Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Traditional Methods and Digital Methods

There are a few methods that are better with digital over traditional. With digital you have an unlimited supply of all the tools available, you can size it however big you want and you can also program the computer to do it itself. Also you can rub out any mistake with ease. The pros for traditional are that if you are an artist, the work comes out better on paper, you can feel the work you are doing with every pencil stroke, and its easier to make moves without having a mouse that could slip.

Another thing with digital is the easy use of an undo button where as traditional cant. You also cant animate traditional unless it is scanned into the computer, which makes it easier. A mix is usually found better as you can draw traditionally and then colour in and sharpen edges, erase mistakes through digital. Either way is as good as each other but if you want my opinion I would slightly lean towards the traditional root.

Another digital way is to use a drawing tablet which is similar to traditional except you draw on the tablet and keep an eye on the screen, this method will involve alot of practise but once you get into it, it can be very effective and much better than a mouse. Touch screens are a new way too but are often considered 'clumsy'. Cameras are another way which is a common way to capture the image in front of the camera, this can be uploaded onto the computer too.

As a state of the law, it is illegal to take digital images inside a court room. If you need any images then this will require the work of traditional art. This is used to keep records on people within the court room too. This was due to many famous trials going live on television. Many judges decided they do not want this so they decided to ban the use of digital capture methods.

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