Harvey Bunda

This artist wishes Rebelle was available to use years ago…

What was your reaction to the latest version of Rebelle?

I was awestruck! Shifting to digital media was hard because I needed to find tools that could mimic my traditional oil painting style and techniques. I usually ended up making or customising my own brushes and tools just to suit my needs, and it was quite hard. As awesome as “me making my own tools” sounds, I failed at it a lot of times and it took years for me to adjust. Rebelle has changed all my perspective and pipeline for all my works, making it easier, more robust and faster.

Which new feature do you like best in Rebelle 3?

The best features would be the Masking Fluid Layer and the Ruler and Perspective tools. I think the Masking Fluid Layer works best with the watercolour tool: it’s just like the real thing. As I’m also a comic artist, the Perspective tool has greatly helped my background and elements for my comic pages.

How has Rebelle changed your working process?

When I started as an artist, I had to use multiple applications just to achieve the quality of the art that I’m doing right now, and it was hard for both me and my machine. If I had this tool when I was starting out, my creative life would have been so much easier.

Which missing feature would you like to see in Rebelle 4?

I hope that they could add more adjustments on layers and more options to edit layers. Finally, how about developing a colour palette that can react to the lighting of the artwork?

Harvey is Gunship Revolution’s creative director. He’s also been a freelance artist for more than a decade. www.harveybunda.com