Which do you prefer?....

[SomberStrekking]

Hand making something on paper or would you rather make it on the computer using photoshop, illustrator, Flash etc.

[pixel]

Depends on the project I guess. But considering I have little to no fine art training, I'd rather use the computer.

[melancholy]

Both. I've done tons of traditional stuff and tons of computer stuff. However, the computer stuff is usually more professional and the traditional is more for me.

[greay]

by hand. I hate making artwork on a computer.

That might have to do with the fact that I don't have a tablet, but even so digital art-making doesn't come anywhere close to the quality you can get with physical media.

[SomberStrekking]

by hand. I hate making artwork on a computer.

That might have to do with the fact that I don't have a tablet, but even so digital art-making doesn't come anywhere close to the quality you can get with physical media.

In today's society it pays to be skilled in both however. My dad was kind enough to get me a tablet and it really relieves stress on my wrist that you get with a mouse. It's really worth the $320ish that it costs (EBay is cheaper).

I agree you should try being able to take what you can do by hand on paper and make it on the computer, makes it much easier to show to people over the internet especially since the quality of your image will go way down by taking a picture of it a scan might make the quality pretty close but it's much nicer to be able to send a jpg to someone and say hey check this out.

[greay]

The computer is good for clean lines, or cleaning up a handmade piece. But you can't be messy on the computer, and that's one of the main reasons why I still prefer traditional media.

It does pay to be skilled in both -- and you should use the one that's appropriate for the task at hand. For me & for the sort of work I like to do, that's almost always traditional media.

Oh, another benefit of traditional media is that you can't get really big (or even reasonably big) on the computer without a specialty printer

[HomerCIDAL]

I like hand drawn art better. It takes some real talent to do some things by hand as opposed to using a computer. Besides that, there is just more soul in something made by hand where something made with a machine seems very cold and detached. Hard to describe...maybe some of you understand what I mean.

[not just souLLy now]

i like both, for a time i loved only computer work, but having something tangible to hold and touch is so great. Mixed media is where it's at yo.