Had to re-upload this because the video was frozen on my giant pale face for a whole minute and I was just talking telepathically to the art babies causing emotional damage and childhood trauma sorry guys

The funniest thing about going back to traditional is double tapping your sketchbook to undo💀

Not sam trying to hide his telepathic powers..

I feel like the whole "messy lines" or the fact that some don't connect, is just a style in it's self- I mean BRO- those are REALLY good.. even if its messy, you still can clearly see what it is. I honestly love styles like this, so it's not "poo" its AMAZING.

Digital artist doing traditional art : 😍🤩😊 Vs Traditional artist doing Digital art : 💀💀😭

Here is my process when drawing traditionally: - open sketchbook - sketch - erase - sketch - erase - cry - close sketchbook - go back to digital art

'Are you reproducing?!?' got me laughin 💀

This is me trying to do digital art. I’m 37 and I’ve been a traditional artist for 20+ years. My husband bought me a tablet and clip studio and a tabmate to try and help get me into digital art but I genuinely cannot do it. I’m so overwhelmed with everything and it makes me forget the basic fundamentals. I honestly am so lost. I keep trying though but I feel like maybe I’m just too used to doing what I’m doing. But on the other hand- traditional art supplies are CRAZY expensive and I have to keep buying them so my wallet motivates me as well.

Hi! Traditional and digital artist here (mostly traditional). I use a ton of traditional mediums: graphite pencils, pens, alcohol markers, charcoal, soft pastels, colored pencils, and watercolor pencils (in graphite and colored styles). I have to say that my favorite mediums do change frequently, but I think soft pastels and markers are my favorite. Alcohol markers look soooo clean because they soak into the grain of whatever paper you use quite well. They're also really fun to blend with! Soft pastels are pretty hard to use, but they create a beautiful and otherworldly effect once blended. I do recommend getting fixative for the finished product though, because the pastels are basically glorified sticks of chalk and they smear super easily.

I like the fact that the lines doesn't have to connect, it looks great😂

I personally use pencils, not fancy ones, but the ones you'd use for school

Those wobbly lines add so much character to the drawing. I wish I wasnt so good at my line quality so I could have the wobbly lines

I'm glad you ain't frozen no more

traditional artist here, I found that my art always turns out well when I start with a bright colored pencil to make my sketch, then go in with a pen/pencil to draw the final drawing over it. It gives it lots of layers and texture, plus fun colors!

Beginner artist here, I first started drawing by using a cheap pen tablet then went on to buy a display pen tablet, but nowadays I find myself just drawing in a sketchbook with a pencil (Thanks to you Sam). I saw your old video on how you like to practice and I've made pencil and paper my main medium. Awesome video btw 😊

My favorite medium is watercolor and waterproof inks! But for studies my favorite to practice with is ball point pens!

Damn bro I love the fact he isn't scared to show the flaws in the first scetches and how easy it is to relate to the art and the process

I'm something of a cross between traditional & digital artist, so I only use pencils when doodling in a sketchbook (cuz if I wanna finish the drawing, I'll do it digitally)

I usually use watercolor!! It's one of my favorites because of how easy it is to layer and for me it feels much more alive than colored pencils or markers. It would be so cool to see you try watercolors!

As someone who does traditional art, with different materials and mediums, i would say I start with a fine tip pencil for a sketch and then roll a kneading eraser over it and use a pen over it. I either just do pen shading or if I plan to watercolor I just completely erase the pencil sketch and define the lines better with a waterproof pen, I use the micron pens. Then I watercolor or color with copic markers. The lines that aren’t connected actually look super cool!!! And I think it’s perfectly well styled, when done well.

I do both traditional and digital, more traditional though. I use mechanical pencils cause the led is easy to work with and I also use random ball point pens. Honestly, anything works and it helps expand one's range.

