Traditional vs Digital!

I had a recent discussion about digital art. Again. They once again had the misconception that digital tools are doing the art for me, and I wanted to show them how my work looks remarkably similar in traditional media if I wanted. While there are bound to be SOME differences, I think they are very much alike.

I showed them two examples of my work that was done both ways. Same picture! You have seen me post them before but here they are as a side-by-side comparison. They were unable to tell me which was which.

Now, of course I am not speaking about AI generated pictures. I'd rather not discuss that.