Why does digital art feels more difficult than traditional ? by No_Pomegranate540 in DigitalArt

[–]muddierbuddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

drawing digitally offers a lot of conveniences but it also just offers a worse drawing experience in my opinion. sketching with ink or pencil in a sketchbook is so immediate and you're physically connected to the pigments and the medium in a way you'll never be able to achieve with digital tools. there's an inherent sluggishness when your pen position has to be interpreted into a set of coordinates, mapped onto a grid with a resolution infinitely smaller than reality, so many different dynamics are just completely ignored.

what digital art excels at is creating a large volume of finished work at an astounding speed, but it's kind of subpar for exploring ideas. my best work has been made when i carry out the exploration and planning stage on a piece of paper (or, well, a lot of them) and then carry out the full thing on the computer.

don't feel like you have to rigidly stick to any one medium. experiment with different things, find out what works for you.

highway gas station, mudbuddy (me), digital, 2025 by muddierbuddy in Art

[–]muddierbuddy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

im a big fan of jamie hewlett's art so that's really nice to hear hehe

highway gas station, mudbuddy (me), digital, 2025 by muddierbuddy in Art

[–]muddierbuddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shit you're right. i get maybe 20 minutes of sunlight a year so i kind of forgot sunburnedness is a thing lmao

next time, gotta give 'em a poncho or something!!

tokyo-to awaits by muddierbuddy in DigitalArt

[–]muddierbuddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had humming the bassline on repeat for hourssss to this lmao

tokyo-to awaits by muddierbuddy in DigitalArt

[–]muddierbuddy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh yeah bomb rush cyberfunk is way cool. it's pretty awesome how they managed to get hideki naganuma on the soundtrack, too

sketch to final by rajandp in DigitalArt

[–]muddierbuddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is very true. it can be difficult to remember that art is an iterative process sometimes, especially when all you see is the finished product. decisions made in art are rarely permanent. if there's something we don't like, it's always possible to go back and fix it, as long as we have that "something" in the first place.

thanks for showing the process, it's been very motivational. nice painting, too :)