Separating Graphite/charcoal art from Digital.

[OmenSpirits]

Just wonder, given that there are artists on this who've yet to jump to digital, or prefer staying in graphite and paper, or charcoal, would it be a good idea to have a sub forum for just those?:lifedrawing:

I've seen some good threads & SB's with dominantly these media and they receive less attention than the digital painting threads, unless they're REALLY outstanding in the technique or mix it up with painting or their digital attempts.

IDK, just thinking out loud. Could be wrong. :shrug:

Carry on.:yayca:

[Mirana]

http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7 <--? I don't know if you're asking for a distinction to be made between digital and traditional or color and b&w.

[Flake]

Bad idea.

First you separate traditional from digital, then maybe charcoal from graphite, oil from acrylic, still life from portraits, 3 weeks later your boards look like this..

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/

[Elwell]

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/

Aaaaaaahhhhhggg! No! Kill it! Kill it DEAD!

[arttorney]

Maybe just start a thread somewhere, like the Inklings thread.

[OmenSpirits]

I apologize for this thread, I'm just having a SERIOUS insecurity moment happening with my illustrativ e abilities right now and I'm a little manic.

Just gotta push through. :/

[Ilaekae]

As a constructive thought, it might be better to personally do what you do in B&W and post it here on a regular basis. I think a lot more people should do this.

The primary reason is that we are loaded with people who came up through the comp-only world and don't realize how the "old stuff" can be just as effective in getting across an idea as PS/Painter, even in Concept Art.

Lay out all the possibilities that there are to produce "art", and then go through the list and check off the ones that you don't think you can do with just a comp, or the effects that you can't easily achieve, or maybe NEVER will, with available apps, and you might just get a surprise.

Conceptualizing is a thought process first, then execution, and the fasted way to solidify an image is still, and always will be, a sharp stick that can leave a mark on a surface, not rearranging bytes.