Man, one thing you didn't mention that I love and miss about traditional drawing is the way a pencil lets you vary the grip. A stylus just doesn't give you the versatility to vary where you can hold the pencil. I love holding the pencil high up away from the tip and sketching loosely at first. It kinda frees up your mind to not worry about how refined it looks and get ideas onto the page.
You said it! Varying the pencil grip, adding a pencil extender to increase shading control, and varying the pencil point are what I miss when I use digital. I'm a big fan of the chisel point where you can get both fine, sharp lines and broader lines so you can quickly add tone and "paint shapes". Sure, on digital you can use tilt, but it doesn't have the same control.
This is a month late, but I agree with you. And not to be an apple fanboy or anything, but being able to tilt the pencil and hold it in anyway is one of the reasons I really love digital art on an ipad. It just feels natural and responsive whereas with wacom, I wasn't able to hold the stylus in the same ways. Wish more companies bit off of apple and made their styluses have an actual pencil tip instead of a pen tip.
@@yeettheskeetboi8089 I actually got an iPad in the time since I first replied, and I would have to agree 100%. It's about the most natural-feeling digital drawing I have ever done on any device, and I have experience on screen tablets from Wacom, XP-Pen, and Huion. Kudos to Apple for getting it right.
@@Stephen-T-Clark Yeah I have an XP Pen tablet for my computer and had a wacom before that, they're definitely smooth and responsive but it's more like holding a pen or mechanical pencil as opposed to the completely round tip of the apple pencil. It'd be great if tablet companies could make different variations of styluses from pencil tip to fine pen tip.
Trent, I'm not an artist professionally, hell I barely draw anymore these days. I wanted to just say that your dedication to helping aspiring artist and guiding them through that spider web that is the art profession, it is more than commendable. I think it's safe to say in a non weird way, that you could be considered the internets art dad. Always there to give that great advice and encouragement for artist to keep going. You rock Trent, from the bottom of my heart, bless you.
Awesome work Trent! It's always a pleasure to listen to you, absorb your wisdom, and watch your craft, thank you, and I hope to see the inking and painting process soon, cheers!
I've done all my sketches traditionally then took a picture / scanned it onto the computer or used an Android device to ink and color the drawing. Though I have started do straight digital, and this video has kinda inspired me go back to do my traditional sketch then digital finish.
I will always be a fine art/ traditional art baby. Ive practiced digital for a while now but when drawing digitally, I easily get caught up in the details zooming in alot. But in a sketchbook I'm free to make all the mistakes I want and I never feel about about it as much. Digitally it always feels like its gotta be perfect somehow so I undo the lines so many times before getting frustrated with it. In the end I just feel more creative on paper, because Im only using the basic tools I really need
I will say, I've been drawing digitally for years but I still feel like my skills are much more honed in traditionally even tho I don't do it as often as I use to. There is still some disconnect my hand & mind struggle with. Always experimenting and changing up what I do to further my skills. Thanks for sharing, Trent! Lovely video!
I hope your game and yt channel a success ^ - ^ , been following you since hs and its you that inspired me to keep creating characters and making their background stories ^ - ^
Thanks Trent, because of your chanell I have spent a year getting my skills honed and finally gotten the confidence by applying for a job in online gaming (slots etc) as a first move. Your info has been a massive part of that for me. Thanks dude, you are a weapon!
i love the traditional ways my brother, always try to do some traditional just to stay sharp on pencil and inking, watercolor and etc. Also love the all kind of paper, above all is Arches, theres nothing like the smell of indian ink and watercolor, digital gives you all kind of flexibility, speed and that kind of stuff that you need to for the jobs, but traditional art give you the love.
Oh man this was a fantastic video. When I first started watching this channel I was just starting to delve into digital art. Pencil drawing was pretty much all I did before. The transition between the two was so frustrating at first. Just understanding how everything worked and learning the programs. Ack... reminded me of all the headache. Though feels good to be far more comfortable with digital stuff. But man I still got a long way to go with it. Thanks Trent nice video!
