Welcome friends, ITT:We make and share pony art, with absolutely no pressure to deliver anything that's technically good (besides having ponies in it, which makes it good by default)Make something, share what you've done, and give feedback and motivation to help us all keep improving and creating!This thread's focus is art, but beginner or low effort content of any kind is welcome here. If you do want to post about something else like music, gamedev, or crafts, though, just note that you may find better help and feedback posting it in the /create/ threadAre you an experienced artist? Leave some tips, feedback, guides, or tutorials, they're well appreciated here!Guides, tutorials and resources! Start here!https://mares.horse/balehttps://ponepaste.org/8268Draw with other /bale/ anons!https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZG/bale/ videos:https://pony.tube/c/bale_stuff/videos/create/ thread (for bigger art projects and all other types of content):>>41586919Previous /bale/ thread:>>41516134
>>41602030MARE
>>41602033WHERE?
>>41602037THE FAIR
I drew my mom as a pone... I need help in multiple ways.>Verification not required.
>>41602178Anon blink twice if you need saving
>>41602178Is your mom single? If not, tell me when she is
>>41602178Man, this makes me want to learn to draw so I can depict my mother as the doomer pony she'd be in equestria
>>41602030Drawing ponies is fun.
>>41602205
One last page for Nightmare Night.Sometimes I wonder if I draw too much Trixie, but then she tells me "You can never have too much Trixie." Then I forget what I was thinking about and go back to drawing Trixie.>>41601934Based you kept up with it all month. loved seeing all your ponks.
>>41602305Need a version where your mom's leaning in from the edge of shot.
How or where do I start drawing ponies? I have almost no drawing experience ):
>>41602124In the op. Im still learning too but, i am seeing progress. It is a rewarding thing
>>41602400>>41602448wrong anon oops
>>41602323good shit anoni REALLY like that freddie trixielegion trixie when
>>41602348
>>41602489>I'm in danger>hi, In Danger, I'm Mom.
>>41602305>>41602489YOOO! do you got artist tags? id like to see the rest of your shit
>>41602610I don't, I only post on the board. The idea of uploading under a name gives me anxiety.
>>41602621fair enough brother, I'll try to keep an eye out for you on other threads though.
I know there's a magma already set up but have you considered drawpile, op?I drew a low effort anthro celestia with a huge ass but it's not pone-pone so I shouldn't post it right?
>>41602667yeah don't post anthro directly on the board you will get banned regardless of thread, unless you post a link of it via catbox or pomf then your fine.
>>41602705oh also I have nothing to do with the magma funnily enough, I'm not gonna make a draw pile unless there's significant demand for it.
Scary end to a scary pink horse month
>>41602178>marriage status: divorcedWhy would she be divorced?>cutie mark: blue ballAh, that explains it.
Late Halloween pic because I spent all day taking 3 tests back to back
>>41602917Rarity is always a head of the curve when it comes to fashion trends
Hope everyone has a great halloween!
>>41602264Cute derp brother>>41602323Freddie trix also my fav. Great expression on her face.>>41602931Based, sunshower raindrops is an underrated mare. Would def go trick or treating with. Also that background is pretty sick
>>41602030Need head. Pony head, that is. Don't know what's the best design for an average pony head. I've seen variations, but it looks off pudding. Also why's that bump on the cheek
Cleared the canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZGhttps://ponerpics.org/images/7094527png: https://files.catbox.moe/yxursv.pngpsd: https://files.catbox.moe/tc08tr.psdPrevious canvas: >>41535830
>>41602323Lol amazing, thanks for making this, I love Trixie
>>41602931That's really well done, Anon. I would give her candy if she came to my house.
>>41602931Beautiful
Haven't posted any of my art here in a while, been busy doing secret santa requests for people. Wanted to post something in the new thread, so I took all the ocs that I drew and put them together. Most of them I designed myself, some had pre existing designs>>41601934Your dedication is insane bro. Really impressed you stuck with it all the way through. I think i did about 5 pinktober drawings before I got distracted with other things. Good job dude
>>41603436Lovely collage of mares. Do people just request you to design a pony for them in this Secret Santa?
>>41603436Dusty bin is easily my favorite. I will make sure she gets all the garbage to throw away.Anyway, I've been all over the place in terms of desire to draw mares / putting in the effort. Mare Fair PCD hit me good. Biggest point of complication for me is currently the face. Eyes seem so simple to draw, but I still find myself either taking forever on them or just making them look plain bad, if not both. I want to improve on this, but I'm still prioritizing working on general anatomy for now. For funsies and also to learn how to draw clothes and -eyeshadow- of all things, I decided to give Octane Red a mom. I hope she is a M (Y) would L to F, and that the drawings are acceptable. any criticism is appreciated.I think a great exercise in OC design and drawing in general would be to continue this family of Stellantis mares, one for every car on the LX platform. That would mean a modern Charger, and a magnum, but If we count the individual facelifts, that balloons to like, 5 mares. I dunno. We'll see.
>>41603436I love that cotton mare in the top right, simply but effective design with the hair making it stand out.
>>41602715>>41602917>>41602931Spooneky D:
>>41602454>spoilerYou referring to Dead By Daylight? You know it didn't even occur to me while drawing them that they are all in that if you count Bat Trix as Dracula. I was just drawing stuff I was watching/playing at the time kek. >>41603071I'd say when in doubt just go for what the show does.>>41603436I love your mares, man, you make all of them look so cute. Thanks again for drawing mine.
Nuns in black kit speaks to me.
>>41603930>before and after being promoted to Inquisition
Pixel art. BaleBros how do you start on making pixel art?
