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):>>43059602 Previous /bale/ thread:>>43014297
>>43108514qtlicious>>43108707KEK
Small sketch of two of my oc's meeting. >>43108514Lmao, probably got some great tunes tho>>43108707>Think filly, you'll outlast every insignifigant fandom OC on this board! You'll live to see this site crumble to dust and BLOW AWAY!>What will you have after 500 bumps?Great reimagining of the scene anon
>>43108393I want to practice facial expressions, how do it git gud
This is my second animation. This stuff makes me appreciate all the professionals out there that make it look effortless. This was significantly more difficult for me than the last one I did. The real challenge was cleaning and coloring. I started to notice things I didn't like, but it was so late in the process I couldn't change them easily. But it doesn't look too bad when you don't look at it too closely.
>>43110087These two will grow up to be a cuter couple than her and Shining ever were
>>43108514the mare is FUCKING despondent
>>43110087That's cute as fuck, anon
>>43109622qt ocs>>43110087oh hell yeah this is some good shit brother
>>43110211nice appul
walkig
>>43110211cheers>>43110553where is she going?
>>43110553mare stroll
>>43110553She looks smug. Why's she smug? She shouldn't be so smug!
>>43110553>>43111156My first thought was Trixie, and that would definitely explain the smugness
Another little continuation.https://litter.catbox.moe/i8n5nu.mp4
>>43111253I dont like how it sounds, but I like what you've got.
>>43110096I'm no Shining hater, but I can't deny I have a headcanon.>>43110120>>43110124Thanks!>>43110553Looks pretty good! I can imagine her wearing headphones listening to music
>>43111319>>43111253You have a great concept! I agree the audio does not sound natural, but that's a limitation AI. Keep going anon!
I finally stopped being lazy and finished this piece of clop.
Required reading: https://files.catbox.moe/g4abrr.epub (best original copy)
Random pone head test
>>43112700holy moly
>>43112700Zoowee mama!!!
>>43112700That ass, my face, NOW
>>43112442Read this. Then read Little Pony Drawing Book. And Loomis, of course.
daily pony: day 1feedback very welcome, trying to improve as much and as fast as possible.
>>43112700i need her to teabag me with her titties>>43114211cute scoots, impressive for day 1
>>43114211A very good day one, I'd say focus on you anatomy and you will be fine.
>>43114211Good job, scootaloo is my second favorite pony. She is so sassy.Feedback: keep learning anatomy and proportions. The body is way too long and the legs too short. The mane is too thin and doesn't look to have any volume. I think the right eye is positioned incorrectly, and doesn't look to be attached to her head. Her left leg is bent in a manner that is anatomically impossible.As for improving, keep practicing. Draw a lot. Sometimes just repeat a drawing again and again. Study your favorite artist, see how they draw and try to mimic. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Also try to be more confident in your lines and avoid 'chicken-scratch' drawing. I struggle with this myself, but it'll make your drawings more intentional and build your skills. Using a mirror is also another good trick to see things that don't look right.Don't let this discourage you. I hope you keep up on posting, I would love to see your progression :)
Some random sketches of Sweetie Belle
>>43108393Mare my gf drew
Maybe regrets exist to remind us not to give up, lest we carry another.
>>43114981that animation looks very nice
>>43112341Catbox for the uncensored version?
What am I doing wrong? Is her neck too long? Muzzle unaligned? Smth else?
>>43114638why not chicken scratch and chicken erase enough times until it's clean enough to be intentional
>>43115150nice anon there anon! draw cwc's pony oc ^:D
>>43115189i completely forgot he made one i'll do it right now LMAO
Cleared the canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZGhttps://ponerpics.org/images/7464385png: https://files.catbox.moe/75maf8.pngpsd: https://files.catbox.moe/kkvfd2.psdPrevious canvas: >>43097969
>>43114762Super cute, and sassy lill fill.>>43114981Another nice animation!I can't stop looking at the digitigrade dragon thigh-hips you gave Spike. Noice.>>43115085Looks pretty dang good to me!I never feel like I get snoots right either. And the show's flash rigs usually only snapping the muzzles from full front to full-profile doesn't make things any easier. So I can't help there.Maybe hinting that the chest and rib cage are starting around the connecting point of the front legs would help with the neck feeling too long?
>>43114762cute swib>>43114981nice work
>>43115085its a simple fix you just gotta give them a little more jaw, I'd also recommend tilting they eye slightly too. the eyes being straight up and down is more of a pone looking directly at you face forward thing and even then not completely. this is of course assuming you're taking inspo from the show.>>43115150based nice work anon
>>43114036
Just doing whatever felt right for the style of my oc lol ＼(◎o◎)/
>>43116063zebrin, cute
>>43116063Can I cum inside of her?
>>43114211day 2 daily ponyI tried to avoid chicken scratch and improve my anatomy like >>43114638 and >>43114570saidfeedback very welcome
>>43116308oops
>>43116316Nice butter anon
>>43116316Nice, already seeing some improvement.
where do you bros upload your art these days? i havent been paying attention and now all sites seem to be garbage?
>>43116784Wondering this too.
>>43116784socials like twitter/pone.social for immediate dopamine, boorus for longevity, sprinkle in various generals for ez bump fuel
drew sedusa... I mean, mane-iac
>>43117002I love mane-iac. Nice job
"Anon, you can't keep messing up my books like that."
