Digital Art vs Traditional art

1.When and why did you start drawing? How long have you been creating artworks?

---I've been drawing random stuff occasionally when I was a kid, but started to draw more seriously when I was 17, my close friend asked me to do a drawing competition with him, however he stopped this competition several years later, but that competition gave me daily drawing habit until now. 

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2. Where did you obtain the education to do what you can do now? Did you go to art college?

---I majored in fine art from a university, my teacher taught us how to think of concepts and creating fine art which is difference from commercial art, but I had to practice drawing manga/anime art style by myself.

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3.What drawing materials do you use?

---wood pencils/mechanical pencils, fountain pens, dip pen,   I also like modifying their balance by making them longer to make them feel better in my hands,  they usually look too short without modification.

 

and I used traditional tools such as watercolor/ gouache/ acrylic/ colored pencil, I also use digital art tools for digital painting, such as graphic tablet from wacom 

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4.Do you consider yourself more of a digital or traditional artist? Why did you choose to work with this the media? Do you have any experience in the other media?

---I feel like I'm more of  a traditional artist, as I feel like traditional art suits my artistic preference more than digital, I like seeing real substances behave on paper/canvas, when watercolor flow on wet paper, when thick/juicy acrylic/oil color spread on canvas/paper, when their strangely good smell flow onto my nose,  I also have to think and plan my traditional painting more carefully , as there is no ctrl+ z , it is more challenging for me.

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5.What is your opinion on <digital art vs tradition art>? Do you think one media is superior? Why or why not?

---I don't want to classify anything as superior/inferior , each media has its own benefit, we human live in different condition/environment, have different artistic taste, and there are so many factors, for me digital art is nice for making commissioned art, it is easy to fix, save more time, unlike traditional art,  I wont get frustrated when I make huge mistake, as it has more flexibility, I also can't live without it.

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traditional art is a bit more difficult to master, but it matches my spiritual taste, It makes me feel strangely good, and it is unique and special because there will be only one original painting , it cannot be copied like digital art.   

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6.Based on your experience, what do you think are the main pros and cons of each art media?

---like I said in #5 

 

however traditional art need more care as it made from real substance and will decay overtime, digital is also vulnerable to data corruption but you can store it in digital storage as many as you want, 

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7.What inspires you to draw?

---I got inspired by artwork made by little girls , they draw cute things with innocent artistic taste, this kind of artworks inspired me,  I was inspired by beautiful detailed art when I was younger, but when I grew older I feel like this kind of artwork is starting to look generic to me , my art teacher taught me that art is not just about craftsmanship skills , if we took animals and teach them to practice drawing/painting everyday, soon they might be able to be as skillful as human, but us human has to make something better than that. 

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8. Who is your favourite artist and why?

there are many, but I can provide some fine art artists that I like their style

 

Wilhelm M Busch

Käthe Kollwitz

Egon Schiele

 

their drawings are simple, but look strangely/sensationally good , these are just a small list that I could recall though.

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9.What is an advice you would give to any artist? Any tips to draw better or become better at art?

---practice regularly , learn as many useful things as your time permit, read lots of good books, gain more knowledge/find more experience and make use of them in your art, stay healthy, avoid alcohol/drugs/ keep doing good things and avoid doing bad things [do it right - get it right later] every action has its own consequences,  my art teacher told us he had been drawing for 8 hours a day for 50 years, little sprout needs time and lots of nutrient to make it grow into a giant tree.

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10.Is art your career? If not are you considering to have it as your career in the future?

---I'm a freelance artist, and I live off my life by making art, I have no other career.