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):N/APrevious /bale/ thread:>>43186691
>>43262833Physical, also, i use the overhand grip to draw
>>43262846>overhand grip to draw...Huh?
>>43262855Like this?
>>43262882KEK
>>43263073MODS!!!
Is it wrong for me to internally judge someone when they seem to be making things for years yet they make next to no improvement in actually improving their skills and instead just staying way to comfortable in what they know, rather than actually putting any ounce of effort in improving?Sorry if this comes off as rude but whenever I see someone in that way of being it just always makes me wonder why don't they just put at least a bit of effort in trying to improve rather that staying in what they view as good enough.
>>43263530Autism on both sides
>>43263073hot
>>43263073Unf!
>>43262855This.
>>43262882Great post.
made on MsPaint
>>43263683I like this :)
>>43262882Breaking from the classical mouth-grip norm might be a hassle but, as you can see here, it can be done to good effect! This technique also keeps ink and paint stains away from your mane!>>43263073Scandalous!>>43263530As one of those kind of people: No. I am also disappointed and angry about that aspect of myself. But just barely not enough to actually stop being lazily comfortable with the 'okay enough' level I'm at.And I'm afraid I'm not analytical enough to answer a 'why?'. But it does seems to be my general mentality in all things and rears it's head in most aspects of my life, even beyond hobbies.
>>43263847In regards to that one thing I'd suggest is asking people what they view as your weak suit and then putting effort at improving that. A lot of people passively say positive things as to not sound rude/hurt other's feelings, when sometimes you just need to put it out there as to what one needs in order to improve.It may hurt one's feelings, but take those types of critiques as something to grow from. Almost every time I've gotten that type of response even if I found it a bit rude, often times they were right and brought me to something I found significantly better than what I was pigeon holing myself into.
Cholo filly and dragon
Does anyone post on any kind of gallery website? The rest of the internetoutside of /mlp/ makes me not want to draw with how shitty it is.>>43263881Based art>>43262882Isn't it called overhoof? Kids these days..
I love trying new perspectives. Flutters' hair can be kinda hard, though.
>>43263873I'm actually quite aware of my weak points and have actively shelved several sketches for not having good enough know-how and/or execution of different art skills to complete the idea to my own standards. And I know what steps I could take to improve. The main issue is that I just don't bother to take those steps.I think it's laziness and a dash of narcisism. Because despite being aware of how mediocre my stuff is, I am still quite proud of everything I do. Even quick doodles and shit.But yes, having people to ask art stuff and honestly critique ones drawings would probably be positive despite all that!
Got the pencil down on the canvas for my painting for marefair. Already got the colors worked out, more or less, so now it's just a matter of putting paint to paper
>>43264013Ooh! I saw this one over in the Lyra thread! So cute!I love the way they are both leaning over the table for their own separate reasons. And I really like these kinds of "what BonBon sees in Lyra" images!>>43264137Very nice! I like the shape of all her legs, and the way her pieces are layered in a way that creates depth and really sells her angled-away body.But yeah, I'd, maybe, add another strand of volume to the back of her mane-swoop there or something, to unite it with the neck mane and not disrupt the circle of her head.
>>43264159Thank you for reminding me to do something for the Mare Gallery.Also looks great anon.
>>43263530For myself, I don't really care about "improving". I just like to draw silly pony things from time to time, not interested in ever being particularly good at it or whatever.
In the previous thread someone asked me to draw Celestia with Angewomonhere you have anon (if you see it)i already did Pinkie with Etemon, next is the comandramon one
>>43264427Based. Fuck assholes who need to turn art into a competition.>>43263530That means you, dickweed.
>>43264629The thing I'm getting at is not the idea of making everything into a hostile competition, but rather where the trajectory people strive for is one where they can improve and look back on what they made they can be happy with how much they've improved. Its just the mindset of trying to improve rather than just stay in the land of stagnation. Its just nice being able to see people be happier with what they're able to accomplish by pushing themselves just that little bit more.
>>43264622would fuck both
>>43264622Would fuck Celestia
>>43263530>Is it wrong for me to internally judge someoneI'd say so. There's a fetish artist in my fetish community who has drawn effectively the same since 2008. People have been bitching about her "not improving" since at least 2012. The art's not terrible, it just hasn't changed much in 15 years. And I don't care because they're at least drawing stuff and have been for over a decade. The ones who "try to improve" are almost always also the ones who crash and burn out after four years and nuke their account.
