David Revoy

Bookmarked! thank you :)

Thanks for the detailed explanation! Indeed, you keep the flexibility of tweaking proportions until the very end which is nice. I'll give both workflows a try. Regarding 'speedpainting': I always found the sketches of Levente Peterffy highly 'effective' in carrying all the mood of a piece in seemingly rough and scarce brushstrokes and patterns. Maybe this can serve as a source for inspiration for you? <a href="http://www.artoflevi.com/?page_id=1674" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.artoflevi.com/?page_id=1674</a>

David Revoy

:-) Hey Andrej, yes : I don't use G'mic for filling zones with the 'colorize[interactive]' filter now. My actual workflow for Pepper&amp;Carrot is now really similar in many point to the one I wrote in this old tutorial : <a href="http://www.davidrevoy.com/article129/tutorial-pencil-to-digital-painting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.davidrevoy.com/article129/tutorial-pencil-to-digital-painting</a> ; exept I start sketching directly in Krita ( not from a scanned real life sketch ) and I detail directly in Krita too. I fill the zone with a method similar than 'C- Main color feed canvas' described in the link ; with airbrushes and blending mode, I do the digital DJ of color. I can reduce the amount of 'milestone' this way. I have now 3 : [ Sketching / Colored Sketch / Final ] ; the old one was heavier [ Sketching / Line-art / Flat-colors / Final ] but easier to get the same level of quality across all the panels. What I like with my 'new' method is the possibility to tweak proportions, deform eyes or volumes even at the end of the process. So, I can do dramatic corrections even at the very end. It was more difficult to do with a line-art without loosing quality and with many layers ( lines+color under ) it was less flexible. The big downside : time ; even if I paint faster than before doing full shading and painting is still a bit more time consuming. I must work on simplifying my stroke to something more efficient, my ideal is a sort of 'speedpainting' looking like final :-)

Hi David, thank you for sharing your experience with different workflows! I have a question regarding your current approach. Do you still make use of Gmic to define colour regions in one of the steps, for example in 'C: Paint (on top)'?

David Revoy

Oh good ! I'm happy you likes the 'how-to' merged with mini weekly pictures. I was a bit hesitant to post this making-of/technical things here. About doing videos, sure ! I have a youtube channel ; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DeevadRevoy/videos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/DeevadRevoy/videos</a> I'll keep posting on it. Do you have a particular topic, or question about my way to draw/paint ? ( I'm always looking for good/helpful tutorial topic ). Thank for the support!

David Revoy

Thank you BS for your comments ; especially for the "don't limit yourself to one or the other. " It's really wise. I'll probably keep balancing from one side to another depending the nature of the story and the mood I'm looking for. I'll take care to not build too much confusion to the audience. Thanks for the support!

David Revoy

Hey Jónatan, thank you for the feedback. Now the episode 07 'The Wish' is online ; you probably noticed the wood/forest painting. I *really* had pleasure painting nature last month :o) ( I still need to fix the speedpainting I made for you , on to-do list !) Yes, 'The potion challenge" ep03, ep04 and ep06 were more adult and different. On many aspect ( storytelling, panel way to cut scene, amount of text, length ). Please don't be shy on the comment, if you have a feeling or critic. All comments helps me to get a better 'mind-map' of how Pepper&amp;Carrot works, and this mind-map shapes my emotions, feelings and inspiration. I'm pretty sure there is a sort of communication process happening subconsciously under this, and I'm happy to reply with colors and paintings !

Allan Zieser

I love when you post these to show your process it is a great way for us to observe what is working for you. These postings also allow me to choose methods of making creations of my own as well. Thanks so much and keep up the great work! I am looking forward to future releases. It would be interesting to be able to watch you work as well. Have you ever considered posting videos of your process as you work? Just a thought.

I find that maturity implies a level of experience/wisdom which speaks well to the confidence she displays throughout the potion challenge whereas a more youthful look shows more of a wide-eyed, curious, playful personality. Both match up with her well and I would say don't limit yourself to one or the other. Of course hold consistency across a story line but so far this comic series appears to be loosely coupled (one page not requiring you to have seen every previous one in order to understand and appreciate it) with minor exception to the potion challenge. I would say feel free to use whichever is more appropriate for the current story arc however there is the worry of causing audience confusion by doing that. There's my thought. I look forward to seeing both cute and witty character traits.

I have to agree that I also found the art style missing a little bit in moe. I fell in love with the character in episode 01 and 02. I was slightly dissapointed with the more adult-look and less childish/innocent cute flair it had in the earlier episodes. I decided it was part of natural progression for a series maturing from simple sketches to full-blown series. I'm to shy to force my own opinion onto others but I'm glad someone did and you agree. I'm absolutely loving her design in (B) Colored Scetch above. It's a lot more moe which made me fall in love with you from beginning :) Can't wait to see future episodes adopted in this style :D