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David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

🍄🍄 Webcomic Creator | Fantasy humor
🌱🌱 Weekly comic strips | Longer series brewing in background
🎨🎨 Only use Free/Libre & Open Source tools | CC-licensed | No AI


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David Revoy
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If they can't get my cat's color right, imagine the errors on more serious topics...

Website screenshot of Grokipedia with two information manually outlined on the top in red "black cat" and "Fact-checked" David Revoy Fact-checked by Grok 5 days ago David Revoy (born 1981) is a French self-taught digital artist, illustrator, webcomic creator, and instructor renowned for his exclusive use of free/libre and open-source software (FLOSS) since 2009, working on a GNU/Linux system. He is best known for creating the ongoing webcomic series Pepper & Carrot, a libre and open-source fantasy story about a young witch and her black cat, which debuted in May 2014 and has been translated into multiple languages through community efforts. Revoy's career spans over two decades of freelance work, beginning with traditional painting and street portraiture in his late teens before transitioning to digital media around 2003. His expertise includes illustration, concept art, art direction, storytelling, and teaching, with clients worldwide in publishing, gaming, animation, and education. Notable projects include serving as art director for the Blender Foundation's open movie Sintel (2009), contributing concept art to films like Tears of Steel and Cosmos Laundromat [...] A mosaic of picture of Carrot, an obviously orange cat character.
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

An Act of Resistance

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

( edit reason: grammar mistake, shuts → shut ) A comic in four panels: Panel 1. Top view on the Gothic Sorceress room, she sits at her desk, sewing a square piece of fabric with focus. From the top of his perch, her AI Parrot bird watches with curiosity, intrigued by the focused effort required for the task. > AI Parrot: "Can I assist with optimizing your sewing technique?" > Gothic Sorceress: "No thanks." Panel 2. Zooming in, the AI Parrot continue to suggest while the Gothic Sorceress still sewings with attention. > AI Parrot: "Would you like to review best practices for efficient and accurate crafting?" > Gothic Sorceress: "No." Panel 3. The Gothic Sorceress contemplates her work, holding the small piece of fabric up to the light to inspect it. She looks happy, proud, and relieved after the effort of creating a simple square piece of thin fabric. The AI Parrot listens, processing the lesson. > Gothic Sorceress: "You see, in an age of Avian Intelligence, making something imperfectly, with your own hands and mind, is an act of resistance." Panel 4. The Gothic Sorceress stands behind the AI Parrot, who now has a gag made from the square fabric. The AI Parrot looks surprised, unable to speak. The Gothic Sorceress appears proud of her handiwork. > Gothic Sorceress: "And even better if this act can also shut you up for good!"
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Mozilla right now.

#firefox #mozilla

A digital painting illustration: A little Firefox mascot sits on a branch that he is cutting with a saw. He smiles at an AI cyber parrot that is bringing him a chainsaw.
David Revoy
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The Correct Incantation

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic in four panels: Panel 1. The gothic sorceress, dressed in dark, flowing robes, stands in the middle of a desolated land. She gazes at the colorful mechanical parrot flying near her shoulder: the Avian Intelligent Parrot. The sorceress asks with a hint of curiosity. > Gothic sorceress: "Hey, Avian Intelligence, what's the incantation for summoning a fireball?" > AI Parrot: ":sparkle emoji: The correct incantation for a fireball is "IgnisMe"." Panel 2. The gothic sorceress cracks a wicked smile, her eyes shining with anticipation as she raises her hands in front of her, fingers spread and ready to cast. > Gothic sorceress: "Alright, let's give it a shot... IgnisMe!" Panel 2(small insert in previous panel). Only the eyes of the gothic sorceress are visible in a large flame. > Gothic sorceress: "?!!" Panel 3. The gothic sorceress is burnt, her face contorted in a mix of shock, anger, and pain. Flames and smoke dance around her, her dark robes burnt and tattered, revealing exposed parts of her anatomy. > Gothic sorceress: "You #*$%@& bird! You gave me a self-immolation spell instead of a fireball spell!" Panel 4. As the sorceress facepalms, the Avian Intelligent parrot replies with stoicism. > AI Parrot: ":sparkle emoji: You're absolutely right! The correct incantation for a fireball is "PyroBolus"."
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Security