>>43115028https://files.catbox.moe/rquz4e.png
>>43117779Imagine her face when she finds out anon nutted in the mare anatomy book
>>43114211>daily ponyNot to knock your effort but if you want to get good you'll have to do a lot more than a single drawing a day. Art school students need to do a thousand (yes, a thousand) sketches a week.
Im messing with audio now and its a nightmare. https://files.catbox.moe/nbrd4n.webm
Saw a picture of a horse doing a cool pose, so I thought I'd recreate it.
>>43118015unf
>>43117864Sounds like a good recipe for most hobbyist people to completely burn out.
>>43117864nah you can make very good progress doing daily draws and for the average person doing daily draws is going to be pushing the limits of what they can do on a consistent basis. >>43118358 is right on the money. what matters more than anything else is how well you learn and then implement that knowledge.
>>43115150now draw her pregnant
Boop
>>43118936very slow thread so far
>>43118936bump
>>43116308No day 3 pony :(
>>43117780That's a nice Twipussy
day 3 daily ponyforgot to upload, will upload day 4 later todayfeedback very welcome :)
>>43119767forgot to mention: if anyone wants to see a beginners attempt at drawing their favourite pony please suggest some il try my best to do them justice
>>43119770Cheerilee.
>>43119767oh hell yeah brother, you're improving rapidly. her neck is a bit thicc tho and her left, our right, eye only has one lash.
Long time without posting here
>>43118358Nobody is saying you MUST draw thousands of sketches a day. Just that if you have free time to draw, use it to draw, and don't think "well I did my draw of the day, time to relax now". Getting competent at drawing IS hard work and you MUST force yourself from time to time (especially forcing yourself to get out of your comfort zone).
>>43120233I agree with you generally, but in the very beginning I think it's better to take it slow until you naturally feel like pushing and doing more. Eventually, once you've got the habit of starting, it'll be automatic to go longer.
>>43120233but what if dont want to do anything because i have depression
>>43120441I agree with that attitude actually. You shouldn't overdo it, especially since you won't see a lot of return on your investment in the beginning and that would just lead to disappointment. Better to start slow and do it for fun on the side and when you see steady improvement in like a year ramp up your training.
>>43120450Drawing cute mares will help cure your depression.Or not, depends on how much you can cope with the knowledge that they will never be real.
>>43120520>Drawing cute mares will help cure your depression.actually true, ngl pones have gotten me out of more than one deep depression funk
second time drawin Moondancer
day 4 daily pony: special edition: double pony
>>43120997mare stare
>>43120520Honestly, drawing cartoon horses is kinda therapeutic.
>>43116846which booru? is there a good one? i'm REALLY outta the loop sorry lol
>>43121527iirc twibooru and ponerpics are the routes most anons prefer, i dont post to them so your mileage may vary
>>43121529awesome ill check both out, tyvm anon
Noi gets a letter. Tried to rely less on copy and paste. Very rough, don't plan to work on it anymore though.
a celestia somewhat based on Alex from Street Fighter that i made on my way homei couldn't figure out how the bandana would work with the horn
>>43121501I rarely do and im no good but when i do it feels cathartic
>>43121552cute
>>43121552I love her a lot!
>>43120968She's a good unicorn!Rad to see her in the Trial of Harmony style!>>43121552Anon! You're not supposed to write such things to cute little fillies!The bounciness of her appearance movement and her gasp are great! A very fun sequence.>>43121628Will Celestia also get to marry the girl she tutored and raised from foalhood?>>43121835Very cute surfer pony!Big props for all your guide and volume lines. I wish I was as diligent when building my ponies.
>They got him>Shame, he was really good with the mares>>43120968I like the way you change the eye/iris. The legs seems a little bent, check out some sitting pony reffs since the hind legs can be tricky.>>43120997Double mare stare goes hard>>43121552very cute, good work on this.>>43121628I tihnk the bandana can go either right under the horn or a little bit behind it and further up on the head.
>>43122089Thanks
>>43121529I don’t use it, but derpibooru seems to have the largest audience.
>>43122456derpi's jannies have a hate boner for random shit, so everyone ive seen talk about it doesnt recommend it. if you just wanna archive your work to let other people see it, no sense in going into the sharky waters when the others will work just as well
>>43122456derpi does have the largest audience by a mile, most of the alt boorus scrape from it so it saves time since you don't gotta manually upload your shit to the alt boorus. the only real downside to the altboorus is that the majority of them have minuscule communities, and the mods themselves can be just as autistic/corrupt as the derpi ones sometimes. looking specifically at ponybooru and the controversy one of the mods there got into a few years ago. >>43122470generally speaking as long as you don't go out of your way to fuck with them or constantly fight with people they leave you be. political shit in general should be avoided on derpi regardless of what side you're on iit always starts shit in the comment section and gets downvoted to hell. so if you're one of those people who insists on being a political activist and constantly shoves politics into your pony shit, anywhere else that isn't derpi would be better for that kind of stuff.
>>43122526I prefer small communities honestly. The bigger the community, the more retarded and tasteless.
>>43122541a perfectly fine and respectable choice, out of all the altboorus ponerpics is definitely the most active followed up by twibooru, twibooru doesn't have commenting though if that matters to you. ponybooru is dead as fuck as is manebooru. you also have the choice of pone.social if you want a twitter like experience without the cancer of using twitter and a small community as well if you decide you don't want to use any booru.
>>43122526I've seen a whole host of some very degenerative stuff they are willing to host, so I wonder where it is that derpibooru draws the line and gets controversy, unless it's like you said with political junk.>>43122541Same. I personally don't care to have an online presence so posting here is perfect for me.
