It is vital to consider the creation process in order to respond to the question of whether digital art prints are replicas or originals. A print of painting or drawing that has been taken or scanned aims to generate an exact reproduction of the original and is a replica of something that already exists. A digital print is an original since it was made using a computer; the printing process captures the exact moment in time when it transfers from the digital world into the physical; therefore being an original piece. The first time a digital piece is transported from the digital domain to the physical realm is the original for that particular art piece.