The best drawing tools provide easy and excellent works for me as an artist. Historically, artists make use of traditional best drawing tools such as pens, clay, brushes and a lot more. However, as time passed by, the way that these artists create their own masterpiece is through digital art.
Difference between Traditional and Digital Tools
The best drawing tools are separated into two parts, traditional and digital tools. Both have their own great features and lend help to many artists in creating artworks. Traditional tools were used in the traditional way of creating artworks by ancient people. Traditional art refers to fine arts which make use the old ways for creating artwork and using the traditional best drawing tools such as brushes, clay, pens and other tools. Even if digital art is a lot different from the traditional methods, both are related and have the same concepts when it comes to art. In contrary, digital art is a general term for a broad variety of practices and artistic works that make use of the best digital technology as an essential part of the presentation and/or creative process. Even if traditional and digital art make use of their own best drawing tools and methods, they still have something in common and that is to create great artworks and share it to others. As an artist, I can ultimately say that both help me in creating my own masterpiece.
An Excellent Tool for Beginners
The use of manual tools for drawing is called technical drawing. Pens, rulers, sharpeners and erasers are the general best drawing tools for technical drawings. The best drawing tools are used for layout and measurement of drawings or to improve the speed and consistency of standard drawing elements. Tools used for technical drawings are now becoming obsolete since the birth of computer-aided drawing.
One of the best buys for the best drawing tools manually is the [easyazon_link identifier=”B000UJFTJS” locale=”US” tag=”dogious-20″]Royal & Langnickel Drawing Essentials Keep N’ Carry Set[/easyazon_link]. This sketching set is ideal for aspiring artists and beginners. Considered as one of the best drawing tools, this sketching set offers great features and benefits for me. Ease of travel is guaranteed by this sketching tool since it has a customized zippered carrying case which helped me a lot. Great features are included in this set and I’d benefited from this. These include 12 graphite pencils, 1 sharpener, 1 white eraser, 1 zippered carrying case and 1 drawing pad. It also features elastic bands for holding tools in place for easy storage and traveling. This is perfect for travel, class or keeping my studio organized.
Brief Views of Digital Drawing Tools and Its Samples
Artists are everywhere and show off their own excellent skills in creating breathtaking masterpiece. Advancement of technology also affects how these artists create their own artworks. Anyone can now work on his masterpiece even without the skills in manual drawings. Using the best drawing tools in the market, you can get all the benefits of those and feel like a pro. Digital drawing or computer-aided drawing tools are now becoming popular in the market. Here are some examples of best digital drawing tools today.
Wacom Tablet
[easyazon_image align=”none” height=”1000″ identifier=”B00EN27SMY” locale=”US” src=”http://www.drawingtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/61Ir7NN7rWL.jpg” tag=”dogious-20″ width=”1000″]One of the best buys digital drawing tools in the market is the Wacom Tablet. Wacom brand is best known for providing pressure-sensitive tablets and pens work with imaging software like Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop for delivering powerful capabilities. This tablet allows me to adjust color, tone, exposure, contrast, temperature and more dynamically. It also mimics the effects of tools such as ink, pencils, paintbrushes and even chalk. Wacom Intuos is another great product of this brand. Intuos pro or also called Intuos 5 is quite expensive than [easyazon_link identifier=”B010LHRFYU” locale=”US” tag=”dogious-20″]Wacom Intuos[/easyazon_link] or also known as Bamboo.
Here’s my video on how I draw with Wacom Intuos Pro dan Manga Studio EX5
Manga Studio EX5
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”1500″ identifier=”B00E1L1P5I” locale=”US” src=”http://www.drawingtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/716ZnyayVL.jpg” tag=”dogious-20″ width=”1500″]If you are looking for the best drawing tools today, never miss the chance to try this Manga Studio 5 software. This Manga Studio 5 is ideal for aspiring and pro manga illustrators. Most manga illustrations make use of this drawing tool for proving amazing and excellent artworks. General drawing tools such as rulers, pencils, pens, erasers, selection tools and patter brushes are right on the user’s fingertips. I can canvas textures, customize own brush shapes, paint expressions and a lot more using this drawing tool.
The cheaper version of the latest Manga Studio is [easyazon_link identifier=”B00ANH074Y” locale=”US” tag=”dogious-20″]Manga Studio 5[/easyazon_link], although it has less feature then the EX version but it’s still remarkable piece of software.
Corel Painter 2017
[easyazon_image align=”none” height=”1100″ identifier=”B01HWQ5UFO” locale=”US” src=”http://www.drawingtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/61N7wZ4qCmL-3.jpg” tag=”dogious-20″ width=”1100″]It is a photo editing and professional digital art application that is particularly designed for artists. It includes numerous paper textures and brushes, oils, paints, watercolors and pastels. The combination of the best drawing tools with customization options, natural media and pressure sensitive brushes made the Corel Painter X3 reach its peak. Huge amount of possibilities are present in this application. This also works with Adobe Photoshop and Wacom graphic tablets. New features are included in this version such as the Smart Blur filter, High Quality Display and Temporal Colors Palette.
If you are a student, you are eligible to get the [easyazon_link identifier=”B01HWQ5VZI” locale=”US” tag=”dogious-20″]Education Edition[/easyazon_link] of this software.
Adobe Photoshop CC
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”500″ identifier=”0134308131″ locale=”US” src=”http://www.drawingtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/51OAGRVUBeL.jpg” tag=”dogious-20″ width=”406″]Adobe Photoshop has been widely known and used by thousands of people around the world as a great photo editing application and best drawing tool. Adobe Photoshop CS6 is the newest and latest version of Adobe. New and updated features and tools are present in this version. This newest version makes use of the full GPU of my computer that offers incredible acceleration in most areas. The Liquify filter is now accelerated to provide real-time, smooth smearing up to fifteen thousand pixels. Other new feature is the Oil Paint that adds up a paint looking texture on my artworks.
In summary, the best drawing tools come in varieties and differ from each other. Traditional and digital drawing can be your stepping stone in creating your own artworks.