I am so glad to see you trying to learn new things. It's so amazing to see people explore other mediums and to be so open to other ideas. I personally sketch using either a mechanical pencil or a micron pen and if I need color, I use watercolor. I paint using the Windsor and Newton field watercolor set. It's the perfect set to use while out and about and it's the set that you might recognize from some of Scott's videos.

Hi traditional artist here (mainly) When I’m just sketching in a sketchbook for practice I just use a ballpoint pen (no sketch) but when I actually want it to look good I usually use a mechanical pencil, alcohol markers and coloured pencils. BTW your traditional art is so good!!! It’s crazy how good it is despite you having used mainly digital for years!😊

Normally, I just lightly sketch the simplified shapes and guidelines and then start adding more and more details, starting from the head to the neck and down.

I love using acrylic markers. I also use multimedia, like using watercolor for the base, colored pencils for additional coloring, acrylic marker for details etc. I used a lot of media for just one art 😁

I like the way you draw the eyes so simply that seems so beautiful

It‘s so impressive how you don‘t even have to connect the lines or do a sketch beforehand, and it still looks so beautiful and correct.

I started traditional and it took me a sec to understand how digital works😭

Good lord Sam, your sketches are immaculate!

You still got it! Very Dope! Simplification is not an easy thing to do. You're so talented and I'm glad I discovered your channel!!!!!!🙂

"It's not bad, it's stylized" Oh yes, the best line ever.

Watercolors and going over with colored pencils look really interesting, i highly recommend trying it

To the fineliner I like to add brush pen, alcohol markers or watercolors and those loose lines look great in my opinion

Traditional artist here! I mostly make a sketch with a pencil and then color in with markers (mostly grey hues because I don't have that much money for many colors) and add in maybe one accent color. Then I do the linear with an ballpoint pen or fine liners :)

Ok Sam, im a traditional artist and im nowhere near professional but when i open my sketchbook i start with a sketch using a pencil called Sakura 127 and then i use the same micron fineliners for lineart. Then finally i use ohuhu markers to color. They work wonders and are really good at blending. Would love to see you use alcohol markers in a video someday.❤❤❤

the way you can get these references down so good and accurate with pen is crazy! You made less mistakes with pen then I normally do with both the sketch AND the lineart 😖

Sam is the best, his art is incredible and his personality is just perfect, eveything about him is a 10 Thank you for your videos Sam! Motivated me back into art, I just turned 30 (old I know) and I stopped doing art for years! I'm trying to complete a manga I started, before depression took over..your videos motivate me and cheer me up. Keep up the awesome work

as a traditional artist i really love following my heart when sketching. i tend to use soft grafite pencils and i also love to mix black liner with grey markers

I absolutely love the thin, not completely connected lines. It just looks so simple but really nice

Okay, okay, I'll watch this again straight after the first one...

I primarily do traditional art, but this really inspired me to try drawing with just a pen. I think that would teach me a lot. As far as my process, I put down a sketch in pencil, then ink, and I just recently got some different grey pens that I use for shading

It's exciting to see your traditional art!! Really looking forward to see more! I'm doing both trad and digital as well... I think my favorite pen for anything sketch related (still life, architecture, portraits etc.) is the one with a brush tip. Be it either a soft brush like those copic tips to fill bigger areas, or those with a stiffer and shorter brush tip for details or quick drawings. The changes in line weight comes more intuitive with this kind of pen and it just saves time to be able to vary between thick and thin lines without redrawing lines to make them appear thicker. I tend to do more traditional art when I'm trying out new techniques, it feels less restrictive (like you can move your hands and arms more freely - I'm a firm believer that the artists body movements translates into their art this way, like it's necessary to draw that confident line). For color I recently started to use Watercolor Brush Pens, they are pretty neat, best for quick color accents. But you def need the right paper, otherwise the ink will get absorbed too fast (like a marker) and you can't blend the color nicely. Oh and I try not to use the eraser and just let the lines happen as they flow, allowing mistakes. This challenges me to come up with solutions how to incooperate the "mistake" into the art.