One more drawing before bed. I need to figure out how to shade and what each type of layer does, that's for tomorrow me though.https://files.catbox.moe/0qzbkh.png
>>41604241horny
>>41603901i was indeed referring to dead by daylighta trixie killer icon pack would be a welcome thing
>>41603541yea pretty much, everyone gets a unique secret santa name for the event. I just made a post that said I'd draw a pony for their name. Some people responded with a design in mind, others just had me freestyle it>>41603564brooo that mare is so cute. Love the one with her laying on top of the car. Great outfit too I really like the hoop earing. If you're looking for critique I'll give my opinion. When it comes to the eyes, I feel like you could make the iris/pupil smaller or more rounded. Looking at the left drawing specifically, if her face was see through and you could see her whole pupil, I feel like they would be nearly touching if you followed the curve you currently have. I think they should ideally always have some space between them and be mostly contained within the whites of the eye. Hope that makes sense. Other than that the only thing that sticks out to me with the sitting one is that her body should fan out a bit more as you get closer to her bottom. It's mostly hidden by her legs but the way it is now it looks like here body actually gets thinner as it gets closer to her back legs, I think it should be the opposite. Curious what program you are using to draw. I think you could really benefit from some adjustments to your line size as well, making the lines get thinner as they end in certain spots. Kinda like the way you did her eyelashes but with her legs, chin, etc.>>41603901Thanks bro! Think nothing of it, was happy to draw your pony>>41604241unf but also im spooked
>>41604044Microsoft Paint.
To the Anon who asked for people to put mares in pumpkins with him, here you go friend, another slow day at work.
>>41604044I assume the OP being Patachu, this is the right thread to start.
>>41604044Don't know how well proficiency with the basic pencil tool in Paint would qualify me as a pixel artist, but here's my two cents:For me, it was working within my limitations. When I started doing digital art, I didn't have a tablet or a proper drawing program, so I did everything on my laptop's touchpad while using Paint. There's a lot of overlap between pixel and regular art in terms of achieving a certain look, there are just different methods you have to learn for the respective mediums.If you've already been drawing, I'd recommend trying to limit your tools while applying what drawing knowledge you have so that you can experiment with different methodology. Like this anon, >>41604719, I'll shill Paint because it's the easiest program for me to get the pixel look without worrying about a lot of the frills of a proper drawing program. That said, I know several of them offer particular brushes that achieve the same effect.
>>41605095twiggy twiggy twiggy twiggy, qt twiggles.
>>41605095Thirded for Paint. like idk about win10+ version but the one on win7 isn't that bad however since >>41604786mentioned, yes it gets the job done right for that job, personally I can't really do anything pixel using photoshop, you can but it's going to be a pain disabling all possible antialias and it's like using a howitzer to kill a fly.yes it's good to incorporate 2D elements like I did on >>41604786for that job you first need a base, to get all items and characters more or less on the same proportions. here, have a grid. save it. it is hard to find a decent base for isometric since adobe crap and co does not have any that is actually designed for that.>>41604786nah i'm not the op, but hey if i can help on this i'd be glad to.
>>41605447That's a nice isometric exercise, can I join you?
>>41605095(really, get a mouse, I know you have one, even an old one, if you need a good program like Photoshop I can get you that too, and a clean one, not the malware crap )ok i should also repack my version of mspaint.exe with all the stuff with several undo levels.>>41604044if you want, here, i started a thing, of course you can make plain 2d pixel stuff but myself i should make more isometric art cause it's fun. here's a 5 minute demo with ponka who will be our victim in a pseudo-3d universe, and some shapes just to make a demo on how to imagine the shadow projection being like, assuming it's from the very top. then you can also set your image definition by doubling the grid, i usually make things huge, so i can add plenty of details.Photoshop however will be useful if you want gradients done right - you can select an area, and convert the "sprite" you want down to 8 or 16 colors with more or less dithering which you can enjoy arranging your characters/gradients/items/sprites how you want, zooming in at 6 or 8x.
>>41605595sure! i'm going to make some demos here but i think i will rather scale her to like 50%oh also one interesting thing i'd recommand : think of a neutral place in the image you will compose that's on a neutral, unused background color, think of it like a green screen like every hollywood slop loves to use. it works the same, want something bg, paint it 100% green and then you can paste your pon anywhere. yes sprites in vidya just works like this for the past half century.ah one important thing but i know there are complete noobs out there. never save pixel art as jpeg. it is impure.
>>41605605Oh, it's no worry, I've had a tablet and a drawing program for a few years by now. The funny thing is though that I started going back to touchpad Paint drawing a lot like two years ago and I've gotten fairly adept at it. I almost prefer it over tablet drawing (and I've tried mouse drawing and it doesn't feel as natural to me as touchpad). I've likened it to digital finger painting in a way, if obviously lacking in a fair amount of ways. But for a good way to blow off steam and draw without a lot of worry, it's my go-to method. I do appreciate the offer though.
>>41605648ah ok, well i respect people like you.myself i like to draw using the mouse, mostly for vectors and pixels, used to have a vx nano, mx master and rn i'm going with the PerfomanceMX and i agree it works better on some design/stuff/style, to each tool its.. oh well.going to finish the ponka.>>41605605cause yeah the proportions are not here, head should be bigger and after a cleanup of the construction lines ( to evaluate space ) i should have planned that otherwise. blahi will try making her look more like this random donkey mare
so after a few arrangements and correction,let's draw the rest of the ponka
>>41605637Why is there smoke coming out of my computer, Anon?
>>41605788oh... shit, well I recommend at least a Pentium 90 MHz with at least 16Mb of RAM for the graphic computation, especially the shape tool that we will appreciate a lot in this thread. if you have at least 10 mb of free hard disk space it will be enough for your elements/sprites/etc.
>>41605811drop some shadows! not the most complex part. yes I cheated a bit if you can spot the difference.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yfLPvGHrg
>>41605811Oh nevermind, its not smoke, its steam, steam from the steam apps they're sellingMmmm, paying Aseprite like an idiot!
>>41605991>Asepriteokay not sure if you're kidding or not. just in case of anonymous statistics, 1. how old are you, and 2. do you prefer to create content or pay shitty vidya.ponk status ; ok guess it's finished. last step was blending. find pixels, make a tone darker and darker as you get closer to the line art's pixels, that will make it smoother, and we want our ponkas with a smooth plot, right?
