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:>>41602030
Bump with Appul Pony.
>>41683423I fucking love that so much. Did you just draw that? It's beautiful.
>>41683423cute! wing seems a bit wonky tho.>>41683461KEK based>>41683570based
>>41683423man, that hoof just stole all of anon's ass for itself.
>>41683597yes. just now.>>41683911there were fewer feathers at first but then i thoughts "man are pegasus wings really that skinny? how are they even flying with such scarce plumage? imma increase it" and being anything but a wing expert, see where that got me.
>>41684063i think the wing position and overall shape should have been adjusted so that it wouldnt look as skinny. adding more feathers would complicate the issue, simple is best in most occasion, but tis a good drawing anon
>>41684074>i think the wing position and overall shape should have been adjusted so that it wouldnt look as skinny.how? they're kinda skinny by default
>>41684063fair enough line of reasoning, I agree with >>41684074 especially since a simpler art style and simpler wings suit that better. either way based dash frien.
>>41684082think more about the shapes of things you are referencing even if theyre obscured by other things in the way, youre right about them being long ovals but they all come together to make a bigger shape. in your drawing the feathers are placed seemingly without any thought of the overall shape of the wing.
>>41684176This is sage wisdom listen to them!
>>41684176it might make more sense than you think? but maybe i just reinvented a wheel instead of taking an easier path
>>41684199The problem is that it looks bad. Same as the hoofbutt.>>41684063Wings thin out from the bones to the end of feathers. Your flower is the opposite.
>>41684199its still lacking the curvature in the wings and the feathers look sporadically placed. i just dont think theres much attention drawn to the reference even if there can be shape drawn connecting everything together. maybe picrel can help better explain. try practicing the shape of the wings more and think more in shapes and lines. also im not sure if the wings were supposed to be spread out, thats the impression i got but i followed the reference you provided. if thats the route you were going for you should use those kinds of references, i think that if you practice on wing shape and different wing expressions, youll get to a point where its a lot more comfortable to warp and bend proportions without it looking obscured. again, overall a good drawing just think about shapes anon. theryre everywhere.
learning to use sovits on my song covers. they are all applebloom/cmc coverspain leak by osamason -https://voca.ro/1oi45J9NoZS7loser by lil shine - https://voca.ro/118VcrmyvFalone way by autumn - https://voca.ro/13UoeAvfQHDn
>>41684447fine i confess. the feathers were shoved in there haphazardly by me as a quick last minute change and i didn't think much about them>>41684400fuck the hoofbutt is wrong now too? what's the matter?
>>41684628Doing less with more. How does making the underside of a mare's hoof swell grotesquely outward benefit anything?
>>41684876not that anon, but i guess because deep down they wish ponies had kawaii pawies with dem soft pink toe beans underneath UwU
>>41684882Just go jack off to griffons then, sheesh.
>>41684628Hoof butts have always been shit, hoof frogs aren't soft like the pads on a dogs or cats paws. It's basically a furfag invention.
>>41684876>>41684891but they're cute.
>>41684941They aren't, they are completely retarded go be retarded somewhere else and kill yourself while you're at it retard.
>>41684628Cute Dash with cute hoofs
>>41684943you sound mad
>>41684952If not wanting furnigger shit in my ponies means I'm angry so be it I'm sick of seeing that shit in my ponies. Furfag pony artists and their ilk need to be gassed at Auschwitz publicly to be made an example of.
>>41684959do you need a hug?
>>41684976KEK not gonna lie pretty based response but please get some better taste you're better than that. Hopefully.
>>41684982sorry anon but hoof butts are cute and "they're a furfag intention" isn't enough to dissuade me from abandoning them and is honestly a pretty shit argument
>>41685012>So ass blasted by the simple fact hoof butts are dogshit he couldn't quote me rightI'm sorry that you were dropped on you head multiple times as a baby and have chronically shit taste as a result, I understand that it wasn't your fault but please get well soon. You doubling down on loving to eat shit won't spite me.
>>41685020hoof butts are cute and you are just riled up i wish you the best
>>41685038What ever you say shit eater.
Ladies ladies. Hear me out, hoof pussies.
>>41685048incomplete without hoof penises
>>41684982>>41685040>>41685048Not really a fan of em personally but you aping out because of em is topkek
>>41685336based gigachad anon hoofbuttlover
>>41643748>>41647437Some mares I drew posted in the thread before this one. Grape and Mdmare such cuties
>>41684941does anyone have the mspaint version of this where the sign says "ppl who dislike my fetish bad"?
>>41685624based
How the FUCK do you draw mares
>>41686989Made this quick guide in 15 mins. It's a rough and simplified guide. Make sure your lines are clean and practise, you'll get there. Also, try to tweak a little and draw them in your own style you feel comfortable with.
>>41686989mines a bit wordy
I don't think this mare has studied psychiatry in any capacity
I am begging with all my heart that you can take me seriously for a momentI cannot for the life of me hold a wacom pencil rightno matter how i hold it, either its too unstable and hurts my hand from death gripping it with the ends of my fingers or is too angled to even register with my tabletI feel so beyond low IQ for even needing to ask something like this but I have no where else to gohow do you hold your pencil/tablet pen?