Definitely love the feel of traditional even tho digital is way faster as well. I’m curious as to what advice you have about getting better at coming up with all the original details that you add to your characters. Clothes, the pouches, etc. The extras are really creative
You should totally do a grey scale of that piece or another one if the mood strikes you it would be really cool to see you paint with a traditional medium I think it would be awesome to see the comparison between that and your digital art
I draw the same either traditionally or digitally, I think mostly because I spent 30+ year drawing traditionally and then those skills just transferred to digital (and long live ctrl Z)
I am enjoying your drawing course's on Gumroad. Been working at drawing daily, I have to adjust with my work schedule fluctuations. Thanks for the useful information 👍
Would be cool to see the inked version! Collecting original comic book art is something I want to do more of... though it is starting to get way out of my price range, sadly. :( I like digital art generally more when just looking at it, but it lacks the collectible nature.
how you design these type of awesome characters?? how you think about the style, the design, the outfits and all that stuffs? what's your thought process behind these?
I attempted to teach some online acrylic paint classes and oh the headache of the camera setup. I'm a digital painter, but I try to have a sketch book in the bag, mostly because I love smudging my shadows. Still have yet to find a digital brush that gives me that smudged look.
All my art is traditional, digital is slightly locked off from me in that I can't afford the gear, but even when I've tried friends tablets and programs I found the transition really difficult for some reason? Awesome to see you weigh the pros and cons - I can clearly see why digital is the way the world has gone becuase it's way faster and less risky but you'll pry my inks and pens from my cold dead fingers XD
I favor traditional art too, despite actually having "the gear" (a Wacom tablet and apps like GIMP/Krita that can take advantage of it). And don't forget digital art has many formats outside of just digital painting -- e.g. I grew up creating pixel art in the DOS/EGA era, pixel art requiring no "gear" to speak of, just precision and patience on your part.
My first time watching you, 3rd video. I laughed when you said about having to make changes to a drawing vs digital. It reminded me of my days returning to college, an older student and never having worked on a computer. Well after typing a paper over 5 times - TYPING - i ditched the typewriter and self taught myself how to use the Apple computer. That was in the mid 90s 😂 Ok, I started at Maryland Institute of Art for fashion design, continued at FIT in my career and regretted that I didn’t major in graphic. I was always the student whose portfolio was mixed up for the favorite A student by work but not by name until they discovered it was me, the less favored art student. But anyway at 60-something,I am embarking on revamping my self illustrated children’s book from 30 years ago converting to digital verse my hand drawn art work. So I’m laughing because this old dog has to learn new tricks.I will be watching you as I venture into learning Photoshop and how to really use my ipad & pencil. My son is in this industry and is doing well. Mama had to turn to him for help. He recommended Photoshop, so here goes 😂
Nice work. I've always enjoyed traditional more even though I have to work strictly digital for work. Great to see some pencil work. Thanks for recording your process. Hopefully you get enough likes to move into the ink process.
I love traditional drawing as it connects me to my very early drawing years, with some small pros and cons....having tried TONS of tools, I have fully turned into a traditional medium hoarder, haha! While you feature Blackwings here....for me, it has resulted in I now have enough Staedtler Mars Lumograph/Noris in excusively 2H and HB to last the rest of my lifetime, and then also likely leave a small treasure trove for Fallout's Lone Wanderer to discover one day of other European, Japanese, and American tools I've tried. Plenty of empty sketchbooks from all over the world because my muse has changed over time (in art school, I was all about Moleskine sketchbook/watercolor books, then those basic Canson hardcovers.... lately I've been enjoying 'Mixed Media' paper either Strathmore or Canson as I like heavy ink wash or gouache now and again) Digital doesn't have that physically cluttering issue...but remembering which programs I used for art over the years and hoping the tool is still programmed the same always is a thing. Gotta also be careful to store harddrives with old art safely, and may need to back up files onto newer tech in the future. Gotta love transform and liquify tools for quick bashing though. Thanks for the video, cheers!
The problem with hairspray is that it may have products not intended for fine art, which may damage your art in the long run. Also, hair fixative usually has some scents in them that can get stuck in your drawing for years.
Thanks for the video. It is awesome. I had a question, what is your opinion on brushes in digital media? like does your brushes affect how much detail you can put in a painting? When I use pencil brushes in procreate and create a piece, it looks much more detailed compared to using other brushes in clip studio or photoshop.
