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(DIR) Post #B2z5iX6lI721VG3cLA by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T17:17:47Z
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Everywhere...#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater
(DIR) Post #B2z5mqegYboXHmyymm by realtegan@wandering.shop
2026-02-04T17:19:05Z
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@davidrevoy I feel this comic so much.
(DIR) Post #B2z5wwtuBvwlYGuyQ4 by landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-04T17:20:36Z
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@davidrevoy To be fair, the last panel (and related plumbing) is the most appropriate location for it 🙃
(DIR) Post #B2z5zmWxCiAEG3X852 by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-04T17:20:50Z
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@davidrevoy We will fight the avian intelligence with all our wingless might
(DIR) Post #B2z6dMDITAZ2DjD58q by ChrisMcZork@metalhead.club
2026-02-04T17:28:29Z
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@davidrevoy was at a tech conference today. Same vibes. So many booths that presented the same slop.
(DIR) Post #B2z8G0DkGucbG7PYAa by leah@chaos.social
2026-02-04T17:46:26Z
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@davidrevoy I feel it sooooooo much! Thanks for putting the feeling in a comic!
(DIR) Post #B2z8fpJ5TJBGwJDvGq by brazmogu@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-04T17:51:19Z
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@davidrevoy at least it's a place you can say it deserves to be in*really* in
(DIR) Post #B2z9cZDKwoas78Xkwa by VANTABlack2000@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-04T18:02:01Z
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@davidrevoy At this rate AI in the bathroom wouldn't surprise me since everything must be smart now and every smart thing must contain :sparkle: AI :sparkle:
(DIR) Post #B2zABusCPa8LQLVpK4 by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2026-02-04T18:08:23Z
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@davidrevoy The coin op company that handles the washing machines in my apartment. Building has left a little announcement that in some short amount of time, they will no longer accept cards or coins, and everyone using those machine machines has to install their app to use them. The other level to this is you need an app to get access to the toilet paper in a bathroom stall
(DIR) Post #B2zAlmSv9HNJlyn2gq by benroyce@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T18:14:54Z
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@davidrevoy but i like Weird Al Yanovich(/s)try this:imagine every "AI" you see is "Al" and you can turn it into a game of "who is is Al everyone keeps talking about? he seems important, but I don't know this Al. Could it be Weird Al? Al Pacino? Al Green? Al Gore? ...Wait! It's Al Roker!"
(DIR) Post #B2zAoYfGurSDq5tKoy by Dianora@ottawa.place
2026-02-04T18:15:21Z
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@davidrevoy Be sure to have the AI controlled app so you can get the toilet dispenser to work.
(DIR) Post #B2zBXZAbsqI6RE0l16 by Bredroll@mas.to
2026-02-04T18:23:33Z
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@davidrevoy AI is eating itself, I can imagine a blue cannibal parrot already
(DIR) Post #B2zBk4prygmo7cH9QO by f@ieji.de
2026-02-04T18:25:44Z
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@davidrevoy Investors and private equity usually turns products into a mess that fails to serve the user well. "We suck more, and that's guaranteed"
(DIR) Post #B2zC1hyViC8iQviz8i by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T18:28:55Z
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@Bredroll :blobthinkingeyes: Oh, that's a brillant idea. Thank you for sharing, I'll see if I can do something with it. I'll keep it in a corner of my brain.
(DIR) Post #B2zC4sDs4Et15KQ1IG by pantaRhei@freiburg.social
2026-02-04T18:29:19Z
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@davidrevoy in the last panel she's misunderstanding the intention of the Avian Intelligence.It's surely meant to remind her: Aw, 💩 - oh, by the way … 🤪SCNR
(DIR) Post #B2zCsEh5JCS8y3cYfA by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T18:38:29Z
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🎨 📹 Timelapse/Making-of video: https://www.peppercarrot.com/0_sources/miniFantasyTheater/making-of/038.mp4 It's not often that I paint directly from scratch with no sketch or line art, so I wanted to share this one. It's a risky technique, and I'm even eyeballing all the perspective, no grids here. I also avoid blending and smoothing, showing the brushstrokes on the canvas more clearly. I'm doing this to incorporate 'errors made naturally by humans', and I like it. It feels closer to the spontaneous style I like in my ballpoint pen sketches.
(DIR) Post #B2zDENaUvFzqvE6BW4 by cryptax@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T18:42:29Z
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@davidrevoy amazing! But I'm surprised you put in the text first, image after! I do it the other way, but I'm a real amateur, so maybe actually what I do is stupid!
