The Decline of Hand Drawing?

[Luxvilt 24]

In a world rife with technological advancement, art has never been this available and easy to create. Though I see the many conveniences digital art offers, it's becoming worrisome to me that traditional. or hand-drawn art is in turn becoming obsolete. I've read an article (http://landarchs.com/drawing-dead/) touching on this issue, and thinking about, it's quite saddening that my primary mode of drawing is fading away. Opinions anyone?

[Ribbonfree 2,384]

Well most artists who make digital art use tablets. They're still using hand drawing techniques, just enhancing it with the ability to pull up shading tools or whatever in their favorite photo editing software. In most cases, I feel, it's like buying extra tools to help you with hand drawing. The main emphasis is still on your hands.

[Silverwisp the Bard 2,354]

I don't really see the problem.

Any artist worth his/her salt needs traditional training, so the skills are still being learned/taught; even in the comic industry, most art is still based on physical pencil drawings.

The advantage of digital colouring is that it's more forgiving than pencil/watercolour and a lot faster/cheaper than acry or oil, so for most hbby artists it's the obvious choice.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Silverwisp the Bard

[Luxvilt 24]

I've never held a tablet before, let alone seen one, but I can't help but feel that there is a lack of 'genuine-ness' that I feel when I look at a hand-drawn piece versus a digitally-made one. Perhaps I should look into buying these intriguing devices soon.

[Frith is Magick 1,471]

I don't think drawing by hand is dying. As technology discovers new ways to create, old methods will simply form a smaller percent of what is created. Painting and carving have been around since the dawn of our species, and despite refining these arts and discovering new ones, they are still practiced. Hand drawing is also very basic; it functions as both an introduction to art in general and a way to train basic skills, but also as a way spit-balling ideas or drafting projects that may be completed digitally. Additionally, a favoured tool, it seems, in digital art is the tablet, so even though it is digital and being refined after the fact, a good chunk of the work is done by hand anyway.

[Kurai 304]

I doubt traditional art will every be phased out, its been around for thousands of years and will be around for more.
Plus digital art is just traditional in a different form, it requires the same skill.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Ritan Kurai

[Luxvilt 24]

I doubt traditional art will every be phased out, its been around for thousands of years and will be around for more.

Plus digital art is just traditional in a different form, it requires the same skill.

 

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Seen one, in person. my apology of i wasn't clear enough.

[Silverwisp the Bard 2,354]

I've never held a tablet before, let alone seen one, but I can't help but feel that there is a lack of 'genuine-ness' that I feel when I look at a hand-drawn piece versus a digitally-made one. Perhaps I should look into buying these intriguing devices soon.

It's simply that digital art is relatively new. Most people probably felt the same when printing first came around, or, more recently, computer animated movies.

 

As for purchasing a tablet, I would advice first try colouring digital with mouse and keybard. It will give you an idea whether digital colouring is for you.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Silverwisp the Bard

[Kurai 304]

 

 

Seen one, in person. my apology of i wasn't clear enough

I should have realised something so simple, my bad, I'm very tired.