BlackBy

Krita is a free digital painting program. You may have heard of it.

I personally recommand you to use Krita. If you put stock in my opinion, you'll hear this call.
I have been dissapointed by every other digital drawing programs in the past. God knows I was never impressed by any of them and always kept a cool head. But this one impresses me a great deal and I really believe it is the best choice for hobbysists and professionals alike.

Why don't I use it? Well the only issues right now is that it is not polished and have frame rate drops while working with big files, which you'll do if you work on an illustration or a comic page.

That's when the Krita Fundraiser. comes in! They need this extra money to remove bugs and add the very last features needed! I am so happy about this!
You get to vote on what needs to be improved!

I use Photoshop myself, but it's because I'm so used to it. This is what was used at school and at my last working places. I work easily with it.
I actually don't particulary recommand it to young artists, except if you want to have a job in the industry, because recruters tends to ask that. They are just anxious about programs they don't know but there is no real reason to stick to Photoshop. Plus it is very expensive.

If Krita is useable with big files, like many other professionals, I'll go with it in the future. So I donated.
So if you like to draw, you'll need to check it out! If you don't take my word for it, go read the developpers's words.

For you and for all of us, I strongly believe we need to support Krita.
Have a nice day!

I wanted to say thank you for your donations and all the great gifts! I couldn't ask for better friends and fans! I am not exagerating when I say that your support is really important to me. I get so easily frustrated with my Art and I always doubting myself. It seems like I cannot help it and I feel like it is the struggle of all artists. But when I see your comments, I feel so motivated. I always want to do better after hearing from you!

Rain-Fox made me a beautiful drawing for my Birthday   How cute am I, right! I love his style.

Turning 30 is... quite odd to me. But I had a wonderful day so I have nothing to complain about!

For people following my Youtube Channel, I changed channel and uploaded my very first videos. These are parts the painting process of my last commission, that I streamed. The first stream did not record correctly (I had bad internet connexion) so unfortunately the quality is horrible, but it gets better after.

It got me thinking... I decided to stay on Picarto to stream... but I also want to stream my watercolors painting process. Thing is, Picarto is not usable on mobilephone (well, not for anything more than watch) and I don't think my webcam is good enough for streaming good quality, either. Plus, I currently cannot do watercolors where my computer is; the light is bad and I don't have the space. My best bet would be to not stream traditional works and just record them the process on my camera, but then I would not interact with you guys! I still want to try streaming them!

So...I am wondering if streaming on Youtube is a better option now... what do you guys think? 

Hello my beautiful people. How are you?

I've been sick for the last two weeks, having the flu and a fibromyalgia flare. I've spend all of my free time in a car, visiting houses or being abed with a fever. Let's just say I'm pretty exhausted. But it's not over: I'm going back to France tomorrow to finish my moving out and some paperwork I cannot do online. Then I must go back to Switzerland as fast as possible. This is going to be fun (no it won't).
I'm planning a bullet journal for next month, to test the water with this technique and see if it fits me. Do you use one?

Anyway. What's next for me, for you, regarding Art? Well, I'll stay open for commissions as much as possible, but that will go slow until the end of the year. I'll be streaming a commission of a pin-up Krystal during this month, if you're interested. You can see a preview of the piece on my commission list on Trello. I choose to stay on Picarto for the moment, thanks to all your useful comments on my last journal. The painting is close to done, but I'll add details and design the lingerie, huhu. I'll not say it is really NSFW but it's a pin-up in lingerie, so, ya know... just saying.

The big news is that...I'll be launching a Patreon!
Why? Because it is necessary in this period of transission, if I want to keep drawing things that you love. I want to have the time to give you the support and the quality of art that you deserve! Right now I can't, and I think you can see that. Also, I would really like to teach.
Everything is already planned and almost ready to launch. I will talk to you about it in another journal. I hope you will like what I have to offer. This is quite exciting !

On another note, my Birthday is on the 17th of September; I'll turn 30   !
You have always been with me during all these years and I always read all your comment and it warm my heart every single year. I have made a lot of friends here.
If you would like to make a gift or a donation, please visit my Ookoodoo gift list (liste n° 103931). There are all kind of gifts, cheap or expensive, for my health, for my work, for my future house or just for my pleasure. You can join the funding of an object, make a donation or buy a gift yourself    . 
You can also donate on Ko-Fi ; I make a doodle for every 10$ made on Ko-Fi  ; You can suggest a theme in the comment of your donation. I'm grateful for every bit of love you give me. Always.

See you soon for more news. Take care, my friends!

Hi guys! I was wondering which plateform do you prefer for stream? I like Picarto but Twitch seems just as nice... I feel like Twitch is a the favored plateform though? Since their is such a variety of content.
Tell me guys which one of those site you would prefer me to stream in the future.

Kisses and hugs!

[EN]
Hi everyone! I came back to Paris two days ago and planning to stay until the 14th of July. Then I'll drive back to Switzerland for good! Moving to another country is such a hard thing to do... wish me luck!

While I'm still figuring out what my next move will be, I'm working on commissions and doodling in between and I thought: why not share the process in a stream! I would love to talk to you! I know must of you guys live in a different timezone than me, but all the streams will be recorded and available and I hope you'll take the time tp give me feedback.

For the few next streams I'll be working on odonnell1218's commission, a portrait of a character from his Star Fox/ Star Trek crossover, a half cornerian, half vulcan brown fox! I've already done the speedpaint, I'll refine the portrait and add details. 
If you're interested, the first stream will be tomorrow (Wednesday the 4th of July) at 2 p.m. (UTC+2) on Picarto! For americans, it should be around 8 a.m. (5.A.M. for the West coast). Don't worry I'll be available in the evenings in the future, just not tomorrow . And as I said, every stream is recorded. I'll try to do another one in the week-end.

I hope to see you tomorrow! Kisses and hugs
BlackBy

[FR]
Salut tout le monde! Je suis de retour à Paris depuis 2 jours et je prévois de rester jusqu'au 14 juillet. Ensuite, je repartirai en Suisse pour de bon! Je reviendrai de temps en temps, mais je ne sais pas quand...si vous voulez me voir, c'est le moment!

Le temps de me décider sur la marche à suivre pour mes futures projets, je travaille sur des commissions et dessine quelques croquis entre deux. Et je me suis dit: Pourquoi ne pas partager le truc en stream! Ce serait super de parler avec vous! Et ne vous en faites pas, même si vous n'êtes pas dispo pour un stream, ils seront tous enregistrés et disponibles, et je serais ravie que vous me disiez ce que vous en penser.

Pour les prochains streams à venir, je travaillerai sur la commission de odonnell1218, un portrait d'un des personnages de son crossover de Star Fox et StarTrek, un renard brun mi-cornérien, mi-vulcain! J'ai déjà fait le speedpaint et je m'occuperai d'affiner le dessin et d'ajouter les détails. 
Si cela vous intéresse, le premier stream sera demain (mercredi 4 juillet) à 14h sur Picarto! Ne vous en faites pas, je serai disponible dans les soirées à l'avenir, juste pas demain . Et comme je l'ai dit, tous les streams sont enregistrés. J'essayerai d'en faire un ce week-end.

J'espère vous voir demain! Pleins de bisous et de câlins
BlackBy