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Traditional vs. Digital art when buying; Theoreticals
12 years ago
THIS IS A (lot of) QUESTION(s)
That is very minimally related to simple person aesthetic preference between digital and traditional and more a quality vs. cost thing vs. perceived value of physical copy
Theoretically, if purchasing art of whatever subject matter you have decided upon, would you...
A. prefer it in traditional to have something physical at the end
B. prefer digital because it allows for a higher level of accuracy and polish
AND, if quality of art (pose, figure accuracy, accessories) were not going to be affected in any way aside from the obvious, which would you prefer?
AND, if the digital was far more costly due to it being more time consuming/accurate, would you choose traditional if it were less costly and be okay with some mistakes?
Another theoretical situation:
A. you would choose to pay $40 for a fullbody in traditional, 11x9 max size, assuming markers/pencil crayon medium, and be okay with inaccuracies because you would get the actual image
B. you would choose to pay more than $40 for a digital image, with a smaller working size yet easily printable to 11x9 with no/minimal quality loss, because you know it's going to be as accurate as the artist can make it
I'm just really curious because I've seen some people value a physical piece over a digital one, even if the digital can/would be far better done, and being willing to pay more; this is NOT taking into account cost of materials!
Whereas, personally, if I were to buy art, I would prefer digital; any art book or collection I want that I can get a digital edition of, I buy in digital without any thought towards physical, and for many reasons - easier to store, easier to hide (don't even try to pretend you don't know what I mean), easier to take with you via hdd/tablet/phone/spacetimemachine, and ability to print favorite images at whim.
And then, in general, the quality of the images is better; I know for a fact that I can produce a more accurate pose, and higher quality image, when working digitally, as well as play around with it more for the desired visual effect. I know this is the same for lots of people.
AND THEN of course there are the people who are so amaze that you'd leap on whatever possible thing offered from portraits made in potato skins to oil painting, but we're leaving them out for now :3
GIVE ME YOUR WORDS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS I AM A CURIOUS CRITTER
That is very minimally related to simple person aesthetic preference between digital and traditional and more a quality vs. cost thing vs. perceived value of physical copy
Theoretically, if purchasing art of whatever subject matter you have decided upon, would you...
A. prefer it in traditional to have something physical at the end
B. prefer digital because it allows for a higher level of accuracy and polish
AND, if quality of art (pose, figure accuracy, accessories) were not going to be affected in any way aside from the obvious, which would you prefer?
AND, if the digital was far more costly due to it being more time consuming/accurate, would you choose traditional if it were less costly and be okay with some mistakes?
Another theoretical situation:
A. you would choose to pay $40 for a fullbody in traditional, 11x9 max size, assuming markers/pencil crayon medium, and be okay with inaccuracies because you would get the actual image
B. you would choose to pay more than $40 for a digital image, with a smaller working size yet easily printable to 11x9 with no/minimal quality loss, because you know it's going to be as accurate as the artist can make it
I'm just really curious because I've seen some people value a physical piece over a digital one, even if the digital can/would be far better done, and being willing to pay more; this is NOT taking into account cost of materials!
Whereas, personally, if I were to buy art, I would prefer digital; any art book or collection I want that I can get a digital edition of, I buy in digital without any thought towards physical, and for many reasons - easier to store, easier to hide (don't even try to pretend you don't know what I mean), easier to take with you via hdd/tablet/phone/spacetimemachine, and ability to print favorite images at whim.
And then, in general, the quality of the images is better; I know for a fact that I can produce a more accurate pose, and higher quality image, when working digitally, as well as play around with it more for the desired visual effect. I know this is the same for lots of people.
AND THEN of course there are the people who are so amaze that you'd leap on whatever possible thing offered from portraits made in potato skins to oil painting, but we're leaving them out for now :3
GIVE ME YOUR WORDS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS I AM A CURIOUS CRITTER
Which it's what an individual can do in their chosen mediums that makes me *want* to buy, and it's what funds I have available which tells me what I *can* buy. Not the mediums themselves. I love variety and can't honestly wrap my head around having to choose one way or another because of what it *is*.