Do you really need a graphic tablet to draw?
Simple answer is ‘NO’. Why am I saying this? The following story will realize you why.
Story
During this September at the office I felt bored and wanted impress my self as a digital artist. One day I opened Photoshop with a blank canvas and I was too lazy to plug a graphic tablet. But I had a slight idea for a drawing. I started with a gradient for the background and using the Lasso tool I was able to build up the scenery that was in my head. The default brushes in Photoshop was enough to do the trick and I only used the mouse. below you can see the final result.
This spark was enough to get me going. I decided to do a “30 day digital art challenge” for my self. As I started to share the artworks on social media, people were started to like/comment and some were waiting to see the next post. This was another encouraging fact for me. I didn’t stop from there and wanted to share more insights of the artworks. I started to share the breakdowns of the artworks as GIF files.
Also I published few time-lapse videos on YouTube, which was also helpful for digital art enthusiasts
Challenges
As I moved on with the challenge the real challenge was to generate ideas. Every time I finished a drawing I felt happy and the same time stuck. Fortunately Pinterest was came in to the rescue. The real advantage of the Pinterest is whenever I searched for a keyword and select one pin, it shows the related pins under that. This was very helpful to broad my thinking process and to collect more references.
Achievements
Though out this journey I was able to improve my self as a digital artist and gain some exposure as well. One of my artworks were featured on gfx.mob an Instagram profile with over 200k followers. Also featured on a Apple music album cover. (Centralia Drive “Lights” (feat. Kyle Yorlets)
Full Project : https://www.behance.net/gallery/55913511/30-Day-Art-Challenge
Even after the challenge I did some artworks
Conclusion
Hope this was inspiring for you. If you are waiting for a graphic tablet to start drawing, Don’t wait! start now and challenge your self! When you are able to buy a graphic tablet, the experience you got without it will help you a lot.
Happy drawing… :)