>9
>>43264957Might just be a different outlook on whats valued. Improving at one's craft should always be encouraged as opposed to leading someone astray to stagnate on the good enough and them never reaching their full potential.
>>43261511cba doing any more effort for the background, and I don't feel like adding shadows yet
>>43264148Nothing wrong with being proud of your creations, Anon. It's just your laziness. There isn't really an easy way of combating that other than just doing it. Find some time to work on whatever you need to improve and then work on it. It'll get easier the more you do it.>>43264427Based.>>43264629You're a hostile man, Anon.
>>43263683Welcome back TgWeaver.
>>43265446I don't see why you have to care how others spend their time with their hobby.
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>>43266110
>>43266490want help?
What does the button do?
>>43266649it makes me cum uuuooooooohhhhhh
>>43266942sometimes i think my lines are a little too thicki almost forgot her freckles!
>get idea>struggle to draw idea>make a little progress>idea immediately spirals into a three panel comicOne step forward, three back.
>>43264427Sometimes I say this and mean it. Sometimes it feels like a cope.
>>43263530No, it's not wrong at all and I wouldn't listen to the people trying to shame you for your completely valid thoughts. People want to censor and beat anyone into submission who dares speak truths or opinions that might hurt their poor fee-fees, but I for one believe people should be a little less sensitive and accept that others can feel, and think, however they please. The ones feeling offended should look inward to why it offends them so much to begin with. With that said, I agree completely; stagnation isn't a good thing, and I don't really consider those people "true" artists, personally (again, this is a personal definition, no need to take offense). If someone has 10,000 drawings and they all look the same, they are not an artist to me, just somebody who likes to draw. Can people love their repetitive, consistent drawings? Of course! Can said drawings have lots of value? Of course! However, as you say, they do not put any ounce of effort into trying to grow or improve. I believe they become totally content with what they can do, they likely see they have consistent fans that always like their stuff anyway, and become satisfied with that. They do not put extra effort in, because that is simply too hard. Humans are very lazy creatures who can become content even in the most horrid of situations, after all. I do not understand it myself. I would never be satisfied with stagnation and simple consistency, and am always trying my best to improve like a madman. The urge to improve consumes me. I believe I have made great strides the last four years due to my obsessive effort, although it's non-pony so I don't think it's relevant to show here. I would also like to put efforts towards making my ponies look better. I don't think I'll ever get them to be as good as I can draw humanoids, but if I can improve their look then I would be very glad. >>43264629Hm, I don't think it's a competition. I only want to grow for my own personal reasons. I'm technically higher skilled than all of my friends, but I absolutely cherish their art and every picture they create because I love seeing the unique things they can make. And I love encouraging them to grow and trying to help them with anatomy, with how to draw with copics, how to make comics, or whatever else they need help with. It's not a competition, but instead a marathon we're all running together!>>43264622I love love LOVE these Digimon drawings! I just started replaying Digimon World 3 the other day too, so it was such a pleasant surprise to see some Digimon drawings here. Lovely work. I saved them both.
>>43267521Thanks!i didn't know if people like it so i stop for a whilebut if you want a Digi and a mare just tell me, i'll be happy to do it
>>43267527Hmmm, how about Fluttershy with Terriermon?
Filly swim
>>43267534She's can't fight her addiction
>>43267609"excuse"
>>43266946aj's eye lashes are a tad thick but I suppose that's an intentional stylistic choice? looks a bit incongruous with apple blooms since she had dead on show style lashes. did some tweaks and a lil redline, biggest issue is you seem to angle your snoots down quite considerably you should try to aim for an angle close to but not quite 90 degrees with in about 5-10 degree margin roughly speaking. gave bloom slightly thicker lashes to mirror an re-enforce what you were going with on AJ stylistically but not as thick under the assumption you're going for a more mascaraed look for your mares. tweaked the shape of the bottoms of the eyes slightly rounded and smoothed them out a bit, dropped AJ's freckles a bit to match the move. AJ's eyes could be bigger but that's because her head is a lil small in relation to her body, it isn't a deal breaker but something that should be noted, apple blooms eyes are bigger than her's because of that issue. line work thickness is fine overall along with line quality couldn't hurt to experiment with more variation in line pressure and thickness. overall you're on the right track keep on going! sorry for the novel kek.
