Which is easier to do: Writing or Drawing?
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I'd say writing because you actually have to have creativity to make brand new ideas and then attempt to put those ideas on paper accurately. Creativity isn't something learned in the classroom unlike brush strokes, techniques, etc. Same argument could be used for drawing I guess.
So it ultimately depends on the person
So it ultimately depends on the person
"Depends on the person"
Been said before, will probably be said again.
For me, I'm better at writing, since I'm the logical type.
I don't write, at least not as a hobby, but I think I could if I ever felt like it. Granted, I might have to work on a more ideal writing style; as a bit of self-criticism, I'd have to say my current one is rather awkward.
Drawing, while fun, is a much steeper curve for me. I'd probably be dead at the bottom if it weren't for three things:
<img src="http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz304/Tau_Rho_lambda/EscapistCF01.png" width="200" /img>Pictured: Me doing something.
I'm not exactly sure what, or why.
This is what happens when I space
out at the tablet.
>My sister is the artistic type. She's the opposite of me: capable of casually spinning out a masterpiece while sitting at her laptop with stylus in hand and holding a conversation with me (I've seen her do it), but she has little beyond a high-school education in the way of writing (I still correct the grammatical errors of hers that Firefox's spell-check fails to catch). I went through a Drawing with Photoshop 101 crash course on my curiosity and her whim, and learned a few pointers.
>Which leads to my next point: I have access to Photoshop CS5 and a tablet.
>Finally, I went through a crazy and arbitrary (and later self-imposed since I was the only one to finish) challenge known as The Year of the Bad Comics. I had to draw one bad comic, every day for 365 days, and upload it to a thread in another forum. This started in the beginning of 2011. The rules stated the comic had to be bad, but that wasn't a problem for two reasons. One: I was pretty much the only one doing them consistently after a while, and two: "bad" is a completely subjective measure of quality. So, I took the liberty of pushing my admittedly feeble limits, and ended up improving my art style that way. For a bad art style that was supposed to be bad and had no obligation to be anything other than bad, it ended up not half bad. Suck it.
So, yeah. I can write, and I can draw. Being left-brained, it is easier for me to write though. I've got a long way to go if I want to be a serious artist. Thankfully I don't.
I'll stick with my crazy self-indulgent hobbyist style.
Been said before, will probably be said again.
For me, I'm better at writing, since I'm the logical type.
I don't write, at least not as a hobby, but I think I could if I ever felt like it. Granted, I might have to work on a more ideal writing style; as a bit of self-criticism, I'd have to say my current one is rather awkward.
Drawing, while fun, is a much steeper curve for me. I'd probably be dead at the bottom if it weren't for three things:
<img src="http://i838.photobucket.com/albums/zz304/Tau_Rho_lambda/EscapistCF01.png" width="200" /img>Pictured: Me doing something.
I'm not exactly sure what, or why.
This is what happens when I space
out at the tablet.
>My sister is the artistic type. She's the opposite of me: capable of casually spinning out a masterpiece while sitting at her laptop with stylus in hand and holding a conversation with me (I've seen her do it), but she has little beyond a high-school education in the way of writing (I still correct the grammatical errors of hers that Firefox's spell-check fails to catch). I went through a Drawing with Photoshop 101 crash course on my curiosity and her whim, and learned a few pointers.
>Which leads to my next point: I have access to Photoshop CS5 and a tablet.
>Finally, I went through a crazy and arbitrary (and later self-imposed since I was the only one to finish) challenge known as The Year of the Bad Comics. I had to draw one bad comic, every day for 365 days, and upload it to a thread in another forum. This started in the beginning of 2011. The rules stated the comic had to be bad, but that wasn't a problem for two reasons. One: I was pretty much the only one doing them consistently after a while, and two: "bad" is a completely subjective measure of quality. So, I took the liberty of pushing my admittedly feeble limits, and ended up improving my art style that way. For a bad art style that was supposed to be bad and had no obligation to be anything other than bad, it ended up not half bad. Suck it.
So, yeah. I can write, and I can draw. Being left-brained, it is easier for me to write though. I've got a long way to go if I want to be a serious artist. Thankfully I don't.
I'll stick with my crazy self-indulgent hobbyist style.
Writers have it easy, because their art is far more simple to practise, and corrections are only the push of a few keys away. Artists need far more materials, time and a different skill set to be good, while writers only need a firm grip on the language they're writing in.
Drawing is defiantly harder, though maybe I'm just saying that because I'm a decent writer and god awful at drawing.
Honestly, I think they're exactly the same difficulty. Both of them take years to get to the point where it's not painful to look at and decades upon decades upon decades to master.
Just find tutorials on deviantArt and ignore all of the stuff on there that can't be unseen. It's where I find my tutorials. I would show you my improvement but that's on my desk waiting to be finished.LobsterFeng said:
Hard to say.
I can draw/sketch some simple pictures pretty good, I just mess up when I'm adding shading or any small details. I can't seem to get perfect symmetry either, sometimes one eye is a little lower than the other and that annoys me.
With writing, I can jot some something down relatively quickly, but stories take longer than a essay due in two days. Espeacially if I can't get a good story going. Short stories: yes. Long over-arching stories: no.
I can draw/sketch some simple pictures pretty good, I just mess up when I'm adding shading or any small details. I can't seem to get perfect symmetry either, sometimes one eye is a little lower than the other and that annoys me.
