I'm a bit of a strange one- my artistic stuff started with spriting. I then began to split up into both traditional and non-pixel digital art from there. Of course- now that I've got my tablet, most of my art is indeed digital these day. Unless you count doodles all over my calculus notes- in which case I still do a chunk of traditional here and there. xD

What I love about traditional art is that I have more control over each stroke I make with my charcoal, pen, pencil, etc. I can see exactly what I'm drawing- with digital, my tablet isn't one with a screen on it- so it's sometimes a bit weird drawing with it. In fact- when I draw with my tablet, I have to draw a bit differently since the touchpad is proportional to my screen- so to draw a circle, I really draw an oval... each time I change my monitor setup I have to relearn how to draw, basically. X_x

Another thing I like about traditional art is having the physical piece of art. It's nice looking at your work on the monitor- but I love being able to hold that big chunk of bristol board and look at whatever I'm working on. It's like seeing famous paintings in person rather than photos on the internet.

And of course- there's that lovely charcoal disaster that I often create when given the chance. While I usually hate getting messy, I've found that I don't mind getting charcoal and water colors all over me hands.

As for digital art- what I love most about it is the forgiveness it has. I can mess up and quickly undo- or I can use layers to make things more easy to change later on if I feel like it. Overall, I find digital to be more suited for me since I've got rather unsteady hands (ask me to draw a neat line with a pen on paper... then laugh at my fail).

The other major plus for digital art is how easy it is to share. I've learned a lot from the things people have pointed out in my work- whilst my traditional pieces tend to sit away from the eyes of others, never to be critiqued. If it weren't for all the people telling me I'm terrible (okay, they never said that- but they thought it!) in my early years in art- I'd still be just as good/bad as I was before. As much as we all want to think our work is perfect, there's always something to improve on- and sometimes it takes another person's eyes to spot that thing!

As to which I prefer? As I've said, having unsteady hands makes digital art more suited for me since I can easily undo the 100 bad lines I make before I draw one that I like. I also find coloring to be easier since I won't need to mix paints, colors, etc. to get the shades I want- so a bit less expensive if you disregard the cost of photoshop and the tablet (both of which last forever).

I do thoroughly enjoy traditional art though- I just don't make as much of it as I should.