>>43267621>forgets the fucking image
>>43267621>>43267632thanks. originally aj had lashes like bloom's but they looked so small for being a bigger pony so i made them thicker. and i swear snouts take me the longest to draw when sketchinghonestly im just happy this only took me a few hours instead of a couple days like previous artworks ive done
>>43267613It's really late and he's really tired, so he slurred his words a little.
>>43264622Oh hey, that was me. Love the little scenario you put them in.>>43267527As a Digimon fan, they're great anon. If you want to keep posting them, then do it.Since I asked for that Celestia one, I'd feel bad for asking for another one, but if you feel like drawing more, Gabumon was always my favourite with waifu Trixie.
Drew this last night.Was inspired by someone else's image of Posey walking on magic-grown flowers.
>>43268466Is she watching a subway surfers reel?
>>43268487She's streaming.It's really hard to tell due to the scale though.
>>43267562Here you have anon, hope you like it>>43268016no problem at all, i'll do it
>>43267595Another >>43268610Very cute I love your digimon draws
>>43268610based>>43268662qt as always
>>43267595>the armpitis this your barely disguised fetish?>>43268662I really like her mane!
>>43268610Awwww thank you, it's so cute! Insta-saved!
https://files.catbox.moe/uwyunf.mp4Getting a bit tired for how slow is this getting to be done, wanted to have like ten minutes of material maybe I should scale down my idea or give it more time.
>>43268879Happy to see an anon working hard on learning a skill but also I hate tamers and think you should be thrown into a cement mixer of nails until you turn into a paste. Don't give up and aim for that ten minutes.
When you lack the correct model, just do a texture swap on the closest looking one...Needed a younger Sci-Twi, but there isn't a Source model for such (for understandable reasons), so I material-swapped Silver Spoon's model.[Posting this here because the Gmod thread is specifically for the server, and /create/ doesn't exist right now.]
raritys mane/tail... so hard for me to draw
>>43269024It's hard for everybody, if it makes you feel any better.
Dance of fags
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Retarded filly I’m scrapping
>>43269636She does seem cute but not nearly as cute as salmonella
>>43269639True. Might draw her getting molested because I hate her
>>43269636Retarded fillies are great...I have atleast two
>>43269643taken advantage of while intoxicated
>>43269644You can’t just say this and not show me anon
>>43269186love it.>>43269636:sob_emoji:
>>43269636>>43269643Wtf! give her to me. Ill take care of her.
>>43269652I havent drawn her for a while
>>43269636I kinda like this OC, actually.Design is probably the weakest point, and even then it's still decent.The character idea is what I love, though. Bizarre and unusual, yet incredibly mundane, life story. Perfect background pony material.
>>43265509This took way too long. Trying shadows was fun even if I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. I'll look at more guides and tutorial on my work time.
>>43270524vunderbar
>>43270524That's my own OC and I forgot the horn.
>>43270404I agree I’m not sure how I feel about the design. I was thinking about changing the hair to yellow
>>43270547Forgot pic
https://ponepaste.org/10560Requesting cute draws of this greenLewd optional but I wanna see some of the cute sfw scenes drawn out oco
>>43268016done, here you have anon, enjoy it
>>43270551Hm...I think the green is important, since it matches the eyes and CM.But maybe swapping the gray stripe for yellow could work. Would make her hair look even more "fruity", to match her mixology talent.
Deleting a bunch of old stuff and decided to give her a ball before she is never drawn again
>>43269186saved
ive never drawn these ponies
Am I doing this right? >>43271031I like this change. It's such a small thing but really adds a lot.
>>43271031This is my favorite version
>>43271009KEK good this is some good shit. I know fuck all about digimon but the joke and the context of the situation won me over.
Aside from the tail, how can I improve this? Something doesn't look right but I'm not good enough yet to see what I can improve on
Felt like sharing this older drawing on a whim. Spent a long time on it since it was one of my first and put a lot of effort into it, but never posted it anywhere else.Inspired by Tamers12345's "Shattered Harmony" film.
I hope I can work on this more today. Here's where I landed last night before bed.
>>43271031Great idea thanks anon!drew some guys filly oc
>>43271335Maybe making it less long?
>>43271681aderpable >>43271790thats a cute filler
>>43271790Very cute! May I suggest that when you use reference photos for painting backgrounds, you should try making your own colors instead of just pulling straight from the reference photo. The realistic photo colors kind of clash with pony.
