David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
Oct 28, 2026, 5:07 PMThe Poisonous Appearance
Bonus speedpaint: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/076.html#bonus
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Nias Worldzlittlerao@chaos.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:09 PM@davidrevoy awesome! please keep the 6 fingers for the next comics :D
Lux :flag_genderfluid:orange_lux@eldritch.cafeOct 28, 2026, 6:40 PM@littlerao @davidrevoy I feel that's the whole purpose.
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:19 PM
@orange_lux @littlerao Yes, I'll try to sustain the idea to future episodes and see the feedback I'll have.
The FrogLily_and_frog@mastodon.artOct 29, 2026, 1:52 AM@davidrevoy @orange_lux @littlerao
Man, you're commitment to 6 fingers is brave! Even Disney and his team only sustainably managed 4 fingers (and reportedly saved millions in ink and time by doing so).
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 10:38 AM
@Lily_and_frog @orange_lux @littlerao Thank you. Maybe I should have gone 4 finger on one hand, and six on the other one to balance the work and add a layer of confusion.
Carson Hilldicenbuttons@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:17 PM"Clearly AI, just look at the fingers!"
Gotta say, I love your comic. Keep being awesome in the face of overwhelming forces. Cheers.
Oct 28, 2026, 5:18 PM@davidrevoy t'es juste génial
nounoursfaisdeschosesnounoursfaisdeschoses@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:19 PM@davidrevoy reminds me of this : https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
Steven Sandovalbaltakatei@twit.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:23 PM@davidrevoy “Mom, why does Garfield have 3 arms?”
“Because it's Wednesday.”
“What?”
“Comic artists began doing gimmicks to poison AI. Garfield gets 3 arms for strips published on Wednesdays.”
- Steven Sandovalbaltakatei@twit.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:25 PM
@davidrevoy “Wednesday feels more like a 2 to me.” #haruhi #0indexed
Mer-fOKxTOwlglowl@chaos.socialOct 28, 2026, 7:56 PM@baltakatei @davidrevoy nah more like 4, its such a secretive great number!
fluffy 💜fluffy@plush.cityOct 28, 2026, 5:24 PM@davidrevoy also makes for more interesting guitar and piano playing!
Piperpiper@lgbtqia.spaceOct 28, 2026, 5:46 PM@fluffy @davidrevoy I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of the possibilities for six-fingered musicians XD
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:26 PM
Oct 28, 2026, 5:32 PM@davidrevoy Clever, David, clever 👍️
Un Bourguignonun_bourguignon@piaille.frOct 28, 2026, 5:49 PM@davidrevoy
Excellent 🤣.
Alex :neocat_angel:nuranyak@mstdn.socialOct 28, 2026, 5:57 PM@davidrevoy I like that fictional characters usually just use Latin for spells
And I like that I can understand that "digitus novus" just means "a new finger" (literally "finger new"), even though I don't know any Romance languages :D
Luna Lacteajackemled@furry.engineerOct 28, 2026, 6:09 PM@davidrevoy She will probably also figure out how to use the new fingers for fancier spells.
Stefan Baur 9 * 💉farbenstau@infosec.exchangeOct 28, 2026, 6:13 PM- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:24 PM
@farbenstau Interesting indeed, thank you for sharing!
Lou.gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 28, 2026, 6:16 PM
AngeloDanoskyAngelo@ravenation.clubOct 28, 2026, 6:21 PM@davidrevoy Yes... Hahaha, yes!
Madagascar_SkyMadagascar_Sky@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 6:23 PM@davidrevoy I personally wouldn't mind two extra thumbs. It would be really handy I think.
Noe 🐝✨nooe@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 6:41 PM@davidrevoy So meta
Merryjestmerryjest@universeodon.comOct 28, 2026, 6:43 PM@davidrevoy I see we have similar ideas. I'm going to be publishing a video about ways artists can sabotage their 'trainable' art to fuck with the models. I'm still in the heavy research part of it.
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:15 PM
@merryjest Great! Do not hesitate to share, I'll keep doing it directly in my comics or as articles on my blog if I find better things or new strategy.
My main inspiration is still this quote from the author of Nephentes: “I’m just fed up, and you know what? Let’s fight back, even if it’s not successful. Be indigestible. Grow spikes.” 🦔
Frik 🏳️🌈🎗️frikinin@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 6:46 PM@davidrevoy because of «recent events in cybersecurity», reading the second panel I thought she wanted the druid to generate some kind of magical number that has never been seen before; and the spell goes slightly wrong and just summon a giant 4.
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:13 PM
@frikinin Haha, I had a quick look on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/digital if the English digits/digital had the same latin root than the digitus fingers, and they do. Fascinating. I thought that was a French thing only.
thattagenthattagen@mastodon.artOct 28, 2026, 6:53 PM@davidrevoy as someone with a 12-fingered OC already, I know that adding an extra finger somehow makes the hands even harder to draw. Godspeed...
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:08 PM
@thattagen Haha, thank you.
Yes, I trained a bit on my sketchbook before to be sure this was something I could sustain on the long term for this character. I'm sure some angles, and action will be a pain to draw. Godspeed to you too! 