(DIR) Post #B2zDi9PgBgCheFEbwW by matt@mastodon.nz
2026-02-04T18:47:52Z
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@davidrevoy advertising on the toilet paper haha that's dark (don't give the industry ideas 😬)
(DIR) Post #B2zEKd3sP6U0bZNtDc by Pixlar@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T18:54:48Z
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@davidrevoy wow!
(DIR) Post #B2zEglnMc45S3xDabI by Leah@macaw.social
2026-02-04T18:58:49Z
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@davidrevoy Thank you! That's awesome. Your talent is truly impressive.
(DIR) Post #B2zEqcitCKYMp0p8xE by gmarcosanti@mastodon.uno
2026-02-04T19:00:31Z
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@davidrevoy "Wipe your ass with our AI Toilet Paper™ today, for an enchanted user experience"
(DIR) Post #B2zFqp83AnqbFgFgWG by daniel@masto.doserver.top
2026-02-04T19:11:40Z
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@davidrevoy Well, at least AI is in its rightful place in the last frame
(DIR) Post #B2zHIXDLTMvTklVRyK by mcpinson@mas.to
2026-02-04T19:27:48Z
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@davidrevoy Report reason:[✔️] I'm in this comic and i dont like it
(DIR) Post #B2zHWsbWk3Uu9CeoaW by thematic@mastodon.green
2026-02-04T18:52:35Z
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@cryptax @davidrevoy This had me think of printing text and only text, then penciling.
(DIR) Post #B2zHWte2sB6dNIqL9U by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T19:30:35Z
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@thematic @cryptax I took this habit after applying this (gold) tutorial, that was an in-house comic 'tips and tricks' at Disney: https://www.tumblr.com/fundz64/150897623108/aapstra-disneys-comic-strip-artists-kit-by (page 1 shows the problems, page two the solution). The max area size of the panel is rarely what we can fully use to express the art, character and acting. The space occupied/eaten by the text speechbubbles substracts to the full area of the panel (and usually goes on the top). That's why I prefer now to place it first.
(DIR) Post #B2zICy6EhVHfLy5gAq by hj@shigusegubu.club
2026-02-04T19:38:37.116728Z
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@davidrevoy i need that AI TP, i need it for wiping my AI (ass interface) after i take my AI Slop (doomp)
(DIR) Post #B2zITekNuDmeFupLJA by cryptax@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T19:40:53Z
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@davidrevoy @thematic thanks! Very interesting!
(DIR) Post #B2zIdPxPkUgdHWZn72 by cryptax@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T19:43:01Z
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@davidrevoy @thematic this is gold mine!!!
(DIR) Post #B2zIwgai83ZeNA928G by pdragos@todon.eu
2026-02-04T19:46:29Z
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@davidrevoy Took a shuttle today to the airport, and it was playing art deco retro-futuristic slop reels alongside (presumably) slop jazz.It was bizarre. Playing ads at least makes sense?
(DIR) Post #B2zJF6fTujwkSf9y7M by globcoco@mamot.fr
2026-02-04T19:49:40Z
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@davidrevoy well... as toilet paper (PQ), c'est plutôt bien trouvé
(DIR) Post #B2zJHzTd6hpD1jzWzo by ken_fallon@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-02-04T19:50:21Z
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@davidrevoyFeels like that yes.
(DIR) Post #B2zM0UcMt3EuG7QWWW by runevision@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-04T20:20:37Z
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@davidrevoy This comic looks quite different to me than your others (also before I read your description). Less traditional cartoon-like and more painterly. Somehow even the facial features and expressions seem quite affected. Both styles are nice, but there’s a certain charm and expressiveness to this one here.
(DIR) Post #B2zMDX9Gmzens92CzA by lasse@social.tchncs.de
2026-02-04T20:23:11Z
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@davidrevoy ✅ Toilet Paper Over
(DIR) Post #B2zNPWvPXugGblpvMG by PersistentDreamer@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-04T20:36:28Z
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@davidrevoy This. This comic right here. Nominate this for comic of the year or something. This is exactly how it is.
(DIR) Post #B2zQF3HJDW5hcvm4I4 by Stem@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T21:08:10Z
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@davidrevoy J'avoue, ça serait tellement jouissif de se torcher avec l'IA.