>>41687196My nigger you shouldn't be using your fingers to draw. Use your entire arm. Search for" how to hold a pencil " "line art tutorial" things will appear
>>41687196I've mastered the skill of drawing with one/two thumbs on mobile. Took me since January to do it properly. Sometimes it looks like I'm gaming on mobile, but I'm actually drawing
>>41687196you should hold it with both hooves at the startit takes a lot of practice to use just one
>>41687221To add to this - it's easier for me as if I have an idea, I can draw it right away. I do not need a monitor or pencil to draw. It's all in the palm of my hand
>>41687204that's the thing, if I move my whole hand across the tablet my hand will grip it slightly fucking up my line, an elbow movement only goes back and forth so I have to constantly rotate the page to do that and I've tried shoulder movements too, I get it but again my hand will just gripnow you might be saying>anon u fucking retard just wear a glove or something that reduces frictiontried it and i can't grip the pencil right except at the tips of my fingeras far as my dumbass brain can understand either everyone has the most slippery tables on the planet or are holding their whole arm above the table floating it in place with only the pencil touching the tablealso I've already searched up tutorials, I've seen images of how people hold their pencils and that shit does NOT work for me, it feels so unstablei swear i don't have arthritis or anything and i know i sound deranged but i fucking HATE THIS
>>41687240You don't accept your weakness and inperfection. You are learning a new medium your lines will come wobbly to learn is to push out of your comfort zone.
>>41687257osu my fucking beloved has been helping mepencil grip is still ass i think but i found lowering the tablet to be underneath my desk on top of the desktop pc does wonders for full arm movement, no matter what i did my arm would have friction on the table but now it floats without being wobbly, sometimes i can put my elbow on my leg as another pivot point for side to side motionof course I doubt this will translate to actual drawing accuracy but its a damn good start
>>41687421Don't put too much effort on your fingers trying to get the perfect line, you will end up with them fucked up for at least a week if you do too much(trust me)
>>41687196>to even register with the tabletAnon, Wacom uses wireless pens. You can hold it almost horizontally if you hold it horizonally it'll get confused on where exactly the pointer is and press the nib with your finger and it'll still work. I can't comprehend how wrong you're doing it that this fails.And yes, the tablet surfaces are very slippery.>how do you hold your pencil/tablet pen?The exact same as normal pencils.
Hey, /bale/, I got a challenge for yaDraw something Earth Pony styleBonus points if you never hit ctrl+z
>>41687432>dont stress finger too much or you'll fuck em upalready solved now dw, when your arm and elbow glide way easier there's zero need to compensate with a harder grip on the stylus>>41687436in the time it took you to right this post my big aryan brain has already formulated a solution
>>41687464My jaw is sore, but I've found out wood tastes rather good.
>>41687495i thought "like an earth pony" means you have to hold the pencil between your fists (like hooves)
>>41687510DYEWTS?
>>41687514it's just one of the ways of doing it
i don't think the cutie mark placement is correct but whatever just a quick doodle
>>41687532oh, who is that mare? is that your oc or something?
>>41687608Just a Rainbow Dash recolor, nothing special.
boop
Tried to make a cutie
>>41688410task successful
>>41688410>>41688575agreed
>getting depressed about down votes in DBI don't want to, it feels stupid and dumb but can't help it
>>41689097same, it's so random too, at least for me
>>41689107I try to canalize my energy to improve and get better in the future so I can show them that I'm better than any of them. I made the mistake of thinking that I would never be good and quit aer without keep trying and learning.
>>41687532Cute!
are all /bale/ threads usually this slow?
>>41689914/bale/ is a little slow because of the holidays, but /bale/ isn't that slow compared to say /kinder/... or /tempo/
>>41689097>uploading to Derpi>when altboorus existYou deserve it.
>>41687495Thanks for indulging me, and drawing the Best PrincessShe's cute
>>41689940>sites that nobody use and scraps automatically content from db
>>41690103How much are Derpi mods paying your swarthy benchod arse?
>>41690313Wish they do, I'm starving
What's your consensus on street art?
>>41689931I definitely would have been posting more art here if I hadn't signed up for /ss/. All I've been drawing recently are Christmas cards. Still got a few more to do>>41690319Tagging is cool
>>41690641Did tagging before, it was cool. I'm trying new stuff, never made a graffiti on my life before but I learnt about stencil done years ago in an art school.
>>41689580
>>41690319It's based, but it looks kind of weird not having the / on both sides of mlp
>>41691132It's on on the top next to 4chan.org
>>41691107
>>41691711holy shit 10 again?
First try
>>41692085Nice to see we've made our mark
>>41692119Too bad the iwtcird keeps fuckin up
It's a matter of having the right distance between the spray and the wall
>>41692085>Anon makes a graffiti with /mlp/>the board becomes fast
Best one so far. Also next time I'm gonna use some tape to put on the wall while I spray instead of trying to hold with the hand.>>41692288Lots of new friends are visiting the site now :D
>>41692308do moar this shit is funny
>>41692308The other slash not being beside /mlp/ activates my autism and you're a huge faggot because of this.
>>41692339>4chan.org//mlp/
>>41691952
>>41691179Yeah, I know it's there. I just think it'd look better as4chan.org/mlp/
Any constructive criticism? I think the eyes/hoof is a bit wonky.
>>41692976You got her bending her hoof right at the end of her leg she needs more bend in roughly the mid point of her leg. The left eyelash has a minor symmetry issue, but the biggest problem with the eyes is that the irises are tilted and a bit asymmetric making them look a little derpy, they should be roughly level with each other. some personal recommendations I'd go thinner with the outlines on the irises probably about half of what you did, it lets you see more of the sclera and a bit more or the iris too. Id also say make the eye's bigger but that's just personal preference. My final verdict would be to practice symmetry, and at a minimum study show screens to get a better understanding of how pony legs work preferably study some horse anatomy alongside it as well.Hope that helps! if you need an in depth autistic explanation feel free to ask.
>>41692085Madman
>>41692308>a shaking crackhead slowly types the url in tor browser>ponies
>>41694595booty jack
>>41687532Cute, I love her.
