CAN A DIGITAL ARTIST DO TRADITIONAL ART? 🤨 

Had to re-upload this because the video was frozen on my giant pale face for a whole minute and I was just talking telepathically to the art babies causing emotional damage and childhood trauma sorry guys

The funniest thing about going back to traditional is double tapping your sketchbook to undo💀

Here is my process when drawing traditionally: - open sketchbook - sketch - erase - sketch - erase - cry - close sketchbook - go back to digital art

Digital artist doing traditional art : 😍🤩😊 Vs Traditional artist doing Digital art : 💀💀😭

I feel like the whole "messy lines" or the fact that some don't connect, is just a style in it's self- I mean BRO- those are REALLY good.. even if its messy, you still can clearly see what it is. I honestly love styles like this, so it's not "poo" its AMAZING.

Not sam trying to hide his telepathic powers..

'Are you reproducing?!?' got me laughin 💀

This is me trying to do digital art. I’m 37 and I’ve been a traditional artist for 20+ years. My husband bought me a tablet and clip studio and a tabmate to try and help get me into digital art but I genuinely cannot do it. I’m so overwhelmed with everything and it makes me forget the basic fundamentals. I honestly am so lost. I keep trying though but I feel like maybe I’m just too used to doing what I’m doing. But on the other hand- traditional art supplies are CRAZY expensive and I have to keep buying them so my wallet motivates me as well.

I personally use pencils, not fancy ones, but the ones you'd use for school

I like the fact that the lines doesn't have to connect, it looks great😂

Hi! Traditional and digital artist here (mostly traditional). I use a ton of traditional mediums: graphite pencils, pens, alcohol markers, charcoal, soft pastels, colored pencils, and watercolor pencils (in graphite and colored styles). I have to say that my favorite mediums do change frequently, but I think soft pastels and markers are my favorite. Alcohol markers look soooo clean because they soak into the grain of whatever paper you use quite well. They're also really fun to blend with! Soft pastels are pretty hard to use, but they create a beautiful and otherworldly effect once blended. I do recommend getting fixative for the finished product though, because the pastels are basically glorified sticks of chalk and they smear super easily.

Beginner artist here, I first started drawing by using a cheap pen tablet then went on to buy a display pen tablet, but nowadays I find myself just drawing in a sketchbook with a pencil (Thanks to you Sam). I saw your old video on how you like to practice and I've made pencil and paper my main medium. Awesome video btw 😊

I'm glad you ain't frozen no more

traditional artist here, I found that my art always turns out well when I start with a bright colored pencil to make my sketch, then go in with a pen/pencil to draw the final drawing over it. It gives it lots of layers and texture, plus fun colors!

Those wobbly lines add so much character to the drawing. I wish I wasnt so good at my line quality so I could have the wobbly lines

As someone who does traditional art, with different materials and mediums, i would say I start with a fine tip pencil for a sketch and then roll a kneading eraser over it and use a pen over it. I either just do pen shading or if I plan to watercolor I just completely erase the pencil sketch and define the lines better with a waterproof pen, I use the micron pens. Then I watercolor or color with copic markers. The lines that aren’t connected actually look super cool!!! And I think it’s perfectly well styled, when done well.

I'm something of a cross between traditional & digital artist, so I only use pencils when doodling in a sketchbook (cuz if I wanna finish the drawing, I'll do it digitally)

Damn bro I love the fact he isn't scared to show the flaws in the first scetches and how easy it is to relate to the art and the process

I usually use watercolor!! It's one of my favorites because of how easy it is to layer and for me it feels much more alive than colored pencils or markers. It would be so cool to see you try watercolors!

I do both traditional and digital, more traditional though. I use mechanical pencils cause the led is easy to work with and I also use random ball point pens. Honestly, anything works and it helps expand one's range.

