Traditional artists, unite!

[Centipedes In Utero]

Traditional artist, here. I don't get how someone can draw using the mouse. I've tried, and it's damn near impossible for me.

 

[onipanda379]

I don't know. I've seen traditional art out rival digital.
I like doing both. But I don't have a tablet. I use a mouse on GIMP. I'm too poor to even consider buying photoshop.

Its just easier to find digital artists that are actually good at what they do. I've seen far too many traditional artist that just should find another hobby all together. ._.''

I myself am making plenty from a traditional art shop on Gaia. :3  

[Magezian]

I know how to use photoshop, but I still love traditional~ Maybe I should draw with color pencils again :3  

[kiniumi]

i tried doing some digital art and its no where near as satisfying as doing it traditionally with the exception of always being able to erase


traditional art ftw!  

[XxDestinyMoonxX]

I use both, which one I use depends on what I feel like doing and the situation. I started out with traditional but moved on to digital but I got some new marker pens so I might work more with traditional now.  

[fanmuhr]

i am a traditional artist.
well, i try to draw more digital, but first i need a new tablet (my old on is giving up >.<)
i just love to feel what i draw, like with colour pencils and such. mostly i draw with my nose on the paper, you can't do that in front of the computer (you can......but you don't see anything)
drawings with colour pencils, copic markers, watercolour and acrylic are just my favourites.^^  

[Tachanne]

Well, I suppose every artist would start out as a traditional artist since some of us didn't have computer access to fancy programs like Photoshop and so on.
I guess it works out either way. If artists know how to draw traditionally, then it wouldn't be so hard to draw digitally. It might even be better for those users who have a mouse than a tablet. Or for those who have a laptop and can draw with their trackpad. Using those items, they'll be developing even more skills drawing digitally.
As for the traditional artists, they have a wide range of tools to be used. Digital programs can only provide the texture of the tool if needed. Depending on which tools to draw with, I'd say watercolor would be kind of hard to portray onto the computer.
Using watercolor paints on special paper, the artist could bring out the best in their own painting than on the computer.
Drawing digitally and traditionally have their pros and cons but they're still, obviously, a work of art.

Personally, since I can draw with trackpad, mouse, and tablet, I'd say drawing on paper is purely awesome. Messing around on Photoshop, SAI, oC, and GIMP is fun too, but pencils, markers, crayons and paint make me feel young again.

Oh uh-- sorry for my super big post by the way. It was just something I had to share. >u>;  

[Knocturne]

I'm more of a digital artist because it's cheaper. I don't like buying paints and canvases and what not. I still draw with pen, pencil and paper every once in a while but digital work is just simpler and I can do it anywhere.  

[Rizzi Chan]

I find it easier to do my art traditionally because I can do it more intricately. I am buying a tablet though so that I can do both. But I find tradtional easier. Even though nobody likes my art...  

[Tachanne]

@ Knocturne : I'm just giving feedback on your post.

Now, don't get me wrong here, but aspiring artists always start with traditional drawing and painting.
Digital drawing is easy. . . for those who are used to it.
For those artists who don't draw digitally, they obviously, draw traditionally, and that too is okay.
Though, some artists who like to draw their emotions do a way better job showing it on paper or canvas than on Photoshop.
Paint, paper and canvas is original and can be carried around anywhere.
As for the computer, it is only in a certain solitary spot.

Also, the title of this thread is Traditional artists, unite! and I'm afraid your post is in a more negative note to traditional drawings.
I don't mean to be rude or anything like that, I'm just pointing that out.  

[Tachanne]

xwx I did it again. Super big post.

@ Rizzi : Don't say that about your drawings !
It sounds like you're giving up on art. Don't do that.
Just keep practicing, try other styles of art.
Good luck on the tablet ! It can be hard at first but you'll get used to it soon. =w=b  

[Knocturne]

Tachanne

@ Knocturne : I'm just giving feedback on your post.

Now, don't get me wrong here, but aspiring artists always start with traditional drawing and painting.
Digital drawing is easy. . . for those who are used to it.
For those artists who don't draw digitally, they obviously, draw traditionally, and that too is okay.
Though, some artists who like to draw their emotions do a way better job showing it on paper or canvas than on Photoshop.
Paint, paper and canvas is original and can be carried around anywhere.
As for the computer, it is only in a certain solitary spot.

Also, the title of this thread is Traditional artists, unite! and I'm afraid your post is in a more negative note to traditional drawings.
I don't mean to be rude or anything like that, I'm just pointing that out.

Well, I was just saying that I was shifting to digital more because it was easier and I can do it anywhere (tablet and laptop) I can't take the various brushes and paints I need nore a 20x20 canvas to the mall and work on capturing a moment as people walk by. I could do this with my sketch pad and some charcoal but then it remains unfinished because then I'd like to add more elements to it.

I wasn't being negative at all, I'm just saying that the only crutch for me when it comes to traditional work, which I also still do, is the lack of freedom. And yes, I do use various mediums, because experimenting is also very fun. And I don't think any specific way is more original. It's just easier for me to do digital, nothing else. Just easier. I'm not offended or anything I AM a traditional artist, but I'm also a digital artist. I thought it was relevant to state my point of view, being part of both worlds.  

[Tachanne]

@ Knocturne : Okay, I get it. Sorry about my last post. I probably mis-read yours or I didn't understand it properly.
Well, it's good to know that we've got a few traditional artists in this Guild right ? >u>  

[XDSuki]

crying I'm a traditional artist too. I have an tablet and I rarely used it, but everywhere I look in gaia there digital art O_o. But I know every digital artist probabaly started off as traditional artist. Still I'm 95% traditional artist sweatdrop  

[Quvi]

I do both, but I never upload my traditional stuff sweatdrop
I really like the control one has when using traditional media compared to using a tablet.
I still can't draw nearly as well as I can on a tablet than I do on paper.

I always do life studies/practice on paper or a canvas, never digitally (unless it's digital...practice?).

It's a shame I have no camera to upload my big stuff, and I'm just too lazy to scan smaller things.