Vlog | Digital art Vs Analog: pros and cons of drawing with a tablet
Channel: Salgood Sam
Date: 2019-01-17

ED: So by the by I used some video tutorials and landscape reference by Noah Bradley in my efforts to dial in the digital painting skills I was practicing here. They were very helpful but that was before I knew he'd raped someone!  ACK! Christ, people, why cant dudes not be assholes. So it goes without saying I DO NOT endorse Noah at all at this time, i'm leaving this clip up because the work here has only a tangential connection to him, and has it's own value as a learning tool for others. 
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Hi Internet people, hope you're good.
Does digital painting wreck your hands? ME TOO! 

I exaggerate a bit but here's some still earley thoughts about that and why I still love working analog. 

A vlog post about my recent experiences practicing digital painting. I don't hate it, but i do find working on a tablet to be sub-optimal when it comes to the best practices i've developed drawing and painting with traditional materials. 

The main issue I'm fining is how you need to press far more than with paper & pencils, pens or brush to get much line value. They are pretty great in a lot of other ways but I still can definitely feel the difference and its leading to more discomfort with my drawing hand.

I suspect that has some real long term consequences in terms of the health of you drawing hand, and for the level of precision i'm accustomed to getting with a brush, pen or pencil.  

I'm toying with some ideas of hybrid soltions to experiment with in the near future. I think styles with greater minimalism are going to be more favorable to the medium in a lot of ways. 

I've posted about Grip here in the past.
http://dd.salgoodsam.com/grip/

I watched this clip for some great tips on digital painting, thanks Noah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWMMo1v594Y

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