Artistic Practice Opportunities in CST Evaluations: A Longitudinal Group Deployment of ArtKrit
Catherine Liu, Tao Long, Asya Vaisberg, Chau Vu, Jiaju Ma + 1 more
TLDR
This paper evaluates ArtKrit, a drawing CST, through a longitudinal group deployment, revealing evolving artist relationships and the value of social support.
Key contributions
- Evaluated ArtKrit, a computational drawing tool, over three weeks with nine digital artists.
- Observed artists' evolving relationships with the tool, from early experimentation to selective use or misuse.
- Found that artist support networks fostered confidence and validated individual artistic expression.
- Proposes longitudinal, group-based evaluations as opportunities for meaningful artistic engagement.
Why it matters
Current CST evaluations often overlook crucial temporal and social aspects of tool use. This paper introduces a novel method that integrates evaluation with meaningful artistic practice, highlighting how social context and time influence tool adoption and creative development. It advocates for more holistic evaluation designs.
Original Abstract
Creativity support tools (CSTs) aim to elevate the quality of artists' creative processes and artifacts. Yet most current CST evaluations overlook temporal and social aspects of tool use. To address this gap, we present a longitudinal, group-based CST evaluation through a three-week deployment of ArtKrit, a computational drawing tool that supports disciplined drawing. Nine digital artists, organized into three communities of practice, completed weekly "master studies" alongside a researcher-artist. Our results show users' evolving relationships with ArtKrit over time - from early experimentation to selective incorporation or misuse - alongside changes in their ways of artistic seeing. These changes unfolded within artist support networks that fostered confidence and creative safety, and validated individual expression. Overall, our findings suggest that CST evaluations can - and should - be designed as opportunities for meaningful artistic engagement rather than purely extractive measurement exercises. We contribute this longitudinal, group-based approach as one CST evaluation method.
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