Until 1989, Eli Vranesic had relied on traditional methods of art expression (oil, acrylic and other media). At that time he also began to paint using computers. A computer equipped with a program for painting, a pressure-sensitive stylus (brush) and a tablet enables the artist to create a painting. For the purpose of showing, the image created on the screen is transferred onto canvas or paper by the giclee method and authenticated.

The original painting is stored as computer data, which will not degrade or lose its quality with the passage of time.

Eli Ilija Vranesic grew up in Zagreb, Croatia. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and continued studies with prof. Ljubo Babic. He moved to Canada, settled in Toronto and graduated from the University of Toronto, majoring in Art and Archaeology. He also worked as the Art Director for W.R.Grace, Cryovac Division in Canada. From 1978-1990, he taught Studio Methods and Principles of Printing Technologies for artists at the Humber College of Applied Arts and Technologies in Toronto.

His works of art can be found in many collections.

Professor Branka Hlevnjak's comment in the catalogue from the exhibition in Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb 1999, titled Painting Fine Art with the Computer:
The painter's sensibiity of Ilija Vranesic does not discard the reality, but on the contrary, transforms it into the "artists possession". He found himself well satisfied in this new facility. The master of portraits who absorbed the knowledge of his great teacher Ljubo Babic, knows well how to distribute the mass and the light in the composition of portraits in order to achieve the desired effect.
She then continues: with vibrant and playfull compositions of streets of Zagreb the artist is winning us over with his lyricism.

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