This is not a debate but and observation.
As I've been looking at some artwork lately, I've found myself being drawn to traditional art more and more lately. There is just something about it that is very appealing to me right now. Then I started to think, I actually haven't sat down and drawn anything really in... well I can't even remember. Sure I doodle here and there, but no actual thought out illustrations.
Then I realized that one of the reasons I went digital was because it was easier. But now I really miss drawing. But fear that I might not know what I'm doing any more.
Has anyone else found themselves in this situation. Has going digital effected your ability to use traditional mediums. After all there is no undo or color picker when it comes to traditional. You are stuck with what you do.
If you started off traditional then went to digital, do you ever feel the need to go back. Why did you make the switch in the first place.
I'm not one to make New Years Goals. But I think this is one that I will make. I want to do more traditional work this year. Whether it's through drawing or painting or something.
I just really miss the time I would get completely lost in my work. It's usually not like that with digital for me. So I think I'm going to go and get a new drawing pad tomorrow.
Anyone else thoughts on this subject.
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So today marks my 11th anniversary on DeviantArt. Thereby making it the longest relationship I've managed to maintain.
In the time I've joined I've mange to grow exponentially as an artist, I even graduated college and stated working as a professional graphic designer.
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A year of living creatively...
Come this Thursday March 18th, I will be turning yet another year older. Now I normally don't make new years resolution aka promises I don't plan to keep. But last year I made somewhat of a resolute
to take advantage of any opportunity that came my way. Now it might not be a resolution but it was something was determined to do
and wow what a great year it has been because of it. Well this year I wanted to do the same thing again. So I decided it was going to be a year of creating things.
A Year of Living Creatively.
Here is the breakdown.
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52 and thank you
On another note I started a project called 52. In an attempt to challenge myself while also building my skills, I created 52. It's 52 themes that are done in a 52minute time frame. If you want to follow along you can at the Epilogue Forums > http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21694 or on Pixelbrush > http://www.pixelbrush.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3935
Right now I've done 2 themes with 5 pictures. I'm still tweaking the rules. Right now I'm not sure if I should keep it in the order I have it. I'm an artist I'm meant to break rules especially my own :).
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I like to play with both. Because of lacking a set up for traditional I leaned more to digital, it's clean and you don't need to prepare much. Now I do have a set up for my traditional art, but I am caught in a couple of projects so I have had no time to go back to watercolors. I really would like to learn more about watercolor, I like them but they can be frustrating, and I'd like to master them.
I would say to do both the learned skills in one can help you with the other, eh?
I would say to do both the learned skills in one can help you with the other, eh?