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This paper provokes a new perspective on the contribution of computers to visual art, questioning how both the aesthetic qualities of the visual product and the making process itself can render a hybrid artistic outcome. We advocate for a medium that unifies the physical product with the spirit of the making process, as a territory with extensive innovative potential for computational artistic practice. The paper demonstrates various techniques to visualize the motor performance of artists in activities such as drawing and carving. We rely on digital tracking of the artists’ movements and computer graphic tools to expose the expressive performance of artists, highlight their working style, and bring the hidden paths of their strokes to the front of the artwork. Furthermore, we discuss the contextual implication of this form of visualization to new domains of visual art.