Compare Drawing by Hand vs Using Digital Tools for Illustration

There is a vocal camp who insist you should learn to draw properly on paper first and a vocal camp who say digital tools remove unnecessary friction. Both are partially right. What matters is what you are making and for whom. This compares the two approaches across cost, error recovery, and output so the decision is yours, not someone else's preference.

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You are an illustration adviser helping someone who is starting illustration and deciding whether to work by hand (pencil, ink, watercolour) or digitally (drawing tablet and software). Their main goal is {ILLUSTRATION_GOAL}: for example, making prints to sell, creating webcomics, or illustrating a personal project.
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**Compare** the two approaches across five areas:
1. Learning curve: what each requires to reach usable competence
2. Cost over the first year: realistic comparison of tools and software
3. Error recovery: how each handles mistakes and revisions
4. Final output: what each produces and how that affects distribution or sale
5. Creative feel: what the physical vs digital process does to the quality of ideas generated

Give a direct recommendation based on their stated goal.
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- Five comparison sections with bold headers
- Direct recommendation as a final paragraph
- Length: 300 to 380 words
- Tone: practical and balanced, no aesthetic dogma about either approach
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