>>41606069A loose friend recommended it to me while it was on sale and I had spare dosh so I went and bought it.
>>41606072GG, retard.
>>41606072okay so if I understand correctly, you had the suggestion of a «friend» telling you to buy a game, versus the advice from a guy with like, 20 years exp in graphic design making a quick and as clear as possible tutorial on how to make pixel poners, just for you and for free.go ahead and draw a pixel-art mare with that thing.
>>41606118Listen man I already realize it was a fucktarded purchase like most games on steam.
You guys realize that acesprite isn't a game but drawing software specialized for pixelart right?
>>41606121Should've kept your mouth shut.>>41606069Even better than the previous one. Can I reuse the base one?>>41605738>>41605811
>>41606135sure go ahead it's for the thread. will eventually make a few more whenever I have time.>>41606121yes I read that correctly now use it. don't care what you do with your budget or your life, or if you ever worked in your life.draw that bloody poner with your steam thing.ps - if anyone need the version of mspaint i used for this demo, with extra undo levels and modifs, as always drop me a thing, discord - darkdoomer#0000
>>41605991>paying for AsepriteYou only need to pay for compiled binaries for Aseprite, and they provide the simplest instructions for compiling for Windows ever written.It is a nice program though.
>>41606191okay
>>41606128Yes, and it's one of the worst programs for the job.It's good for beginners, like MarioPaint was, hence Silver questionning Anon's age. I question Anon's social condition.Also Gimp and Photoshop after all blurry things disactivated will be better for those used to any.>>41606200Anon don't even knows any of this jargon, we're talking about a sperg living on disability wage on pointless crap.
>>41606329I dont fuckin buy random shit on steam anymore, barely play games as is. Really dont know what your problem is and why you're taking shit so seriously.
>>41606274Not bad, just draw as if it's any other canvas, but smaller. If you can, use a layer to trace from. Got any drawing to show?
>>41606336Cause it's hilarious?Aight t'was a bit harsh.But still...Want a serious app for art: Krita.
>>41606336Stop downplaying your crime. Buying Aseprite is a Holocaust.>>41606360 Be harsher.
>>41606360Actually I started using Krita. Still trying to get the hang of it and properly learn how to use it.Even without knowing how to use it I feel happier creating art than I did trying to get gimp to draw a circle.
>>41606191I forgot I made a Twilight when I first got it years ago
>>41606364>AsepriteI just Googled this and I can't believe all the shill about it. Jesus. Yes it's for beginners, I agree. Even pros may use it but real artists will prefer an old Photoshop or GraphicsGale are pro tier. also LibreSprite's existence makes every defense of Aseprite useless. It's free--as that toy ought to be.Only long time Gimp users can operate Gimp.
>>41606426cute twiggles! saved
Back when I first started, my first pixel art 'program' was Piskel. It's simple, has layers, and can do simple animations if you're patient. Haven't used it in a hot minute, but if you're someone who wants to fuck around with pixel art without downloading shit, go give it a try.
>>41606571cute fae! love me some fae.
>>41606512>Only long time Gimp users can operate GimpNot if you follow the Gimp community user manual in the pictureYes it was done in GIMP
>>41606581An old as shit Fae! Probably done around the time I stopped using Piskel and started using Krita.Christ, I haven't used this in a while, but here's a lil piskel pone done in like five minutes. Using mouse isn't as sucky as I remember, but I don't think I'll be going back to it any time soon.
I tried using a spray brush to color and add texture to the stockings, I like how they turned out.
Really enjoying sketching in a proper book as of lateHere's a bretonnian royal hippogriff knight
So far I have found by far the hardest part about learning to draw is just picking up the pencil. Also what programs do you all use? I’ve heard procreate is a noob trap but I wouldn’t know why.
>>41606728cute twiggle
>>41606772I use clip studio paint. It just feels good to draw in.
>>41606774fuck I want to bury myself into uni-twiggles
>>41606728I don't know if those are supposed to read as bagels or not, but I think it's kind of fitting for Purplesmart to like bagels more than donuts. She seems like the kind of gal to enjoy a cream cheese bagel in the morning versus a sugary long john before she gets to work.
>>41606775for me, it's SAI2. their stabilizers play nicer with my wrist.
>>41606274Anon delivers !yes, that's a start, you now can do pixel art. make something more elaborated with that program that cost me the price of a [Legit copy of Adobe CS2 Premium suite from eBay- 4 CDs box] which is good to tell the gov to fuck off when you're controlled at work but have some design to do. okay get a refund if you can and use this instead.https://libresprite.github.io/#!/libresprite is the same but free since the base of aseprite was planned to be free open source stuff. i mean yes it's for having fun, but please gentlemen, it's not about money, it reminds me of the guys saying AI is cheap when they pay a monthly fee on ai generators or a grand on a gpu to generate 1024x1024 crap they can't legally exploit.>>41606364it's 20 bucks wasted once, i hope it is just a perpetual loicense, the actual rectal annihilation remains Adobe Creative Cloud. Anyways.https://files.catbox.moe/11i3or.zipmspaint classic, 20 undo levels mod thanks to science. it will work on any windows, the libs included are if you want to use it on linux with wine, don't forget the mscore-fonts-ttf package if you want also adobe programs to run flawlesly on gimp. feel free to scan it on virustotal or kaspersky, don't even trust me with an exec.
>>41607336>mspaint classicneat
>>41607864yeah it's simple, fast, and gets stuff done OH GOD HELP ME I AM DOING TOO MANY PONERS i need to go drink
Other idea, organize legs, mane eyes and poses and moving parts in each layer, assemble in photoshop, export as gif. Animation!
