Do you do your comic traditional or digital?

[naki]

Both is good. I do everything to the inks completely analog, then scan and do the rest digitally.
For me that's the most efficient way, since I really don't like digital sketching and inking is just much faster when I do it on paper, instead of falling into the ctrl+z trap and doing every line four or five times. But I wouln't want to shade analog, that's just too much of a hustle

Also since I stare at a screen at my full time job, getting time away from doing so in my free time is also a plus

[allenT]

I'm also one of those who do traditional pages (pencil & ink) It's just my way.

[savannasanders19]

Oh, dude, I'm all about digital! Drawing on a tablet or computer just gives me so much more freedom and control over my art. Plus, the endless possibilities with different brushes and tools are super cool! Traditional art is rad too, but I find digital art way more convenient and fun. It's like taking my sketchbook everywhere with me! Oh, and by the way, when I need help with assignments or accurate answers, I check out this service. They're a lifesaver!

[RedLenai]

I think it has been around almost 8 years since I've stopped doing comics traditionally.
What I do tho from time to time but not as often now since I got my new talbet, is doing the sketches in traditional, scan them and then work digitally.

[allisoncandraw]

I like digital because as you said, less supplies needed lol. But I also prefer the cleaner look of it. It's also easier to make edits which I have to do a lot.

I admire anyone that does comics traditionally though! It's not easy

[thepenmonster]

Thumbnails and designs are pencil on paper. The actual pages/ panels are Clip Studio.

[dsptss78]

I use mainly line art for my comic so it's mostly traditional. The only digital part is when I turn my line art into vectors. That helps me resize my drawings without losing quality.

[PoquitoBird]

I use both traditional and digital art in my web comic. Most of the backgrounds and some objects are done in watercolor pencils/paints and the characters and some other assets are done digitally. All sketches are done in pencil prior to transfer.

Here's a example panel using both traditional/digital art:

All the background, stall and wood objects are watercolor pencils/paints while characters and smaller objects (produce/food) are digitally done. I'll also digitally color correct/shade traditional art assets to blend everything together.

I've always loved the way old school animation looked with traditional oil and watercolors and having digital art contrast nicely with the style. It also makes a nice barrier for art blocks/burnouts since I can take a break from doing digital and can just do smaller traditional watercolor assets or vice-versa.

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[Nugtown]

I have issues with eye fatigue, and using the tablet for more than a few hours at a time hurts my fingers. But that wasn't the only reason I decided to shy away from digital. I realized that the ability to work at really small sizes gave me too much freedom for lack of a better word, leading to me getting caught zooming in and doing really superfluous detail work. One page would take me a week to finish and it didn't even look all that good at the time.

I can still use my computer for any editing I need, or even if I need to redraw a whole panel, so I don't worry about messing something up. That alone has made the process even faster since i'm not bogged down mentally about inking.

Cost wise I kind of liken one or the other to renting (traditional) or buying (digital) I can't afford a big honkin down payment. I wouldn't say traditional's expensive, in most people's cases they probably aren't going through supplies that fast anyway LOL

[jgreene2433]

Digital all the way. I started out traditional, but found the work just wasn't as good, and that Digital really opened up so many opportunities as to where and how I could work on my art.
What I mean is that with Digital I'm able to take my work anywhere with me and work on it (I draw comics on my phone) where as with traditional I had to wait til I got home, be in the right mood, hope my surroundings were peaceful, hope my art supplies were stocked up. Digital was just better for me.

[N1ghtm4r3]

all traditional, only some edit work with my pc

[Emalie]

When I was about 15 years old I loved to draw in a traditional way and I am aware that from time to time I do. That helped me for a commission. But with the passage of time I have let myself be carried away by digital art, I feel that it makes things easier for me.

[simplykit]

i do both. traditional to get my bearings and digital for those special effects

[Chocolate]

What are your thoughts on drawing digitally vs drawing traditionally on paper? 🤨

[irresponsiblepics]

Drawing trad feels nicer but can be tricky to correct. Digital can be corrected quickly and efficiently.
I do lineart trad on paper and do shading/corrections digitally.

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[thepenmonster]

Drawing trad feels nicer but can be tricky to correct. Digital can be corrected quickly and efficiently.

This is my reason for making the switch. There's no risk of knocking over Clip Studio and getting ink all over the floor.

[irresponsiblepics]

Yeah ink is expensive also. One of my characters is solid black so it's cheaper to fill her in digitally.

[toonben]

Digital. I'm comfortable drawing on the computer thanks to its features like undo, selection tools, and more features. It's more convenient for me while I don't have to make my hands dirty doing traditional. Digital is cheaper so I don't have buy traditional tools. I do traditional art for sketches.

[cookieroach]

I started out doing everything traditionally, but then started doing grays digitally, then inking etc. I just noticed it was much faster to work digitally.

I still sketch on paper though, I just like it better. But it’s so nice to ink digitally as you can just erase your mistakes! And moving things around.

[andrew17]

How traditional is traditional? Chalk on slate? Cave paintings?

I prefer to use the semi-traditional route of pen on paper, which is then scanned in and coloured using a computer. That way, when civilisation does finally collapse or everything electronic is fried by a solar storm, I'll still have something left for posterity. After all, those cave paintings were the first sequential art, and they're still being viewed today.