Something you might like is filling up a watercolor brush pen (like the Niji waterbrushes) with watercolor ink. I got black ink and got 3 brush pens and filled one with a very light gray, another with medium, and then a black. It's a little messy, but it's really fun and a lot more convenient than having to use brushes and dip into canisters (and store them after).

To the fineliner I like to add brush pen, alcohol markers or watercolors and those loose lines look great in my opinion

Hi traditional artist here (mainly) When I’m just sketching in a sketchbook for practice I just use a ballpoint pen (no sketch) but when I actually want it to look good I usually use a mechanical pencil, alcohol markers and coloured pencils. BTW your traditional art is so good!!! It’s crazy how good it is despite you having used mainly digital for years!😊

"It's not bad, it's stylized" Oh yes, the best line ever.

Traditional artist here! I mostly make a sketch with a pencil and then color in with markers (mostly grey hues because I don't have that much money for many colors) and add in maybe one accent color. Then I do the linear with an ballpoint pen or fine liners :)

If a person who is a digital artist that knows how to do traditional art is truly powerful.

Normally, I just lightly sketch the simplified shapes and guidelines and then start adding more and more details, starting from the head to the neck and down.

It‘s so impressive how you don‘t even have to connect the lines or do a sketch beforehand, and it still looks so beautiful and correct.

Although I've mostly been doing digital recently, when I did do traditional I used alcohol markers which a pink colerase pencil underneath as the sketch. I'd usually lighten the sketch just enough so there'd be some colour still there so the markers could pick up some of the colour. I found having the pink colerase pencil under gave all the colours a nice warm hue and worked especially well with skintones. You can sorta use the colour of the colerase pencil like an underlayer to influence the overall hue of the markers you chose. I'd usually do the lineart last as most pens I'd use would bleed and ruin the work so I'd just play it safe by doing it last, but if ur certain the pen wont bleed id prob do it before the markers.

I love using acrylic markers. I also use multimedia, like using watercolor for the base, colored pencils for additional coloring, acrylic marker for details etc. I used a lot of media for just one art 😁

I started traditional and it took me a sec to understand how digital works😭

Watercolors and going over with colored pencils look really interesting, i highly recommend trying it

This is definitely gonna get buried but I do a mix of digital and traditional art. When I do traditional, it's just little drawings in my sketchbook. I sketch with a pencil, erase when I need to redraw stuff, and then go in with some microns to do the lineart. I like to use different color microns so I can have colored line art. And then I color the base colors with a mix of whatever cheap markers still have ink in them, add some shadows ontop, add some highlights with my gelly rolls and boom! Art has been made!

Traditional artist! I’m a HUGE fan of prismacolor’s col-erase pencils, for sketching bc it adds so much color and fun to a sketchbook. Also like. The goofiest pens I can find for lineart is fun (smudge-testing first ofc) but in my sketchbook I don’t usually finish pieces, and then I have a pack of alcohol markers that I use to finish up a piece

Ok Sam, im a traditional artist and im nowhere near professional but when i open my sketchbook i start with a sketch using a pencil called Sakura 127 and then i use the same micron fineliners for lineart. Then finally i use ohuhu markers to color. They work wonders and are really good at blending. Would love to see you use alcohol markers in a video someday.❤❤❤

Sam be like: "This pen does not forgive mistakes" His sketches: 🗿👩 🚶‍♀ A regular sketch in my sketchbook: 👁 🐽 👁 👄

My favorite medium is watercolor and waterproof inks! But for studies my favorite to practice with is ball point pens!

I have a LOT of trouble drawing without a sketch. But that led to a habit of erasing too much, seeking perfection. So the most I ever learned was when my Drawing III professor told me that I was only allowed to use ink for the rest of the semester. No erasing. It made me WAY more comfortable with moving more quickly and embracing mistakes, making my art way more fluid and natural.

the way you can get these references down so good and accurate with pen is crazy! You made less mistakes with pen then I normally do with both the sketch AND the lineart 😖

Okay, okay, I'll watch this again straight after the first one...

