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Digital Painting

Pros:

  • No waiting for things to dry
  • No cleaning up. No mess.
  • Exact colours and any colour always available. My pet peeve in traditional art was running out of black or white.
  • No worry about too big or too small. Easy to resize canvas.
  • Print out
  • Take as long as needed without worrying about damaging what you're working. I mean this in the way that over painting paper can damage the paper.
  • Quicker
  • Relaxing to do on a laptop in a comfy chair or in bed
  • Tablet is portable
  • Me personally I can draw emotions better, my art is more alive but other artists are the opposite.
  • Relaxing to draw in paint tool sai and enjoy many hours of drawing with full freedom. There's less restrictions than in traditional.
  • No need to buy more supplies, it's a one time cost for the drawing program and tablet if you take good care of your tablet.
  • Gets addictive because once you no longer feel restricted the ideas come pouring out.
Cons:
  • Can't do it without some form of computer
  • Cords on tablet tend to get damaged easily
  • Wireless tablets are more expensive
  • Doesn't have to same feeling
  • Hard to get use to in the beginning. Very hard before it becomes natural
  • Once the file is corrupted that's it, it's gone
  • If you don't back up, and your PC crashes it's gone forever. That is why it's important to try to store a digital copy online. Personally I use my Deviantart for my good work and my personal stuff mature or not goes on a private photobucket album.
  • If the surface gets scratched or damaged it often ruins the experience since it looses functionality
  • Loss of pressure senstivity when updating drivers, having to find an older driver update to go back to normal can be very hard and annoying.
  • Programs to draw are often very expensive. Not everyone is suited to cheaper programs like SAI and Opencanvas.
  • Replacing your tablet or upgrading or upgrading programs can become very costly.
Those are a few things I've come to love and hate about digital painting. I don't think I'll ever go back but it's nice when I pick up a pencil again. It's hideous compared to my digital work but I still love it. Still love what I do.

Next post will feature art drawn today with some light or heavy text talking about the piece or the process of the piece.
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  1. Dani29 October 2012 at 22:02

    I agree with a lot of these points. I love doing traditional work but digital painting/sketching can be so much easier and more effective. :) Even with the ms paint crap I have on my blogspot lol, it's also quicker to share the things you do digitally.

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