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.