What is the tool artist should have?

I figured this topic would lighten up the mood for a bit.


For me the one tool artist should have while drawing both traditionally and digitally is an glove.


For digital artist it because of the sweat and easier to move while drawing.

Why would I recommend a glove for traditional art simple, when I was in undergrad and doing a lot of pencil sketches it helped prevent my hand from smudging the page.

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I find that even with a glove, I smudge the pencil lines. So I hold a piece of scrap (but clean) paper in my left hand and place it under the edge of my right hand where it rests on the paper as I draw. Then I move the scrap paper around as needed.

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that genius :mortar_board:

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大佬的手(我非常缺这个),开玩笑的
The hands of someone who is very good at drawing (I am very short of this),Just kidding

让自己的手脚暖起来的东西!
(对于在中国南方地区的人非常需要,因为没有像北方那样的暖气,我在画画的时候我都用自己的装满热水的杯子来让自己的手暖和起来.不然我整个手都是冻僵的)
Something that warms hands and feet!
(It is very needed for people in southern China, because there is no heating like in the north, and I use my own cup filled with hot water to warm my hands when I paint.) Otherwise my whole hand is frozen)

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My most important tool is a well-fed imagination. Books and movies that are full of fantasy and impossible ideas are really helpful.

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around winter time it convenient :snowflake:

You can’t go wrong with books and movies. :open_book: I dream one day, I could have library

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Maybe it’s time for a “Heated Drawing Pad” :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: I agree with @sooz about imagination and really the best tool for an artist is a good eye, training and practice.

p.s. I don’t think I could draw if my hands were that cold…some people really do ‘Suffer for their Art’ I guess!

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I think even as a purely digital artist a pencil/ pen and papers [in any form you choose] is still a valuable tool to have. You can use it for notes or random sketches, thumbnail or just scribbling non-sense bonus you can tear it if you are frustrated or crumple :joy:

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Coffee, actually now I have a good coffee next to me.

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Sounds amazing but I feel like that will be a cat magnet :cat2:


paper and pen is best tool honestly, and a classic :memo:


Honestly same, Coffee works soo well :coffee:

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After computer graphics, I lost interest in traditional drawing. The only thing I practice with a regular pencil (and that was months ago) was line exercises.

This is because these exercises give better results when practiced with a pencil than using the graphics tablet.

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The pencil always works especially for practice :pencil2:

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这听上去很不错
当加热一定的程度可以煎鸡蛋来吃 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
That sounds great
When heated to a certain extent can fry eggs to eat :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

In my case it was these exercises. I started by making a sheet, front and back, every day for about three or four months. It has improved my trait a lot.

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I really should keep up with my practice, :paintbrush:
Thank you sharing the links
:grin:

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