The Matchbox Kingdom
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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-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?
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@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.
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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@mathstodon.xyz @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Thanks, now I can’t unsee it.
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@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 @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.
@wordshaper @mjd Thank you! Yes, I just read it in another comment and my head just went 🤯 That's a very cool fundamental to understand. Next time, I'll be able to draw dice from imagination more accurately thanks to this!
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@davidrevoy wow. Can I get stuck with you in the elevator next time this happens to me?
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@davidrevoy great!!! Now, write the story it's an order
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@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
@hwll Exactly, for a long time, I was impressed by them about the "I can't erase" part of the ink. But if I abstract it and just think I'm holding a pencil, then it works.
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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
Chin –> desk.
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@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.@davidrevoy That's pretty cool.
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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 beautiful
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@davidrevoy great!!! Now, write the story it's an order
Actually, there is really something to do here, a fantasy novel a bit in the same vein as Little Nightmare, and Alice in Wonderland around a lonely fairy. I'll note it somewhere.
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@davidrevoy I love that the Fediverse looks at a enchanting scene of a mice army, complete with bottle cap shields and lizard/bird mounts, surrounding a sleeping fairy...
...and immediately jumps to "That six-sided die in the corner seems unrealistic."