The default pencil brush in the latest Clip Studio is great, but you need to make sure that tilt works so you can simulate using the side of the pencil. This pencil brush came with the last major upgrade about a year ago. Many artists use the default darker or lighter pencil which look digital like a small round brush in Photoshop.
Another benefit of digital is cost, I do some traditional commissions and usually sketch up in procreate because I was eating those expensive pencils like a maniac 😂 and I agree on the procreate thing, it’s the closest to an actual piece of paper, brush engine is pretty insane too, you can make really convincing natural bristle brushes in there.
new to your channel but really loving how you articulate things and learning a lot! thanks for that.... Im curious if you could do a vid on building a great portfolio / resume as an artist.. specific skills or topics that should be highlighted, minimum and max size a portfolio should be for optimal attention , sites to host and promote portfolio etc.. I appreciate all of the content and your time creating the content
I have a workshop for a Video Game Concept art Portfolio. That would be different from a portfolio for an animator or an illustrator. You can find it here: www.gumroad.com/trentk
I pretty much have to draw digital. I have a myoclonus condition that honestly; if digital had not been a thing I never would have gotten into art at all I imagine. I still draw on paper for myself and for learning, but I'll never be able to do a proper piece of art on paper that looks appealing. Digital gave me freedom I never would have had, and got me into something I never knew I would have been able to. Also I really like my ipad because like you say, it's easy to rotate the pad in your hand as you draw. same as with paper.
Could you tell me what pencils did you use for this sketching? Also, do you think transition from paper to digital is possible with self education? if yes, some tips please. From what I feel, photoshop or other app just has too many tools to cover by self.
You definitely can transition from paper to digital through self-education. I've done it and so can you! Photoshop is probably overkill and requires a subscription for as little as $10 USD/month or you can buy Clip Studio Paint for $50 (several times a year it is half off $25 USD). The default pencil brush in Clip Studio Paint is excellent as are the inking tools like the Real G-Pen. You can also start with a free app like Krita. It's amazing and you can learn about it on the official Krita YT site. There are amazing artists like David Revoy who exclusively use Krita. His art is excellent and you can see his tutorials on YT. Start out with a non-Wacom, cheap, medium-sized drawing tablet like Huion or XP-Pen for $50-$70. If you can use a mouse, you can use a tablet. There is a disconnect, but after practicing with it (length of time varies) it will become second nature. You could also start with a cheaper, non-Wacom display drawing tablet like a Huion Kamvas. I really recommend a 16" as a minimum. A 13" is usable but requires too much zooming. That's around $380 USD on Amazon (There's always a coupon on the page).
I'm going to sound like a snob for bringing it up but as an art student I'd like to discuss chiaroscuro. Traditionally I've seen it used not just to express a contrast in value but to greatly contrast negative space, the background of a subject, or a portion of the subject to conceal details you would normally see. I'm trying to approach this as gracefully as I can because there's no point in calling Trent out for points, I'm honestly curious if the technique goes beyond what I described as it's concerned with value and contrast.
What I believe Trent is talking about with chiaroscuro is just an example of when it's necessary to get a dark fill in pencils and how one could render that, not the conceptual element of how to achieve a good composition with chiaroscuro techniques. It's a practical issue when drawing because you can get lost in your linework if you're going to end up with a complex shape pattern through lighting - it becomes very abstract and hard to find landmarks.
This might not be true for everyone, but the biggest advantage that traditional has for me is just being tactile. I can feel the pencil and the paper, I have to rub an eraser and brush away crumbs. Blow a droplet of watercolor into a stick/tree with a straw. Splatter ink with a toothbrush. Without those sensations, I can't focus. Tablets and styli still can't replicate it.
I've always found digital is a good way to show what you understand but traditional is a good way to show your technical skill away from digital tools like transform because it's one thing to know what it's meant to look like then adjust and another to know what it's meant to look like and actually draw it. I find traditional really shows you what you should work on because digital you don't have to because if it's off you just transform or skew it in place and draw over and i feel that doesn't really do as much in the way of leveling up your drawing skills just your observational skills
I am more comfortable with paper art, but I want to make the transition to digital art. It's genuinely hard, and at times disheartening when your paper art is miles better than your digital art. It feels like I am learning to draw from cube one when I am in the digital format.
