Can this help with digital art?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals/comments/swn0dj/can_this_help_with_digital_art/
2022-02-19 23:32
Argileon
Hey Everyone!
I'm by no means even close to calling myself an artist in the sense of drawing or visual medium, but I'm way more comfortable with a pencil/pen and paper than I am on an iPad or drawing tablet.
Would going through the DrawABox lessons on both pen/paper and a tablet be a good way to get more familiar and comfortable with the digital medium? I've tried just doodling on the digital stuff, but its just so much worse than I know I can do with a pencil and paper, that I get discouraged from using it, and I do really want to be competent drawing digitally at some point soon.
I'd really appreciate any advice that you guys have on this!
EDIT: Thank you all for the responses. Back to working on the exercises!
Uncomfortable
2022-02-20 00:51
Every tool and medium will have its own learning curve. What Drawabox teaches addresses some basic mark making stuff, but primarily focuses on spatial reasoning, which is more related to how your brain perceives and understands the things you draw. We use ink because it reinforces the particular concepts we explore quite effectively, not simply to learn how to draw with pen.
While some of the earlier exercises can certainly help you get used to drawing with other tools (being that they're more focused on general markmaking), I'm not sure they'd actually be any more useful than just jumping in and producing artwork (whether good or bad) using the given tool.
Alternatively, you might find a dedicated course for learning that particular tool. That of course doesn't replace the importance of learning good markmaking habits and spatial reasoning skill - it simply clears the way for you to apply them more effectively.
unchi_unko
2022-02-20 05:51
Practice and time is really what will get you comfortable. But, you could try doing your sketching on paper and then scanning it in to draw on your iPad. Personally, I feel more comfortable sketching traditional and then scanning and polishing it digitally.
SpungyDanglin
2022-02-20 09:45
From my experience digital is very different than drawing and harder. To make good digital art you need to know how to work your program. Yes you can upload your drawn art but then you need to know how to "trace" it. The pen/ freehand tool is usually not used to create, but add to the finished piece
sephirothxxl
2022-02-20 09:54
Well as a (digital) artist, I would recommend you to limit yourself to paper/pencil for the exercies only.
What you learn with drawabox are certain fundmentals. The will eventually help ou becoming a better artist. But drawing Digitally is whole other story and putting too much on your learning curve rather confuses you, than help you.
Having a good line art on digital requires you to have it on paper too. Once you have a decent line art on paper, you can way more easily adopt it to Procreate and whatnot.
Argileon
2022-02-20 02:29
Thank you so much for the reply! I really appreciate it.