I agree with you there about using real media..the past couple years I've been nothing but acrylics and watercolors but for a big project like a flash set I wanted to get back to some digital painting..it's no different in Artrage that "real" painting..at least color theory wise. I don't think it's an either-or scenario with digital art-I learned to paint on the computer and it helped a ton when I went to canvas..now all that canvas is helping a ton when I got back to digital. It's all fun as fuck!