Excitement and Questions

Hello people,I'm from Greece and I'm finishing my 2 year "applied arts" studies at a public institution.Aside from many difficulties in my country (including problems with institutions like the one I'm attending )i'm quite excited about trying my luck and skillset in such a way!I'm simultaneously working on photography and IT (mostly programming).

A thing I'd like to ask is,does anyone here work regularly on paper?Aside from teaching us how to use applications like Corel/AI/Photoshop/InDesign,the teachers have been making a fair effort to teach us to use conventional means.
I'm not only talking about basic sketches or mockups,but also final products on paper like Schoeller with rapidographs and markers.What if I have a great idea designed on paper,how would I go about transferring it successfully into a digital format?

To transfer it to a program you'd need to scan it in or just draw with a tablet that's hooked up to you PC or Mac.

Hi there FunkyFisch and welcome to DC, I bet there is a lot of designers that uses paper to draw ideas.
I was using paper till recently I bought wacom.
So if I need some sketch I open ArtRage4 and draw it there. It can be done direct in Illustrator, sometimes I draw it there directly, but ArtRage have more natural feeling and it acts more like pen and paper so its fun also

Hi Funkyfisch, I used to use paper but now use my wacom tablet. Good luck with the contests, you will learn a lot here : )