I enjoy making both traditional and digital art, both for different reasons. I like how there's almost no limit with what you can make digitally, especially in terms of color, but I always find myself enjoying making art with just a plain mechanical pencil and paper much more because it's so simple.

I as a traditional artist start off with a simple sketch with a pencil so that i have space to correct my mistakes, i also use guidelines for the face and silhouette for the body, then i move onto filling in the color and then comes inking

I use a .7 mechanical pencil to lay down my sketches first, get the general drawing down, and then I use Zebra brush pens to go over the lines. After my lines are down, of various thicknesses, I use alcohol markers to add color. I use cheap markers off Amazon.

I absolutely love the thin, not completely connected lines. It just looks so simple but really nice

as a traditional artist i really love following my heart when sketching. i tend to use soft grafite pencils and i also love to mix black liner with grey markers

I like the way you draw the eyes so simply that seems so beautiful

I do both digital and traditional art, and since last year i have experienced a lot of different traditional mediums ( acrylic, pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, markers, watercolor, gouache... ) My favorite are probably colored pencils ! it is sooo satisfying and the pigments are beautiful. Gouache is also very fun to use, I love the smoothness of it, it's very nice for landscapes :D

0:59 to 2:03 was the part i was waiting for 🔥🔥

I'm a traditional artist, and I usually sketch with a red ink pen and then paint over the sketch with watercolor or gouache. I often let the sketch peek through the layers of paint because I like the way it looks.

So, we traditional artist can use a lot of different stuff in our sketchbooks. I persollaly like to use a mechenical pencil or a ballpoint pen, but some use normal pencils or colored pencils, and you can also use inkpens like you did, or thicker ink pens. Some people do also use watercolor or markers, but for that you often need a special sketchbook. Hope this helps!

As both a traditional artist and digital artist, I usually use a mechanical pencil because for some reason it is the easiest to use for me. I know you didn’t ask this question but I use a Gen 2 Apple Pencil with my IPad Air 5th Generation when doing digital art😁

Traditional on top 🗣️🗣️

Traditional and digital artist here!! When I do traditional drawing I use a large variety of mediums like, pens, pencil, coloured pencils, alcohol markers and brush pens! I find I usually use a pencil for the sketch since you can erase it afterwards, then do line art with brush pens and colour with almost anything haha!

Love this vid! You are so humble !! ^^ Im happy I found your channel!

Honestly, the inked portrait and pose drawings give big concept art vibes. The first few pages remind me a lot of the art I see in some of my favourite indie games. These are awesome! As a traditional artist who dabbles in digital, these are great and I'm pretty impressed that you went straight to ink. I always do pencil first, as it's more forgiving, then hit it with the ink.

You’re doing amazing work here, Sam!!! Drawing in pen is all about working mistakes into the process. Mistakes are part of it. I usually start with a rough pencil sketch before going in with liners, but drawing in pen alone is a great way for me to loosen up. There’s something so refreshing about making such a rough sketch. (Don’t get me started on how fun brush pens are.)

I've recently been experimenting with charcoal and it's my new favourite medium now because of how soft it looks 🐱

I primarily do traditional art, but this really inspired me to try drawing with just a pen. I think that would teach me a lot. As far as my process, I put down a sketch in pencil, then ink, and I just recently got some different grey pens that I use for shading

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE TRADITIONAL ART VIDS!!! I LOVE THESEEEE PLEASE DO MOREEEE POOKIE!!!!:D

hello Sam! I am a young traditional artist and I usually use pencils to draw in my sketchbook. I mainly draw realistic portraits with a mix of mediums to try and make it as real and genuine as possible. And it would be a blast to see you draw a portrait traditionally!

