Notices by David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)

New Year's to-do list

#webcomic

@duckyfella Unfortunately, it's not. A human (artist decision) has to be done.

For example, you can obtain a Black by overlaying Cyan+Magenta+Yellow. But they don't overlap perfectly because you print in pass.
So the industry came up with a Black ink cartridge, this one is economic too (better than three pass of CMY). But you can also do "rich black" by mixing Black ink and Cyan at 60% and manage this way many 'mix'.

Color on screen doesn't work the same way.

New blog post: "CMYK support in Inkscape could be a game-changer for professional print designers "
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1061/cmyk-support-in-inkscape-could-be-a-game-changer-for-professional-print-designers

#inkscape

@duckyfella Think of CMYK like a special language for printers. Artists need it to ensure their designs look great on paper, not just on screens. And it's not just about art - CMYK is used in millions of printed objects we use daily, from packaging to billboards. It's a crucial part of our visual world!

@Neotheta Full root partition is really a problem I meet often, and it's unfortunately really difficult to troubleshot remotely family on Linux. It's a grave issue. I can blame:
- The installer: proposing sometime a too small root partition by default for nowadays usage.
- Kernel update and keeping old kernel is a thing yes!
- But number one on my list: Flatpak. It already drowned 3 family computer here. Had to chroot them from a gparted iso...

$ du -h /var/lib/flatpak
12G /var/lib/flatpak

@f4grx @voxel @krita My own solution was more like a big workaround (for all the pattern in circle from the shop https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/files/eshop.html ):
- I exported a flat image projection of my Krita stack as a PNG file aside my KRA.
- I opened this PNG file with Inkscape, made all the text with it, saved as SVG.
- then I hidden the background on my SVG, and exported the Inkscape text as PNG.
- On my Krita stack I put the PNG as a "file layer", so at least it auto update when I re-export the the SVG.

@f4grx @scherzog @voxel There is a big rewrite in background (since years) lead by the dev Wolthera, with news on Krita-artist forum. A lot of the backend is already in Krita (without user noticed the shift) and the new GUI part is in work (path on text is part of it). But also font selection, psd text support, emojis, better RTL, etc..Etc..
Links:
- https://wolthera.info/
- https://krita-artists.org/t/text-tool-thread/57973/132
(and probably much much more info the KDE invent gitlab's MR https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/merge_requests/2092 eg: video)

@Suiseiseki Thanks for the clarification. I understand the nuance of AGPLv3 and the exception clause in section 7. But isn't it complex to patch a license with a custom exception for end users?

I'll stick with CC0/Public Domain, as previously discussed with the Mypaint and Krita teams. We concluded it's safer for users to have creative assets (brushes, textures, patterns) in CC-0/Public Domain.

@Suiseiseki Appreciate your choice, but a note on copyleft licenses for resources like brushes, textures, or patterns: they can have a viral effect, potentially requiring derivative artworks to be open-sourced.
AGPLv3-or-later is a great choice for code, but might not be ideal for creative assets.

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

Just wrapped up the cover illustration for my upcoming Krita brush bundle. It features a warrior, continuing the theme from my previous bundle. I had a lot of fun designing a medieval fantasy gothic look and capturing the light of the golden hour. I also enjoyed the painting process.

#krita #ArtWithOpensource

@ArneBab 😍 thank you!

🎥 Timelapse: (under)

📦 Sources: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2025-01-03_New-Year-illustration_by-David-Revoy.html

🇨🇨 :ccby:

Happy New Year 2025! Wishing you a year of creativity, inspiration, and full of hidden treasures.

#ArtWithOpensource #krita

As the year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to share some of the illustrations I've had the privilege of creating for the amazing team at @Framasoft .
This year is especially significant, as they're celebrating a remarkable 20 years of promoting free and open-source software, digital freedom, and community-driven initiatives (you probably already knows some of them, like Peertube).

💜 Help them reach their 2025 budget: https://soutenir.framasoft.org/en/

Mood

#catsOfMastodon

🎄 New comic! "The magic of Christmas " A short tale for the holidays, I hope you'll like it! 🎁
→ https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic-misc/2024-12-24_The-Magic-of-Christmas.html

#webcomic #krita #ArtWithOpensource #CreativeCommons

@ramywhite Thank you! The translation system supports flipping the artworks for the RTL.
But nowadays, in many countries, the trend is not to flip the artworks but let the original artwork layout as imagined by the artist and just translate the speechbubbles. Tons of Manga in France are yearly published in RTL here with French in speech balloon. And European comics in Japan for example are also keeping their LTR panels layout, while getting speech-bubble translated.

When World Collides : the new and improved Pepper&Carrot website (blog post): https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1056/when-world-collides-the-new-and-improved-peppercarrot-website

I did a four-page short comic for Le Lombard (Belgian publisher), it was a contribution to a big book project in French, featuring 24 other comic artists; an "advent calendar" book for Christmas. And yes, you have to cut the page every day in December to reveal a new story. I negotiated to have mine published on CC-By and made it using only FLOSS :linux: :krita: :inkscape: .

Blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1055/new-comic-book-la-bd-de-lavent-le-lombard-publishing

#creativecommons #christmas #krita #comicbooks