>>43122700generally on derpi and most of the alt boorus almost all fetishes and content are allowed. derpi does not allow lolicon though while twibooru and ponerpics do. race of course is also something that should generally be avoided but doesn't generate as much ass blasting as you might think unless you have a particularly polarizing take or people get the wrong message from your art. generally you're allowed to post whatever but obviously since the derpi community is so large and diverse you can absolutely expect some blowback on anything remotely controversial. what really seems to matter the most is how you interact with people and the mods though, if you go around fighting with people and the mods constantly and just generally stirring shit up you can expect to get banned. to date I've never had any trouble with any of the mods, I keep my interactions on the site mostly positive or as neutral as possible and don't get into flame wars with people so take that as you will.>>43121835>>43122762qt
I can't into diagonal head view.
>>43119503
Luna doesn't get Halloween, or whatever ponies call it.
>>43122796Thanks
Drew derpy todayDoes anyone have any tutorials on drawing hind legs? I always struggle with them, at times i try to hide them by using clever posing. But i think its about time i learn for once.
>>43123794KEK>>43123889hell yeah brother the hind legs aren't bad at all they are a bit long but that's a perfectly fine stylistic choice. I'd personally do >picrel but that's just me. the neck looks short with your execution, but I can see the vision you were aiming for. even if I can't describe it right now because I'm drunk.>>43124213I'd love to se what you could do with some clean up or even digitally. would be fun
First time I actually sat down and drew something. Though I cheated by constantly looking back and forth between my drawing and images on my laptop.>>43124071 qt
>>43124071I have thisI saved it along with a bunch of images that used to be in the Imgur link because I think they were getting rid off certain accounts or something>>43124256I hope to work my way up to it on paperI used to draw digitally but all the devices I used are now damaged or broken
>>43124256I usually draw mares with shorter necks than stallions, but my last drawing was def short cuz of the angle. Thank you for the redlines ill keep em in mind.>>43124310Thank you!
>>43124071>>43124374VERY qt drawings of BEST mare, great stuff anon
>>43124310Thanks for drawing my beautiful wife. I don't think that's cheating though, using references is kind of essential to learn to draw an existing character or body type or anything really that isn't conjured up on the spot.
>>43124374This looks very good!
>>43124371This may be a helpful reference when i decide to try something other than a simple static pose
Drawn this fag againSorry
>>43126396Who's this guy and why do i keep seeing him
>>43126410My ponysonaAnd gonna keep posting him because I like attention whoring
>>43126396If you are the same artist, you've improved a lot. Lineart looks clean and the shading looks good. Though I think you should do something different with the facial hair. It still looks odd. I think it's cause the mane and the beard merge seamlessly, but I'm not sure.
>>43126432Thanks for the recommendation and I'm still on the process of how to figure out how how to deal with the facial hair and mane. Maybe a big influence from anime where spikes are prominent and an easy way to make an unique silhouette and also that I have beard myself. Also by using something not so common in OCs or even canon ponies is hard to find a reference to copy or learn from. Also because I don't consider myself good looking or handsome at all so I like the idea of making him somehow weird and an outcast at first sight.
>>43126441I have never even attempted to draw a beard on a pony, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt. I don't even think I can describe to you why it looks strange to me, but I will try - hopefully other anon's will contribute. I think it looks werid, to me at least, because the back of the mane connects directly with the beard. In reality, the beard doesn't connect with hair like that, and instead connects with the side of the ear. I looked through the boouru to find a beard similar to yours that I liked.
>>43126477Okay now I feel like an idiot after seeing some bearded ponies having the facial hair next to the ear instead to behind. Gonna test how it looks, thanks for the help!
>>43126396Literally caveman beard kek
>>43126413I'll take all the pony i can get, carry on
>>43126477Tried with two approaches, this is the first where doesn't connect to make some reduction of mane mass (also shrinked) the back hair.
Second one where I tried to connect like you said but somehow I fucked up
And another one for the sake of curiosity
longer shy
>>43121552Big Cute anon
>>43126653Flutter Long Legs
>>43126612Nice, it looks better in my opinion. keep experimenting.
>>43127440Okay you was one of the most helpful people for my character design I've come across so far and guess a lot of folks around were annoyed with the look of the beard so far but didn't want or couldn't explain why it looked bad. Think gonna go with the one with you quoted or something like that. Thanks!
Remember that you're drawing volumes, not shapes
>>43127787I know but I'm too retarded to draw in 3d
>>43127912you got it all wrong dipshit. You were too retarded to read at one point in your life, and the correct effort brought you here. The same goes for drawing in 3D, start with what you can mentally grasp. For example, if you draw two overlapping shapes, one of them is closer to the viewer than the other, that one overlaps. Very simple, but all projection is expanding on this idea.
>>43127949When coloring I've been making shadows and thatchas added a whole different dimension to my drawings and it's great. It gets that overlap look without too much fuss
>>43127985There are many tricks that create the illusion of understanding the form, but they are just tricks.
>>43127787I mean for this in no way to confront, contradict or condescend, but that blue figure is hard for me to read. Do the top and bottom connect or overlap? Is it supposed to be see through? The lighting seems all over the place, I can't make sense of it in my head. The other one looks fine, though.
>>43128319that is somewhat on purpose, to illustrate the illusion of form. Every arangement in 2D is both at once until defined. Its like the hollow mask illusion which paradoxically autists do not fall for.
