Title: I would like to learn to draw&#x2F;sketch as a hobby, with the eventual goal of being able to do scientific illustration, something like this: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;images.immediate.co.uk&#x2F;production&#x2F;volatile&#x2F;sites&#x2F;4&#x2F;2021&#x2F;05&#x2F;jellyfish-life-cycle-6d7d6fa-1.jpg<p>Is there a learning pathway where I can jump straight into the digital era -- using an iPad or a Wacom tablet or similar -- still learning the basics of color, stroke, technique, etc., but skipping the part where I have to go to the art store to pick up various pencils and inks? Or is that ill-advised because of ________?<p>I learned (and loved) digital photography in a similar time period, where film was dying but it was possible to learn most of the same techniques in a digital SLR. That was before the age of automatic photo-enhancing AIs that the phones now have.<p>In my professional life, I&#x27;m a frontend dev with some basic graphic design skills. I know my way around Illustrator and Photoshop quite well, but only when it comes to manipulating &quot;inorganic&quot; graphics like logos, buttons, and whatnot -- i.e., skilled enough at the technical aspects of that stuff, but I couldn&#x27;t draw a basic stick figure or cartoon dog from scratch if my life depended on it. I don&#x27;t know where the whiskers on a cat go relative to its nose, or how to draw a human nose without it looking like a Ferengi abortion.<p>So, is it possible to learn drawing basics digitally?
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