Most artists live together in harmony, appraising others for their hard work and style. Some artist argue on what style is actually a style or a proportional mistake. There is a small group in the art community that argues whether or not digital art takes less skill than traditional due to shortcuts it provides. I’m here to argue that this is not true. Criticism thrown at digital art is that there are many ways to reshape and alter your drawing after it has been sketched to fix improper proportions or other mistakes. Traditional artists would be forced to erase a lot of work and recreate their base from scratch, which takes a log time and a good eye to do correctly. Some believe these skills are not needed when fixing the same problem in a digital format.
I don’t believe this is the case. When reshaping something to fit proper proportions, you still need a good eye to know what is right and what’s not. The tool you are using will not tell you what will make your art look the best. Another point to add onto it is that although you may not be using a pencil and paper to fix a problem, using digital tools efficiently like a graphic designer would takes skill that a traditional artist may not have. Do I think digital art is completely perfect though? No, I do believe it has its downsides. For instance, a lot of digital artists tend to stick poses or reference images directly into the background of their work so they don’t have to learn how to draw without tracing. This leads to lack of fundamentals which makes it harder to draw from memory later in the learning process.