The Matchbox Kingdom
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The Matchbox Kingdom
Stuck 4 hours at the train station yesterday, so I drew this entire world freehand with just a ballpoint pen. No pre-sketch, no plan, the story just appeared.
Full story on my blog: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom -
The Matchbox Kingdom
@davidrevoy Really awesome! The lizard's head looks kind of crocodily, is it wearing a mask
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Stuck 4 hours at the train station yesterday, so I drew this entire world freehand with just a ballpoint pen. No pre-sketch, no plan, the story just appeared.
Full story on my blog: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom@davidrevoy Lovely! Such a good way to spend the time!
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@davidrevoy Really awesome! The lizard's head looks kind of crocodily, is it wearing a mask
@aurochs Thank you! Oh yes, all design came from visual memory, no reference, and also from a lot of randomness due to the process of 'direct drawing' ; once a line is on the paper, it's final. Maybe the head of the lizard was an attempt at drawing a head of mouse, and because it was looking weird, or too small, I shaped it later like another creature. A classic with this process.
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@aurochs Thank you! Oh yes, all design came from visual memory, no reference, and also from a lot of randomness due to the process of 'direct drawing' ; once a line is on the paper, it's final. Maybe the head of the lizard was an attempt at drawing a head of mouse, and because it was looking weird, or too small, I shaped it later like another creature. A classic with this process.
@davidrevoy I could model for you (look at my profile picture :-P)
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Stuck 4 hours at the train station yesterday, so I drew this entire world freehand with just a ballpoint pen. No pre-sketch, no plan, the story just appeared.
Full story on my blog: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom@davidrevoy that’s just beautiful!
Thank you!
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@davidrevoy I could model for you (look at my profile picture :-P)
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The Matchbox Kingdom
@davidrevoy It's the teeny tiny details that make your art so distinct and lovely to get lost in.
*Every single one* of those mice has a different personality and the viewer can tell with a glance.
Seeing your line art makes me simultaneously want to draw more and also want to give up !
Hope that makes sense.
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@davidrevoy Are all those lines the same width or are you able to vary the line thickness with a ballpoint pen?
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Stuck 4 hours at the train station yesterday, so I drew this entire world freehand with just a ballpoint pen. No pre-sketch, no plan, the story just appeared.
Full story on my blog: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom@davidrevoy that's so cool!! And also one of the great things about ballpoint. It can have a dry almost scratchy quality to thin strokes that is almost like a pencil
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@davidrevoy Are all those lines the same width or are you able to vary the line thickness with a ballpoint pen?
@scvalex That's all lines I could do with the Bic "Round Stic M" one of the photo: depending the speed, angle and pressure of my hand. I also take advantage of 'ink blobs', that I smear with my fingers to darken the paper.
It has in final a very large variety of effect and line weight. I love this tool. -
Stuck 4 hours at the train station yesterday, so I drew this entire world freehand with just a ballpoint pen. No pre-sketch, no plan, the story just appeared.
Full story on my blog: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdomFR version below;
omg omg omg ! You did it again !
Last time, you drew Pepper paddling in the wrong direction on her bark.
And now you try to convince us that such 6-sided dice exist ?
EN version over;
omg omg omg ! Tu as recommencé !
La dernière fois, tu as dessiné Pepper qui ramait à l'envers sur sa barque.
Et maintenant tu essaies de nous faire croire que de tels dés à six faces existent ?
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Stuck 4 hours at the train station yesterday, so I drew this entire world freehand with just a ballpoint pen. No pre-sketch, no plan, the story just appeared.
Full story on my blog: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom@davidrevoy I love the piece, but that die on the right side of the page is really bothering me. On dice, ⚀ and ⚅ are always on opposite sides, with only the very rarest exceptions.
I hope the fairy is OK. I would not want to wake up in that situation.
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FR version below;
omg omg omg ! You did it again !
Last time, you drew Pepper paddling in the wrong direction on her bark.
And now you try to convince us that such 6-sided dice exist ?
EN version over;
omg omg omg ! Tu as recommencé !
La dernière fois, tu as dessiné Pepper qui ramait à l'envers sur sa barque.
Et maintenant tu essaies de nous faire croire que de tels dés à six faces existent ?
@Mindiell Haha, I was sure the dice had something wrong, when I drew it; I thought that the relation between how the number are appearing are probably standard, but I didn't wanted to search on my phone for a ref (to economize the phone battery, the delay of train was going +20min every 10 min, and I really felt like I would need all battery to find hotel, call relatives, etc... later).
So, I went for a 6 (2026) a 3 (March) and 1... because easier? -
@Mindiell Haha, I was sure the dice had something wrong, when I drew it; I thought that the relation between how the number are appearing are probably standard, but I didn't wanted to search on my phone for a ref (to economize the phone battery, the delay of train was going +20min every 10 min, and I really felt like I would need all battery to find hotel, call relatives, etc... later).
So, I went for a 6 (2026) a 3 (March) and 1... because easier?@davidrevoy @Mindiell The standard thing is that the sum of opposite faces on a d6 is always 7, so six opposites one, three opposites four, and five opposites two. -
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@davidrevoy Really nice ! Where's the associated speedpainting video ?
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@davidrevoy I love the piece, but that die on the right side of the page is really bothering me. On dice, ⚀ and ⚅ are always on opposite sides, with only the very rarest exceptions.
I hope the fairy is OK. I would not want to wake up in that situation.
@mjd Thank you! Oh yes, when I drew that dice, I had a hesitation: I was sure some simple rules were at play. Good to know about the 1 and 6 opposed: they never can appear on the same picture.
I could check that on my phone, but I was really in a situation where I preferred to keep the battery in case I had to book another train, hotel for the night, call relatives, get info, etc... -
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@davidrevoy Superbe !
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@davidrevoy Really nice ! Where's the associated speedpainting video ?
@gmic Thank you! Oh I'm sure if you hack the security system of the Montpelier Saint Roch train station, find a surveillance camera near the "Paul" baker, you'll find me drawing their.
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@mjd Thank you! Oh yes, when I drew that dice, I had a hesitation: I was sure some simple rules were at play. Good to know about the 1 and 6 opposed: they never can appear on the same picture.
I could check that on my phone, but I was really in a situation where I preferred to keep the battery in case I had to book another train, hotel for the night, call relatives, get info, etc...@davidrevoy @mjd The standard with cubic dice, FWIW, is that opposite sides always add up to 7. So 1 and 6, 2 and 5, and 3 and 4 are opposed.
