Huion Kamvas Pro 19 - review on GNU/Linux

Useful links: Review video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/M9VbiVJX-J4 Review video on Peertube: [to be done, please wait: server is transcoding :-) ] Official store page Official product page Technical: udev-hid-bpf thread udev-hid-bpf thread (Kdial remote) libwacom PR (Kdial remot … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 15 hours ago

XPPen Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2) - review on GNU/Linux

Video: Youtube: https://youtu.be/d8Ft3b002LM Peertube: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/vdjYvJUC9JQCkLeK6pVWj1 Useful links: Review video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/d8Ft3b002LM Review video on Peertube: [link] Official store page Official product page Official store: the "class … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 7 days ago

Light in the Darkness

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@davidrevoy.com | 8 days ago

An artwork for Huion

I’ve been working hard on my video review of the Huion Kamvas 19 Pro using only Free/Libre and Open Source Software. Can’t wait to share it with you next week! In the meantime, here’s a piece I painted with it! 🎨 Full resolution & sources here krita | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 13 days ago

A free Krita workshop at Capitole du Libre 2024

✏️ Mark your calendars! In just two weeks, I’ll be offering a free Krita workshop (in French) at Capitole du Libre 2024. This session will be a perfect blend of exploring Krita’s features and sharing valuable drawing tips. I can’t wait to see you there and create together! dz … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 17 days ago

Sketchbook randomness

Part of my "drawing directly with a ballpoint pen" training. | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 25 days ago

Studies

Studies 11 october 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 1 month ago

Configuring the XpPen ACK05 Remote with only FLOSS on GNU/Linux: my investigation and workarounds.

Here is my research on how to use and configure the XPPen ACK05 Remote using only Free Libre and Open Source drivers and software under GNU/Linux. As you'll see, it's quite limited and many features just don't work. This guide will be updated as soon as I have new information on … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 1 month ago

Drawing for a dentist friend

Creating smiles, one drawing at a time! Here is one for my amazing dentist friend! 🐉🦷 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 1 month ago

My Webcomic Journey: Merging Projects and Learning Along the Way

Hey, do you remember the last time I wrote a blog post when I was at a crossroads? Yes, I'm talking about that one where I announced the end of Pepper&Carrot at episode 42 (in four episodes from now) and also the start of the Mini Fantasy Theater comic project. That was months ag … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 1 month ago

Photos of Raptus Comic Convention 2024 in Bergen

Hey, I safely made my trip back to the south of France after a couple of day in Bergen, Norway, for the Raptus Comic book convention where I was a guest. I had a very good time and signed many Pepper&Carrot books and drew almost non stop, meeting many of you. Again a big thank yo … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 2 months ago

My Neighbor Mastodon (and Fediverse)

I'm grateful for reaching 30K followers who appreciate my art on my Mastodon account. Thank you, thank you, and thank you for your support! Source file here | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 2 months ago

Pepper and Carrot in traditional clothing of Bergen

🌼 I couldn't help but draw Pepper and Carrot in traditional clothes from Bergen. I'm happy to share it with you! → source file here | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 2 months ago

Raptus comic convention in Bergen, Norway

Hello, I am thrilled and honored to announce that I will be attending the Raptus comic book convention in the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway from the 13 to 15 September 2024. As a French comic book artist, it is both exciting and humbling to have the opportunity to share my wor … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 2 months ago

Black sketchbook and Alice in Wonderland

Just unveiled a new black sketchbook and have begun an experimental artistic journey. Excited to see where this takes me! 🖤🎨 (click to enlarge the pictures) | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 2 months ago

Sketches

Sketches Published on 15 august 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 3 months ago

My new test station for graphic pen tablet on Linux

Okay, I know: the photo may not make you dream: but this is my first test bench dedicated to Linux graphics tablets, and it's a big change for me. It's all in my garage, and it allows me to stop doing the kind of tinkering that breaks my main production operating systems on my de … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 4 months ago

Accept Yourself

Part 1: www.davidrevoy.com/article1036/art-block Transcript: A four panel wordless webcomic: Panel 1: A light shines on a large silk cocoon lying on a bed in a bedroom. A long crack on its surface indicates that it's about to open. Panel 2: A young butterfly with black wings emer … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 4 months ago

Art Block

Transcript: A wordless webcomic in four panels: Panel 1: A small fairy with brown hair and ordinary transparent wings (a bit like a dragonfly, but less beautiful) sees a proud fairy, beautiful, with colorful butterfly wings. She's ecstatic at the sight. Panel 2: Later at home, in … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 4 months ago

Carnivorous Plants

Transcript: A wordless webcomic in four panels: Panel 1 : A warrior descends the steps of a Colimasson staircase. She passes a strange room made of brick and stone, typical of dungeons. We see her in the frame of an arched doorway, surprised by what she sees: in the foreground, e … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

Dunning–Kruger effect

Transcript: A webcomic in four panels: Panel 1: A very young knight, poorly equipped (oversized pants, topless, wooden sword and shield, rusty helmet), screams with overconfidence in front of a cave on a foggy night. Knight: Master of Dragons! I challenge you to a duel, against M … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

Help desk

Help desk Published on 05 june 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

A critique of Cara.app: the 'No AI' Instagram and Artstation copycat child.

