study form, and values,🤙

I definitely think that starting in digital (mayhaps not "starting" but dedicating a bulk of my early serious attempts to digital) has made it more difficult for me to learn how to draw from the shoulder because I became used to working on a 7.5" square haha. I've also recently realized, when starting to paint traditionally, I haven't the faintest idea of how to mix colors, especially in lights and shadows! I always just selected a color for my lights/shadows and set it to soft light, multiply etc... the program was doing the color blending for me and I wasn't mentally engaged/aware of how the colors were interacting. So now I have a lot to learn in that area and it is a bit frustrating that my color understanding is so far behind my color skills... however! Digital art is highly accessible and there is definitely something to be said for that! The upfront costs can be a lot, but many people already have an iphone or tablet and procreate is cheap. It allows new artists the ability to draw anywhere even with limited space and to not have to worry about investing in quality materials or learning to care for tools. It's also invaluable for practice exercises such as tracing or correcting reference-based sketches, since it's as simple as adding a new layer. So there are downsides, but I would never discourage it! Just be mindful of potential pitfalls and make sure to avoid them.

Many professional artists advise to start on traditional and then switch to digital later, citing that starting on digital could lead to issues later on down the road. Personally I'm not to the point where I can confirm that, but I thought I could just relay that piece of advice to you. Though of course that doesn't mean you can't do digital while doing traditional either