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August 26, 2012
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(Description copypasta'd from my journal)

Traditional art vs. Digital art. The debate has raged for ages.

First of all, I think it's unfair to say 'digital' and 'traditional'. There are so many mediums within those two categories that all require their own separate forms of skill and knowledge. Pencils are not markers, are not paints, are not inks, etc. Likewise, rasters are not vectors, are not fractals, are not renders, etc. I'm willing to bet no matter how good you are with pencils, if you've never touched paint before you're not gonna be recreating the Mona Lisa anytime soon. Likewise, a Photoshop user isn't going to be rendering recreations of Pixar films anytime soon either </personal experience for both>

That said, despite preferring 'digital' art as my medium, I see both digital and traditional as equal. I think that neither one is better than the other, whether that be the skill required or its personalization. Both require practice, patience, talent, creativity, time, skill, and most importantly, yourself. Neither one is cheaper or superior to the other. Not in appearance, not in quality, not in potential, not even in their individual strengths and weaknesses. That is purely subjective.

If a painter who has never touched Photoshop believes it is cheap, I challenge them to paint me a masterpiece using it. It's taken me well over a decade to reach the level of skill I have, and I'm still learning. No one is going to tell me a digital picture I poured a week of my life into isn't personal.

(also, cripes my handwriting is horrendous)
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:iconmeganann23:
This is nice stamp.
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!FlintENT Aug 31, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I agree. I prefer digital art more, but I see both having advantages and disadvantages. It is like oranges and apples, they are both fruit, but one can't be better than the other because that's subjective.
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=TheRosePrince Aug 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
LOVE this stamp. I never understood the whole Traditional Vs. Digital debate. I switch between each style depending on how I want my drawing to look, I know they're both equally hard. Yet equally fun ^^
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*MistressDizzy Aug 26, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
*nods* I like this stamp, quite a bit. I wish more people thought like this, maybe I could get a job.
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~VioletWhirlwind Aug 26, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I tend to use both traditional and digital. In the same piece. I wish I was better at coloring in purely digital, but the fact is I'm better with pencils. but there's several pieces in my gallery where I have done the background in digital, while the foreground is colored pencils.
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Very good points, and very good stamp. I think mastering both traditional, or digital art takes a long time to do.
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