>>43271850 I like the contrast but I’ll consider it. Brighter colors just seem to cartoonish
>>43271855It's not quite as pronounced in this one, but it was really noticeable in the fishie pond drawing from before. And I mean they ARE cartoons and you have a very cartoony style so it fits! Maybe you get so used to looking at the photo that other colors seem wrong or off.
>>43271009Wow, I love it. Thank you for drawing it. Your art style is really cute, and I love these scenarios you come up with for them, gave me a good laugh.
>>43271009Did you ever do commandramon? Maybe I missed it, it’s ok if you didnt like that request though.
>>43271872i forgor...but i'll do it!
boop
>>43271855I love her little booties
Did some doodles at work, trying to improve and understand
>>43269652Old pic I drew
>>43271855She's so cute
I made this draw just because I found curious how his dude wears a belt despite not having any pants and wanted to do something lewd with the idea. Also made a clean version of it because didn't want to limit the reach of it only to cloppers.Cockbelt version:https://files.catbox.moe/22x6a4.png
>>43271872DONE!took me a while, also the drawing kinda corrupt in the middle but i kinda save ithope you like it anon
I love Zach's stick ponies
>>43273108
>What do you mean by "long face?
>>43273108This might be my new favorite twilight image, you drew her and commandramon so cute! Hell yeah awesome picture anon !!!
F
Did this kind of thing again.
B^U
A final quick piece I made before Finish Line's thread archived. In my rush I managed to forget BOTH her and Fluttershy's wings
Quick 20 minute doodle. I haven't drawn in months and couldn't decide on what to draw.
>>43272229
>>43274642Fuck, kept forgetting to make a finish line drawing
https://files.catbox.moe/ftib6w.pngBoobs
>>43275385
this is a sketch that i didn't finish cause wasn't really happy with itbut i gonna post it anyways
>>43276329also this one of spikethe legs are kinda bad, but it was a practice so
been trying to draw every day now; did this one a few days ago and hoping that i keep refining things over time. been loving drawing ever since i got back into it a few months ago
first time drawing in a long time. it'll take me a while to learn how to use these markers properly.
>>43275911very cute and lewd
>>43276253
>>43276968
>>43276524based
Progress...
>>43277338
Happy proud month, be proud of being an anonfag
>>43268879Do you have a Discord?
>>43271031I really like her now.
>>43276486It's weird, but I kind of like it. Make him taller and he'll look like a teenager.
>>43278438yeah add me by me mailif it's serious tell me what do you want
gave up on this zoot suit Tempest. Doin a stream if anyone wants some live crits and fixes. I cant be arsed to type out fixes
>>43278660you're not gonna get as many anons on here as you do on /ic/ because you don't post as consistently here as you do on /ic/. would also enjoy seeing more stylistic experimentation aswell. will be neat to see, do say your apple post though if you do or otherwise people won't know. it's hard to pick up on subtle stylistic details.
>>43278716There's a fine line on what mods will ban/warn over. I dont want to be a shill, but social media sux and I just wanna make art and help other people do that and faggot mods make it VERY difficult. Got run off /co/ a while ago for the same sorta thing.
>>43271850
Peach fuzz is best background filly
>>43278443I want to follow along with the progression.
>>43279246Quick peach
>>43279246>>43279590qtqtqt
>>43279597Last one for a bit
i made a little thing of minty and derpy bumping into eachother, because in g3 minty was the silly clumsy one
i also drew derpy again
and again. love this little tard
>>43279849True
>>43279969awww they are so cute
>>43279891lol derpy
>>43279977she is 1 million the cutedoes anyone have any drawing requests of her? [sfw only im bad at porn]
>>43280076Vampire derpy
>>43262834I’m curious: is anyone here inspired by Bob Ross’s videos? He seems to have made concepts that were difficult for me to understand as a child in elementary school art class easier to grasp as an adult, but I’m wondering whether anyone else has the same experience.
>>43280112on it!>>43280121can u stfu we saw the first mssg
>>43280112i dint give her little bat wings bc i tried and failed but hope u liek it
>>43280169What an adorable vampire. Thank you so much!
>>43280173no problem!
