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Traditional VS digital art
13 years ago
I have recently had my muse kickstarted back into action -- okay so one or two paintings isn't -really- a kickstart but... it'll do -- and consequently, reminded myself how much I absolutely adore acrylics and painting. It was like ... coming home after a long trip abroad. That open the door, the familiar scent of home and the ease and comfort found in your -own- bed. And only available in your own bed. Or like dinner cooked by your mother, or parent -- guardian of choice -- compared to something made at a restaurant. Just an ease, a familiarity and a level of comfort found in holding a paintbrush that I didn't find with a pencil, or stylus or crayon. Sorry, waxing poetic about something most are all 'I don't care' about.
Which has prompted for my internal discussion and debate. Sure, this is the internet, and it is a -lot- easier to draw digitally to upload it onto the internet for the best clarity and all, and it's easiest for intellectual property, and delivery of the art and so on. People can't complain about not having the 'original' because there is -no- original, it's all copies of copies of an image that exists as a series of numbers. Plus, then there's the cost of the programs to draw -with-, ($500 anyone? Plus $100 each time you want to upgrade, at -least-?) and if your computer goes into meltdown well, that's all your work, finished or in progress, and the ability to replicate it down the gurgler so you need to buy, or bootleg, a new copy.
The only 'traditional' types really, those that specialise in it, online at least, seem to focus on pencil work, or sketches. And even then, they're not really -common-. It is rarer than hens teeth to find someone that works with the pencil and paper and are decent in and of themselves. Sure, everyone starts out doodling with a pen, or pencil on paper, with lots of dramatic black swathes of how your life sucks, but once you get through that stage, you either develope into an artist, or an artiste and ditch the pencil and paper because hey, buying more paper ALL THE TIME is SO EXPENSIVE, and when drawing digitally you just 'undo' any errors rather than use an eraser and have to work on removing smudges.
I'm probably shooting myself in the foot with this but... well. I -like- to work traditionally, I really really enjoy painting and having something to physically show people. Which is exceedingly rare in the online community, simply because EVERYONE draws digitally, with Sai or photoshop or whatever you want to use, where as off of that community, the digital work is called 'prints' and there's not quite so much competition. I don't know, maybe I'm odd, in that I would just -adore- having people who ask for commissions (like that would ever happen heh) or paintings or something of my work, not just the money side, but to be able to really, genuinely produce something, and send it to them. Yes yes, snail mail, whatever, but sometime in the future, they would get this package, the tube of random, open it up and bam. There is the actual, physical representation of where their money has gone, the final result of hours of work to produce this ... whatever. Sure, it's more expensive because of postage and all, but if it's a concept that you adore, and something that has been niggling in the back of your mind for days and months and years, but you can't justify asking someone to draw it for you because it will just be a file on your computer...
I dunno, maybe I'm just talking out of my hindquarters, but international post for a 20kg limit on a package for $44 or so ....well. 20kg is a lot of paper, even with the weight of the paint on the pages. That includes insurance and tracking! Sure, it's not a $2 pin or badge or sketch -- that's just a picture on the screen -- but there's the anticipation. The excitement. The able to show others this piece of art that you asked for and paid real dollars for, without having to wait for the page to load.
Who knows. Maybe I'm just old fashioned and silly. Either way, in the fight between preferences, of Digital Art and Traditional, I vastly prefer traditional. It is waaaay more fun, and relaxing for me. Just me, and the paper, and the pencil. Or the paintbrush. Nothing else matters, just the art. Meditative, almost.
Anyways, I'll shut up now! Just my two cents on the subject that is completely random and irrelevant!
~Think of the Possibillites
Which has prompted for my internal discussion and debate. Sure, this is the internet, and it is a -lot- easier to draw digitally to upload it onto the internet for the best clarity and all, and it's easiest for intellectual property, and delivery of the art and so on. People can't complain about not having the 'original' because there is -no- original, it's all copies of copies of an image that exists as a series of numbers. Plus, then there's the cost of the programs to draw -with-, ($500 anyone? Plus $100 each time you want to upgrade, at -least-?) and if your computer goes into meltdown well, that's all your work, finished or in progress, and the ability to replicate it down the gurgler so you need to buy, or bootleg, a new copy.
The only 'traditional' types really, those that specialise in it, online at least, seem to focus on pencil work, or sketches. And even then, they're not really -common-. It is rarer than hens teeth to find someone that works with the pencil and paper and are decent in and of themselves. Sure, everyone starts out doodling with a pen, or pencil on paper, with lots of dramatic black swathes of how your life sucks, but once you get through that stage, you either develope into an artist, or an artiste and ditch the pencil and paper because hey, buying more paper ALL THE TIME is SO EXPENSIVE, and when drawing digitally you just 'undo' any errors rather than use an eraser and have to work on removing smudges.
I'm probably shooting myself in the foot with this but... well. I -like- to work traditionally, I really really enjoy painting and having something to physically show people. Which is exceedingly rare in the online community, simply because EVERYONE draws digitally, with Sai or photoshop or whatever you want to use, where as off of that community, the digital work is called 'prints' and there's not quite so much competition. I don't know, maybe I'm odd, in that I would just -adore- having people who ask for commissions (like that would ever happen heh) or paintings or something of my work, not just the money side, but to be able to really, genuinely produce something, and send it to them. Yes yes, snail mail, whatever, but sometime in the future, they would get this package, the tube of random, open it up and bam. There is the actual, physical representation of where their money has gone, the final result of hours of work to produce this ... whatever. Sure, it's more expensive because of postage and all, but if it's a concept that you adore, and something that has been niggling in the back of your mind for days and months and years, but you can't justify asking someone to draw it for you because it will just be a file on your computer...
I dunno, maybe I'm just talking out of my hindquarters, but international post for a 20kg limit on a package for $44 or so ....well. 20kg is a lot of paper, even with the weight of the paint on the pages. That includes insurance and tracking! Sure, it's not a $2 pin or badge or sketch -- that's just a picture on the screen -- but there's the anticipation. The excitement. The able to show others this piece of art that you asked for and paid real dollars for, without having to wait for the page to load.
Who knows. Maybe I'm just old fashioned and silly. Either way, in the fight between preferences, of Digital Art and Traditional, I vastly prefer traditional. It is waaaay more fun, and relaxing for me. Just me, and the paper, and the pencil. Or the paintbrush. Nothing else matters, just the art. Meditative, almost.
Anyways, I'll shut up now! Just my two cents on the subject that is completely random and irrelevant!
~Think of the Possibillites
