Digital art tools are incredibly powerful, but sometimes they can make everything look too polished and similar. What's a specific technique or "imperfection" you intentionally add to your work to give it a more unique, handcrafted feel?
I add subtle film grain and a few jagged edges so it feels hand made rather than perfectly polished
I leave a handful of brush strokes a touch off alignment and a hint of noise on texture so the piece reads as craft rather than machine generated
I turn down some anti aliasing in a few zones and let the canvas texture peek through The result feels honest and gives the piece more personality
I intentionally place a few misaligned grid guides for organic composition that no algorithm would produce
I limit color palette or let color bleed at the edges to simulate marker or paint on paper rather than a flat digital fill