40. Overproduction - Pepper&Carrot

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Panel 1. A gothic sorceress enters a small magic shop, approaching the counter. The gothic sorceress explains her problem to the old seller. She shows her wand with a stone broken on it.
Old Seller: Welcome! How can I help you?
Gothic Sorceress: My magic stone is defective, I need a new one.

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Panel 1. A gothic sorceress enters a small magic shop, approaching the counter. The gothic sorceress explains her problem to the old seller. She shows her wand with a stone broken on it.  
> Old Seller: Welcome! How can I help you?  
> Gothic Sorceress: My magic stone is defective, I need a new one.

Panel 2. The old seller put a gem stone on the counter, the gothic sorceress is in shock.
Old Seller: Alright, that'll be 600 gold coins.
Gothic Sorceress: What?! It used to be 40!

Transcript

Panel 2. The old seller put a gem stone on the counter, the gothic sorceress is in shock.   
> Old Seller: Alright, that'll be 600 gold coins.  
> Gothic Sorceress: What?! It used to be 40!

Panel 3. The gothic sorceress thinks, the old man explains the price increase and a wider view angle show the shop full of Avian Intelligence Parrot.
Old Seller: That's because of Avian Intelligence: we need these stones to make them.

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Panel 3. The gothic sorceress thinks, the old man explains the price increase and a wider view angle show the shop full of Avian Intelligence Parrot.  
> Old Seller: That's because of Avian Intelligence: we need these stones to make them.

Panel 4. The gothic sorceress tries to understand. The old man gives up; the angle is even wider showing more of AI Parrots, a huge pile of them.
Gothic Sorceress: And you're going to sell all of these?
Old Seller: What do you think...

Transcript

Panel 4. The gothic sorceress tries to understand. The old man gives up; the angle is even wider showing more of AI Parrots, a huge pile of them.  
> Gothic Sorceress: And you're going to sell all of these?  
> Old Seller: What do you think...

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## Overproduction

A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. A gothic sorceress enters a small magic shop, approaching the counter. The gothic sorceress explains her problem to the old seller. She shows her wand with a stone broken on it.  
> Old Seller: Welcome! How can I help you?  
> Gothic Sorceress: My magic stone is defective, I need a new one.  

Panel 2. The old seller put a gem stone on the counter, the gothic sorceress is in shock.   
> Old Seller: Alright, that'll be 600 gold coins.  
> Gothic Sorceress: What?! It used to be 40!  

Panel 3. The gothic sorceress thinks, the old man explains the price increase and a wider view angle show the shop full of Avian Intelligence Parrot.  
> Old Seller: That's because of Avian Intelligence: we need these stones to make them.  

Panel 4. The gothic sorceress tries to understand. The old man gives up; the angle is even wider showing more of AI Parrots, a huge pile of them.  
> Gothic Sorceress: And you're going to sell all of these?  
> Old Seller: What do you think...

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Published on 2026-02-18.

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Source files: Artworks: 040.zip (Krita KRA, 66.86MB )
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Bonus: Timelapse

While I'm painting, Krita periodically takes a snapshot of the process. Here is a video compilation of all the snapshots for this episode, accelerated a lot (an episode takes between 10 and 16 hours to complete).