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic in four panels. Panel 1. A sorcerer is standing in front of the closed main gate of a tall and dark castle. The guard, on the wall of the castle, shouts: > Guard: Halt, stranger! Do you have the password? > Sorcerer: Yes, it's DarkLord123! Panel 2. Zoom on the guard, shouting another test: > Guard: What about the security code sent to your address? > Sorcerer: Oh yes, I have that: 75482. Panel 3. The guard now hangs a big poster, absurd: there is on it a picture of a horse on a landscape, but it is split into many squares. The laser wand of the sorcerer selects all the squares with horses. > Guard: Now, use your magic to show me all the squares with horses. Good. Panel 4. Shot of the sorcerer, visibly very bored by all these tests, opening his mouth. > Guard (off-panel): Finally, prove that you're an adult by closing and opening your mouth. > Sorcerer: Really?... This comic strip is a critique of the too many security steps in 2025: login/password, 2FA security code, captchas, and adult verification via webcam expression.
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Mermaid's Message

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A webcomic storyboard in four panels, black and white and sketchy: Panel 1: A cute mermaid sings, eyes closed, with a melancholy expression, sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean. She plays a small lyre. Panel 2: Aerial view: many boats gather, forming a circle around the mermaid, drawn in by her performance. Panel 3: The mermaid bows modestly to the enthusiastic applause of the sailors on the boats, who give her a standing ovation. > Mermaid: Thank you... Panel 4. The mermaid now yell angrily to the sailors. In the foreground little fish, crab, and shark are throwing trash back to the boats. > Mermaid: "...And now that I've got your attention, stop polluting our waters and take your trash with you!"
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Dear @creativecommons@mastodon.social ,

I read your article about your initiative for new licenses for dataset holders in the AI industry.

Let’s be clear: I do not want to re-license my hundreds of CC-By comic pages to please AI giants.

I wish you would support CC artists suffering from massive plagiarism. You should enforce your own existing licenses against AI mass crawling. It seems you’ve joined the battle only after the casualties and still managed to side with the wrong people.

https://creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/introducing-cc-signals-a-new-social-contract-for-the-age-of-ai/

David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

@creativecommons@mastodon.social Psss! After reading all those comments here, I just had to channel my inner artist. So, here’s my new logo for you; because clearly, you need all the help you can get in your new mission. You're welcome! 😂😂

A screenshot of Inkscape, with a modified version of the Creative Commons logo on the canvas. It's now Crawling Commons, with the CC and the sparkle AI emoji. A line of text on the top "Our new mission is to help AI Giants with Crawling Commons".
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

Dear @creativecommons@mastodon.social ,

I read your article about your initiative for new licenses for dataset holders in the AI industry.

Let’s be clear: I do not want to re-license my hundreds of CC-By comic pages to please AI giants.

I wish you would support CC artists suffering from massive plagiarism. You should enforce your own existing licenses against AI mass crawling. It seems you’ve joined the battle only after the casualties and still managed to side with the wrong people.

https://creativecommons.org/2025/06/25/introducing-cc-signals-a-new-social-contract-for-the-age-of-ai/

David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

A dream come true: to see my art in a museum! 🤩🤩 It's the portrait I painted of Charles Darwin.
Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1073/my-portrait-of-charles-darwin-is-in-a-museum-now

#krita

A digital painting: a portrait of Charles Darwin but the portrait is made up of many species from the evolution, kind of like a modern take on Giuseppe Arcimboldo's style, but with a twist. A photo of the room of the "COMPASSION" exhibition at the MAS in Antwerp (Flemish Region of Belgium), A tall room, all black with dim light, and spot light on the portrait printed in big.
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

I'm sharing my new 2025-01 Krita brush bundle under CC-0/Public Domain, I hope you'll like them!
Blog post to download: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1060/krita-brushes-2025-01-bundle

#krita

Cover of the brush pack, an illustration showing the brush on the popup palette, and a warrior. A grid listing 1/3 of the brushes and doing the demo of their effect visually. A grid listing 1/3 of the brushes and doing the demo of their effect visually. A grid listing 1/3 of the brushes and doing the demo of their effect visually.