digital sketching

Stylus-based illustration work

Digital sketching is drawing or illustrating using electronic tools—tablets, styluses, and software—rather than pencil and paper.

The practice retains the loose, exploratory quality of traditional sketching while offering digital advantages like layers, undo functions, and easy sharing.

She does all her digital sketching on an iPad with Procreate.

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stroke · line weight · canvas · pressure · pressure sensitivity · undo · iPad · screen protector · pen · linework · doodle · illustration · concept art · rough · rough draft · thumbnail · gesture · shading

Opposites
medium/tools

digital sketchingpen and paper

Basic tools for correspondence

pencil sketching · charcoal drawing · ink drawing · paper and pencil · graphite drawing

refinement/finish level

digital sketchingdigital painting

Artwork made using software

creative method

digital sketchingprocedural generation

Automated content creation via algorithms

computer-generated imagery · 3D rendering

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