stuff on keyboards, but only by people who were competent musicians/composers in their own right. Computers are not artists, they are a medium used by artists. Computers do not create; they are a tool to help create, much like a brush, a chisel, or a guitar.