1. Introduction Cara.app is a relatively new social media platform: a kind of fusion between an Instagram timeline with a share button, and an Artstation portfolio layout on the user's profile. Almost every artist I know is opening a Cara.app profile right now and posting about i … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

Happy 25th anniversary, Krita!

→ https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/krita-25-years/ krita | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

Debian 12 KDE Plasma: The right GNU/Linux distribution for professional digital painting in 2024. Reasons and complete installation guide.

Fig0. Photo of my workplace, my cat Noutti (my main inspiration for Carrot) says hello! 1. Introduction Hey, here is my GNU/Linux Distribution Guide of the Year! You can reproduce my professional workstation identically and for free with this guide. This is a tradition on my blog … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

Too often

Too often Published on 29 may 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 5 months ago

Accessories

Accessories Published on 22 may 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 6 months ago

My treasure

My treasure Published on 15 may 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 6 months ago

10th anniversary of the Pepper&Carrot webcomic series

Ten years ago today, I posted the first episode of Pepper&Carrot on my blog. It was a simple gag, but your feedback made me realize that this little witch and her cat deserved a second episode. So I started working on it. Step by step, one episode followed another, and thanks to … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 6 months ago

Monster

Monster Published on 02 may 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 6 months ago

Morning routine

Morning routine Published on 24 april 2024 | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 7 months ago

Size test, part 2.

📦 Download the fonts, alpha 0.1: https://www.davidrevoy.com/data/documents/2024-04-20_DeevadHand_alpha1.zip (265KB, Open Font License) | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 7 months ago

Size test

Size test with open comic fonts. | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 7 months ago

Goodbye Craig Maloney.

I'm devastated. I learned a few hours ago that Craig Maloney (aka cmaloney) passed away this morning. Craig had joined the Pepper&Carrot project in its early days, almost ten years ago. We immediately clicked: his passion for metal, for retro video games, for creation, for Free/L … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 7 months ago

The end of Pepper&Carrot and my next project.

Hey, I feel like I'm at a big crossroads and this is an important blog post, but you probably already guessed that from the title. It took me a long time to think about it. It still takes up all my brain bandwidth at the moment. But now that I have a clearer picture, I think it's … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 7 months ago

the trip to the vet

Epic yearly vaccination trip to the vet this morning with my four cats. | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 8 months ago

Ballpen point training

A recent photo of my sketchbook, still training with ballpoint pen directly, a cruel training. But I am beginning to get a better ability to imagine perspective grids without tracing them, and I can even begin to plan full-page compositions. It takes a while to build these new sk … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 8 months ago

Cleaning spams on Fediverse

The big wave of spams is over? Thank you FediAdmins for doing what you do! Source here | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 9 months ago

Tutorial Grayscale to Color - Krita Digital Painting - Character design

I just posted a new video tutorial! A commented step-by-step guide and advice on how to paint an original fantasy character design from scratch in Krita. Ytb: https://youtu.be/Q7kMT78iBSg Ptb: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/eGXzGxkAJpJXaBGopryD9T Src: https://www.peppercarro … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 9 months ago

Down in a Rabbit Hole

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@davidrevoy.com | 9 months ago

Sketchbook Ballpoint Pen Studies and Randomness

Notice: click to enlarge. ↓ Sketchbook 1: Various witches, a weird dog, Ranma! and a little kid scribbled over my drawings in a corner and I mention it. ↓ Sketchbook 2: Various studies of wrinkles in clothes, white shirt without bra, shirt, hoodies, big hoodies. Use of colored p … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 10 months ago

✨ Happy New Year 2024

With this illustration, I would like to wish you a calm and peaceful New Year. | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 10 months ago

Happy Holidays 2023!

With mascot of: Mastodon, https://joinmastodon.org/ Pleroma-tan of Pleroma, https://pleroma.social/, Ai of Misskey https://misskey-hub.net/, Lemmy https://join-lemmy.org Sepia of https://joinpeertube.org/, sloth mascot by Anna Abramek for https://gotosocial.org, Fediverse logo (b … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 11 months ago

Framasoft 2023 Campaign

Framasoft does so many things in sync with my values that I'm always so proud when I do illustrations for them. Check out their campaign page to end 2023 (and support them if you can); it's presented as a 2D character selection of a fighter video game and it was really fun to dra … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 11 months ago

Production Report: Episode 39 entered Alpha 1

Hey, earlier this week I posted a first version of the upcoming episode 39 to the development forge of the Pepper&Carrot project. It's an important milestone for a new episode and I'm really happy that this one finally arrived in this state! However, the episode is far from being … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 11 months ago

Don't roll out the red carpet for them.

The recent excitement surrounding Thread's arrival on the Fediverse is concerning. To understand why this is not a good idea, consider their economic interest in harvesting data, their poor moderation, and their manipulations. Nothing good can come from their federation. Don't ro … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 11 months ago

Ada from "Ada & Zangemann"

My version of the character Ada from "Ada & Zangemann", a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) book for children and a funny story about Free/Libre and Open-Source. It's written by Matthias Kirschner and illustrated by Sandra Brandstätter. It is great to see new characters in the Fre … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 11 months ago

My brushstrokes against AI-art

Picture above: concept art for episode 39 (click to enlarge). A close-up of a piece of artwork showing Wasabi, but young. A philosophical questioning Recently, I've been browsing DeviantArt, ArtStation and other art platforms that have decided to empower AI artists, as if the rec … | Continue reading


@davidrevoy.com | 11 months ago