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Appreciation post: I used to think digital art was just fancy photoshop
Honestly, I saw my niece's work from a year ago compared to now, and the change is wild. She went from simple character sketches to full 3D scenes with lighting and animation in Blender. The big shift happened after she joined a weekly online art challenge last fall. Ngl, seeing that progress made me realize it's a real skill, not just pushing filters. Has anyone else had their mind changed by watching someone improve over time?
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the_sean5d ago
Progress can be an illusion though. A lot of that change could just be better tools and tutorials doing the heavy lifting. That online challenge probably gave her a set recipe to follow, not some deep skill. Watching someone get better at software doesn't mean the art itself is any more meaningful. The end result might look complex, but it's still just digital practice, not the same as building something real with your hands.
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noah_webb25d ago
Watching that kind of progress really shows how much work goes into it. Changes your whole view on the craft.
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carter.ben25d ago
Makes me look at my own hobbies and just laugh. I spent three hours trying to fix a wobbly shelf last weekend and the final result was, well, still pretty wobbly. You see someone's perfect finished thing and forget about all the crooked drafts that came before it.
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