traditional media
A tag used to mark any image that's drawn partly or entirely without the assistance of a computer. The name is in contrast with "digital media" which dominates Danbooru.
Please use this tag only if you're 100% sure that the image is actually drawn by hand. Use faux traditional media for digital images that mimic a hand-drawn/non-CG style.
An image that is partly traditional, but also contains digital elements (e.g. digital spot color), should receive the additional tag mixed media. Digital filtering, performed to improve the visibility of the traditional artwork (e.g. color adjustment), rather than as a creative effect or to remove flaws, does not make an image mixed media.
A good way to tell if a drawing is traditional is to look for "analog" or アナログ in kana. You'll find this tag on Pixiv and used on some Japanese artists' sites. (Beware however that some people will tag their image "アナログ" that don't qualify to our standards of the tag).
For non-drawn physical art, see unconventional media.
Media
- acrylic paint (medium)
- airbrush (medium)
- ballpoint pen (medium)
- brush (medium)
- chalk (medium)
- calligraphy brush (medium)
- canvas (medium)
- charcoal (medium)
- colored pencil (medium)
- color ink (medium)
- coupy pencil (medium)
- crayon (medium)
- nib pen
- gouache (medium)
- graphite (medium)
- ink (medium)
- marker (medium)
- millipen (medium)
- nib pen (medium)
- oil painting (medium)
- painting
- pastel (medium)
- tempera (medium)
- watercolor (medium)
- watercolor pencil (medium)
Examples
- Handdrawn (add these): post #192450, post #261
- Not handdrawn, but looks like it (don't add these): post #152272
- Mostly handdrawn, but colored or significantly polished up on computer (add these, but also tag them mixed_media): post #152287