Some doodlingCan't wait to get a tablet
>>41695441Great drawings, don't forget to give pencil and paper some love despite owning a tablet
>>41695452I don't like how wrong it looks despite using a scanner.Even >>41687128 looks like crap for not having an stabilizer or way to undo the errors. Don't forget how easy is to color in the computer.
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>>41687532>quick doodle>looks leagues better than my 3 days of hard, focused workTeach me your ways o wise one
>>41696639nta but meme answer: draw moreActual answer: getting better and faster at drawing comes with experience and familiarity with the subject. Being able to know the in's and out's of your subject and jutting it down fast and efficient leads to more time being spent on design and the details rather than having to correct mistakes with proportions or the like.what can help: study first horse™ and get an understanding of the parts you struggle with. Then apply those studies in either sketches, finished pieces or even just doodles you do for fun (which is also a big part in sticking with improvement).
>>41695900Flats are pretty easy, the finicky part is usually getting texture in there. I mainly use digital but the traditional way of not being able to easily remove your mistakes does a lot for improvement. Makes you think a lot more on your marks.
>>41697344Ok thanks for the help, I'll try to follow it.
>>41690319I do but I usually use Stikers, what tools/stuff do you use?
>>41698274I just started it but it was an cleaned radiography acetate sheet cuted following a draw made in paper and then I sprayed on walls. I made another one but the reception in social media was so underwhelming and didn't like so much than it made me feel kinda crappy. Doesn't help it was fanart for a popular OC I like too much and makes me feel really embarrassed.
Boopa
Had a really shitty day and barely could make a piece of crap so bad I had to trash it. Fuck my life
>>41698895Too much emotion let your anger go away it is just a drawing
>>41698900I just wanted to make a draw everyday and couldn't do nothing at work because was pure arguing and discussion the free time.
>>41699464drawing every day is a meme until youve been drawing a long while. until you find your particular niches and such youll set yourself up for burn out, expectation creep, etc. life is crazy and sometimes you just cant/don't want to draw, and thats just how its gonna be until you surpass it
>>41699604>>drawing every day is a meme until youve been drawing a long whileI mildly disagree, it works for some people myself included but it doesn't mean it will work for everyone and has some downsides, burnout in particular. also if you have a hard time with motivation and finding ideas your not gonna have a fun time. I agree with the rest of the post though.
drawing every day isn't a neme if you understand the purpose of the exercise:1. to force you to start making marks out of obligation. many times the hardest part is starting. if you just start squiggling some circles you'll often find yourself going ahead and adding facial features to them, and continue the drawing.2. building a habit. do it regularly until it becomes almost automatic and you start feeling a bit bad when you're kept from doing it (people who regularly go to the gym might recognise the term 'gym guilt').the idea isn't that you have to draw a full piece every day or fill out a spread in the sketchbook every day. If you can get ahold of a napkin and draw a circle on it, you've drawn today. that's the bar.
>>41699964hard disagree, lowering the standard of "drawing" every day just enables you to not even try, just to shit something out to meet an arbitrary quota. you shouldn't have a quota mindset unless your trying to be professional, which most of the anons here either cant or dont want to be. its the wrong mindset
>>41699604>>41700123Doing a drawing everyday challenge is what actually got me into drawing pony. I don't know how much I improved doing it but it did make me more confident and made me want to keep drawing.
I make non pony shit at work to force myself to not just draw cute poners and to not be answered why I keep doing just that by my peers and just pony shit at home.
>>41700123Joining a draw everyday challenge was the best thing I could do as a new artist. The brain likes routine, and when it finished I had an itch to draw that previously wasn't there.
This draw has been grinding my ass for a while now. It needs some layers redone, but I wanted to see what you guys think before doing more. I think the main things are Twilight's coloring and shading, her drop shadow shape and coloring, and probably the flowers.
>>41700933Holy fuck that's a super cute twiggles!
>>41700933oml i love it
>>41700933Not an objective thing at all, but If twilight and the butterfly are on separate layers, could you try flipping them so the butterfly is framed by those clouds? I think it's fucking great man, the flowers are at an appropriate level of detail and twilight's shading might just need some texture but otherwise it's kino and I kneel.
>>41700123it's like you only read the last two sentences and spent no time thinking further on it. like, this is the entrance to a deep ass rabbit hole about self-discipline, motivation, procrastination, goal-setting theory, study vs. play, adapting exercises to students, and more, and I don't feel like diving into it. if you have a regimen that you think works better, share it. don't just go "you're wrong!" while missing the point: it's not about the quota, it's about the habit.
>>41700983>>41700992thanks anons>>41701067It is a good idea, but I think the original might work a bit better because of how the butterfly is moving with the flow of the clouds.
So, I would like input, Bale Bros. I’ve hit a wall of my own creation i was trying to get or develop a style as one would call it as all my artist friends seem to have there own style and they can do different poses and shading lighting the works the way I was currently drawing ponies after a little bit of practice seemed easy and made sense to me but I felt it was a little repetitive to look at compared to them so I tried looking up and doing alternate methods of drawing pony and absolutely none of them make sense to me at all I feel like I’m starting from scratch all for the sake of saying “I can draw ponies in this seemingly more complex method that looks better than how you’re currently doing it” I know the best way to improve is by doing and all that so I keep trying to nail this new way or go back to how I was originally doing it even though it doesn’t feel like I’m improving at all? Also let me know if I’m being dumb and overthinking this.
>>41701393holy run on sentence. Don't worry about developing a style because that will happen naturally as you progress. Instead, work on fundamentals like perspective, anatomy, and shading. Does your output feel repetitive because you're only drawing the pony? You might try putting them in different scenes or situations, try to tell a story etc.