I use a .7 mechanical pencil to lay down my sketches first, get the general drawing down, and then I use Zebra brush pens to go over the lines. After my lines are down, of various thicknesses, I use alcohol markers to add color. I use cheap markers off Amazon.

Sam be like: "This pen does not forgive mistakes" His sketches: 🗿👩 🚶‍♀ A regular sketch in my sketchbook: 👁 🐽 👁 👄

Although I've mostly been doing digital recently, when I did do traditional I used alcohol markers which a pink colerase pencil underneath as the sketch. I'd usually lighten the sketch just enough so there'd be some colour still there so the markers could pick up some of the colour. I found having the pink colerase pencil under gave all the colours a nice warm hue and worked especially well with skintones. You can sorta use the colour of the colerase pencil like an underlayer to influence the overall hue of the markers you chose. I'd usually do the lineart last as most pens I'd use would bleed and ruin the work so I'd just play it safe by doing it last, but if ur certain the pen wont bleed id prob do it before the markers.

i love this. I always loved ink sketches. i adore teh sketchy aesthetic more than the finalized works, because its nice seeing the unclean or not perfect pieces. I choose my sketchbooks on this basis as well. I like seeing how things would have looked like or what changes happened. Love these Sam

I do both digital and traditional art, and since last year i have experienced a lot of different traditional mediums ( acrylic, pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, markers, watercolor, gouache... ) My favorite are probably colored pencils ! it is sooo satisfying and the pigments are beautiful. Gouache is also very fun to use, I love the smoothness of it, it's very nice for landscapes :D

Traditional on top 🗣️🗣️

I'm a traditional artist and when I draw and in my sketchbook, I color with color pencils, but sometimes I do watercolor (just the base colors) and don't put too much water, unless your using thick paper. And, I really learn alot from videos, can't wait for the next💜

Something you might like is filling up a watercolor brush pen (like the Niji waterbrushes) with watercolor ink. I got black ink and got 3 brush pens and filled one with a very light gray, another with medium, and then a black. It's a little messy, but it's really fun and a lot more convenient than having to use brushes and dip into canisters (and store them after).

As both a traditional artist and digital artist, I usually use a mechanical pencil because for some reason it is the easiest to use for me. I know you didn’t ask this question but I use a Gen 2 Apple Pencil with my IPad Air 5th Generation when doing digital art😁

You’re doing amazing work here, Sam!!! Drawing in pen is all about working mistakes into the process. Mistakes are part of it. I usually start with a rough pencil sketch before going in with liners, but drawing in pen alone is a great way for me to loosen up. There’s something so refreshing about making such a rough sketch. (Don’t get me started on how fun brush pens are.)

I enjoy making both traditional and digital art, both for different reasons. I like how there's almost no limit with what you can make digitally, especially in terms of color, but I always find myself enjoying making art with just a plain mechanical pencil and paper much more because it's so simple.

Traditional and digital artist here!! When I do traditional drawing I use a large variety of mediums like, pens, pencil, coloured pencils, alcohol markers and brush pens! I find I usually use a pencil for the sketch since you can erase it afterwards, then do line art with brush pens and colour with almost anything haha!

Honestly, the inked portrait and pose drawings give big concept art vibes. The first few pages remind me a lot of the art I see in some of my favourite indie games. These are awesome! As a traditional artist who dabbles in digital, these are great and I'm pretty impressed that you went straight to ink. I always do pencil first, as it's more forgiving, then hit it with the ink.

0:59 to 2:03 was the part i was waiting for 🔥🔥

Your videos are always a source of confidence for me, I can't thank you enough. I'm going at a very slow pace but I'm seeing improvements in my drawings that I didn't have before. Ps. Nice necklace

Usually I use either ball point pens, graphite pencils or charcoal, depending on my mood. I’ve also drawn in ink too. I find the hatching and cross hatching is essential to creating the illusion of form within a drawing and with pencils, blending is key - no hard lines when using pencils in realistic drawings either, easier to blend that way. Hope all this helps :)! I loved the video and I thought your sketches were really good too, considering how long it’s been! 🥳🥳

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE TRADITIONAL ART VIDS!!! I LOVE THESEEEE PLEASE DO MOREEEE POOKIE!!!!:D

Scott’s lives make me feel so inspired to work in my sketchbook while watching and so do your videos!! I love youtube you guys just give me so much inspiration !!!