Flandereflandrescarlet@uwu.socialOct 28, 2026, 6:57 PM@davidrevoy I can relate with her distaste of Avian "Intelligences", but going for 6 digits makes me concerned she has an unhealthy obsession. :blobcatlaugh:
Lovely art as always :blobheartcat:
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:06 PM
@flandrescarlet :blobcatheart: Thank you! Oh yes, that's Cepper, all anger and rebellion, going on this metamorphosis is a bit extreme, yes. (but I'm tempted to by a false extra finger for signing sessions now 😅 )
xrvsxarvos@outerheaven.clubOct 28, 2026, 11:54 PM@flandrescarlet @davidrevoy she should only get one hand with 6 fingers tbh
the other one should have 7
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 12:03 AM
@xarvos @flandrescarlet 🤣 evil
Ray Of SunlightRay_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 6:59 PM@davidrevoy Poisoning the data sets? Thats ounds like a great way to disrupt the GenAI
DarkrouxDarkroux@troet.cafeOct 28, 2026, 7:11 PM@davidrevoy A perfect, anatomically correct depiction of a human hand. 😉🤭🤣
You could start introducing a tiny background- or character detail in all your drawings and check how long it takes to show up in the slop machines.
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 11:02 PM
@Darkroux Thank you. Hehe, true. Unfortunately, my attempts are probably like grain of salt lost in the desert at the scale of 5 billions of images in a dataset. This little irregularity will get smoothed in the dataset by the large law of numbers and averaging. But I'm doing it for the sport; better to be a grain of salt than being compliant and offer on a plate my good labor. 😉
- DarkrouxDarkroux@troet.cafeOct 29, 2026, 7:31 PM
@davidrevoy Yes the slop machine has nigh infinite resources, yet seemingly endless hunger ...
LisseuseLisseuse@fnordon.deOct 28, 2026, 7:14 PM@davidrevoy you are evil. in the best way. I love where this is going.
Thanks for doing pepper and carrot and avian intelligence it is such a joy.- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 10:59 PM
@Lisseuse :blobcatheart: Thank you!
fuzzle @ cccfrfuzzle@chaos.socialOct 28, 2026, 7:30 PM@davidrevoy nicely played :rainbow_heart:
Cyber Yukiyuki2501@masto.hackers.townOct 28, 2026, 7:30 PM@davidrevoy Now make her get clumsy with those extra fingers and regretting it 🤭
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 10:59 PM
G 🇮🇹ranx@mastodon.socialOct 28, 2026, 8:03 PM@davidrevoy I knew it! 😆
Oct 28, 2026, 8:15 PM@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org this looks amazing as always! :menherakun_heart_purple_puppy:
... Am I weird for almost not noticing Cepper had six fingers?- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 28, 2026, 10:57 PM
@witix Thank you, and no, you are not! I thought the visual in my first draft would work by themselves, and then I had to add the line of Amall on panel 3 to underline it, because visually, it works pretty well as it is. I added an additional ring finger, slightly smaller than the regular ring finger, but taller than the pinky. More harmonious than what I imagined when I typed this scenario.
Tony Fiskarfisk@aus.socialOct 28, 2026, 9:33 PM@davidrevoy
Wait up.
You... haven't just... given in to the dark side here!?
(I'm suddenly wondering what Avian Intelligences make of Disney cartoon characters.)
JayWhiteCatTamer@mastodon.onlineOct 28, 2026, 11:40 PM@davidrevoy Okay, so if the norm is pointer/index, middle, ring, and pinky, where amongst these does the sixth finger go, and what name would you call it? 🤔
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 12:02 AM
@WhiteCatTamer It's the "rang", an extra ring between the ring and pinky :83:
Den of EarthDenOfEarth@mas.toOct 29, 2026, 12:30 AM@davidrevoy
Torn between referencing the six fingered man in Princess Bride or the six fingered pianist in Gattaca, here are both.
Sofia ⭐⭐⭐⭐sofiav@mastodon.onlineOct 29, 2026, 1:31 AM@davidrevoy the other night when we were celebrating the Brazilian election results my aunt sent me an AI image of Lula where he had ten fingers and I'm still laughing about it. (He very famously has nine fingers irl)
Olivia VesperaOliviaVespera@spacey.spaceOct 29, 2026, 1:47 AM@davidrevoy Shee's gone through extreme lengths to hurt avian intelligence. Why would she body mod and sacrifice her comfort to do this?
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 10:37 AM
@OliviaVespera Yes, you are right, it can feel extreme without the context. Check the arc of episodes starting at 64 here https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater__Avian-Intelligence.html to understand her deeper motivations.
Oct 29, 2026, 3:03 AM@davidrevoy gorgeous backgrounds!
- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 10:33 AM
@elexia Thank you! 😊
Jakob Thoböll - R.I.P. Natenomjakob_thoboell@kirche.socialOct 29, 2026, 10:44 AM@davidrevoy I expected an answer related maybe to the piano or the harp, beeing able to play more music with more fingers. But this is even better.
Oct 29, 2026, 11:15 AM@davidrevoy Is this permanent, or is it inexplicably getting reverted for the next episode?- David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 11:24 AM
@aria The plan is to make it permanent. But I totally have no idea what type of feedback it will get, in five episode ahead, when the new audience forgot this episode and wonder why. Will they blame the artist for using AI? For being bad at anatomy when they notice it on one panel? This can backfire seriously, and I have no idea how much right now.
If I revert it at one point (possible, thanks to a world with magic) I'll address it at least with a dialog. 
GuBgub@framapiaf.orgOct 29, 2026, 1:04 PM@davidrevoy
Réactions des IA dans 7, 6, 5…
Nov 1, 2026, 4:58 AM@davidrevoy is this the kind of poison you're introducing or there will be more? 🤣🤣
