liveart in the post "Check out this review of Drawabox that was just released by a former student, Rebecca Rand!"
2019-05-08 16:43
I have to agree about the whole digital vs pen thing. I've started this a couple of times and got frustrated when I noticed my line/ellipse/box making was improving on paper, but I wasn't seeing the same results when I switched to work on my projects digitally. I think it's such a different experience that it doesn't translate as well as you'd hope. Not that there's no improvement, just less of one.
Between the lack of friction, the drawing on a separate surface from where you're looking (I don't have a Cintiq), and a bunch of other little things I think it's just not building up the same set of muscle memory and skills. Not that there wasn't any improvement but I've started again all digital and I think as long as you make a point of strictly adhering to not erasing/undoing it's the better way to go if that's the medium you want to work in.
I really think the instruction being changed to: work in the medium you're trying to learn with but never erase a line (ie: pretend it's pen) would be an improvement. Different mediums just require different skill sets, even when it comes to something as basic as mark making.
liveart in the post "Check out this review of Drawabox that was just released by a former student, Rebecca Rand!"
2019-05-08 17:43
I can respect that, but for me personally it was an added layer of frustration that actually caused me to quit the exercises altogether because they are a grind (albeit worth it) and it seemed like I was getting about half the benefit in the type of work I cared about as I was on paper.
Obviously you have to give general advice based on your experiences and what works best for most people but I've just found it more motivating to see the improvements more immediately in the medium of my choosing and demotivating to see improvements not carry over as much as I'd like. Again that's just my personal experience, you certainly have more experience teaching than I do.
Thanks for taking the time for a thorough response though, I appreciate that.