>>41701410Sorry I always been bad at braking up my sentences and thoughts Basically I have tried putting them into different scenarios and such and was fun It just feels like I’ve gotten a firm grasp on how to draw the pony in a certain way and a certain pose obviously changing things like eye color mane cutie mark all that stuff but I feel like it’s more so the are around them is changing and no the base pony it’s self if that makes sense
>>41701472I agree with >>41701410: it's better to focus on fundamentals than developing a style for the sake of developing a style. At least that's what it sounds like (sorry, your english is broken and there's no examples to go by).The fundamentals are going to enable you to draw ponies in a greater variety of poses and do it well.Style is like a personal filter that those fundamentals pass through when drawing. It's gonna come naturally from looking at other people's art and adopting things you like, as well as experimenting and having happy accidents. Some elements of a style you choose deliberately, other things are just you subconsciously drawing things in a way that you think look right to you.
>>41701763>Style is like a personal filter that those fundamentals pass through when drawing. It's gonna come naturally from looking at other people's art and adopting things you like, as well as experimenting and having happy accidents. Some elements of a style you choose deliberately, other things are just you subconsciously drawing things in a way that you think look right to you.This.>>41701410Composition. The most important fundamental is composition. Well-composed drawing will still look okay even if everything else is mediocre, a badly composed drawing will look mediocre even if everything else is amazing.>>41701393Also, one important thing. Practice all parts of the image - sketching, linework, coloring, background, shading, etc - simultaneously. Trying to "pull up" a low side of the drawing skill is considerably harder than just developing it from the get-go.
>>41701784I don't know if I'm doing right but the only way I can practice is making what I want because I'm terrible following steps like guides or books for the sole sake of learning. I try to make different shit and don't repeat stuff to force myself to get better out of obligation to make real what I want to do.
Here's a practice session I had on drawing emotions. Moving downwards are my second and third attempts. I didn't use any reference, so my faces might be quite off. Red lines, and advice greatly appreciated.
>>41701917I really like how top angry turned out. The one below her looks like she has two horns ^^:)
>>41701763>>41701784Okay, yeah, I get it; that makes a lot more sense now. Also, holy smokes, I would like to apologize for any anon that had to read that wall of tomfoolery. Apparently forcing yourself to stay up and draw in a way that’s unfamiliar to you and then trying to form a coherent sentence and string of thoughts after a long day isn’t a good idea. I have no clue what past me was on, but they were not cooking.
>>41701905>and don't repeat stuffBad idea. Skills are learned by repetition coupled with iterative mistake-fixing.Maintain balance between practicing one thing and exploring new things for fastest progress.
>>41701960I wanted to avoid drawing always the same shit and get so comfy in that area that I would never do anything out of it but you are right. I was thinking instead of doing a simple draw erasing every mistake and then the illustration, doing a lot of drafts before the final work.
>>41701921Whoops /)>c<(\
WIP in progress fashion pony.
>>41703297Based
draw thread request
>>41703948>floppy sleeves makes me knock the hot cocoa on the book anon is reading>panicking, anon gets up and trips on the blanket they're snuggled under and tumbles face first into the fire>an unearthly moan of a scream rips out in the room as Anon slams down the front door and hits the doppleganger with a flamethrower>Twilight looks down and sees a disembodied hand fused to her hoof
>>41703963that is definitely the green of all time
>>41701917I'd say the important thing about expressions is to exaggerate proportions in order to fit them. Looney Tunes is good at this. Is this good to learn now? idk, but something to keep in mind when drawing loosely. You can always draw it a bit tighter after drawing the expression you get later.
>>41704102cute psycho deranged mare
I want to try doing vectorAny tips? Software?How fine is inkscape
>>41704102This is something I didn't consider at all. Thanks anon.
>>41703948Absolutely adorable.>>41704699The little experience I have with this is that Adobe Illustrator is the only software that's gonna feel like a "complete package" (even though it too has its limitations). Among the alternatives to Illustrator, Inkscape is a fine choice (plus it's nice to help popularize and normalize open-source stuff). In the end it's gonna come down to how you intend to use it. Just don't use it as an excuse to not practice drawing; you'll still need that understanding of volume, perspective, anatomy, etc.>>41704102100% agree. Some experienced artists like to draw the expression first, on top if the base circle, and then fit the shape of the face to the expression. But it takes a bit of practice to do this because you have to have an eye for proportion to make sure things aren't *too* misaligned ("knowing the rules in order to break them").
>>41704699Inkscape is good, even ignoring #FuckAdobe.
>>41704699i tried making flags and ponies with inkscape. most of the work in vector is either tracing something or trying to pull the nodes' levers around to get the right shape. inkscape or adobe illustrator will do
>>41704699inkscape is pretty easy to get a hang of and has everything you need exept in extremely niche cases, a tip I'd give for making images from scratch is to first draw a very rough draft in a classic drawing program or on paper then using that image as a base for the shapes you make in inkscape, also it's always simpler to use a lot of simple shapes than to make one big complex shape, you just have to name them well to avoid getting lost
>>41704803>>41704809>>41704810>>41704836thanks
It's Thursday
>learning some useful shit to make a better work>it's complicated and take extra time>almost all day at work>fucking tired>want to have something cool to show up on the interwebis not fair bros
Why her hair color order changes all time? Sometimes the yellow is on the top, other on the bottom
>>41706388WHo gives a fuck
>>41706388obviously an animation error, that's something bound to happen in a show where your shitting out episodes once a week for a voracious fan base especially with a character with multiple colors in their hair, generally the more complex the design of a character the harder they are to animate consistently. Most producers and animators wouldn't care about such a minor error due to time constraints plus most people won't pick up on it anyways unless they were autistically fixating on it.>>41706291nice work I'am not sure if I said it before so ill say it again but I love your scratchy line art it looks hella good in my opinion.