In your opinion, if someone has been working with regular pen and paper or water color and paper, ect, could they do character or landscape concept art that way instead of using digital and still be able to work in the gaming industry?... in today's day and age.
It’s Very rare. You have to make loads of changes to every drawing. For instance, if your art director asks you to redraw the armor, or change a whole wall design, you’d have to completely repaint the whole thing. Digital is very efficient for game dev because it’s so iterative.
Man, one thing you didn't mention that I love and miss about traditional drawing is the way a pencil lets you vary the grip. A stylus just doesn't give you the versatility to vary where you can hold the pencil. I love holding the pencil high up away from the tip and sketching loosely at first. It kinda frees up your mind to not worry about how refined it looks and get ideas onto the page.
Or using the Over-the-Hand grip... That grip is awesome!
You said it! Varying the pencil grip, adding a pencil extender to increase shading control, and varying the pencil point are what I miss when I use digital. I'm a big fan of the chisel point where you can get both fine, sharp lines and broader lines so you can quickly add tone and "paint shapes". Sure, on digital you can use tilt, but it doesn't have the same control.
This is a month late, but I agree with you. And not to be an apple fanboy or anything, but being able to tilt the pencil and hold it in anyway is one of the reasons I really love digital art on an ipad. It just feels natural and responsive whereas with wacom, I wasn't able to hold the stylus in the same ways. Wish more companies bit off of apple and made their styluses have an actual pencil tip instead of a pen tip.
@@yeettheskeetboi8089 I actually got an iPad in the time since I first replied, and I would have to agree 100%. It's about the most natural-feeling digital drawing I have ever done on any device, and I have experience on screen tablets from Wacom, XP-Pen, and Huion. Kudos to Apple for getting it right.
@@Stephen-T-Clark Yeah I have an XP Pen tablet for my computer and had a wacom before that, they're definitely smooth and responsive but it's more like holding a pen or mechanical pencil as opposed to the completely round tip of the apple pencil. It'd be great if tablet companies could make different variations of styluses from pencil tip to fine pen tip.
Trent, I'm not an artist professionally, hell I barely draw anymore these days. I wanted to just say that your dedication to helping aspiring artist and guiding them through that spider web that is the art profession, it is more than commendable.
I think it's safe to say in a non weird way, that you could be considered the internets art dad. Always there to give that great advice and encouragement for artist to keep going. You rock Trent, from the bottom of my heart, bless you.
This is so convenient that you posted this. I was planning on doing a speech for one of my classes comparing traditional and digital art!
Awesome work Trent! It's always a pleasure to listen to you, absorb your wisdom, and watch your craft, thank you, and I hope to see the inking and painting process soon, cheers!
I've done all my sketches traditionally then took a picture / scanned it onto the computer or used an Android device to ink and color the drawing. Though I have started do straight digital, and this video has kinda inspired me go back to do my traditional sketch then digital finish.
I will always be a fine art/ traditional art baby. Ive practiced digital for a while now but when drawing digitally, I easily get caught up in the details zooming in alot. But in a sketchbook I'm free to make all the mistakes I want and I never feel about about it as much. Digitally it always feels like its gotta be perfect somehow so I undo the lines so many times before getting frustrated with it. In the end I just feel more creative on paper, because Im only using the basic tools I really need
I will say, I've been drawing digitally for years but I still feel like my skills are much more honed in traditionally even tho I don't do it as often as I use to. There is still some disconnect my hand & mind struggle with. Always experimenting and changing up what I do to further my skills. Thanks for sharing, Trent! Lovely video!
Your pencil art is so good that it looks more impressive than most of digital art I see.
I hope your game and yt channel a success ^ - ^ , been following you since hs and its you that inspired me to keep creating characters and making their background stories ^ - ^
Thanks Trent, because of your chanell I have spent a year getting my skills honed and finally gotten the confidence by applying for a job in online gaming (slots etc) as a first move. Your info has been a massive part of that for me. Thanks dude, you are a weapon!
smart move! Thats a booming business for artists.
i love the traditional ways my brother, always try to do some traditional just to stay sharp on pencil and inking, watercolor and etc.