Been drawing Mares once per day since I got my tablet. It's fun :D
still trying to get the hang of ponies! drew this high as fuck on stimulants so im sure theres probably some obvious issues im not noticing lmao. the back legs were a bit tricky but i think i did alright? i've posted a few times here over the past several months and the advice i've gotten has been super helpful, so thank you guys a ton!! :D advice for the character design is totally welcome too, just been playing around with this OC for about a week or so and still haven't decided on colors or anything.
up
been doing a cyoa in NEETpone and I thought since I'm done with the part featuring these two, I might as well share one of the pics from it. Might post more as it progresses.
>>41609386qts
mares kissing
>>41608789love his face, for the back leg well the tail make it so it's not even going to be a concern but yeah it looks more realistic for a horse to stand like that. dunno bout the colors tho. keep it up! >>41609386yeah 's always a good plan! going to finish a few things. idk there's also the /create/ thread i saw somewhere, 4chan is acting weird sometimes or maybe it's me.
Made this Twilight doing a pose, but literally don't know what to do next. I had no goals in mind when doing this. Any ideas?
I've been trying to draw ponies
>>41609895SPIRIT BOMB
>>41610005super duper qt
prebed boop
>>41608482It's a lot of fun, I hope you draw a lot more cute mares.
>>41610879
>>41611360It sure is. Today I made a quick little Derpy.
>>41608168And now the mane six is complete!
>>41612352Source of update: https://pone.social/@darkdoomer/113414764641121131I could fork it with filly/stallion/alicorn proportions, but imagine a RPG game with this level of details, it begs to be made.
>>41611980love it anon !
>>41611980cute derpo
boopa
Never drawn a pony in my life before, how did I do
>>41614274you did fine brother
So I just realized how fun fall colors are to draw and I think they might be a lot easier to get right than bright summery scenes.>>41606728I love my wife so much. Excellent draw.
>>41609386'nother one
>>41614701nice color selection i like it>>41614713holy fucking shit your backgrounds jumped massively in quality Jesus Christ. I think its nice but the mares need equivalent rendering imo. excellent work tho love the textures in the grey areas.
giving learning to draw ponies another chance is really fun. i used to get do autisticly mad at myself for not being able to draw anything especially ponies no matter how much i tried but I've started drawing the lines and joints and studying up with various bale resources and mares.horse and am now using my plushies and stuff as reference as well as am recreating pictures of cats in various poses as ponies to help sharpen my sense of pony anatomy. Im slowly but definitely improving. I'll retreat back into the blogfag cave i crawled out from now but thanks
>>41614713>>41614737I think these are just filtered photographs/video game screenshots. Considering this is a NEETPone thing, was that decision inspired by Lost & Found?
>>41614764either way I fucking love it!
>>41614737100% just stock photos I slapped filters on plus the occasional edit like the TV in this one. It ain't anything special in the slightest. As for the pones, I thought about throwing the same filters on them, but never got around to doing it. A little too late to change things up now, but maybe I'll see how it works out in the future.>>41614764>was that decision inspired by Lost & FoundYeah, I always liked how the art from that story felt.
Emergency Linky bread.
>>41614823based, had drunk me totally fooled.
boop
how do these look? https://files.catbox.moe/rksb0t.pngcaptcha:v0vpoon
>>41615340
>>41616286Horse tiddies
A mare with the weight of the world on her back
mspaint bug
and his mama too
>>41616332The Linky To Bread Pipeline is real!?
cant remember if i posted this one here b4?
After 3 years, I think I'm finally beginning to understand eyes.
>>41616848>eyes gradientsYou got this.
>>41616972was that meant to be for me or the "after three years" guy above you?
>filename
considered the idea of an oldnon versus a now grown flurry
>>41617153you could have posted the full version up just fine anon
>>41617354
had fun with this one but it was a struggle picking a bg
>>41617457there we go mang, you aren't gonna get banned unless the images has straight up genitalia or sex.>>41617513based
I've uploaded art to derpi twice now and they site mods don't approve unless I ask them to in their site feedback forum. First time I waited three hours, last one was yesterday after 40 minutes. Yesterday's art immediately got downvoted by 23 people (I'm assuming by the staff) and had two negative comments. Anyone else having problems with derpi staff?
>>41617623What could you have possibly uploaded to warrant 20 something downvotes? I could maybe see it if it was something political in nature because they're pretty anal about anything with a politics tag attached to it even if its an innocent meme, but besides that and abuse I can't think of anything that'd get that immediate reaction. You didn't take Twiggles out back and give her the Ol' Yeller treatment, right Anon?As for the approval thing. From my own experience I think that's just how it is until you're considered an 'alright' uploader. Your art will sit in quarantine until someone decides to glance at it, make sure it's not breaking da rulez, and then throw it haphazardly to the masses. Some days were quicker than others but it usually to an annoying amount of time. Once you've uploaded enough though, it seems like you wind up only having to wait a couple minutes at best since then you're just entering what I assume is a queue.
>>41617695just that catbox image>>41616286But again, I'm pretty sure it was the staff being petty for me asking them to approve it for upload.
it actually has 32 downvotes in less than a day brohttps://derpibooru.org/images/3480056
>>41617757Ah, well that narrowed down the search a bit.I'm not going to sit here and defend >derpi staff of all people, but I doubt it's a pettiness problem on their part and moreso just the people who are browsing around for new lewds not taking kindly to what they'd consider 'low effort/quality' fap material. You'll see that a lot with anything that looks like its made in mspaint or by a new artist. Doesn't even need to be explicit for it to happen, either.
>>41617814If you upload as someone without account the mods takes you as a potential spasmer (thanks focking cbat spamer) that's why they are agresive with the uploads from unregister anonymous. I've see downvotes in twibooru too, sometimes it is cruel to expose your art at the discretion of others.
>>41617860I'm just confused what's so uniquely offensive about my quick shading practice for art? I've uploaded actual ragebait with less activity in a day.
>>41617865Idk men, loking at the things that are uploaded with your artist tag, you've had good times too (my favorite is the anon training) so, try uploading the sfw version?