Some gradients practice At least tried
>>43128326You could just admit you fucked up.>>43127992Nothing more annoying than an autist with a rudimentary understanding of the basics trying to put beginners down. Come back when you manage to contribute in the spirit of mutual improvement.
>>43128710you're really gonna diss my boi the autist like that
>>43128710Fucked up what? It's very important and anon said he can't do it. He can he's just lazy. Maybe you can do it too.
>>43128795mare based example for reference.
>>43128813Is the mare looking at you with a smile, or turning away in disapproval?It's all up to your imagination!
>>43128535Sweet, a ponified Jetix logo
Trix
>>43129437would
posting for my gee ef because she got range banned for some reasonand yes she not xhei aint no faggot
>>43129766st8 sovlme gusta
I need some fresh eyes on this, bale!Is this snoot wierd!?I never do proper construction and just add snoots by feel. And for some reason I always try for this halfway angle, that's in between the two flash ones in the show, so I have a hard time finding references.Thus I draw snouts that I end up not being able to tell if they look okay or all wonky.Any other aspects that need criticism are also welcome!>>43129437Big lady with tetas! Good stuff!Always impressed with the clear definition of your bodies!
>>43129871Im no professional but i think the snoot looks just fine in my opinion, very nice art by the way!
>>43129871I'm a beginner myself, but I think it looks good. I would personally extend the chin to go tangent to the midline(the red line I drew), rather than curving it inward. Looks like a stallion so I made it more sharp. If it was a mare, I would make it more rounded.
Tried doing a study, I think, guess I'm just not sure if I'm understanding the anatomy correctly or making false conclusions about how to apply references
Another rough Noi animation. Tried animating on threes instead. And I >>43129976Looks good! the shapes look 3D, which shows you have a good understanding of form.
>>43130006Forgot to remove the circle.
>>43129871looks fine to me >>43129976seems like your homework has payed off and that you're on the right path>>43130014nice noi
>>43129896 >>43129946 >>43130026Thanks. That soothes my worries about the snoot.And >>43129946 advice about her chin are good. Helped me realize I had to round it more and change where the helmet's chin strap goes, to get it out of the way of the neck/chin merging point.>>43129976All those muscles look real good! All way above my knowledge, so I have little input.Giving those two rounded, lowermost chest pectorals more love and attention like this is always a plus in my book.Your bucking sketch with it's more balanced center of gravity is cool!I'm sure AJ is throwing her whole weight like that cause she knows the tree will keep her up, and it's a more powerful line of motion for the animation, but yours is suited for both bucking trees and happy air kicksies as well!>>43130014Very nice! Only thing I'd suggest it to maybe run more "o" mouth frames for the "gooning", to help one's mind sound it out a little easier. And if that makes her mouth look too static, you could try adding another O frame; maybe one where her mouth makes and even smaller o, for maximum "ooo".Might be hard to fit though, since it looks like she shouts it out quite quickly.
>>43130076I'm glad I could give some advice that helped. Like I said, you already made i look really good as is. As for placing the snout, and just the general proportions of the face, I've also have had this issue. I was just winging it and while sometimes I could get results I liked, I couldn't be consistent with it, so a few days ago I tried developing some sort of method. I personally like to give ponies a check and chin, a little different from the show, because I think it makes their faces have more volume. I think I have figured out what I like. This is really just for me so there is a lot of crappy drawings as I practiced. But I highlighted the ones I like. And thank you for your suggestions. I've never animated mouth movements so I wanted to see if I could be lazy and get away with how typical anime does it. But I'll try your suggestion.
>>43129437Show us the rest.
>>43130119What a bunch of cuties!That's some diligent stuff, anon. You should be proud. I really should stop being a lazy ass and do some training and studies at all.Your animation does looks great as is! I'm just very biased towards looking for mouth flaps at the moment, since I just recently got done making another animation where I got carried away and matched my flaps with every single phoneme. My plan was for easier open/closed, semi-matched frames as well, but I fell into feature-creep, as usual.It's over here if you wanna see: >>43118350 . And while the syncing turned out pretty good, that long sentence is actually only 5 different mouth shapes: "general open", "I/e", "o", one universal half-open tween frame and the closed one.Also: the extra blinking in that one is entirely inspired by your cute "rocking anon-colt" gif.
>>43130006>>43130026>>43130076Thanks Anons, I'm enjoying studies for once its so much nicer now that I'm not afraid of them lol. Do you guys have any suggestion on I guess indicating the forms in line art? like I can visualise the bulge of the thighs and shoulders but when I have to go over with the line art how can I give my pone depth/volume without adding too many anatomical details?
What is the best way to fix the pony chin/face in this? Is it okay or does the face look too circular or off?I need to do more gesture faces...
Oh damn, my /BALE/ mare from last year made it to an OP, nice. Here's some mares I made for a marecon project that I don't think I'll be able to fully finish in time
>>43130744What is this new captcha, holy shit
>>43130747
>>43130749Who is it? Does she have a story?
>>43130641face is perfect anon. If in doubt, make the muzzle features smaller, most people accidentally make them too big or too high up on the face giving them a chin, but this is perfect.Technically show accurate pony heads are slightly oval shaped, longer in the vertical direction, but it's a stylistic thing. Might be what's bothering you though.
>>43130756None at the moment. All three are based on these minis I got from marefair and painted
>>43130833I like her mojo.
been awhile bale, i haven't drawn my wife in nearly a month and was jonesing bad.
>>43130155>>43129437https://u.pone.rs/rajawgdg.jpeg
>>43131157I want to suck on those teats.