Hi Sam! I’m trying digital art but I mostly do traditional. Here’s my process. Choose clean page Find reference(or don’t🫠) Start sketching lightly with pencil(I prefer HB) Now add a bit more pressure(By this time I cover my hand with a tissue to prevent smudging the art) Erase excess lines Start tracing in pen and wait like 30sec for the ink to dry Now erase the pencil Add detail:) (Older artists, pls give me tips. A 12 YO’s tips ain’t that reliable T-T)

I'm a traditional artist and when I draw and in my sketchbook, I color with color pencils, but sometimes I do watercolor (just the base colors) and don't put too much water, unless your using thick paper. And, I really learn alot from videos, can't wait for the next💜

I am currently doing the opposite, going from traditional to digital art. I love sketchy art work and messy lines, I think it's a cool vibe. Thanks for the art prints last weekend, it was nice to see you there! 🙂

Scott’s lives make me feel so inspired to work in my sketchbook while watching and so do your videos!! I love youtube you guys just give me so much inspiration !!!

I love this, seeing your artistic brain work things out in ink is great, please keep doing this!!

I had a period where I only used fineliners to force myself to work with my mistakes and not be able to erase. The porportions weren't always the best but it really helped me develop my skills and it was a lot of fun. I usually began with an eye as an anchor point and worked my out from there😊

Please keep making more videos like this! Your sketchbook arts are amazing and so satisfying

as a traditional artist who watches you all the time I lovveed this video and I'm excited to see you do more hopefully!

Good lord Sam, your sketches are immaculate!

I love the Pentel- Orenz 0.2 - Mechanical panicle. I love the way this pen makes my lines darker and sharper !! - They just look much more controlled than before.

Dude you killed it gj Would personally love more traditional content (especially ink) love the work

I am so glad to see you trying to learn new things. It's so amazing to see people explore other mediums and to be so open to other ideas. I personally sketch using either a mechanical pencil or a micron pen and if I need color, I use watercolor. I paint using the Windsor and Newton field watercolor set. It's the perfect set to use while out and about and it's the set that you might recognize from some of Scott's videos.

I am a traditional artist, I normally like to start a sketch in a pencil and if I like the drawing a lot I use a pen. Or try to color it to the best of my abilities, but also I do a lot of random stuff to get my creative juice flowing. But don't forget you're amazing at what you do so you got this SamDoseArts!!

i love this. I always loved ink sketches. i adore teh sketchy aesthetic more than the finalized works, because its nice seeing the unclean or not perfect pieces. I choose my sketchbooks on this basis as well. I like seeing how things would have looked like or what changes happened. Love these Sam

Usually I use either ball point pens, graphite pencils or charcoal, depending on my mood. I’ve also drawn in ink too. I find the hatching and cross hatching is essential to creating the illusion of form within a drawing and with pencils, blending is key - no hard lines when using pencils in realistic drawings either, easier to blend that way. Hope all this helps :)! I loved the video and I thought your sketches were really good too, considering how long it’s been! 🥳🥳

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I'm a traditional artist, but will be getting into digital when my tablet arives at the end of March, I'm so exited!! I ususally have a messy sketch which i refine and correct over again as i spot the problems, i then go over it with my lineart after tidying it up. After that, i colour it using my alcahol markers (ohuhu honalulu which are just as good as copic but at a MUCH more afordable price) and then add thicker lineart and details and the juicy HiGhLiGhTs✨✨✨ Also, broken up lins in traditional art is totally fine. Sometimes it's a stylized decision and can have the charming messy/sketchy vibe that i personally rather like.

I am a traditional artist who works with a lot of different mediums. some of my favorites though that you might like are definitely dip pens, markers and pastels (make sure you only draw on one page or else they will smear). It would be really interesting to see you do painting though. P.S. when i am planning a pen and ink drawing i first draw some construction lines very lightly with a drying out ball point pen to make sure the proportions are right

The birds are invading. Be careful sam, you might have a whole room reserved for them. And eventually your whole house would be next.