Also love the all kind of paper, above all is Arches, theres nothing like the smell of indian ink and watercolor, digital gives you all kind of flexibility, speed and that kind of stuff that you need to for the jobs, but traditional art give you the love.
Oh man this was a fantastic video. When I first started watching this channel I was just starting to delve into digital art. Pencil drawing was pretty much all I did before. The transition between the two was so frustrating at first. Just understanding how everything worked and learning the programs. Ack... reminded me of all the headache. Though feels good to be far more comfortable with digital stuff. But man I still got a long way to go with it. Thanks Trent nice video!
WOW!!! Amazing!!! And yes you should.
Thank you for these videos. I’ve been drawing since I could hold a pencil, and find this channel very inspiring
I like traditional when it comes to sketching and practicing the fundamentals, but painting overall I'd go digital
Definitely love the feel of traditional even tho digital is way faster as well. I’m curious as to what advice you have about getting better at coming up with all the original details that you add to your characters. Clothes, the pouches, etc. The extras are really creative
That’s all in my character workshop on gumroad. Www.gumroad.com/trentk
You should totally do a grey scale of that piece or another one if the mood strikes you it would be really cool to see you paint with a traditional medium I think it would be awesome to see the comparison between that and your digital art
Nice one! And yeah, gouache paintover would be great!
I draw the same either traditionally or digitally, I think mostly because I spent 30+ year drawing traditionally and then those skills just transferred to digital (and long live ctrl Z)
Pretty dope to see some of your traditional art process 🥰✨
I am enjoying your drawing course's on Gumroad. Been working at drawing daily, I have to adjust with my work schedule fluctuations.
Thanks for the useful information 👍
Would be cool to see the inked version! Collecting original comic book art is something I want to do more of... though it is starting to get way out of my price range, sadly. :( I like digital art generally more when just looking at it, but it lacks the collectible nature.
how you design these type of awesome characters?? how you think about the style, the design, the outfits and all that stuffs? what's your thought process behind these?
We used to use Aqua Net hairspray to spray over the drawing to keep from smearing that's old school
would love to see this in gouache, thanks for all your awesome videos.
I attempted to teach some online acrylic paint classes and oh the headache of the camera setup. I'm a digital painter, but I try to have a sketch book in the bag, mostly because I love smudging my shadows. Still have yet to find a digital brush that gives me that smudged look.
All my art is traditional, digital is slightly locked off from me in that I can't afford the gear, but even when I've tried friends tablets and programs I found the transition really difficult for some reason? Awesome to see you weigh the pros and cons - I can clearly see why digital is the way the world has gone becuase it's way faster and less risky but you'll pry my inks and pens from my cold dead fingers XD
I favor traditional art too, despite actually having "the gear" (a Wacom tablet and apps like GIMP/Krita that can take advantage of it). And don't forget digital art has many formats outside of just digital painting -- e.g. I grew up creating pixel art in the DOS/EGA era, pixel art requiring no "gear" to speak of, just precision and patience on your part.
My first time watching you, 3rd video. I laughed when you said about having to make changes to a drawing vs digital. It reminded me of my days returning to college, an older student and never having worked on a computer. Well after typing a paper over 5 times - TYPING - i ditched the typewriter and self taught myself how to use the Apple computer. That was in the mid 90s 😂
Ok, I started at Maryland Institute of Art for fashion design, continued at FIT in my career and regretted that I didn’t major in graphic. I was always the student whose portfolio was mixed up for the favorite A student by work but not by name until they discovered it was me, the less favored art student. But anyway at 60-something,I am embarking on revamping my self illustrated children’s book from 30 years ago converting to digital verse my hand drawn art work. So I’m laughing because this old dog has to learn new tricks.I will be watching you as I venture into learning Photoshop and how to really use my ipad & pencil. My son is in this industry and is doing well. Mama had to turn to him for help. He recommended Photoshop, so here goes 😂
Duude, definitely would like to see the ink work
You are one of the best people here in youtube you know that
Nice work. I've always enjoyed traditional more even though I have to work strictly digital for work. Great to see some pencil work. Thanks for recording your process. Hopefully you get enough likes to move into the ink process.
