It has always been my personal choice and preference to pursue creating art through digital media, but the foundation was paved with traditional practices.  I view creating digital illustrations no differently than I would with pencil and paper.  In fact, through my college career, I learned to take the methods of drawing and paint them and apply the steps directly to my digital illustrations.  Here are some art works with various mediums such as graphite, charcoal, ink, acrylic paint, and oil paint.