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Traditional Arts + New Drawing Techniques
15 years ago
It's been forever since I've drawn any traditional artwork. O__o I didn't even realize it until I started looking through my dA gallery for traditional drawings to post on my website, and I had go through like 8 pages of digital drawings before I found my old colored pencil work.
I think it's been almost 2 years since I last opened my case of 120 Prismas... That should be a crime. I feel ashamed. D: I used to love drawing with those pencils... What happened?
I think I got too lazy for traditional artwork. >__> Sad, isn't it? I've watched a number of my friends and/or favourite artists make the transition to digital artwork over the past few years, and though the results aren't quite -bad-... Most of the artists don't improve significantly. :/ I've made MASSIVE improvements to my characters' anatomy since I started using my tablet, but I still haven't figured out a decent way to color digital artwork. Quite a few of my drawings are only flat-colored out of pure laziness. Notice what happened with my recent Nightfire drawings? I actually took the time to focus on the little details, and they turned out much better than my previous drawings.
I'm not sure if I'll switch back to my Prismas just -yet-, but... I'd feel guilty just leaving the poor things confined in that box for much longer. D: My current goal is to learn how to actually -sketch-. I'm a perfectionist to the worst degree. I don't shade any of my pencil drawings because I'm afraid of messing it up -- smudging it or something. Hell, I actually make COPIES of my linearts and color on the copies instead of the real things. *facepalm*
Starting soon, I'm gonna start scribbling random blargh in one of my old sketchbooks. :3 Really messy, pencil-shaded sketches. Wolves, dragons, and other miscellaneous crap... Maybe even humans, just to throw some variety in. I think it'll benefit me as an artist.
What do you guys think?
I think it's been almost 2 years since I last opened my case of 120 Prismas... That should be a crime. I feel ashamed. D: I used to love drawing with those pencils... What happened?
I think I got too lazy for traditional artwork. >__> Sad, isn't it? I've watched a number of my friends and/or favourite artists make the transition to digital artwork over the past few years, and though the results aren't quite -bad-... Most of the artists don't improve significantly. :/ I've made MASSIVE improvements to my characters' anatomy since I started using my tablet, but I still haven't figured out a decent way to color digital artwork. Quite a few of my drawings are only flat-colored out of pure laziness. Notice what happened with my recent Nightfire drawings? I actually took the time to focus on the little details, and they turned out much better than my previous drawings.
I'm not sure if I'll switch back to my Prismas just -yet-, but... I'd feel guilty just leaving the poor things confined in that box for much longer. D: My current goal is to learn how to actually -sketch-. I'm a perfectionist to the worst degree. I don't shade any of my pencil drawings because I'm afraid of messing it up -- smudging it or something. Hell, I actually make COPIES of my linearts and color on the copies instead of the real things. *facepalm*
Starting soon, I'm gonna start scribbling random blargh in one of my old sketchbooks. :3 Really messy, pencil-shaded sketches. Wolves, dragons, and other miscellaneous crap... Maybe even humans, just to throw some variety in. I think it'll benefit me as an artist.
What do you guys think?
I try to do both digital and Traditional.
I think you should do both traditional and digital. ^^
I don't take any traditional commissions 'cause I draw crooked in real life. >__>; I'd have to scan it in and flip it horizontally to fix it, and I can't really do that well in real life. Plus I can't shade or color good, either. :B
I'd love to see your more traditional art =3 I prefer the digital thing more, and I'm trying so hard to be really great, D: I've been looking up new things at such an alarming rate. O^O
Now my sketches are so awful XD But I figure, why sketch if I'm just gonna fix it up in PS anyway? XD