In this update I'm going to talk about pro's and con's of drawing concepts traditionally and digital.

In my personal experience its always best to start of a concept on paper. You get a lot of freedom, you can easily draw fast directly on what you see instead of drawing "blind" with a standard wacom tablet. The reason why I like to start a concept on paper is because: I have easy access to multiple papers. I can rotate and move the paper all over the place. It's mobile, I can hang paper on walls to quickly see what does work, and what does not. I can draw near to people and cooperate. To say it simple: A good amount of freedom in many ways.

While drawing digital with a wacom tablet, you lose some freedom. One thing is for sure, its easier to make things look nice. Easy to erase and change stuff. Easy to make silhouette's of whatever you draw to read the design faster. The thing that I don't like with a tablet is the way you draw "blind". You get a fake feel to where you have your pencil tip and so forth. Of course you get used to it after a while.

The other option that brings these two fine techniques together is a wacom CINTIQ! Something I've been drooling on for quite some time. Good news is that I will hopefully be a proud owner in a month or so. Cant wait =)

But for the time being, I often draw on paper, scan the drawings and paint further with a wacom tablet to make the concept look extra nice, or to create easy changes. A wacom is also awsome to "pre" paint a 3d render before moving onto texture/zbrush.

Here is some images that refers to the stuff I just talked about.