With writing, I can jot some something down relatively quickly, but stories take longer than a essay due in two days. Espeacially if I can't get a good story going. Short stories: yes. Long over-arching stories: no.
Didn't realize there were tutorials on deviantArt. I'm currently learning from this guy:thesilentman said:
http://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley?feature=g-u-u
And a couple of other Youtube video tutorials.
I think drawing is harder, depending on the type of drawing. It requires a lot of time and effort. Writing mostly requires time and effort during proofreading.
I think that it varies per person. I'd say drawing is harder in my case. Writing comes pretty well to me, and drawing does, to an extent. I'd say that the hardest part about drawing is coming up with unique drawings. Drawing things like nature and portraits and such is by no means just easy, but it still gives you some guidelines. You know exactly what you are drawing, you just need to know how to draw it. On the other hand, drawing something completely unique is more difficult, because you don't know what exactly you want to draw, or how exactly to draw it. You have to pull ideas from the clouds and then cement them on paper, often times without anything to go on besides "it's a human" or "it's an animal".
On the subject of writing, writing can be simple in terms of just listing information or writing an essay, but when it comes to something like writing a story, it can become nearly impossible for people without the skill. You have to imagine a setting, and work out all of the rules and kinks in the rules, then come up with the characters, and story, make the motivations realistic, and more. Then there are aspects like imagery. Crucial to most stories, you need to be able to accurately depict what is going on in a way that gives people a fairly clear visual, but of course you don't get to use picture. You are now tasked with describing actions, images, and emotions solely through words, and you tread a thin line between being highly descriptive and captivating, or using too much "artsy" overly descriptive language thus making what ever you write sound like a 12 year old fan-fiction.
TL;DR I have no fucking idea which is generally/statistically harder for people, but most of my personal difficulties lie with my art.
On the subject of writing, writing can be simple in terms of just listing information or writing an essay, but when it comes to something like writing a story, it can become nearly impossible for people without the skill. You have to imagine a setting, and work out all of the rules and kinks in the rules, then come up with the characters, and story, make the motivations realistic, and more. Then there are aspects like imagery. Crucial to most stories, you need to be able to accurately depict what is going on in a way that gives people a fairly clear visual, but of course you don't get to use picture. You are now tasked with describing actions, images, and emotions solely through words, and you tread a thin line between being highly descriptive and captivating, or using too much "artsy" overly descriptive language thus making what ever you write sound like a 12 year old fan-fiction.
TL;DR I have no fucking idea which is generally/statistically harder for people, but most of my personal difficulties lie with my art.
The reason that I like deviantArt is that some people have some really good anatomy tutorials there. Drawing isn't that hard, you just need to force what you're visualizing out of your head. [sub]Though how the hell you do that well is anyone's guess.[/sub] Now writing something good is the really hard part.LobsterFeng said:
Writing for sure. It was my writing skill alone that got me through my degree, everything else just dragged me down.
as far as art goes, I can XKCD.
as far as art goes, I can XKCD.
Hands can't do surgery? See the Ancient One and end up becoming Sorcerer Supreme.GTwander said:
Seriously, though, it's a totally different set of skills. Everyone can draw, most everyone can write (barring physical or mental impairments). It's just a matter of how well. Drawing is visual and therefor is just a lot more subjective. Writing has more rules to it. Spelling, grammar, etc. If you ass it up, it's a lot harder to overlook than a little bit of bad color theory or wonky anatomy.
Neither. They are both as difficult and complex as the other and it's silly to compare them.
Writing and drawing are just tools. The real difficulty is the expression of creation and the skill within the medium you have chosen.
They both have their incredibly subtle complexities that most people won't notice but all ultimately contribute to a cohesive and well designed whole.
The key to both writing AND drawing is composition. If you don't have good composition then even to an inexperienced eye your work will be an ugly shambles.
You need to have a damn good grasp on composition, tone and the ability to make a cohesive piece. These are applicable to BOTH kinds of work.
The practicalities are pretty meaningless. Anyone can learn perfect grammar or sentence structure, and anyone can learn to draw and paint incredibly well, but if it lacks those key defining attributes it won't matter and the aesthetics of your piece just won't be appealing to most people.
Eh, I do a lot of both. My favourite way to convey a story is visual storytelling, so I use a combination of the two in pretty much all my work.
Writing and drawing are just tools. The real difficulty is the expression of creation and the skill within the medium you have chosen.
They both have their incredibly subtle complexities that most people won't notice but all ultimately contribute to a cohesive and well designed whole.
The key to both writing AND drawing is composition. If you don't have good composition then even to an inexperienced eye your work will be an ugly shambles.
You need to have a damn good grasp on composition, tone and the ability to make a cohesive piece. These are applicable to BOTH kinds of work.
The practicalities are pretty meaningless. Anyone can learn perfect grammar or sentence structure, and anyone can learn to draw and paint incredibly well, but if it lacks those key defining attributes it won't matter and the aesthetics of your piece just won't be appealing to most people.
Eh, I do a lot of both. My favourite way to convey a story is visual storytelling, so I use a combination of the two in pretty much all my work.
Me being a writer who can't draw for shit, I'm saying writing.
Fun fact: I can actually art like a god if you tell me to do cubism.
Fun fact: I can actually art like a god if you tell me to do cubism.
Definitely writing, I love to draw and from what you said they just need to imagine something, which isn't exactly true I have all of these amazing ideas in my head but when I try to draw them it turns out like shit. XD With writing sure it may not be perfect or a best seller but as long as you know how to keep the reader interested you're good to go.