Materials/Tools for Traditional & Digital Art

Materials/Tools for Traditional & Digital Art

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This article is basically about my favourite tools i have used over the years & some i still use. From my experiences in life so far when i started out at the age of 4 as a traditional artist,then as an architectural illustrator & now 2D-3D generalist. If you are an architect,interior designer, graphic designer, computer scientist, art enthusiast or newbie to the world of art this blog post is for you. These materials and tools are listed below with pictures. I hope it proves useful in your artistic journey.

Traditional Materials/Tools

Rotring Mechanical/Clutch Pencils 0.5/2.0 HB thickness & a eraser stub of the same manufacturer

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  This duo are favourite tools of mine for sketching & making quick doodles on paper. Saves time with no need for sharpeners only refills. An eraser comes in handy always so must be in your artistic arsenal.

Rotring Pen & Sakura Micron Pen

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 These pens usually in their set of varying pen nib diameters for different line lengths, thickness & overall appearance. Great tools for giving your depth & boldness in visible inks. Rotring is German brand widely used in the art,architectural & engineering fields. Sakura is a Japanese brand whose pens are excellent for comic illustration & line art available on amazon.

ClipBoard A4 Size

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Clipboards come in both A4 and A3 sizes. Handy, portable & a must have art material to keep up with your doodling ideas.

Coloured Pencils and Pastels

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Coloured pencils and pastels are also great for learning colouring techniques and shading styles. Recommended brands are Staedler, Reeves and Derwent. To get the best of both worlds i recommend Pastel Pencils as well.

Nataraj Eraser, Nataraj Sharpener, Staedler Mars Lead Pointer and Rotring Tikky Eraser

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Traditional Art Remake of the Scarface Tutorial

The Scarface Process Banner

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For old times sake i attempted the Patrick Scarface tutorial via tradition art using paper as my medium, rotring clutch pencils to sketch out, sakura pens for inking and Staedtler coloured pencils for colouring. Had fun do things the old fashioned way for practice.

Enjoy the breakdown of the stages as i drew, inked and coloured.

Rough Pencil sketch done using a Rotring Clutch Pencil 2.0

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Ink Outline done using Sakura Micron Pen Set of 6

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Hyper Realistic Artworks of Oresegun Olumide

Children Playing in the Lagoon

Photo Credit: Oresegun Olumide Facebook Profile

I came across this amazing Nigerian artist’s hyper photo-realistic painting via Facebook by a friend who shared his works. It has gone on to be viral and shared  on most blogs in Nigeria and newspaper websites here was not going to be an exception. His name is you ask is Oresegun Olumide, a graduate of Yaba College of Technology, Nigeria’s premier institution for technical education which also happens to be my father’s alma mata with some family members of mine*winks winks*Here is the school’s official website.

Enjoy other pictures below from his archives below:

Little Girl with Water Splashed on her Face

Photo Credit: Oresegun Olumide Facebook Profile

Teenage Girl Asleep on the Sofa

Photo Credit: Oresegun Olumide Facebook Profile