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Process:
Digital painting from scratch (no A.I.) using Krita 5.1.3 on Fedora 37 KDE spin. Tablet: an Intuos Pro Large. A description of each step is written on the alt text of pictures.

📦Source and 4K wallpaper: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/artworks-src__2022-12-06_Rain-City_by-David-Revoy.html

🗒️License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-By)

🌧️ Rain-effect video tutorial:
- Ytb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ7g2netwoY
- Ptb: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/2Y9hdxu4Bw4LmssBNhCMRE

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Step 1 of the painting: it's really painterly, not contrasted and just direct blobs of painting at this step. Description of the illustration (not repeated on later image description as they are all similar): A digital painting of a visual development for Pepper&Carrot: a view of a city with high buildings and a tramway system on high bridges. The city is lighten with lanterns. Pepper stands in the foreground under the rain with an umbrella. A research of an 'antique Asian steampunk' in the designs. Step 3: I tried to fix the 'block' I had on my disk, for that, I decided I need something darker around Pepper to cut the silhouette. The umbrella was a good way to add a big circular dark element and also to get high saturation of the light going threw it. I also spent a little time figuring what to do with the part on the right. You can see here a medieval door... (and still Carrot).
Step 2: The 'blocking' step. I'm still using a large brush and I'm not zooming in at this step. I try to modelize with painting all the main shape and take care of the perspective, the anatomy and the light. You can note Carrot (her cat) was supposed to be part of this illustration. The illustration was like that for a big 10 days on my disk, I disliked it. Step 4; the final. I removed Carrot: too many point of interest was competing each other in the illustration. The rain was a good way to hide the lack of details here and there. The building was repainted on the right with a design that could fit the scene. I also added building, lights and suggested silhouette of poeple in distance.

Rain City by David Revoy – Viewer - Pepper&Carrot

Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.
Pepper&Carrot
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Nicolas Pettiaux
Nicolas Pettiaux  
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très joli. Merci beaucoup
The Duality of Xan
The Duality of Xan  
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I love seeing the different iterations, and how things were added and taken out. It feels pretty similar to the way I write!
Flaki
Flaki  
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loving the translucency on the parasol with the warm window lights seeping through :birdheart:
Sergio Fernández 💻 🐧
Sergio Fernández 💻 🐧  
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My 10 year old daughter and I love your illustrations. She's put one of them as wallpaper on her laptop, and she's reading your webcomics too. We have made a small contribution to encourage you to keep on with your loving illustrations. Thanks for sharing.
Alex Guerra
Alex Guerra  
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awww I love this David!! The colors really pop!! ❤️
John J. Dziak
John J. Dziak  
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That's so beautiful and evocative! It makes me wonder about the young lady's story. To me she looks pensive or worried, or a little sad.
AesAthena
AesAthena  
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Really educational! Cool to put the "step by step" info in the alt text!
Camilo Bravo :drumset:
Camilo Bravo :drumset:  
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loving the glimpse into your process from the image descriptions 💯
Petit Lutin
Petit Lutin  
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Oh, Carrot 😀 ! I was wondering why I did not see him in the final illustration. I was expecting him to be in Pepper's bag 😅 but maybe it was too similar to the episode with the phoenix? 🤔
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@Petit_Lutin Yes, and also I saw recently I'm building my pictures with two many points of interest and it often impact my composition to be complex and bloated.
I studied the frame of good movies and saw director prefers storytelling one thing at a time. So, too bad for Carrot in this illustration, he is probably sleeping in her big bag. 🙂
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MHunt
MHunt  
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looks like she's growing up a lot.
Wren Birdie
Wren Birdie  
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This is just wonderful work. Found you through someone who boosted your work. ☺️
ItsMeChrisWade
ItsMeChrisWade  
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This is phenomenal work. Seriously, can we work together one day?❤️❤️
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@ItsMeChrisWade Thanks! Oh, sure, I would love it. Finding time is another issue 😅 , do you have any idea of how we could collaborate on a single artworks for the fun?
@ItsMeChrisWade
Vanettda Lassard
Vanettda Lassard  
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it’s sad that we must point the non-use of AI out. I’m doing a lot more digital process paintings to show what drawing from scratch means. Head, heart, and hand. Creativity is not an algorithm.
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