>>41617623derpi is dogshit, i never upload anything to it. other people post my art there and I kind of wish they didnt. twibooru is better from what I've seen but it never looked particularly active. I'd just reccomend a pone.social account or pixiv or even deviant art to archive your drawings honestly
I'm a noob. I made a ponk but it kinda doesnt look pony enough. Or am I tunnel visioning?
>>41618087Not bad, the one obvious issue is that the mouth is too far away from the snoot - should be right under it (see pic). Other than that, it looks very pony to me.
>>41618082I just post there for feedback, I really don't care if my art is archived anywhere or not
>>41617513Bananazi
>>41618087Ye like >>41618099 said
>>41619279she's not my favorite poner but i can admit it when i see it, cute rares!
>>41619279So cute! This is her best outfit in the entire show, love the way you drew her.
>>41619279she is so cute good job anon
Still in a bit of a Nightmare Night mood so drew Nightmare Trixie.FUCK, just now noticed I fucked up which leg anon is meant to be leaning on.>>41617513Hummina hummina
>>41619279One of my favorite outfits. Good stuff brother>>41619783Great and powerful snooty
>>41620521comfy
>>41620521is this a bunch of fags?
>>41617865If you want the real answer here it's that you're making a lot of technical mistakes in this picture in particular and those are particularly frowned upon when people are browsing for porn, like >>41617818 said.If you're looking for some more specific critique, though, these are some of the problems with that picture in particular:>anatomy and perspective are obviously off at a glance>mane, face, and neck all form a bad tangent on the left side>shading is done in pure black with an airbrush (common beginner's trap that makes the colors look muddy)>shading lacks contrast and clear sense of a light source>expression comes across as less sexy and more creepy than you most likely intended
>>41617814I have the feeling that bad art gets some down votes and gets ignored but explicit bad art gets a worse reception by the general consensus.
in honor of the new Tamers teaser
>>41621469Who is the pony in the bottom?
>>41621493Do you not recognize Braeburn?
>>41621509Sorry pal I didn't recognize him the shadow, good draw.
>>41616814And what a weight it is, nice sketch and fun idea!
>>41621566Atlas pony
>>41621566based
>>41614713
>>41622014damn nice
>>41622014She looks huggable here
>>41621513that wasn't me lol
>>41622593Too bad, I'm (You) now.
Though now extinct, prehistoric ponies used to rule all over what we now know as equestria. they were a dimetrodon a dozen
>>41622906Anon you are too young to be on this site...
>>41622906i need to use better materials than printer paper and the same 30 year old bag of loose colored pencils so it can present nicer to the eye. i suppose if i'm investing this much time into learning how to draw ponies then i should also learn more about the craft and it's tools.
>>4162303423, so nearly as decrepit and aged as you are probably, anon
empty pre bed boop
>>41623042No, you need a scanner and to draw larger first (or buy a cheap digital drawing tablet). Your biggest problems right now are the camera and lighting messing it up, and being unsure.
bored at work today what y'all think
>>41621279Yeah, I agree with all those points, especially the black shading. I really wanted to get this out before the terri thread died. but I was too late, probably should have drew more than while waiting in tarkov queues. plus I thought the pose was pretty cool and wanted to get it down while it was fresh on my mind. I'm new to drawing ponies digitally and sexually as well, I'm (was, rip) more experienced with drawing traditionally in just monochrome. All of that to say, I do be trying.>>41621286idk, all I really see that gets the down votes I got is fluffy abuse. So I just think my art was bombed by staff because this is the second time I've asked them to approve my art after waiting for 40 minutes, when I'm trying to get feedback while I have the freetime at the moment.
>>41623388you have to show it to your boss or else you're double gay
>>41617623 >anyone else having problems with Derpi staffWe all do. Especially on 4chan. Never had a single issue on altboorus.
Some OC sketch from another thread.
>>41623042I recommend you experiment with editing your photo (from your phone or on a pc) you would be surprised how well it improves by adjusting the brightness and sharpness. It's also a good idea to have a space with light so that you won't be surprised by a shadow or light of a different shade.
>>41624434Based they look cute
ive seen a pegasus mare with a manestyle like this a number of times in dreams cant ever remember her coat color or mark so shes a anonmare i guess i always remember her smile though and she never says anything
>>41625187Based
11 to go
I drew another an pony.
>>41625798that face is fucking kek man, pure hatred
>>41625798WHAT A FAT MAREgood draw man
Suggestion on improvement?
>>41626086imo anatomy her body is really thick compared to her head. show inspired bodies are typically thinner than the head but i don't know what you are aiming for in terms of proportions. your value selections are pretty good imo and i really like the composition of this pic too. the shading is a bit light btw there should be a bit more contrast between her coat and the obscured parts. did you use charcoal for this? as far as i can see based on the texture it seems like you did, i appreciate that. charcoal is hard to do on trad work because it loves to smear and dulls fast.
>>41626086You could probably add a few stars with chalk or paint, but I would maybe test it on some scrap paper first to see how the mediums mix.
>>41626111yes it was charcoal; it's one of my favorite medium because I'm a lazy fuck, and charcoal is so quick to draw with.Her being a fat fuck because she's a hayburger addict and also because I like chubby mares. I shaded her face a little more, but I'm not really sure which obscure part you're referring to.>>41626228how should I do the stars? I'm thinking cross-style star where I just do a cross for each of them.
Trying to get better at drawing, and drawing ponies here.
>>41626292take old tooth bursh, rub it on a tiny bit of white paint, pull the bristles back and flick onto the canvas for tiny random dots
>>41625553thank
>>41610005punished twilight
>>41627125Anon are you blind
>>41627145I misread his post as "Ive been wanting to draw ponies" and thought he was taking requests..
>>41626517I dont see anything immediate to improve, just keep doing it and you'll get there anon.
>>41626517>>41627161I'd say a small thing is that the eye behind the muzzle can be a bit bigger (look at some show screenshots and you'll see how the show usually does it.) But other than that yeah I'd just keep going on!
