But if you really want to go all in, with all the advantages a Cintiq has to offer, get ready to throw almost two thousand dollars on the table. You can work digitally with just a computer and a Wacom tablet. And the speed of your work depends on the speed of your computer, your software, your file size and all sorts of other fun factors which you have little control over. I believe “PC” stands for “Procrastination Central”. You’re working on a device that also has Facebook, Twitter and a gazillion other things running at the same time. You can zoom in way too much and nitpick details. In my experience, any task I take to the computer takes double the time. They are simply able to get to a nice result faster. Used efficiently, digital saves you a ton of time. It seems for some artists, the possibilities of going digital also offers more speed and momentum to their work. With a CINTIQ, you can even draw directly on the pressure sensitive screen (which also turns for maximum line control) and you have everything in one place.Īm I the only one who sometimes find myself searching for the “undo” button, when I’m drawing on paper? Granted, the so called “lucky accidents” that come from working with a pen or a brush can be a pro as well, but more often than not, you end up with plain old UNlucky accidents – and correcting is a lot easier to do digitally (and with nicer result). Since you’re drawing your art directly in the computer, there is less hassle scanning and cleaning up your original artwork.īeing able to move and scale ANYTHING, including reference pictures, sketches and word balloons is definetely an upside. Here is a list of pros and cons as I see it. While the digital possibilities are vast and very tempting, I still see advantages in the oldschool method of drawing on paper. Everything seems to be moving towards going digital – even making comics.

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