I liked it a lot to make it another, coloring it was fun>>43122100good idea maybe next time I will make it smaller, behind it doesn't really work to look like Alex>>43122089kek my goat isn't living that down for a couple of months at least
>>43131769awesome art!
"Come down and see the rest of the girls at Mare Fair."
>>43130014Posting here for completion sake. In the future, I'll probably post these elsewhere. I colored and shaded it, and also tried using different line colors rather than black. Even added some stupid motion lines. I think the smear frames on her arms could use some work, but I'm done. Further feedback is always wanted.>>43130299I tried your suggestion and I think that small change made the mouth movement look much better so thank you! And I have to say I feel pretty amazing that I inspired an aspect of yours :) I never heard of the character but I love her. >>43130641Like the other anon said, face looks really good. Her right eye kinda looks like it's not on the face, so my only suggestions would be to play with the eyes further.
>>43130932Nothing more pure than love between a man and his mare. Cute.
>>43130744>>43130747>>43130749These are lovely anon.
>>43132192call an ambulance
>>43132056I love her
>>43132056qt>>43132192hella qt love your shit you draw some of the cutest mares
>>43132056Wonderful!The stretching frames make the fast movements so bouncy and fun!And the warm shading and colored lines makes her look all soft and cute!You even put soft blending shade down by the "table", and a soft blush as well. It looks very good, and I'm jealous cause I'm always afraid of adding soft blending to my gifs, since all the colors in the transitions tend to ramp up the file-size real quick. Maybe I just need to start using the dithering option. Or a better program than CSP.>>43132192Incredibly cute! Would ask if she wants to be put together again.
>>43129871I think you're being thrown off by the helmet since it naturally and unavoidably throws off the profile of the head. Only real thing I could say is that you could maybe stand to make the helmet a tiny bit larger
Hope this is okay for this thread, Lyra drawing!!
>>43132903She's rump shaven... (cute tho)
>>43132922OH MY GOODNESS I FORGOT THE TAIL!
>>43132903Rushed to add something! Aw jeez, i mustve forgotten since i was so wrapped up in one of my rewatches while drawing that i didnt even notice.
>>43131157Omega based
>>43132944nice leera
So I think I'm absolutely retarded like I tried to draw some other person oc for practice or whatever then I got tired after a while got to bed and started to doodle on the phone and made two or three things on the phone to relax a little and can't make much outside my own character. This one in particular mainly taking as reference from a screenshot of the show. I kneel to everyone here because you're pretty good and talented and doesn't suck as I do, hope not to bother anyone here
>>43133284mogs me
>>43133350Doubt it
>>43133839I only have one question is this an oc or is she an anonfilly? either way she's cute
>>43134307No idea. Normally, I have an idea first then try to draw (and fail and move onto actual characters from the show), but I created her while trying out sketching method. I decided to keep her around to play with as I read the book and go through the exercises.
nuclear horse
>>43135274will i melt if i hug her?
>>43136381it would be extremely painful
>>43135274Eldritch mare. >>43136262This is lovely, good draw through.
>>43136510Thanks
witness my creation, /bale/
>>43137241its cute.
Flutterbutt. Perfectionism keeps getting in the way. I'll need to do a horsebutt/horsepussy study at some point.
>>43138035it kinda looks like a small ball sack
>>43133284You should stop with colors for now and focus on shapes of the body, what pieces make up the legs/thighs/chest/thighs, use references, copy and trace other pieces with proportions you like until you learn them for yourselfLook at the resources at the top of the thread for poses to copyCopying other pieces is the best way to learn as long as you are using good pieces with clear lines and not chicken scratchAdding colors and backgrounds are things you should focus on once you get a good idea of shape and proportions, it will make you much happier once you start to see the improvement in your pieces yourselfKeep trying though anon you might be the only stallion artist I've seen consistently on bale, I'd be disappointed if you ever stopped after all the effort you've put forward
>>43138915Would you get mad if I'm too dumb to be able to put that in practice? I feel bad for letting down people who follows my work. Like I know that muh style is synonym with mediocrity but I am really slow.
>>43138908I need more practice drawing horsepussy
>>43140050you're cooking dude
>>43139132No one is too dumb to practice any form of art, It'll take effort but you can do it even if you are a sub 90 iq apeYou can go slow, just focusing on bodies, you can make a million headless bodies or body-less heads and you will improve as long as you keep drawing with a goal in mind and adjusting till you get it right
>>43140081Thanks. I'm really struggling with hair, though; specifically the tail.
>>43140707this might help. Elipses are the abstraction of a 2D circle viewed in perspective. It's made of two lines connected by curves, one short and one long. The rule is that they are always true 90 degrees to each other and the difference in length determines the perspective tilt of the cirlce.This can be used to model tubes by having the line of the center of the tube divded up into incriments seperated by elipses. hopefully the pic is clear.
>>43140986Yeah, that cleared things up some. I'll try it next time. Thanks for the explanation and picture. This is old btw
Draws I've made today in a marecon streamhttps://imgur.com/a/gUZLNHI
>>43142392It was a very comfy panel anon.
>>43136381She'll enter an excited state.You'll be fine, until she calms down, then she'll emit gamma rays.
bros ive never drawn a pone who should i make first
>>43143457drunk boop
>>43143299Rockfarm pinkie
Here's one of the drawings I did during Marecon where I experimented with using an ink brush.
