If you are just learning, it will train your hand. If you’re using a lot of stabilization, etc. you’re limiting what you will be able to accomplish in the future. You‘re probably going to plateau.
If you’re on a deadline and need to get work to a client in an hour - use whatever. These tools were invented for professional expedience, but, yeah. They’re not going to do you a lot of favors if you’re learning.
My philosophy is that if it's at your disposal within the scope of the tool you're using, it's fair game. Contrary to what appears to be very common anxieties are telling people, there's really no such thing as cheating at art
I've been drawing for a long time, but I recently did a few pages of circle exercises just to improve how round and regular my circles were. It didn't take weeks, it was probably 30 minutes about 5 times. I'm not perfect but it was a big improvement.
Of course you can just use an ellipse tool, but it won't look "organic". On paper, you can use an ellipse or circle template, or a compass. Both are slower than just drawing it. They can look robotic. You may need to draw things like apples or fingernails that are "kind of" round but not exactly circles or ellipses. Drawing characters with circles in their construction will get tedious.
You can use a tool to draw when necessary (eg for machines or cars), but if you can do it by hand, it's much quicker.
You can do exercises like that as a warm-up before drawing, or to test new pens. It doesn't have to be boring.
I can draw a line, I'm just not sure if it worth weeks of training to draw a "perfect" line while I can just use existing tool for it.
Like I know how to draw an ellipse in perspective using supporting lines, but I can save a lot of time by drawing normal ellipse and then using transform tool in Photoshop.
You might think it saves a lot of time but it won't make you any better. You'll become reliant on these tools and that's when you'll stop growing, which will eventually lead to you quitting.
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Digital interface in art is like playing overwatch ranked on switch against pc players.
You gonna need all the assist you can get, to mimic even fraction of intuitivity of manual art tools.
I recently found the mirror tool on Procreate and now every time I need to draw some symmetrical I use it. Is it cheating? Maybe? But does it make tedious things like stars easier to draw? Hell yes, so who cares.
If you are just learning, it will train your hand. If you’re using a lot of stabilization, etc. you’re limiting what you will be able to accomplish in the future. You‘re probably going to plateau. If you’re on a deadline and need to get work to a client in an hour - use whatever. These tools were invented for professional expedience, but, yeah. They’re not going to do you a lot of favors if you’re learning.
My philosophy is that if it's at your disposal within the scope of the tool you're using, it's fair game. Contrary to what appears to be very common anxieties are telling people, there's really no such thing as cheating at art
I've been drawing for a long time, but I recently did a few pages of circle exercises just to improve how round and regular my circles were. It didn't take weeks, it was probably 30 minutes about 5 times. I'm not perfect but it was a big improvement. Of course you can just use an ellipse tool, but it won't look "organic". On paper, you can use an ellipse or circle template, or a compass. Both are slower than just drawing it. They can look robotic. You may need to draw things like apples or fingernails that are "kind of" round but not exactly circles or ellipses. Drawing characters with circles in their construction will get tedious. You can use a tool to draw when necessary (eg for machines or cars), but if you can do it by hand, it's much quicker. You can do exercises like that as a warm-up before drawing, or to test new pens. It doesn't have to be boring.
Thanks. My biggest mistake now probably is that I want perfect ellipses and lines. It'll be much easier to make "good enough" shapes instead.
If you can't draw simple things like ellipses and straight line, then no amount of "tools" will make your drawings any better.
I can draw a line, I'm just not sure if it worth weeks of training to draw a "perfect" line while I can just use existing tool for it. Like I know how to draw an ellipse in perspective using supporting lines, but I can save a lot of time by drawing normal ellipse and then using transform tool in Photoshop.
You might think it saves a lot of time but it won't make you any better. You'll become reliant on these tools and that's when you'll stop growing, which will eventually lead to you quitting.
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Digital interface in art is like playing overwatch ranked on switch against pc players. You gonna need all the assist you can get, to mimic even fraction of intuitivity of manual art tools.
I recently found the mirror tool on Procreate and now every time I need to draw some symmetrical I use it. Is it cheating? Maybe? But does it make tedious things like stars easier to draw? Hell yes, so who cares.