>>41706291TOLLTAVI SPOTTED
hello /bale/, I submitted horseys for my elective art class
>>41706953based as fuck nice fit too based round lens enthusiast, is that a czech commie era cap?
>>41706953based
>>41706953I fucking kneel holy shit
>>41706953incredibly basedalso glasses on anon is perfect how did i not think of it before
>>41706971It's Soviet era Ukrainian hat.It's to keep the glasses from falling off as it is tucked to the side of the hat
>>41706993Shit nice, I took my best guess on it right era wrong country. Nice thinking with that choice.
>>41706953Powerlevel: Unmatched
>>41707472Based
Boop
>>41707472i see tiny pony :)
>>41707472holy shit, nice sketchthanksfor the critique portion, all the men went silent. Only the women had anything to say, some even took pictures. I think they all know.
Draw Thread delivery
>>41708688Based>>41708719Also based
>>41708893boop
>>41706953Quick drawing of art chad and his lovely wife to bump the thread. Drawing a human was surprisingly hard. The proportions feel all weird compared to a pony. Could've done better if I was using my pencil, but just felt like getting something on paper.
>>41709506sovlful, my wife is so beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otcdGm4X14U
>>41710018oddly enough I have the more energy on 5hrs sleep than I do 9hrs. great work I will always glaze your line work cause I love it and to me its beautiful. my only crit is their ears are ginormous like donkey tier on steroids. other than that i like it alot.
>>41698294>I made another onePic?
>>41710482
>>41708719I love mares
Made a new mare today.
at a con, doodled a twi
>>41711312Cute>>41711799PreciousQuestion Until which point is acceptable to copy a pose or composition from a screenshot? I was trying to do something mildly complicated and I found a scenes that seems pretty similar to use as a reference. I would try to learn the anatomy and perspective to not having to keep being dependant of other people work.
>>41711912using references at any skill level is fine, its about building a reliable mental library of resources and shit, but at the end of the day if it works for you one way over another, than go for it. not like you get bonus points either way
>>41712004Thanks for the approval.
>>41711912>Until which point is acceptable to copyAny. Monkey see, monkey do, it's how you gain skills. Just make sure you're actually analyzing what has been done and replicating the process, instead of blindly copying the results.
>>41712523I mean yes, I see more as the supporting wheels of a child's bike and to deconstruct and analize the forms and techniques rather than just repeat something already done.
>>41713371nice lemnhart
>>41711312>Made a new mareCute. What’s her name?
the filly is done and doesn't need verification
>>41714090with better formatting
>>41714090Silly Spoon. Hopefully she doesn't get food poisoning from the stale Cheeto dust on that fur.
>>41714090>>41714097KEK nice job
>>41714995WTF LINKY OW
People how I can make better and more confident curves?
>>41714995WOW maretooth!>>41715416Two important tips:1. Rotate the paper so the curve follows the natural curvature of your hand2. Practice the curve movement in the air a couple times before actually touching the paper
>>41715433I feel so retarded for not realizing by myself.
>>41715231it's alright, it's just going to itch like an ant bite would
>>41715416mileage, just keep drawing with as much of your forearm+shoulder as possibleon a side note, does anyone know if derpi mods get pissy if I try to make my artist link an altbooru page? I want mine to link to eachother
>>41708688burn you tamersfag
>>41708688Bless you Tamerschad
>trying to make a nancy parody>i put a black background behind the characterfucking shit I am an idiot
>>41715496>caring about what derpimods thinkThere's your mistake, anon. Just do it.
>>41715759should have went with hatching for the bg or a lighter color either way, ah well there's always next time.
>>41715790Yeah but is already done and didn't realize until I was filling the spaces. Anyway I am redoing it with a different background. Thank for the suggestion, looking up other strips from the same character it uses hatching for some occasions.
First try with hatching, not very satisfied with the result.
>>41715955Go ahead, take a bough.
>>41715433Cute! Love the color swap, Pinkie lookin pretty good with Linky's palette >>41715477>ant biteoh no bro>>41715955Not bad bro, lookin better than your first attempt for sure. Hatching is definitely working better than the black and white, and I think the pony in general looks more well put together
I'm trying to draw fullbody mare, but always fail. It's either hind legs doing smth strange or head/body size being completely wrong. Neck is always too long or too wide. What am I doing wrong? How not to do wrong mare bodies?
>>41716144there's a few issues, the one i want to focus on is the head and body, what you did i you seemed to uses similar diameter circles to her head for drawing the body when what you typically want to do is have the head be the largest, the rump the second largest and the chest the smallest. Next your legs are too thin and long, for length they should be about one head long for width they should roughly be about half the diameter of the chest at the base and taper to about roughly 2/3rds to 1/2 of that diameter. for the rear leg the show only has the thigh/ flank overlap the torso when they are shown directly from behind, the side, or if there legs are raised/are moving. hope i helped, i will not be of any use for a bit because im gonna be hammered soon.
>>41713371Based lemon posting
>>41716226lemons are acidic.
>>41716080>pony antsNow, we might got something here gentlemen
>>41716223>> what you did i you seemedHOLY fucking esl moment I swear to Jesus Christ I'am a native English speaker despite me speaking fluent grug i also swear to god i was sober when i wrote that.what i meant was " what you did seems to me that you" fucking hell
Quick sketch took around 10 minutes?