Love your Art on Paper!
I love traditional drawing as it connects me to my very early drawing years, with some small pros and cons....having tried TONS of tools, I have fully turned into a traditional medium hoarder, haha! While you feature Blackwings here....for me, it has resulted in I now have enough Staedtler Mars Lumograph/Noris in excusively 2H and HB to last the rest of my lifetime, and then also likely leave a small treasure trove for Fallout's Lone Wanderer to discover one day of other European, Japanese, and American tools I've tried. Plenty of empty sketchbooks from all over the world because my muse has changed over time (in art school, I was all about Moleskine sketchbook/watercolor books, then those basic Canson hardcovers.... lately I've been enjoying 'Mixed Media' paper either Strathmore or Canson as I like heavy ink wash or gouache now and again)
Digital doesn't have that physically cluttering issue...but remembering which programs I used for art over the years and hoping the tool is still programmed the same always is a thing. Gotta also be careful to store harddrives with old art safely, and may need to back up files onto newer tech in the future. Gotta love transform and liquify tools for quick bashing though.
Thanks for the video, cheers!
A cheap trick that I like to use to prevent smudging is spray the finished pencils with hairspray. It works pretty good.
The problem with hairspray is that it may have products not intended for fine art, which may damage your art in the long run. Also, hair fixative usually has some scents in them that can get stuck in your drawing for years.
Rotating a sketch pad is super intuitive. Flipping the image, tho, not so much. 😅😅
Haha. Some traditional artists use a mirror (small or hand-held mirror) to flip the image.
Thanks for the video. It is awesome. I had a question, what is your opinion on brushes in digital media? like does your brushes affect how much detail you can put in a painting? When I use pencil brushes in procreate and create a piece, it looks much more detailed compared to using other brushes in clip studio or photoshop.
The default pencil brush in the latest Clip Studio is great, but you need to make sure that tilt works so you can simulate using the side of the pencil. This pencil brush came with the last major upgrade about a year ago. Many artists use the default darker or lighter pencil which look digital like a small round brush in Photoshop.
@@asimian8500 thanks for the tip👍🏻🙏🏻
Does this mean you're gonna expand on the Easy art lessons collection soon?
It'd be really cool if you could post the pencils somewhere so inkers could have a crack at it...
Another benefit of digital is cost, I do some traditional commissions and usually sketch up in procreate because I was eating those expensive pencils like a maniac 😂 and I agree on the procreate thing, it’s the closest to an actual piece of paper, brush engine is pretty insane too, you can make really convincing natural bristle brushes in there.
new to your channel but really loving how you articulate things and learning a lot! thanks for that.... Im curious if you could do a vid on building a great portfolio / resume as an artist.. specific skills or topics that should be highlighted, minimum and max size a portfolio should be for optimal attention , sites to host and promote portfolio etc.. I appreciate all of the content and your time creating the content
also, similar questions for creating a great Art Book.
I have a workshop for a Video Game Concept art Portfolio. That would be different from a portfolio for an animator or an illustrator. You can find it here: www.gumroad.com/trentk
Hey Trent, I REALLY love your artstyle and wonder if you've got like something on gumroad specifically about your style?
I pinch to zoom on paper occasionally.
I pretty much have to draw digital.
I have a myoclonus condition that honestly; if digital had not been a thing I never would have gotten into art at all I imagine. I still draw on paper for myself and for learning, but I'll never be able to do a proper piece of art on paper that looks appealing. Digital gave me freedom I never would have had, and got me into something I never knew I would have been able to.
Also I really like my ipad because like you say, it's easy to rotate the pad in your hand as you draw. same as with paper.
Could you tell me what pencils did you use for this sketching?
Also, do you think transition from paper to digital is possible with self education? if yes, some tips please.
From what I feel, photoshop or other app just has too many tools to cover by self.
You definitely can transition from paper to digital through self-education. I've done it and so can you! Photoshop is probably overkill and requires a subscription for as little as $10 USD/month or you can buy Clip Studio Paint for $50 (several times a year it is half off $25 USD). The default pencil brush in Clip Studio Paint is excellent as are the inking tools like the Real G-Pen. You can also start with a free app like Krita. It's amazing and you can learn about it on the official Krita YT site. There are amazing artists like David Revoy who exclusively use Krita. His art is excellent and you can see his tutorials on YT.