I had a period where I only used fineliners to force myself to work with my mistakes and not be able to erase. The porportions weren't always the best but it really helped me develop my skills and it was a lot of fun. I usually began with an eye as an anchor point and worked my out from there😊

I as a traditional artist start off with a simple sketch with a pencil so that i have space to correct my mistakes, i also use guidelines for the face and silhouette for the body, then i move onto filling in the color and then comes inking

Please keep making more videos like this! Your sketchbook arts are amazing and so satisfying

as a traditional artist who watches you all the time I lovveed this video and I'm excited to see you do more hopefully!

I love the Pentel- Orenz 0.2 - Mechanical panicle. I love the way this pen makes my lines darker and sharper !! - They just look much more controlled than before.

Love this vid! You are so humble !! ^^ Im happy I found your channel!

I am currently doing the opposite, going from traditional to digital art. I love sketchy art work and messy lines, I think it's a cool vibe. Thanks for the art prints last weekend, it was nice to see you there! 🙂

hello Sam! I am a young traditional artist and I usually use pencils to draw in my sketchbook. I mainly draw realistic portraits with a mix of mediums to try and make it as real and genuine as possible. And it would be a blast to see you draw a portrait traditionally!

I am a traditional artist who works with a lot of different mediums. some of my favorites though that you might like are definitely dip pens, markers and pastels (make sure you only draw on one page or else they will smear). It would be really interesting to see you do painting though. P.S. when i am planning a pen and ink drawing i first draw some construction lines very lightly with a drying out ball point pen to make sure the proportions are right

Sam, I would love getting to see the references you used for some of these traditional pieces or maybe some future ones! It would tell a lot about your process! Thanks for the awesome content and art!

Dude you killed it gj Would personally love more traditional content (especially ink) love the work

This is definitely gonna get buried but I do a mix of digital and traditional art. When I do traditional, it's just little drawings in my sketchbook. I sketch with a pencil, erase when I need to redraw stuff, and then go in with some microns to do the lineart. I like to use different color microns so I can have colored line art. And then I color the base colors with a mix of whatever cheap markers still have ink in them, add some shadows ontop, add some highlights with my gelly rolls and boom! Art has been made!

I love how you're so humble during the entire video, while showing this incredible sketches in ink with no prior pencil guidelines lines underneath whatsoever. Also, traditional artist here. I paint in oils, but also love to use inks and dip pens. I try my hand in water colors, it is... a struggle.

great video as always! ( i loved your drawings ) i wanted to share my process as well even though i am not the greatest so here is how it goes: when i am studying something and its just a quick sketch i always use ink so i can analyze my mistakes and improve them next time but when i want to draw something that looks more or less decent i usually use pencil to draw basic guidelines to improve my proportions when i do inking ( pencils are pretty nice for shading as well but soometimes hatching might be better ) thanks for the great videos and good luck with your future projects!

I love sams intros so much 😭😭

"I was like " Aw hell no." And he was like " mmmhhm.""

HIIII ILYSM SAM

Traditional artist! I’m a HUGE fan of prismacolor’s col-erase pencils, for sketching bc it adds so much color and fun to a sketchbook. Also like. The goofiest pens I can find for lineart is fun (smudge-testing first ofc) but in my sketchbook I don’t usually finish pieces, and then I have a pack of alcohol markers that I use to finish up a piece

I've recently been experimenting with charcoal and it's my new favourite medium now because of how soft it looks 🐱

The birds are invading. Be careful sam, you might have a whole room reserved for them. And eventually your whole house would be next.

