A character study of Amall, blond elf friend of Cepper the Gothic Sorceress, for the MiniFantasyTheater Avian Intelligence series.

[bazkie@beige.party]

@davidrevoy aaah

[socketwench@masto.hackers.town]

@davidrevoy Some big "I like you; you're trouble" energy there.

[kfears@mstdn.games]

@davidrevoy I'm no artist, so I don't have the vocabulary to articulate my feelings and thoughts properly, but I really like the proportions and anatomy here! It is really visible that the character is an adult, because the hands, feet, and head are properly enlarged relative to the body size, and they don't look childish. It is very impressive and wholesome to see, considering how much art there is of just children or downscaled adults that is presented as "this character is an adult". I find your take on it very sweet 🩵

[yon@sakurajima.moe]

@davidrevoy You style is definitely European (if there is such a thing per se, but I hope anyone reading things forgive me that vagueness) and I think this is the first time a character made me think of anime.

I think it’s the ears. I wouldn’t have reacted if it was a goblin with those ears, but it’s definitely more Deedlit than Galadriel.

Curious of how this came to be:) Personally I like the mix, and generally like the slow mixing of influences from around the world.

[viss@mastodon.social]

@davidrevoy oh awesome! i bet shed make a great white witch or blue witch too!

[gilester45@twit.social]

@davidrevoy She's adorable.

I've tried my hand at drawing characters like this, inspired strongly by manga. I have discovered I absolutely cannot do eyes.

But you can. Your characters' eyes are so sparkly, so emotive, I can get lost in them. They set your work apart and bring every panel to life.

Thank you!

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@KFears Thank you! Yes, I would hate the ambiguity here (it's an anime trope that disgust me, for real).
Younger, I had a good friends that wasn't tall, and I'm inspired by her when I draw Amall.

[felis_catus_domesticus@mstdn.party]

@davidrevoy

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@gilester45 Thank you for the feedback!

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@Viss Yes, I'll certainly build many aspect of her as a mirror of the Cepper, the Gothic Sorceress, so probably she'll be more wise, white magic... everything to create constrast between them; but keeping sorcery in common.

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@yon Thank you for identifying it like this. I often feel that my style is gross, just a mix that is too anime for the European realistic comic scene, and not enough "moe" for the anime scene, making my own path into that.
Oh yes, Deedlit is defintely the blond elf that marked me the most. I remember the VHS of Lodoss War we rented with friend when we were eleven y/o, they felt magical, especially after playing horror movies, and Jurrasic Park on NES. One of my first contact with high fantasy.

[cloudskater@bark.lgbt]

@davidrevoy @KFears I hate the ambiguity too. It's so needlessly confusing and often creepy when people try to blur those lines. I get some characters or art styles are more ambiguous and that's okay, but its so often just an excuse to be gross...

[ro_g@framapiaf.org]

@davidrevoy magnifique !
Je n'ai pas ton talent mais j'ai le même stylo, c'est un bon début non?

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@Ro_G Merci! Et carrement, y sont trop bien ces petits stabilo colorés.

[flq@freiburg.social]

@davidrevoy lovely!
I noticed your characters sometimes have small noses. Do you have also a nice cackling witch with a massive horn of a nose?

[yon@sakurajima.moe]

@davidrevoy I think that if you start categorizing art, and you start getting more specific as you go along. In the end you will end up with David Revoy, this Thursday.

That’s your actual art style. It’s not the same as Wednesday or Friday’s. All art styles are unique.

And on the flip side, as a consumer I either like it or not. That’s it.

So I think a lot of people just overthink it. Because they are probably not liking or disliking the anime/manga style. They like or dislike certain ones.

I mean not all Japanese comic art is moe, some are abstract or harsh.

So that’s a long way of saying that your style is yours, and for us that likes it it’s great. I love the mix of styles and influences because that’s how *all* art comes to be.

Also I love the whole European folklore turn Sword and Sorcery turn into a Japanese thing. From Deedlit to Frieren

I mean who had a fit when Tolkien didn’t exactly follow old Norse elves after all?

Keep doing your thing, it works

[arnebab@rollenspiel.social]

@davidrevoy it’s crazy what you’re able to do with a simple stabilo!

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[cartboard@ioc.exchange]

@davidrevoy EARS!!!!

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@yon Thank you!

[davidrevoy@framapiaf.org]

@flq Thanks!
Oh yes, Cayenne and Thyme, two godmothers of Pepper on my series Pepper&Carrot: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/artworks__2015-09-15_witches-of-chaosah-family_by-David-Revoy.html