Is everyone digital artists?
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Hi, just found these classes (only non-offensive thing on FB these days) and I curious how many people are traditional artists and how many are using digital? I have photoshop, but I'm not very good at it, and was hoping to use pencils and paper. Should I stick around, or is this just for digital artists?
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@Blackpaw4 these classes are designed for any medium, there are a few specific to digital and there are also some specific to traditional. But you can still take away knowledge from either. It’s a great forum to be apart of as well, very friendly and supportive! I’ve learned and grown exponentially since beginning classes over two years ago. I started as traditional (as I think most artists do) and made the switch to digital a few years back.
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Hi there @Blackpaw4! Welcome! I am pretty new to SVS myself, but I have known about it for some time. and am just now making time to take some of the classes. These lessons are great for general art improvement, but they are specially targeted for children's book illustration. I myself work mostly traditional: I sketch and ink then bring scans of that into photoshop for coloring. The main thing is that if we want to be competitive in the artistic workplace, we really should be working digital. Personally, I am not skilled in digital art yet so this hybrid system is working well for me so far. If you are wanting to work as a full time illustrator I would recommend learning digital media better. That said, I'm pretty sure most (if not all) these classes are for everyone, traditional or digital. I hope you have a fantastic day!!!
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Welcome! These classes are about making effective images, whatever medium! I also love traditional media, but I just happen to be exploring digital now because it works better with my hectic life as the mom of a demanding toddler. My goal is to develop a similar style in both traditional and digital so I can work interchangeably depending on the client’s interests and timeframe.
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Hey! Welcome! I am a traditional artist (watercolor and ink) and have greatly benefitted from the classes I have taken so far. Perhaps one day I will invest or have an interest in creating digitally, but for now I dabble in photoshop when I need to digitize my originals. I have been following the "Fundamentals" track and only use pencil, ink and paper. I say stick around!
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@Blackpaw4 welcome! I also used to work traditionally, so that I would have an actual piece of artwork that I can hold in my hand. I started working digitally a couple years ago, because although it doesn't speed up the creation of the art, it is much easier to make edits to a digital piece. That being said, it is also very much possible to edit traditional work digitally.
I think lots of illustrators work in combination to get the benefits of both, like 'tra-digitally.' I guess I was finding that I was editing my work heavily in Photoshop, which improved my digital painting skills in the process. So it was sort of a natural transition.
With the courses, I did most of them with pencil. Also I always do my brainstorming, sketches, thumbnails in pencil first. Apart from the digital-specific courses, you will probably not feel limited or out-of-place using traditional media here.