>>43143483i dont know pone enough to draw a whole body yet
>>43144315I've always found it easier to do full body. I struggle with details so general shapes are pretty easy to do. Your pinkie face is very good and has me a bit jealous
>>43144361>I've always found it easier to do full body. I struggle with details so general shapes are pretty easy to doi have trouble breaking things down to shapes, i kind of draw as I go which is a habit i should stop>Your pinkie face is very good and has me a bit jealousThanks anonFaces is all I'm good at lol
>>43144478>Faces is all I'm good at lolI can't draw eyes, every time i try to draw eyes without a reference the character looks derpy
>>43143299>>43144478>Faces is all I'm good at lolYour faces are great, anon. Think you could grace us with a Moonbutt too?
>>43144478 (me)BTW, what apps do you guys use for digital? I've tried Krita, Paint Tool SAI, FireAlpaca, Photoshop, and Clip Studio. I think I liked clip and sai the best...>>43144485I just try to draw eyes that look good rather than looking accurate. The best example I can think of atm is how Toriyama drew eyes in DBZ. They were anatomically incorrect purposely to look good from whatever perspective the panel was, that's mainly why the 3d games struggle to translate the style>>43144486I'll try a side profile with her munching on the moon or something
>>43144486lunas my favorite alicorn so i had more fun with this one
>>43144519Based!
copy your favorite artist and you will see massive gainz
>>43147049>The Burdened legs
>>43147049Based
>>43147049This looks good. I love the color composition. I can't help but agree the leg's elbows looks a bit strange. Good work though!
>>43147049ok, went back and polished it with my own knowledge, it looks a bit more natural and less crooked now, although i have to use a different angle stancealso cleaned it up a bit because less is more i guessthis is why you don't just copy artists all willy nilly because you'll end up copying their mistakes as well, lesson learned
posting for a fren since he got a 3 day for posting ponuts in the marecon thread
>>43147479If your first post wasn't sick already, this is a million times sicker!
>>43147779comically thick necks
>>43147817Do I have to say it?
Cute nois
>>43147779I freely offer my services to blue mare
hope you fucks are doing well.Here's something I scribbled while in voice chat
I’m having trouble with the shape of the head and the eyes, as well as their proportions. Would anyone please have any tips?
>>43149845Hell yeah, I love seeing more animations!
>>43149887yoinked this from the link in the OP
>>43150020My ponies always end up too long
>>43150020I think I didn’t pay much attention to the links and ended up missing that tutorial. I’ll see if I can take a closer look at it. Thank you
>>43150104You just have to keep practicing. After a while, you start to see flaws easily and don't even have to use guidelines.
I like to picture this scene to keep myself motivated.
>>43150178you are so, so based
quick pone gesture study
>>43144491I used krita myself, mainly cause it's free and it serves my simple purposes of drawing cute mares. But I am curious to try out Clip Studio Paint.Procreate is also really good if you have an ipad. StylusX just released on windows, which is pretty close clone to procreate from what I have seen.
fucked this one
>>43150342Lovely curves :)
>>43150357I'm retarded. observato studiesmember /balef/ you can always fix it up later
>>43149845That's fucking adorable.
Pinkie I sketched
>>43150376BASED
>>43149845These are all really good. A whole lot of movement in all of them!>Rarity's tail lifting, and that dockBig unf>>43150178I'm lucky she's up on the moon and can't come punish me when I fail her command.>>43150343RUMP!>>43150376Nice! The classic, old-gen hoof grip!
Me trying to do better on my expressions. I chose not to use the circle tool, cause it made it look stiff, and instead just freehanded it and made corrections as I saw. Would love feedback.
>>43149845Look at Trixie go! All those look really cute.
>>43150342Ah it's that one anon's draw horse, fuck, what was her name again? I can't find the thread to check, but she was cute and you drew her cute.
>>43150743Found it, her name is Blankette >>43013529
>>43150615not exactly sure what the scoot one is, looks like kind of annoyance or personal distastethe bloom one is greatsweetie is good toooverall, when humans express emotions, they almost always turn their head in some way (turn away in disgust, turn up in shock, turn down in delight) that is one of the nuances that makes it feel real
>>43137241HORSE
>>43150615they look good to me
>>43150861It's supposed to be disgust, shock, and awe. This is good advice, I'm gonna practice more on expressions and posing.
Drawing on a tablet is different. Anyone have a good guide on how to draw ponies on procreate
>>43150615>>43151238They do look good. But like the other anon said; Scoots expression does not quite match the intensity of the other girls.I'm gonna sling the same advice I always do and suggest to raise the corners of the mouth.The mind says that an upward lip line makes happy smiles, but the cheeks and corners of the mouth are involved in almost all powerful emotions; The negative ones as well.A disgusted mouth is a bit closer to a snarl than just a frown. This usually also makes the cheeks involve the eyes, but you already did give Scootaloo a lower eye squint, so that's all good.Please excuse big autist examples drawn with a mouse, since my drawing pad just went and killed it's usp port.
>>43151479Unfortunately you probably just have to learn how to use the system, drawing software is different but procreate has lots of useful tools that you just have to learnProcreate has a circle tool that is helpful for drawing guides to pony proportions if you look at the bale tutorialshttps://mares.horse/bale
>>43151505Yea, i may just need to spend more time with it. I need to understand how the layers work so i can ise the mask feature
I really liked drawing llve at marecok can't wait for /mlp/con
>>43152484>marecok
My first attempt at digital. I was learning new features and better methods up until i finished. Hopefully my next attempt is even better
>>43152606Not too shabby anon
>>43152361She's so happy! That mare is always so cute!And great job on anon's hand! It looks good and correct! Fuck hands.>>43152606The first digital canvas is always a whirlwind of learning.Nice going! I really like the clothes and saddlebags. Trying to align and fit clothing onto ponies is always daunting to me.