>>41716624so you melt when you hug her and get absorbed into the lemonparty
confident enough in my art to start uploading art onto other places but have no idea what to call myself, any suggestions
>>41717906Ponyartist96
>>41717906im a professional namefag. share some of your art and what you like you create and I'll help ya
>>41717906put two things you like together, boom username ponyass
>>41717906something irreversibly connected to pony
>>41717312Sick doodles mang
boopa
>>41717644Would sit only to make mare happy
bumpa rumpa
About to get some money to buy a tablet but I can't decide between a Xp Pen Star 03 or a Wacom Intuos Basic Pen Small CTL4100. The Wacom seems to be made of better material and have a better software support but it's a little to small while the XP Pen I've read people complaining about the soft compatible and being less durable. I haven't had a tablet like in five years since a shitty Genius one. Any help?
>>41716080I realized we already have changelings but hey they can kinda be like Kirin, different pones but with some insect features (Totally different from changelings not)>>41720003Always hard to recommend anything but I can say that I've enjoyed the 2016 version of the intous small and it hasn't given me any problems till i replaced it with intous pro M. Though that one has started to be a bit funky with the drivers recently so idk. Can't say anything about XP pen unfortunately as I've never used it but it will probably have less durability than a wacom (usually) when it comes to materials.
>>41716080>>41720187
>>41716080>>41720187>>41720580fANTastic
>>41719249but you wouldn't know it's a jokestool
>>41721349That's a really smoll Trixie
>>41720187>>41720580Kek nice ants bros>>41721349Very cute trixe, she's got a nice little mare belly. Also holy shit that anon is fuckin juiced
>>41721578The petite and precious Trixie is indeed smol, Lunafren.>>41721687Thanks, Anon. I love pudgy mare belly's as well. Also, maybe Anons been hauling Trixie's wagon around, plus other menial manual labor that's beneath her.
>>41721578well, she is a little pony
>>41721912Oh damn, and now you've drawn best pony? Extremely based taste. Would definitely eat burgers with. I don't recognize your style but I'm loving your shit. You should definitely keep posting your stuff here
>>41722054Same, Rara is definitely my favorite. I love her histrionic episodes and general overall cuteness. I'm happy you like my stuff, too! I don't really have a style I guess, and I'm unfortunately very inconsistent, but I'm trying to work on that. I'll definitely keep posting my doodles here from now on. Thank you, Anon.
pre bed boop
Bump with a quizz
>>41722803black snooty black snooty!!!!
Any advice?
I finished the fashion pony I started here >>41703297
>>41724284Based
me rn
>>41725566You don't look like that at all though.
>>41725780Wanna bet?
>>41725797sure
>>41726325long pone is long
>>41725800you owe me 5 bits anon
>>41724284Nice, love the article she's reading
>>41726500No way... Bros is this real?
>>41727684Seems legit. She's got a date stamp and everything.
>>41727830files.catbox.moe/gla634.jpg
just got done with this RD drawing on a dormroom closet door she's roughly 1:1, i noticed she was about 10 or 15 cm too short just before i did her mane but i was lazy and wasn't about to make amends at that point.also i am retarded and i accidentally posted this exact thing as a thread sorry
>>41728172Wood in more ways than one.
>>41728172Nice cock bro
I work almost all day and get to tired when I get home so I don't have any energy to make something worth it or good at all and I'm worried to give up again and never achieve my goals. I just wanna get to my vacations and don't forget my promise to use that time to improve at least a bit. Sorry for the blogspot but I feel depressed about how much I suck and by a guy who talks regularly told me that I'm too old to get any better.
>>41728802Bro I feel that so hard. I been going out of my way to draw alot recently, but I work night shift and when I get home at like 2:30 in the morning alot of the time all I want to do I'd draw mares but I'm just too exhausted. Wish I could just draw ponies full time kek. Also you don't suck bro, and that guy is full of shit. You are never too old to pursue your passion. Whenever you feel like your stuff is shit just remember every artist is once where you are. Keep at it bro, just keep trying and you will improve
>>41683377/bale/ I have nothing to do for the rest of the month and I want to draw ponies and get better at it what should I draw
>>41729053you favorite mare/waifu naturally
>>41727830>sheOh good I thought the stallions were trying to turn me gay again>>41728172DAMNIT stupid cute stallion>>41729053Draw Twilight obviously
>>41729150here's another cute stalliondoes anybody know any simple drawing apps for android? like the most basicest of the basic. "i am willing to give up using the bucket or lasso/selection tools for simplicity" kind of basic.
>>41728178based
>>41729328ibis paint is a good option and its free
>>41729994anon i said simple. ibis paint is a complicated app and is what i already use constantly. i need simple, primitive, barebones drawing. canvas, brush, eraser, nothing else. it's all i need.
>>41720003ive owned a few XP pens over the years, most trouble they gave me is driver annoyances because id unplug the tablet and plug it back in when i wanted to use it, and had to restart the little driver thing. the one i use now i keep plugged in 24/7 and has been a gem. in the end, id just go for the bigger of the two just for convenience sake, since frankly most tablets at a similar price point work pretty much the same anyway
>>41720187Mmm...>>41730146I might try that one, tells you which one I choose when I get it. Thanks for the suggestion.
>>41729712>"Kill me.">"Later."
https://files.catbox.moe/p4clmp.gif
>>41731268Cute! Is there any reason you catbox'd it? You could absolutely have posted it in here no problem, gifs are postable on the board and the max file size of 4mb applies to every file type.