Start out with a non-Wacom, cheap, medium-sized drawing tablet like Huion or XP-Pen for $50-$70. If you can use a mouse, you can use a tablet. There is a disconnect, but after practicing with it (length of time varies) it will become second nature. You could also start with a cheaper, non-Wacom display drawing tablet like a Huion Kamvas. I really recommend a 16" as a minimum. A 13" is usable but requires too much zooming. That's around $380 USD on Amazon (There's always a coupon on the page).
Thankyou for this video in 2024❤
I'm going to sound like a snob for bringing it up but as an art student I'd like to discuss chiaroscuro. Traditionally I've seen it used not just to express a contrast in value but to greatly contrast negative space, the background of a subject, or a portion of the subject to conceal details you would normally see. I'm trying to approach this as gracefully as I can because there's no point in calling Trent out for points, I'm honestly curious if the technique goes beyond what I described as it's concerned with value and contrast.
What I believe Trent is talking about with chiaroscuro is just an example of when it's necessary to get a dark fill in pencils and how one could render that, not the conceptual element of how to achieve a good composition with chiaroscuro techniques.
It's a practical issue when drawing because you can get lost in your linework if you're going to end up with a complex shape pattern through lighting - it becomes very abstract and hard to find landmarks.
@@JH-pe3ro I understand that entirely and thanks for sharing that explanation.
Ooh! Definitely +1 for inking the pic.
Great video!
Hello! Please make tutorial on how to make digital painting in sketchbook Pro please 🙏🙏🙏
This might not be true for everyone, but the biggest advantage that traditional has for me is just being tactile.
I can feel the pencil and the paper, I have to rub an eraser and brush away crumbs. Blow a droplet of watercolor into a stick/tree with a straw. Splatter ink with a toothbrush. Without those sensations, I can't focus. Tablets and styli still can't replicate it.
I've always found digital is a good way to show what you understand but traditional is a good way to show your technical skill away from digital tools like transform because it's one thing to know what it's meant to look like then adjust and another to know what it's meant to look like and actually draw it. I find traditional really shows you what you should work on because digital you don't have to because if it's off you just transform or skew it in place and draw over and i feel that doesn't really do as much in the way of leveling up your drawing skills just your observational skills
I am more comfortable with paper art, but I want to make the transition to digital art. It's genuinely hard, and at times disheartening when your paper art is miles better than your digital art. It feels like I am learning to draw from cube one when I am in the digital format.
Started traditional..
used digital tablet..
pc started to lag..
back to traditional..
now I can't fix issues..
now it's obvious need tablet
so good. i will draw it too :) :D
hey Trent! did you end up inking this one?
Could you ink it and also gouache it
skratch scratch thanxx!
You absolutely can sell limited edition prints when working digitally. It's no different than photography
hey come on guys! 1k likes
Blackwing pencils are confusing. just give me a H- to B rating so i can understand your graphite. lol
Traditional👨🏻🎨📜 digital 💻 just will never compare it can't replicate a hand and emotion of a human being
In your opinion, if someone has been working with regular pen and paper or water color and paper, ect, could they do character or landscape concept art that way instead of using digital and still be able to work in the gaming industry?... in today's day and age.
Will game companies still hire you if you have no digital experience?
It’s Very rare. You have to make loads of changes to every drawing. For instance, if your art director asks you to redraw the armor, or change a whole wall design, you’d have to completely repaint the whole thing. Digital is very efficient for game dev because it’s so iterative.
Something different about your face. Maybe a hair style? Looks great!
What mech pencil is not your best buddy oh crap!!
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When you make a drawing, there is only one of it, when you make digital art, it's unlimited, and loses it's allure. That's the mindset.
Originals are just better. Part of art is meant to inspire people to show what humans can do, not what computers can do.
Computers is instrument, used by humans to create art. Computer is not drawing by himself
Want commitment? Try watercolour. Traditional builds character 🤣🥲 especially the price 🫣
Oh, I know. I spent the first 10 years of my career drawing in ink on paper. Sometimes I miss it.