>>41627158As punishment you must take his request or fulfill your own
>feel like my attempts to draw ponies are an utter fail>finds out this piece of crap is official stuff
>>41622014Doing this has given me an excuse to try slightly more interesting angles. Really should do more of these, I've been neglecting them for a while now.
>>41627461Looks good brother
cannot reach :(
>>41628494kek
>>41624170
>>41628494i saw this thumbnail as him hanging from a rope attached to a light fixture. cute drawing anon
Does anyone else feel bad when they don't draw? I been so caught up in a new shitty auto battler I haven't even colored my drawing.
>>41629794no sense feeling guilty, if you don't want to draw, your gonna find ways not to draw. you just have to make it more appealing to draw than not to
>>41629794I used too but i slowly got over it because there's no reason to mope, if you want to draw you will find reasons to if you don't you won't. drawing less frequently is fine just like doing it daily is just do it when you want to.
>>41629794Yes and no. Thing is I've gotten into the habit of drawing everyday and usually it's for several hours per day so I get very little time for things like games and such. Which makes me a little bad since I neglect catching up on other media but not too much. Though I do not despair if I only spend an hour or so drawing as long as I did something engaging.
https://files.catbox.moe/6s178q.mp4
Hey, anon's draw friend, here I need input on a project. I’m trying to turn all my friends into ponies, as I’m the resident pony enthusiast of our group. I’ve already collected all their preferred colors, but I ran into an issue in the show. I see that ponies outlines are usually a darker shade of their coat color, so I tried doing that, but one of my friends wanted a crimson red for the coat, so I tried doing an even darker red outline, and it looked bad, hurt my eyes, and I didn’t like it. I see most anons outline things in black, so I wanted to know if that's typically cool to do even though it’s not show accurate. What’s the consensus?
>>41631053Holy cow that's cute as hell anon. It's a weird coincidence too because I was just about to upload my own video but mine is much crappier. I wasn't planning to ever show it in a super short and rough draft, but it's been like two months since I've touched it and like a month since I've even remembered it. The problem is that I'm intimidated by the higher complexity of following scenes, but I think I'll try to pick it back up someday when I feel ready.https://files.catbox.moe/mutejv.mp4
>>41631053shit this is fucking cute, good work!>>41631178based as fuck
>>41631164Do you have an example?
>>41631164The issue is that a deep crimson red is not going to be an actual color option, it's too saturated, especially for a red
>>41631164If your eyes are burning you are 1- using a color that is too saturated2- zooming too much. don't zoom too much
>>41631385>>41631398Okay yeah that makes sense I was hard zooming that’s probably why >>41631360I don’t have the drawling I was working on right now it’s on my computer I’ll post it later but I can show the images that explains the whole outline thing if I explained it poorly>pic relatedThis when I first whole similar color outline thing
saw mario paint mentioned thought I'd have some fun
>>41632108nice sprinkle amre
Boop
I sure hope someone draws some juicy mare cocks tonight. Haha, wouldn't that be silly?
>>41631164Pro tip: Introduce them to AI generated ponies, high quality mares with beeautiful details, have a LoRA of the style you aim to reach and you're all set. You'll never get show accurate results as it takes years to refine, while AI just does it fine.
i havent seen this fandom in over 10 years so i decided to draw the main horses from my memory with a touchpad in mspaint, it was hell
>>41634381Welcome back! Very interesting take on Rarity, if ya do any more be sure to post em! Would be cool to see the other mane six from your memory.
>>41634396i just remember only batponies have those type of ears so i fixed it in my next drawing
>>41632108hope you don't mind the creative liberties i took with her
>>41635026That is rad as fuck, dude.
>>41635246glad you like it \OcO/
>>41634381I really like this!
>>41634381>>41634622based welcome back
>>41633124
>>41631164Thing is the coloured outlines work because of the environment the characters palettes are in. I use black outlines because with colored you need a very pastel looking backdrop so the outlines are visually distinct. All that is to say that you can use black outlines if you want but using the show-accurate outline try and see if you can't make a background where it meshes good.
I haven't drawn a pony in 7 or 8 years but I saw someone on xitter do something similar and wanted to try
>>41628804I love her
>>41635026From the moment I saw this I knew what had to be donehttps://files.catbox.moe/g0xsao.mp4
>>41637804YOOOOO thats so fucking based! good shit anon.
>>41637804I'm all for more Mario mare.
>>41637804mare-io
>>41637804This is so good
Sketch I'm working on, got inspired by the other anon in the drawthread to draw Dandashy.>>41634622>Angellol, Nice design on the cutie mark!>>41635026>>41637031Such good art as always, also Apple Bloom is so cute here!>>41636300Only good thing coming out from xitter, do post if ya make anymore anon.>>41637804This deserves a "hell yeah"Hell yeah.
Did a thing for the Silly Stuffing thread
>>41638538based I saw that over in the draw thread, the expression is intense as fuck and i like what you did with the hatching i think it looks nice.
>>41639130Thanks a bunch! Made some more progress today but unfortunately the hatching isn't as visible now.
>>41639349You must be over 18 to browse the site.
>>41637031Cute bloom bro
>>41640574thanks
>>41640449
>>41637804hell yeah
Bump with some extreme advanced pony art
>>41642309>chadfilly>! instead of ? cutie markcan't believe I've never seen this done before
Posting here as well, there is currently a "Day of Princess Celestia" art pack going on at NHNB if anyone is interested in participating. It will be a free art pack, done just for fun. Both drawings and stories are accepted. Previous art packs even had some video submissions. Even if you just have some ideas for content, feel free to post them in the thread for potential inspiration to others.If you want to check it out, you can find the thread below:https://nhnb.org/fim/res/18096.html
is the anatomy correct? what can I improve?
