Does a digital pen replacement a real pen?
When I teach younger art students (18-21yrs), given the choice, they'd reach for their iPad to draw and complete an entire comic or illustration. Recently, I asked one student who said that they don't draw with natural media anymore, it's always digital now. Is drawing digitally the evolution to drawing with natural media? Can a digital pen replace a real pen? I still see digital tools is as just one set of tools among many that I can choose from to complete an illustration. Just like, I can choose to cook a cook chicken in a microwave or a convection oven. Both will do the job, but with different outcomes. I've tried it. The microwave version tastes..."microwavy". The oven one tastes and smells better. But if I'd only grown up with microwaved chicken, I may not know the difference. And perhaps that's why most art students just stick with digital media. There is a difference. I don't think the comic I did above would look as organic and spontaneous...