(DIR) Post #B2zRo6tHsSfMv8orM8 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T21:25:29Z
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@Stem 😆 😆 hehe. Je crois que c'était mon point de départ au niveau écriture: "comment avoir du PQ en case final avec IA marqué dessus?" :D
(DIR) Post #B2zU8IZYM2s8qoLKmO by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T21:51:30Z
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@dontony I totally understand. Since I read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing , my AI style radar went super sensitive to many things more than the em-dash and emojis in lists: Rule of three, Elegant variation, False ranges "from ... to", and more... It's everywhere, esp, companies communications/blog now.
(DIR) Post #B2zUTTMrPfsgPfVEmm by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T21:55:36Z
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@runevision Thank you :blobcatheart:
(DIR) Post #B2zVOMAOrIayaNnaXA by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T22:05:26Z
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@normjess 'screens on urinals showing ads' really feels like some cyberpunk dystopian stuff. Oh yes, late stage capitalism, I'm sure they'll show us how they can dig deeper and deeper to new 'innovations'.
(DIR) Post #B2zWbl9JNyWnmoFEOG by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T22:19:04Z
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@Leah :blobcatheart: Thank you!
(DIR) Post #B2zWzu6DlEXyUjJOuO by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T22:23:26Z
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@yuki2501 Yes! Same, bear with me a little bit more. For me too it starts to be redudent to focus on this series while MiniFantasyTheater should be broader and explore many situations. The next one, episode 039 might be a conclusion to the mini series for now. As you can see, I suggest the gothic sorceress already put her Avian Intelligence in the garbage on previous episode.
(DIR) Post #B2zX6mBxYiG7ztGzzs by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T22:25:05Z
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@sindarina :blobaww: awww! Thank you!
(DIR) Post #B2zXzQOsHVgEL3N9V2 by stefan@akko.lightnovel-dungeon.de
2026-02-04T18:44:33.837348Z
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@yuki2501 @davidrevoy Don't get me wrong I enjoy Mini Fantasy Theater as well.
(DIR) Post #B2zXzS7Zsn25fzIMoi by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-04T22:34:36Z
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@stefan @yuki2501 About the trauma. Yes... and No. It feels more and more to me that I'm beating here a dead horse with this theme.Often my radar feel that when Firefox starts get code ready in prod for a technobro trend. I interpret that as if I was watching the last wagon of the AI trend train in tech... the last ripple of influence... and it might mean it's already dead somewhere. Just a personal intuition.
(DIR) Post #B2za1f4ctf9MKp606C by rainaraven73@masto.es
2026-02-04T22:57:38Z
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@davidrevoy impressive
(DIR) Post #B2zdBjmYXrAjhF8jFQ by Rowena@mathstodon.xyz
2026-02-04T23:31:53Z
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@davidrevoy Progress. Two years ago...
(DIR) Post #B2zeLNtur0PygOkKQK by DifferentDrummer@syzito.xyz
2026-02-04T23:45:55Z
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@davidrevoy Wipe your arse on 'AI'. Don't mind if I do.That toilet roll would sell almost as well as US flag toilet roll.
(DIR) Post #B2zlBdlZi97efj95Ki by kDelta@privacysafe.social
2026-02-05T01:02:50Z
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@davidrevoy My work added an “AI” thing to our work schedule app so I asked it how to bake a cake and would I have time to do it in my lunch break. It said it couldn’t answer it. As much use as a chocolate teapot then! In fact even in basic questions it should have known about it wasn’t helpful either 🤷♂️
(DIR) Post #B2znilm79i50yWK4hc by eliasebner@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T01:31:16Z
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@davidrevoy ugh i hate how AI is being shoved down our throats so forcefully 😭
(DIR) Post #B2zsGlVf33bboZ5oRc by rival@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T02:21:55Z
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@davidrevoy I have a couple of illustrators in my family (partner, nephew) and I'm always insisting in that, to my humble taste, the more artistic, expressive, interesting, poetic, etc., version of their draws, is that which they call drafts, sketches, etc. I understand the ideas of clean and polished, but for me the magic is mostly in that primitive or improvised phase, where the creative search is still an uncut gem, let's say... I guess, tastes. But for me, seems like live music, let's say. ❤️
(DIR) Post #B303Wz83HMsgBOzDns by kevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-05T04:28:11Z
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@davidrevoy I watched the video before reading your comment so I was already thinking along the lines of, "oh wow sketching with blobs of color, I wonder what the tradeoffs are vs line art".Now I'm really curious how many different traditions of... for lack of vocabulary, "order of operations" for constructing a piece of art there are.I would guess a lot but I'm very ignorant in this area.