>>41643324you did your best, I'm assuming you didn't use a reference? you got the head down quite well, I would suggest at the minimum finding screenshots from the show preferable early to mid show ear screenshots and breaking them down into basic shapes to get a better feel for anatomy. you can do it like how i did it in this bread down where you use circles for the head barrel/torso and the but and for the legs lines that roughly follow where the bones would roughly lay. Ideally studying both the show and actual horse anatomy would be best, but you can get by with studying show screens if you want to just draw show like ponies. generally speaking the hooves tend to be about half the thickness of the barrel/torso and for the front legs they tend to be close together. i would also recommend playing with varying line thickness and pressure to get a more refined look. take notice how in mine the lines taper and use different thicknesses in different areas. hope i helped somewhat but do keep going brother!
https://derpibooru.org/images/3486595
>>41643116
love the mares, the music and the movement
>>41643116How tf i read what tf im supposed to do?
>>41643520This should be saved along all pony anatomy guides and references, is perfect.
>>41643520Thanks very much
https://files.catbox.moe/nuwz3u.mp4wip experimenting with different types of beats.
>>41643520https://derpibooru.org/images/3487384?q=my%3AwatchedHope you don't mind
I've started to learn how to art, I only care about drawing ponies, bleh
>>41644172I'm fine with that, a little surprised but yeah it's all good.>>41643787>>41644098Based
>>41627158Post request, I want to draw someponyalso mor draw
1, 2, 3https://pomf2.lain.la/f/4e3cv8ki.mp3
>>41644947comfy
>>41639724Finished>>41643748Gonna draw this Mdmare, cutie mark gotta be a pressed tablet>>41644143Lowkey fuck with it, though I like shit like bladee and 2hollis>>41644282What secrets does the mare hold? >>41644332Based Pone artist in the making, cute Flutters>>41644755Me on the right
>>41644817Ya can draw my pone Almond Blossom if ya want
>>41645076>cutie mark gotta be a pressed tablet >doesn't lick the mdma powder off the top of their scale and wash it down with a shot like a normal person. tsk tsk
>>41645076If you like bladee check out my cover. I try to do covers to practice mixinghttps://on.soundcloud.com/8YTbhv6M2cqayd5H9
>>41645076Nice
>>41644947Oh hey, I remember your Autumn (leaves) cover! Nice to see you still around, anon.
>>41645076>What secrets does the mare hold?she has a secret admirer
Finally broke my addiction from my game to finally color this. Also made it mildly animated. I also learnt gifs are limited in the amount of colours they can show. They really hate gradients.https://files.catbox.moe/e9r830.mp4
>>41645676KEK
emergency boop
>>41627125
>>41645676Mare thumb???
I don't minimize this thread because occasionally based things like this >>41645676 pops up.
>>41646796Sometimes mares need thumbs
>>41646405Incredible, the world needs more punk mares.
>>41645206I've been drug mogged>>41645316Yeah this is straight up heat my guy, right up my alley. Keep going w it.>>41645420Thanks!>>41627125Here ya go, tried my hand at getting something resembling Yoji Shinkawa's work. Went so, so.
>>41647050that's some solid as fuck monochrome work you got there
>>41647091Thanks, I appreciate it! Haven't really done much pure inkwork besides lines so it was a fun experiment!
I always draw the cutest mares when I don't care.
The first day back to sketching after a break is always so rough bros.
>>41647425Real nice, like the expression>>41647437>grapelove the tail>>41647482Oh yeah, that's why I haven't stopped drawing for months now. But I can recommend doing some warm up excercises to ease up your arm/hand and get the art flowing. Boxes, circles and such is real good to get the gunk out your arm.
Extremely quick new art filly bump
>>41648549That looks painful for the pony.
How can I improve my understanding of where the limbs on the other side of the body from the viewpoint attach? Out of everything I feel as if I struggle with this the most currently.
>>41645083
How the fuck do I paint digitally
>>41649577She's so beatiful anon! Oh and you gave her some cute socks too, thank you so much!!
I was so preoccupied with wether or not I could that I never stopped to think if I should: https://files.catbox.moe/6xx8le.png Ponut>>41649821Takes a while to get comfortable w the medium. Also finding brushes that can do edges and blend are also very useful. Is there anything specific you want tips on?
>>41650145This is great ponut.>>41607336This old MSpaint remake is a godsend, it's really the most basic PoS app but perfect for meme art and pixel art. And it saves as PNG. This Paint from my childhood only saved as BMP.
i had a really tough time with this one .. i tried cel shading the snow but it didnt come out right so i just did some textured blending ucu ive got a lot to learn
>>41651361you finished it which Is always a good thing to do, even if you try new things and fail at them there will always be next time. looks nice though!
>>41651361I feel ya, painted some snow for a piece earlier this month and damn it's hard. I personally think the snow works with the overall illustration! Cute snow pone also.I agree that "failure" is always an opportunity for growth and learning.
https://derpibooru.org/images/3488674
>>41651631you could've posted it here, some one might have sperged out at the worst case scenario. nice booba though.
>9
>>41650145Are there better programs for digital painting? I am currently using krita.
>>41652220Your answer is not in the program you use, but rather in your painting skills.
>>41652191
>>41652220just use one you are most familiar with, if you have none then just use the first one you like the feel of.
>>41651361Looks fuckin great
>>41651361Frosty is cute CUTE
>>41651361That's beautiful, she makes me smile and I needed that! Thank you!
>>41652220Well I use clip studio paint and I find that program nice to navigate in, but that's because I stuck with it long enough to learn it and same goes with digital art in general. Tons of good art has been made in every program so the weight is more on "Do I like this program to draw in?" (You) just gotta pick one and work on your technical skills same as any medium really.
>>41652220photoshop CS versions are the best, but Krita's still the GOAT.>>41653840CSP would be better if it could be cracked without ads. don't encourage this and pirate if you can.
>>41652220If you're asking the question then you are not skilled enough to actually need it. That said, Krita is in fact deficient in two regards: first, it cannot parse clipping layers, and second, its text tool is horrible.>>41653977...what ads?