>>41731281there's an ip range ban in my region, that doesn't let me upload files
>>41731290F rest in pasta brother
First time trying to make a gryphon. My only reference was having a bunch of pictures from Google at the same time to have a basic outline.
>>41731450Oh no, Anon, I'm so sorry! Your griffin has autism :(
>>41726325>Anon, why did you give me poison joke that made me L O N G.Cute Flutters! Very appealing face.>>41731268Good sense of movement, really like that flick with the wings and then the emotions on the pegasus after.
>>41731657Oh no
>>41732593Just a plank
>>41730146Okay I got the XP Star wish me look
>>41734111
it's been a while since i last drew, decided to keep it simple with taking a crack at spoonies artstyle. hopefully i haven't done the style a disservice.
>>41735376fuck I'm retarded
>>41735379That is some good shit.
>>41735379Looks really good bro
>>41735462>>41735553You are way, Way to generous...
>>41734257Toying around with this, is a lot better than working with pencils and shit.>>41735379It looks beautiful, your talent should be repressed in any way and you have the duty to bring more cute ponies to the world. Keep doing your best.
>>41736286*shouldn'tsorry, my bad
>>41736286based
A quick Derp
>>41735379>>41735376Real cute danish honse! Good art as always.>>41736286Another digitalbro, welcome to the fold. For sketching I can recommend using a brush with some texture to it. It's nice to use imo.>>41736994Very cute Derpster, like the background colour too.
>>41734859
>>41736994And a very slow one>>41736929Thanks>>41737171Thanks for the idea, I'll try later.
something i did for the snowpone thread a few days ago. The lighting is poor and panel 7's background is bad, but I was already losing the will to continue barely halfway through the panels due to an amateur mistake I made at the very beginning.
>>41738299Looks great, are you crazy?
>>41737975>10holy shit
she's eating lunch
>>41739271nice
new OC hot off the presses :^)
>>41739616now show us her cool S shaped pussy
>>41740066Hear this nigga out
>>41740066I'm not him, but I felt like shitpostinghttps://files.catbox.moe/4czh6c.jpg
>>41740343kek fucking hell, based.
Must be the first time I make a mildly complex project and is not going as good as I want and not only is taking me a lot of time but also I get tired after a single hour of work. I don't want to give up again and have another unfinished thing on my back. Any suggestion to not get tired?
>>41739970Beautiful Appool>>41740784What usually works for me is taking a step back and analysing the whole thing before seperating all the parts making up the project. Then I tend to tackle each part one by one and makes it more managable to approach. I don't think you get tired after one hour but simply your brain is overwhelmed by all the info you need. Also taking breaks from the project and work on other things can be good, that's how I managed to keep working on the same painting for four months during this summer atleast. Though there is always a risk of not getting back to the project.
>>41740807Yesterday I had my day off and was like two hours of break between one of work and I feel it's useless this time management. Also is annoying getting home after my work and be so tired that I can't keep advancing significantly on the week.
>>41739970Cute appul
>>41739970Apple loaf
ive been going off with the chatbots in /chag/ and its kinda lit a fire under my ass to practice comic type illustration. while it could be argued its high effort, the effort per page is spread so thin i think it fits nicely in bale. i wont repost the old ones from the past few days i posted in /chag/ but i will share the comic i did today1/4
>>417416792/4
>>417416833/4
>>417416854/4
>>41734257>>41736286good shit anon, i hope it works out for you
>>41741679>>41741683>>41741685>>41741688Fucking kek anon. Brought back some old comic-making motivation I had back in high school. Gotta take some time and write something to draw.also great Twicry
Balebros, you ever have that sense of imperfection when you draw, and take way too much time needed to correct every single out-of-place line? And in the final piece you just don't feel like it's the best
>>41742598Of course, we're artists after all. To go forward you need to let yourself be able to make "bad" art, bad . And sometimes you gotta push through that ugly stage every artwork has to come to a finished state. We spend so much time looking at our work and obsessing over details that only we ever really see. Nothing is ever really perfect and working towards improvement is hard. But either take a break and come back to it or let go of the perfectionism a bit. One bad line or circle does not define your art journey.
>>41742598drawing is very much about finding that magical "good enough" point sometimes. your best of the best drawings might come ever 10, 20, even 100 attempts. thats why its important to have fun drawing often. that way those attempts fly by quicker and more reliably
>>41742598Nope, I've made my peace with "good enough here". If what I'm drawing doesn't focus on teeth, I'm not going to waste time on perfect teeth. If what I'm drawing focusses on perfect ass, you know I'm going to spend my time on perfecting that ass.
>>41742965what if you need the perfect ass mouth with teeth lining the ponut to bite any wayward dicks
>>41743157Then that's what I focus on.
havent posted on bale in a while hope everyone is doing good.. heres a AB i just finished up
>>41743734Oh hell yeah toltavia!>>41743814Cutabloom
>>41741688i kekd so hard, peak comic
>>41741713Thanks, i'm trying my best>>41741973Looks nice, maybe with a better illumination and adjusting the contrast would be more eye catching. Too bad because looks very nice.>>41742598You need to start somewhere >>41742629I love it>>41743359Art>>41743734Excelent >>41743814I love it
>>41743814Adorable Appul
Retard fast board today for some ungodly reason
>>41738316Possibly. To explain, the interior train car background lighting is the worst because it feels flat, but I don't think the lighting on Frosty makes sense either. Filly's looks better, but I'm still not sure it's right. As for panel 7, I couldn't figure out how to draw the train's engine from the angle the train was at, so I ended up raising Frosty up a little to mostly hide it (nor could I work out whether the wheels and tracks were visible at the angle, but Frosty would have already hid most of that so I just kinda dropped the issue). Which in turn messed up the sense of depth and made the horizon look too high. In hindsight, it also made me draw the buildings too largely for the distance they're supposed to be at since I did that later and neglected to hide Frosty's layers in the process.