>>43152606What's his CM?
>>43153143Trogcord
>>43152917Thanks>>43153117Whirlwind of learning is a massive understatement. The tutorials seemed pretty straightforward but when i actually got into it it was something else entirely. There are a few features i still need to learn and a couple methods i want to try next time, especially with the clothes as i can do some interesting things with the layers if i put some more effort into learning how they work>>43153143The cutie mark is supposed to be a take on a Phoenix. This was my inspiration
>>43153260Yeah, layers are the biggest power of digital for me.Being able to mess with stuff without affecting anything else is very important to me. It's why I keep staying with Paint Tool SAI, since it seems to be the only damn program that properly stops colors and blending from bleeding across both layers and selections.But it also makes me tend to end up with a million layers, all with spaghetti-code style co-dependency to one another. Blessing and a curse.
>>43153346The tutorials for procreate show them adding color and showing it not bleed off the layer but the couple times i tried it it didn't work. I'll have to try again
>>43153614For procreate, before you lift your finger when placing a color, wait for the color to fill the area then move your finger right/left to adjust color threshold. That will probably help your issue.
>>43153688Oh, im familiar with that function, i was talking about when using the brushes. The lower can have a set boundary where the brush won't go off that layer
>>43153702Oh sorry, I’m not entirely sure what your talking about then. Are you talking about clipping layers? I’ve never have had issues with those not working correctly.
>>43153745It probably works exactly like it's supposed to but i just don't know how it works yet. The two functions are called mask and clip. I'll do some practice tonight and see if i can figure out how they work
>>43153117the secret is taking real pictures of your hands and tracing them
Heartbroken anonfilly
>>43154579she needs a hug
>>43154579I'm going to hug her until she stops crying and nobody can stop me
>>43154589wholesome :)>>43151503Sorry, didn't see this until now. This is a great explanation! Again anon, I appreciate the time spent to illustrate. Even willing to do so with a mouse, that's dedication.
>>43154185That is a good idea.I usually spend a lot of time staring at my own hand doing the pose over and over. But then I still have to actually understand what I'm looking at, and properly translate the shapes and construction back down onto the 2d image.Maybe when tracing the actually correct hand shape and proportions, one can learn a bit of those proper shapes while physically drawing the correct lines as well?
This perspective stuff is hard.
>>43156012Brave of you to try. I want to do it and make some buildings but i will probably try some other time once i get a little more experience.In personal news i experimented with different brushes and shading some more to get some texture and add dimension
>>43151505Thanks for sharing these resources,they are very useful!
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>>43156038>once I get more experiencethat mindset won't get you anywhere, it's now or never
>>43157368I guess that's true, it seems like a case of toss yourself into the fire and see how it goes
>>43156012It sure is. That's why I always shy away from it, despite desperately needing and wanting to get better at it for a number of drawing projects, that instead lie on indefinite hold until I "somehow get better at it".>>43156397Pretty lady! And a very good job on making such clean lines and stuff in that very limited program!>>43156670No, anon! You have so much to live for! There's even a cute mare right behind you!What? That cute mare is the one telling you to do it?Quick, anon! Do anything that cute ponies tell you to do!
Is there a good mane styling guide ponies use? When you look at stallions like Soarin his mane goes pretty low down the back of his neck like a real mane and mares like Older Fluttershy seem to have her mane pretty low as wellWhen doing more up-do styles like ponytails its a little awkward I find to make them look right
>>43157643Also please critiqueI tried to keeping it more mane like in the back without exposing too much of the back of her head, but feel it still looks a little funny and can't find too many good references for hairdos
>>43157648looks good anon
>>43157648Your mare has a gracious mane
>>43157368On this token i think im gonna try animation and throw my hand into it. I think if i just separate the character into different layers i can use the transform features to move the layers if the character between frames. I'll just have to think of the logistics of how to do this
>>43157723This works, but as I've learned it can make it look very robotic and is not good practice. It's harder but you'll get better results redrawing and flipping back and forth to make sure volume remains consistent.>>43157368I disagree. It's good to challenge your comfort zones, but it can be discouraging as a beginner to try to tackle too much at once.
>>43157770This only applies if your doing frame by frame
>>43157770Ah, well, hopefully this works out then, if it doesn't i guess I'll have to do it the hard way
I think i have a good starting point for the animation attempt
>>43156038I think this is an amazing leap, you are already working with textures and shading, I'd recommend looking at Marc Brunet's free brushes and his tutorial on how to use them because he has some nice painting brush sets + texture brushes which I think would help you a lot here when it comes to shading and texturing piecesThis is a really good place to work off of, I hope to see more by you in the future
>>43157648I really like it when the mane properly springs from all of the neck, like a proper horse mane.It makes adapting human hairstyles a bit trickier, and even some of the show manestyles either cheat or just obscure where the hair is coming from, making adhering to such a rule harder.I'm bad with making manes overall, and I sometimes fail to make pony hair anchor from and run down the neck, despite very much preferring that be the case.I like your Flutters and her mane a lot.