I like to experiment around with how I draw my favorite ponies
>>41654116based
https://derpibooru.org/images/3489802 let's see how long they take to approve it
When is Bale gonna make its own Booru?
>>41655274what's the actual point of that, you wouldn't be gaining any new audience. With derpi, I post there because its normies, and I want to see how much legitimate hate I can get.
little delivery for the draw thread
>>41654116Cure Ponies
>>41655316Because fun, it would be fun using it to look back at all the images bale made and seeing the total number of drawings increase daily would also be fun.
How I can't get practice if I can't keep going when I feel frustrated when it doesn't come out the way I fucking want? I need to get practice but I can't keep it for enough time to get as good I wish I was
>>41655322Cure them from what?
>>41602030random pony i drew :3
>>41655332put the most emo music on and draw for three hours straight. start drawing shapes until an idea comes to mind on what the shape can be molded into as a greater piece if art. Keep drawing random shapes, starting over and over, until that frustration fuses with your thoughts on what to make of the shapes, which in essence results in what is called inspiration.
>>41654116super cute ponies
>>41655327Can't you do that by uploading them on any pone booru with a "/bale/" tag?
>>41655320She wields that hammer mightily.
>>41655766yes she does with total authoritarian strength for a filly.
moondancer doodle
>>41656060she's cute as fuck!
>>41655671On derpi, we run the risk of the mods just killing the tag.
>>41656083So use twibooru. Or ponerpics. Or ponybooru. Either way first two import from every other, even if derpi do something retarded yet again, nothing will be lost, so why care what they can do?
I drew twilight the other day after going for a nice on the trail watching mlp : )
Some OC pone!
>>41656083To play devil's advocate, maybe try to upload finished stuff that others can considerate valuable and well made specially if it's explicit stuff. Or maybe using something more personal like a Twitter, Deviantart or even an Imgur account.
Drew the donut horse hard at work
Old Posey piece
>>41657285Qts
>>41652220paint tool sai.
Struggling to find a brush I like for drawing, any suggestions?
>>41657949Hard round no oppacity or size differ
rare>>41656252cute oc bro
>>41657949i would suggest analyzing artworks that you like and try to pinpoint the brush style so you can replicate it. for example, i really love artists that use soft and texturized brushes, so ive been trying it out for myself and i really enjoy it
>>41657949For sketching I'd recommend something based on a pencil or charcoal texture whereas for linework I'd just recommend something based on an ink pen if you want anything more than just a default circle brush
>>41659132nice rares
Tried to study some apples but then a mare came along and seems like she didn't like em'Ya'll ever just have moments where your drawing ability seems to not be up to snuff? Like I've been pumping out good art (to my eye) a ton but these past two days just seem wack somehow. I think it's stress or something.
>>41602030Hey /bale/, first time for me drawing ponies. Do you like it? Personally was unsure if a ponys leg could bend backwards like that. But let me know if you have any thoughts/feedback, both positive and negative
Is there a good way to pose ponies more naturally without referencing others? I want to make their poses and expressions less stiff and more fluid/natural looking
>>41659718looks fine to me but good god that's a fucking feel. some of my most well received art is usually art I think came out like shit, where as the shit I really like doesn't hit at all. It's all mental and there will always be pieces you will like more than others bet it from the content or technical execution of the image. it also has to do a bit with your growing abilities concerning analyzing your own work as well. when ever i go back to my older works i notice flaws that i literally didn't see at the time of creation. keep that in mind and don't let it slow you down at all, you will always manage to find flaws regardless but as you grow you will get better at spotting them and correcting them before finalizing your image. >>41659719not bad for a first time, how the legs bend depends on if you are aiming for realistic horse range of motion or if you are going for more show like cartoony anatomy. for the latter study show screens to get a feel for the anatomy, for the former study irl horse anatomy.>>41659771there really isn't much of a reason to not reference other artists work especially since you can just break down a piece you like into basic construction and shapes and go from there. but maybe gesture drawing could be a useful tool for you if you are really dedicated to not using references and getting more natural expressions and faces.
>>41659771>without referencingNo. You learn to draw BY referencing, as close to the origin in case of ponies that's real-life horses and cats as possible. Anyone saying that you shoudn't reference is trying to sabotage you so you don't compete, or are as miserable as them.That said, you learn making stuff less stiff by doing gesture drawing of dynamic poses, i.e. limiting yourself to 30 or 60 seconds per sketch so that you're forced to grasp the very essence of the pose. Also, read up on the line of action, and general textbooks/guides for old-school cartoon and especially comic drawing.
>>41659955Thanks for the reality check, gotta push forward and just quiet the mind ghosts. Ponies needs to be drawn!
>>41660054This is beautiful
>>41661131qts
>>41661481you've been doing the lords work bumping these threads anon.
>>41661500Am the OP so I see it as my duty to guard my threads autistically.
rump hump bump
>>41653999What do you mean parsing clipping layers? If its about clipping masks, in Krita they're called transparency masks, there's also layer transparency locking and alpha inheritance (inherits transparency of the layer below it). I do agree about the text tool (even if it doesn't bother me as much, as it get the job done), luckily the upcoming version 5.3 replaces it with an in-canvas text editor, you can try it out in the krita next nightly builds.
>>41657949here's what I use, but ultimately you should try lots and find the one that accentuates your autism
>>41657949Round no opacity or size
me and my friends pony ocs
>>41663626You must be 18 years old to post in this site
More Rarity. Rarified one of my favorite Starlight pics>>41660063I like the big bow tie she's wearing. Also, background is pretty simple but if I'm understanding correctly it looks like shes passing between some mountains >>41661131I really like these bro>>41663626Cute and well made. Messy style is working well here
>>41663626I think they are cute, I'm definitely a fan of the horse coloring>>41663896Based
>>41663896rarity is mid tier and you know it.
>>41663275If new versions parse this correctly, then the handling was added VERY recently.