>>41743734nice hatching
hormse
Recently got messaged by some guy who wanted to try doing RP. Never done roleplay before so I don't really know what to expect, but figured the worst that could happen is that I wouldn't like it so I figured I'd give it a shot. Anyway, designed a new OC to RP as and I'm looking for some advice on how I might flesh her out a bit more and maybe improve the design. I'd like to keep her white since I love white mares, but not dead set on the rest of the color scheme, feel like it could be improved. Personality wise I'm thinking I want her to have a cutie mark she doesn't really understand and she is searching for the true meaning, like trouble shoes. Not really sure what the cutie mark should be though, just know it should be fairly vague so any ideas for that would be helpful>>41741679>>41741683>>41741685>>41741688Fuckin amazing bro, laughed my ass off 10/10 comic>>41743814Looks great as always. I love your art man>>41745445Cute watercolor mare! Nice to see a painting
>>41741685>a shelf that's just a bit too high for herkek
>>41743359Great lines>>41743734Toltavia best tavia>>41743814Such a cute bloom, great work>>41744110Thanks! Just finished it, was for a request in the drawthread. >>41745445Lovely watercolour twi, the outline really frames her well.>>41745468I don't got nothin to add but nice mare!
>>41745445qt twiggles i love her!>>41745468>rping with randos on derpibooru, assuminglyplease don't get date raped brother OcO. nice oc by the way she a cute>>41745623KEK
Here's the first piece of pony I posted here, and a second attempt I did today on the bottom. I was trying to keep my second attempt as close to the original as possible in terms of composition, but I had to change it a little to make it more pleasing to look at. It was pretty fun to work on this as a little draw. I might do another one soon where I can make the pose look more dynamic. Any critique welcome.
>>41746094extremely based and very good progress
strawberries yummy
>>41745940Kek I had my reservations but it's not like I know anyone else to try this with anyway>>41746094Great progress, like night and day. My critique is that it looks like she's wearing a backwards ball cap, if so I think the bill should flare out more, not so flush with her head>>41746168I love the strawberry mare
>>41741688Loved the one you did before too. They are great.
practicing some squash and stretch
>>41747150Looks great.
>>41747150CUTE! Are you the same anon that made that nurse red heart singing to anon webm?
>>41747267yeah, maybe someday i'll actually animate that
>>41747320Based, you have a very cute art style by the way.
I need to remember to do simple doodles like this more often to keep things fun. Sometimes grinding on unfinished higher effort pieces can get pretty draining.>>41745445I love her! Watercolors have frustrated me my whole life though. Shit has a mind of its own.>>41746094Awesome improvement! I remember the original post, but I don't know if we've gotten her name?>>41746168This bitch. I wish she was like a running gag, trolling the whole mane six one by one over the years.>>41747150based animator anon
>>41747585cute poners
merr crimbus (early)https://files.catbox.moe/d4nok2.png
>>41748712KEK I bet she eventually falls asleep and wakes up dry and cookieless
>>41749484Yes.
Atlas mare is back, tiny version from the magma canvas.>>41746168Gladly, great strawberry!>>41747150really liking that turn, animation is so cool>>41747585agreed, just sometimes making shit with no real pressure is a good way to relax too. Sometimes something good also comes out when you least expect it.>>41749484The Twi-ster
>>41746254Thanks>>41747585>Awesome improvement! I remember the original post, but I don't know if we've gotten her name?I suck with naming. How's Pitch Slider? She likes to make Twilight threads.
>>41749904Qt
Never painted or anything before. How can i save this ugly thing?
>>41751367you can save it by stopping such harsh self criticism. it looks alright to me. keep going.
>>41751367i have to agree with bug horse anon
>>41751457Im happy with how it turned out in the sense that it captures what i wanted: the beautiful night sky of equestria and a pony sense of longing or wonder, I just need to actually study up and learn proper techniques
>>41751737Very nice. This is really good.
>>41751737i like it. good job, anon.
>>41750959
>>41752305
Bumpers
>>41752687
busy thread today
Hate watercolor so much.
>>41754830Looks lovely, simple lines yet effective.
>>41754830Based retard operating in a medium you hate an doing it like a boss>>41755017Kek
Bumping the thread with this sketch I did for the Smel thread. >>41750479thanks!!>>41751737I think you captured it, the moon atleast to me is pretty and illuminating. >>41754830Great words and work watercolour-chad>>41755017merrly chrimsas
Need a new thread soon
>>41756393still got at least 110 posts to go, neat style by the way.
First serious attempt at drawing pony.
>>41757890Looks good, the mouth could be lower though
>>41757890Based keep going brother
>>41757890You had a good start, please keep that way.
>>41742492>>41745468>>41745488>>41746616thanks anons, its pretty fun doodling this AI nonsense. it might be a while before i do more comic type stuff, but i do have some other robomare interactions i wanna doodle, including but not limited to MGSV but with anon/twilight/spike during a changling waruntil then, have a neetmare my friend and i have been cooking up i finally put a face to. shes a history buff, borderline fujo, who'd rather argue on the internet than listen to her mom and find a nice young man to get her out of the house
>>41759584qt qt qt
>>41760184much appreciated
>>41760307hell yeah brother np
am dying
Sleepy boop
Some experiment
>>41761184>>41761209>tfw so drunk i though this thread was /kinder/god im retarded
>>41761958Based
>>41763768It's Billy!
>>41763768qts>>41764030nice derpo