(DIR) Post #B30DSQSxDCp33rECP2 by liternil@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T06:19:46Z
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@davidrevoy basic French fry
(DIR) Post #B30ThzrLV7JuRU5FnE by dereel@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T09:21:38Z
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@davidrevoy Here!A way out!https://github.com/Stevoisiak/Stevos-GenAI-Blocklist/
(DIR) Post #B30VvYwCajzGuOx3z6 by Bredroll@mas.to
2026-02-05T09:46:26Z
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@davidrevoy @stefan @yuki2501 my opinion of the AI(LLM) situation is that there has been irreversible damage done, the laws on copyright were intentionally circumvented and governments all star struk by tech-bros let them have a "copyright law doesn't apply to you, you must be free to steal to succeed" exception. It is not the technology that is a threat, it is the lawless application of it.Genuine creativity itself is hugely devalued by the art theft.
(DIR) Post #B30bNCl19Penzqiiv2 by apzpins@mstdn.games
2026-02-05T10:47:20Z
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@davidrevoy But hey, in the last panel you can at least wipe with an AI ad!
(DIR) Post #B30f0UjYY41suDSmsy by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-05T11:27:55Z
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@dereel Yes, these type of list are precious. 💜 Thanks for showing solutions like that on this thread.I recently saw that the uBlock team added "EasyList - AI Widgets' on the Dashboard settings, an optional one (it require user to activate it in "Annoyance" section) but a good one! For a long time I had this one: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist but for the needs of my mini series and my research on the topic I temporarily deactivated it since November.
(DIR) Post #B30fD38yRGdR6LL4W8 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-05T11:30:33Z
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@Sau_Wolf Yes, and they are so easy to spot. Recently, I saw a poster for a festival in my city, another poster for a DJ/Dancing event, and a "pet toileting/grooming salon"(sorry, I miss vocabulary for this type of shop) with a AIgen logo...
(DIR) Post #B30fOT1KZPCcXfCxto by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-05T11:32:44Z
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@fell Thank you! I'll try to keep this economy of brush stroke. It's more difficult than smoothing all surfaces, but on the pro side, it is slightly faster, and the result feels more human and spontaneous, so I have motivation to train this ability and continue.
(DIR) Post #B30gST1qa50hgEv9oe by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-05T11:44:18Z
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@kevingranade Thank you. Your intuition is right: a lot! But the main family branches are (imho): - Sketches/line colored then optionally painted over (the colored drawing workflow)- Greyscale painting then recolored (the grisaille) - Direct painting ('Alla prima' family), the one here.I started painting this way 11 years ago ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lMLEuxSLk ) but I went back to colored drawing because I couldn't paint perspective, anatomy and pose.Maybe now, with more skill, I can revisit.
(DIR) Post #B30gjuGmYMGh5bDqfw by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-05T11:47:45Z
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@ifixcoinops Thank you! Yes, it approach the scene with big blocks of sort of Nintendo64 low poly resolution ( a pass named 'blocking' ), then directly on the top a paint-over with smaller brush, and layers of glazing to adjust the tones, light and shadows. Yes, it's on my server, but I don't have yet a front-end php/html/css page to list the making-of (on my TODO!). The directory is here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/0_sources/miniFantasyTheater/making-of/
(DIR) Post #B30hdrBlCATDkaYJxw by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2026-02-05T11:57:45Z
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@rival 💜 Thank you. I sort of learn more and more to appreciate this small "built-in' mistakes that I have hard time to correct while sketching or painting directly (eg. Like on this ballpoint pen sketch on my sketchbook). Those 'honnest mistakes' due to the process itself and skill is a good "human made" signature in our times. When I post fix my art too much, I get comment suspicious that I used AIgen now anyway. 😆
(DIR) Post #B33CbdrzEI4Gl5eCAq by rival@mastodon.social
2026-02-06T16:54:20Z
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@davidrevoy I really love this. ♥️ I guess is the aesthetics of preference to me. 🤗
(DIR) Post #B34WQQBlwlQBNrmyDw by Glop_glop_pasGlop@piaille.fr
2026-02-07T08:10:58Z
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@davidrevoy Finally the best place for it with @stefano 's windows xp sticker 😁