rasterarbeit
Rasterarbeit is a German term that broadly denotes artistic and technical work that uses a raster, grid or pattern of discrete elements to represent tone, structure or information. The expression is applied in several fields including graphic arts, printing, digital imaging and fine art practice.
In traditional printmaking and reproduction, rasterarbeit refers to techniques that convert continuous tones into a pattern
In drawing and painting, rasterarbeit can describe the grid method: overlaying a grid on a source image
Applications include commercial reproduction, image editing, cartography, textile design and pedagogical drawing exercises. Related concepts are