Swapping Pencils and Paper for a Stylus and Tablet

First of all, thanks for everyone who has fav'd or commented on my work.
It's much appreciated

Second, I have come to the conclusion that DA is biased in their Daily Deviation selections.
Since Monday 5th of July, 140 DD's have been selected and shown. Only TWELVE of 140 were tradtional art. The rest coming from photography and Digital Art
Personally I think thats quite shocking. As a traditional artist I think we deserve more recognition from DA.
Once again it seems technology has won over. 10 years ago there was no such thing as a digital camera, and certainly no digital art software outside a film editing studio. Now it seems that TRADITIONAL ART is being pushed aside even though it's been around for thousands of years.
For us, we put down on paper or canvas and we have to get it right first time. There is no editing of 'this line' or 'that colour'
There is no playing around with shadow and light. There is no photoshopping of back grounds, facial features and colours.
If we draw something wrong, we have to start again. We can't just draw a box around it, cut it away, edit it, and copy and paste it. If we want to draw something in a certain style or affect. We have to physically PICK UP THAT TOOL and use it to achieve what we want. Not just select a particular brush from a drop-down box.
We draw what we see. We do it right, we do it first time.

Right, now that the rant is over, i would like to mention a few people.

First up is Dina90T for her kind permission in allowing me to draw her youger sister, Melina. And for being so happy with the final piece



Second is Dragondollz for always being enthusiastic over my work, and becoming a friend

Thirdly is Rogue Pyrat for always pushing herself, dispite many frustrations, to become a better artist