Digital vs Analog Sketching

Arguably the digital sketch is better of the two but it also took five times longer and involved a great deal of tapping and pallet selection. A huge benefit of the iPad using Adobe Fresco is displaying the image directly under my artwork allowing me to trace the lines and shadows. The results were far better than I anticipated.

Meanwhile the paper sketch was just paper, pencil, pen and my phone where I displayed the reference image.

The paper sketch isn’t great, proportions are way off, but it took maybe five minutes and almost captured the mood. Had I taken more time with the pencil I have no doubt it would eventually look better than the version sketched in Adobe Fresco. Plus it was a lot more relaxing to work on paper than a digital display.

• Image Reference: Los Angles Times
• iPad Air 3, Apple Pencil, Adobe Fresco
• Pilot Prera, fine nib, Pilot Namiki Black Ink, Blackwing 602 Firm, Rhodia Dot Pad