I love sketching with my 2B pencil on used scraps of paper (printer paper, promo stuff, etc.) It gives a healing break from having to stare at a glowing screen. Also, it's just me and my thoughts, no pop ups and no fancy tools to distract me from my ideas. Newly born ideas are very vulnerable to distraction.

Hi Sam! I'm a traditional artist (but I'm working at getting better at digital), and I often just pop open my sketchbook and draw in pencil - and always a mechanical pencil in 0.5 or 0.7. But I also sometimes will use Micron pens (or the cheaper Biango Microns) or Ohuhu alcohol markers! Love your videos and I can't wait to see more traditional stuff you do!

when I draw in a sketch book I use different supplies all the time. however, I typically start with a light pencil and draw a light and rough sketch. from there I have used markers and then used fine liners for the line art. I have used watercolor as a base and gone over with pencil, and sometimes I just use shading with a darker pencil. I've been sketching for years now and I actually only started doing digital art after watching you. Thanks for helping me on my art Journey!

Petition to call the chicken 'chimken' 👇

REUPLOAD!?

I'm a traditional artist, but will be getting into digital when my tablet arives at the end of March, I'm so exited!! I ususally have a messy sketch which i refine and correct over again as i spot the problems, i then go over it with my lineart after tidying it up. After that, i colour it using my alcahol markers (ohuhu honalulu which are just as good as copic but at a MUCH more afordable price) and then add thicker lineart and details and the juicy HiGhLiGhTs✨✨✨ Also, broken up lins in traditional art is totally fine. Sometimes it's a stylized decision and can have the charming messy/sketchy vibe that i personally rather like.

what I've found easiest for me in traditional art is starting out with a brush tip marker and marking out my shapes. I do it really loosely and don't really bother to make it too perfect. and then I go back in with a pen and start outlining the actual figure I've drawn. Having the marker in the background gives me an easier starting point to go off of, especially when drawing people, and it also distracts the eye from any mistakes in my linework! Lol

I am a traditional artist, I normally like to start a sketch in a pencil and if I like the drawing a lot I use a pen. Or try to color it to the best of my abilities, but also I do a lot of random stuff to get my creative juice flowing. But don't forget you're amazing at what you do so you got this SamDoseArts!!

Hello sam!!!

ah, the reupload

I have a LOT of trouble drawing without a sketch. But that led to a habit of erasing too much, seeking perfection. So the most I ever learned was when my Drawing III professor told me that I was only allowed to use ink for the rest of the semester. No erasing. It made me WAY more comfortable with moving more quickly and embracing mistakes, making my art way more fluid and natural.

I'm a traditional artist, and I usually sketch with a red ink pen and then paint over the sketch with watercolor or gouache. I often let the sketch peek through the layers of paint because I like the way it looks.

I do 1 pushup for every like this comment get

u reminded me to practice with a pen, and I ended up drawing for a lil over an hour just drawing faces. It took a bit to get used to having to use a pen but ended up enjoying it and not wanting to stop, I'm rlly happy with some of the faces I drew, definitely gotta do this more. I tried to copy ur style a lil bit and it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but it looked different and better than my other drawings.

i love your vids sm you helped me get better at art not gonna lie 😭

I love the your sketches and how the lines have breaks etc add character I reckon 😁 I only ever sketch with a pencil first so I am amazed that you just went straight in with your pen 😱😱😱❤️

I kinda like them, really gives a soothing feel to it

Excitingggg!! If you're journeying into trad, I think you'll love experimenting with a bunch of different tools! Different brands, materials, build - every artist has an affinity to different tools (kind of like finding your wand in HP), and you'll be surprised by how the qualities of your output varies with each tool - while maintaining your own personal flare! I personally love the 2B pencil and Deleter Neopiko liners. I started with Microns like many others and I haven't gone back to them personally, I draw too hard and ruin the tips too quickly haha

I paint traditionally too and i also use piant to sketch, its hard but it forces you to observe and make better lines and more confident line too

sketch with watercolor is insane i love it