>>43157648one thing that will probably help is to remember that ponies have a TON of 'volume' in their manes. Like the shape of the hair springs out further from the shape of the skull than you might expect. So the top of her mane and the area behind it with the pony tail could use a bit more size. That's the only thing I can nitpick about the mane itself, it's good
>>43157723>>43157770>>43157772>>43157791Well, this was the result. It was going well initially and it got easier after i had a few mouths i could turn on and off to animate the mouth movements but i was getting tired going between frames and such. I have a massive respect for animators now
>>43158364Hell yeah, good effort. Animation is no small feat. Great thing is that it’s a skill that anyone can get better at with experience.
>>43158456I don't think I'm going to be trying that again any time soon. Drawing this pony gave me alot of insight on how to draw ponies and i want to get some more practice and get even better with my still shots
>>43158493If you can make an animation, you can definitely make a comic, it's a happy medium
Cleared the canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZGhttps://ponerpics.org/images/7473319png: https://files.catbox.moe/pm9sc3.pngpsd: https://files.catbox.moe/gsuo0j.psdPrevious canvas: >>43115505
Thing made for the Born to be Silly pack
boop
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>>43158364The eyes were surprisingly smooth. The timing on the legs needs work, you can probably remove a few frames from the arms going up to improve the look of them going up
Trying to stop giving my horses microcephaly.
>>43160886
Really happy with my new guy. I'll take some time and shade him and see were i can get with him
>>43160886nice rare>>43161474s1 luna a cute
How does a personal art style end up developing? Is it just a case of you do it enough times you get a non standard way of doing things keep doing it
what if mlp had a goku black lulidk how this would even work but I like the idea of an alternate twilight who didn't obsess with trying to rationalize stuff like pinkie sense, and instead became cunning and calculating
Man I feel bad making those guys in the thread the other day wait for this. It's not my best
>>43162321For me, art style is a combination of imagining, observing, habits and gimmicksThe easiest way to develop a style is to copy someone else's, that's when your observation skill comes into playMaybe you have a favorite artist that had a particularly nice style and it stuck with you, and you wanted to borrow a few elements - some pieces to complete the puzzle that is your art style, then by all means, do it. Artists steal from each other all the timeObserving goes a long way - just by looking at art that you like will build your visual bank like crazy, and by having a large bank filled with key details will make it easier for you to encorporate them into your own art styleHabits - artists will always have some kind of familiarity in their art. I would say this is interchagable with gimmicks, since one is a deliberate act and the other is a natural occuranceArt style doesn't just correlate with how the final product looks like, it consists of a lot of smaller details that the common audience wouldn't bother noticingFor instance, an artist may use a particular set of brushes and will only use those brushes only, because they're the most comfortable to use for them (habit), and yet, the usage of those brushes comes from the fact that the artist may have been exposed with art that utilizes those tools, and wishes to learn how to draw as such (gimmick)The artist may have a certain way of drawing something, like emphasis on some details that may or may not be very blatant in the artwork itself (gimmick), maybe they have a certain way of shading and coloring that they use in their artwork, etc etc. It's a very common observation on fetish and porn artists, that's why they have a such a recognizable style (not particularly related to appealingness)Another way of noticing a sense of development to your art style is recognition - when someone realizes who you are just by art alone, even if you have little to no presence onlineAlthough this requires some social engineering, exposing yourself to the internet general and the sacrifice of some of your privacy. It's hard to erase *everything* from the internet when you started posting, so tread with cautionIf I was missing the point and the question asked how *to yourself* does it mean to develop an artstyle? Then I guess is to accept what your art is currently looking like and to work from thereSome people don't like how their own art looks like and ended up most of the time experimenting with different methods to better optimize it - while it is good to be flexible and trying out the best ways of fixing or improving what you have, it's also advisable to be comfortable with your own art style and not be too critical about it
>>43162675In the end, developing an art style comes to a loop of observing and copying, think of it as making a doll out of parts that you took from something or someone else, and no dolls will ever look the same to each otherArt style is everything you're most comfortable with sketching, drawing, rendering or painting; it's something that grows with you as you improve so there is no rush.
>>43162483Kinoooooooo
>>43162483Really nice draw! But god, I wish that was me.
>>43141592I'm a tad late but I anonfilled your oc, I hope you like it.
Trix plot
>>43163160>welost at home
>>43163017Thanks, I'm flattered.
>>43161590I found a tutorial on using alphalock, it made shading an absolute breeze. The guy mentioned alot of people use the multiply layer function for shading but i didn't pay too much attention to that
>>43163160Draw her crushing my head like a melon, thank you.
>>43163234np brother
>>43163268Yeah layer modes are weird. I think it's probably good practice to just pick colors yourself and do it manually. Basically multiply layers just darken the layer below with the color tone of what you're using. Screen layers also work for the inverse of that, so you can do toned lighting. Then just change layer opacity for intensity. I use both of these when I'm not going for a whole-hog painted style.
Hey, fellas! Turns out if you put off your routine doodling for a good few weeks, you get rusty!What a wild new discovery, eh? Wish I knew that earlier.
>>43164084>rabies dashGod I hope she bites me
>>43164060Sounds like it'd be worth learning how multiply works. I've just been using a darker/lighter shade of whatever it is im painting with alpha lock to make sure the color doesn't bleed to other layers. Wouldn't hurt to know how it works
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>>43163160Stop with this ugly thick neck and oversized bodyShe is so fat she can't walk, use the /bale/ guides if you need help shaping the body so they look like a pony
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>>43164689I hate to break it to you, but the fact he's drawing Trixie and with those proportions makes it unlikely he'll stop seeing as he's doing it pretty much certainly on purpose.
