In the present era, computers have played an indispensable role in all areas of life, especially in the field of arts. Computer drawing offers certain advantages; however, hand-drawing is inherently the original form of art for thousands of year still does not lose its importance.
When it comes to drawing with a computer, the biggest advantage it has is its editing capabilities, the mechanism of the computer that allows users to easily edit sketches with a few simple steps. Artists or designers can create different layers that overlap a drawing, edit, duplicate or change as many time as they want until come to the final work that they need. Besides, the support of the computer is also extremely useful for art that requires high accuracy such as architecture or design. During the drawing process, some time will require accuracy at an extremely high level this is really difficult or even impossible if only drawing manually. But the computer program can provide the tool for the artist to achieve, reduce the mistake of the human process
On the other hand, Drawing is an art that requires emotion and creativity. Human hands cannot achieve pixel-by-pixel accuracy, or describe colors as accurately as they do on a computer. But the artist can still create an emotional work with just a few sketches rather than a computer drawing. Everything on the computer has been programmed and coded, neat and tidy, but creativity comes from imperfection and improvisation itself. Brushstrokes on the paper come directly from the mind of the artist base on what they think and see, while computer drawing was run through a series of binary strings, it was linear and somehow emotionless.
In my point of view, the artwork is the combination of both accuracies of shape and color, and emotion of artist despite whatever tools you use, manual or computer. However, because of the characteristics of each type of tool, we have to focus more on either emotion or accuracy. For manual drawing, the drawing is transferred from the depicted brain through the artist’s hands, so the drawing is of the artist’s intention even when the lines may be incomplete. On the other hand, drawing on the machine means that the image is transmitted from the human brain through the technology’s brain and shows us the image that the computer’s CPU sees, which makes us have to focus more on the main description of the message that the picture brings. However, the ultimate goal of drawing is to convey the message through images, the process may be different, the way of thinking in different working processes but the end goal is constant.
From my perspective, I still use both manual and computer tools to perfect my artwork. When I need ideas and creative inspiration, I often start from drawing sketches on paper and completing them on a computer. Overall, I still prefer drawing with the aided of computer devices. Because I can set up multiple layers to try combinations on the same work and choose the one that I like. At the same time, the color, the parameters on the computer are also more accurate, which makes it easier for me to visualize the whole picture than to do the whole work on paper.