Petition to call the chicken 'chimken' 👇

For traditional art, I've recently bought a set of fineliners that all have varying thicknesses and found it fun trying to incorporate multiple pens into one sketch. It really makes you think what size makes each element pop, and can add so much more weight and variety to a work :)

what I've found easiest for me in traditional art is starting out with a brush tip marker and marking out my shapes. I do it really loosely and don't really bother to make it too perfect. and then I go back in with a pen and start outlining the actual figure I've drawn. Having the marker in the background gives me an easier starting point to go off of, especially when drawing people, and it also distracts the eye from any mistakes in my linework! Lol

I love sketching with my 2B pencil on used scraps of paper (printer paper, promo stuff, etc.) It gives a healing break from having to stare at a glowing screen. Also, it's just me and my thoughts, no pop ups and no fancy tools to distract me from my ideas. Newly born ideas are very vulnerable to distraction.

Hello sam!!!

I mainly use pencils over pens, but I've been drawing traditionally for years, and this is how my process has turned out: 1. Drawing thin light lines to lay out the full drawing. Primarily, I use a 4H graphite pencil here. 2. "Cleaning up" by using a rubber (I have both big and small ones for precision) and fixing uneven lines. 3. Grabbing my graphite pencil set and using pencils of different thicknesses on the lines. This is to highlight the parts that I want to shine more by using 5B, 4B, 3B, and sometimes 2B, and then I just gradually move towards the thinner ones. 4. Shading where I mostly use the HB pencil. 5. Once again, highlight lines that need it and finish with another "clean up" if needed. Bonus: adding the date and a little description of what I've drawn, so I don't forget in the future.

Sam, I would love getting to see the references you used for some of these traditional pieces or maybe some future ones! It would tell a lot about your process! Thanks for the awesome content and art!

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ah, the reupload

I paint traditionally too and i also use piant to sketch, its hard but it forces you to observe and make better lines and more confident line too

You still got it! Very Dope! Simplification is not an easy thing to do. You're so talented and I'm glad I discovered your channel!!!!!!🙂

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i love your vids sm you helped me get better at art not gonna lie 😭

In traditional and digital, I always use shapes and lines to help me out

As a traditional artist who draws mainly figure, I've really enjoyed working with conte crayons and conte pencils!! They give your work a really classic feel and are super fun to work with. They're almost like charcoal, but easier to control somehow. And I love using them on toned paper so that I can create highlights by adding white pigment to the paper. Definitely worth a try!

Colored pencils (Prismacolor is a nice budget friendly starting point), regular pens, watercolor (Winsor & Newton Cotman is a good starting point…good balance between pro grade and student grade) and gouache (Winsor and Newton makes gouache too!)

Traditional Art Baby experience: 1) when I draw in sketchbook I use a light colored pencil (such as red or pink) to put down the shapes and indicate where everything goes. 2)Then I take a brown or dark red pen and do the line art. 3) Afterwards I take the red pencil again and add blush or anything that need to be pink. I like pink ok. And theeeen... 4) I use a single copic marker (usually a light blue or purple or maybe a light brown) to color the shaded areas. This is like the multiply layer. 5)Lastly, if i don't forget to bring it, I take a white pen and add little highlights :) And always add the date of when the drawing was done so you go back and remind yourself of the abomination you have created and make sure you don't make the same mistakes. Or just do them again, idk, up to you. I somehow repeat all my mistakes and just call it a day :) Hope you have a good day:)

u reminded me to practice with a pen, and I ended up drawing for a lil over an hour just drawing faces. It took a bit to get used to having to use a pen but ended up enjoying it and not wanting to stop, I'm rlly happy with some of the faces I drew, definitely gotta do this more. I tried to copy ur style a lil bit and it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but it looked different and better than my other drawings.

when I draw in a sketch book I use different supplies all the time. however, I typically start with a light pencil and draw a light and rough sketch. from there I have used markers and then used fine liners for the line art. I have used watercolor as a base and gone over with pencil, and sometimes I just use shading with a darker pencil. I've been sketching for years now and I actually only started doing digital art after watching you. Thanks for helping me on my art Journey!