I do a bit of both. I have a bamboo drawing tablet and I am ashamed that I haven't used it a lot lately as I really enjoy using it to do some digital art, however, I have noticed that although I prefer the outcome, I don't enjoy it as much as traditional art. I want to do a job in graphic design so digital art is what I aspire to do, however, nothing can beat the enjoyment I get from some good old traditional methods.

To me it isn't that much of sketching that I enjoy. I used to enjoy that, however, now I have progressed as an artist due to my art course at school, I have found out I enjoy using acrylic paints on canvas and I am told I am really good at it so that is what I enjoy most. I feel that digital art gives a cleaner more technological look to a piece of art, however traditional art gives a more messier and refined look and it depends on the person to which they prefer.

I don't really prefer one over the other as I get enjoyment from both and put a lot of effort into both. I hope to make a living by setting up a small commissions business as a side job with my main job being a graphic designer, therefore I can balance my working life with both aspects of art as I value both, but I feel I could get more from a job in digital art as there is more to do with it these days and it has a higher demand as more technology keeps coming out and there are so many fields such as advertising, animation, set design etc so in my opinion, these days, Digital Art is more promoted in business rather than traditional which used to be the case.

The one thing I can safely say is that I am a perfectionist so Digital Art may be more suited as I can easily undo, however, I am a train wreck when drawing straight onto a computer from a tablet. I just can't. I don't know why but I need to physically draw it out on paper and then scan it in and trace it on the computer. It could either be that I still need to get used to it, which I doubt, or just because I prefer the feel of traditional sketching.