Hello Tapas! In this new video, I speak about tools being an extension of the skill that already exists within us. What do you think about the message of the video? 
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Personally, I believe that the artist is the one that makes the art. If I as the artist start off with drawing just in pen and ink, that is still my art. It has my own unique style that can be help it be identified as my art. Now, if I were to choose to change to a different medium of art, like painting or markers or even going straight to digital pieces, I would still be the one creating the art. I am not beholden to just one medium, and I am always able to improve in the other mediums, given that I am willing to put forth the effort to learn and better myself.
While quality tools can help, it’s really up to the artist’s own skill since only then do you know how to use them effectively. There used to be this guy at my old college who would drag around literally hundreds of dollars in copic markers and only use them flat coloring with no regard for color theory, shading or anything else. He would only draw the same head over and over and in like the 2 years I saw him around he never improved...just kept drawing the same quarter angle head shot again and again despite saying he wanted to go professional. Meanwhile, i’d Meet other artists who with just a pencil and a few prismacolors or basic ink would make absolutely stunning art. I think it’s really easy to ask a really good artist what tools they use and hope to get the same results yourself by using them...I’ve been guilty of that myself. But in the end, you can’t be good with materials until you have the experience. Like good tools are definitely helpful, but starting with the expensive stuff can be...bad for your wallet XD
The quality of the tool matters less as the artist improves, but I think it's a bit of a mistake to say that the tools don't matter at all.
When I started doing digital art, I'm sure a giant Cintiq wouldn't have made my art any better than its simplistic beginnings. But as someone who struggled through coloring via a laptop touchpad, I can tell you that a cheap tablet would have meant a world of a difference.
My own experience (not only with drawing, but with anything that necessitate tools), is that good (not necessarily excellent) tools are needed for appropriate progress.
In many cases, using poor tools is adding extra difficulties. For a beginner, it can be disheartening, and the worst, imo, is that it is difficult for a beginner to differentiate between their lack of skills and the lack of quality of the product.
I can remember many cases when I worked so hard on some technical aspect with very slow progress, only to realize I was let down by the tool, after buying a better one (worse with music instruments, but I have a recent eg. with a poor charcoal pencil which managed to make me believe I had lost all my skills in that technique).
But paradoxically, cheap tools are often advertised for beginners. I understand not wanting (or not being able) to invest in expensive tools when we are not sure we'll actually use them, but I still think it's better to go for mid-grade products (or rent the product for a while if applicable).
Imo, cheap tools should be used only if there is no other solution, or as extras (eg. I buy cheap stuff when I travel and may lose/break them).
(sorry I don’t really like watching videos on people talking about art-related topics so I didn’t watch it) but I agree with what a lot of folks say that the more people improve their art as a whole the less important tools become.
There are a lot of award winning, well regarded comics artists who only use sharpies and printer paper and nobody is able to tell the difference.
I think people will gravitate toward whatever tools they like using but it won’t matter how good or expensive the tool is if you don’t have the fundamental skills. And people who do have those skills tend to fare well with whatever tools they’re given.
Well, it's a bit of both. If you're working in watercolor and have the wrong paper and/or brushes your results will be hampered. Good pigments do matter. When it comes to pen and ink, I can get similar results with a sharpie, a ballpoint pen, or a tablet. Nothing beats digital for saving time and quickly facing your mistakes.
good artist makes the tools good
good tools don't make the artist good
good artist with good tools makes the artist better.
A good artist knows what tools are "good", I think that's the trick. There's loads of misinformation out there as to what you "need" for art, but as you learn, you learn what tools you actually use, and it's different from person to person.
No. However, some tools help. For example, high quality markers and colour pencils will obviously do better than something meant for a child.
While all mediums have their limitations, and can in some cases hold people back, you need to be at a professional level of technical skill for that to even start to become a problem.
I dont believe the tools make the artist- you have to have the skill to know what to do with said tools. When I first started doing digital art I had to learn how to do what I wanted to do with my Wacom tablet before I could start becoming better with it; the learning curve varies with each artist.
Same as not every digital artist uses the same type brushes: every artist has a preference on what they use and how it translates to their overall style and quality of their art. I recently saw this post on Twitter where this person was griping about artists "not giving the sources" on tools(brushes)- it came off like the person was complaining that they wanted the brushes that an artist was using so that they could produce "better" art- and I'm looking at the tweet like "it doesnt work like that"...