>>43280076Derpy calling anon retarded for not walking on 4 legs like everyone else or trying to teach anon how to walk on 4 legs
>>43279590Tried drawing a g3 pony for a change instead of my usual fillies https://files.catbox.moe/c3gupz.png>>43279890Really cute! I love your art
>>43268879ignore the other anon. I also got shit for using the tamers tts voices. have you played around with haysay/the ppg voices?
>>43280315I don't mind the voices, but there is literally a tamers oc and it is clearly tamers inspired
>>43280294Nice teatas.
>>43278442my problem was the leg position, it look likes he's taking a shitbut again it was a practice since i don't know Krita that much yet, spike is fun to draw
scandi reporting in, been busy and lazy as fuck. did some dogshit scribbles on equally dogshit paper while trying to not shoot myself doing trade training for electric boat. I just want to go on the shop floor and do practical work related shit.
Did some gay shit because I was inspired and kinda horny. Not perfect but I'm surprised I could complete it in like three hours https://files.catbox.moe/8w6m5f.png>>43279329Too bad my xitter is banned due to bot moderation but you can see here all my profiles, send me a dm on any of the links to contact ignore the comm info I don't want to shill but I'm careful to share any more personal info in the open>>43280318I want to make something with some Tamers OCs with my own interpretation but without poop, farts or piss and instead some futa
Haven't drawn anything in years and just getting back to the hang of things with this sketch I made a day ago while testing a new tablet, I swear I'll practice for real this time and won't drop drawing pony.
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>>43278877Huh?
>>43280353another one using the same method
>>43280584Stay strong anon! Surely the pain will pay off later!I've been lazy as fuck too, but not busy at all. And that brand of procrastination is making me want to die as well! The Anti deadline just gets closer and closer.At the very least I can still get myself to do shopping list doodles. They are fun and easy!>>43280353They look really good, anon. Your shading with the brush is very nice. And the trading-card-art look is great!I really like the "mascara" lines that a bunch of Digimon eyes have, and the old-school veins on >>43276486 makes him look very authentic.>>43280845Already looking good, anon! And being committed to practicing is very admirable!
On whatever drawing software you guys use, do you use line and curve tools to do the outlines of your sketch or do you free-hand the outlines with the brush tool?
>>43281767I've always used the arc tool and cleaned up with the eraser later to make my outlines
>>43280615cute draw. I think you forgot your caard or whatever you're using for links though, I don't see anything on this post?
>>43281767I use one circle tool for head and freehand everything else. My sketches are very noticeably sloppy because I'll pick the best arc when I ink it.
>>43281813That's pretty similar to what I do too. I might try and do what >>43281796 does for my next drawing and see how that compares.
>>43281767I never could make a proper line art, so I just completely got rid of it
Rarity angry at anon for teaching Sweetie the gamer word. I just threw a random picture on top of it and blurred it. I really should learn to render
>>43281808Sorry I forgot here is https://znco.carrd.co/
Felt like trying to do a ponified version of https://files.catbox.moe/sdx5vq.jpg . I couldn't really get the messiness or artifacting perfect, I didn't try to since I don't know how I would intentionally do that, but I think it was fun to do something different. Kind of felt harder than actually drawing normally.
>>43281767I handdraw everything! Even at a very high resolution, it can be difficult but it's worth it in the end. I feel it gives a more natural look and also helps me improve much more than using tools. I have used lineart tools in CSP, Krita, Photoshop, etc for various works... I think CSP probably has the best lineart tools if I had to choose one, but I like handdrawing with Krita the most. Feels the most natural, like drawing with a pencil on paper.
>>43281656hell yeah brother a good paying long term job with plenty of growth is worth it. I predominantly draw digitally via mouse, I'm a vector nigger and I use paint tool sai, so my trad skills are lacking. plus my fine motor control isn't that good to begin with and I don't draw trad enough to give a shit about grinding skill points in it.>>43281767I use sai i usually just set my brush to the size of the circle I wanna lay down so i can plop shit down with two button strokes, its quick and efficient I use the vector tools because it gives me dictatorial control over the end result and I like having tbeing able to do that.
>>43281767I'm a neanderthal who doesn't sketch and instead manually forms the final image by editing vector points until it looks right. I'll start with a circle or square and then start deforming it from there.
did some more scribbling at my training
>>43282648I do something similar, only difference is that I start from a very basic sketch that I trace with vectors and then I do the tweaking and detailing on that
>>43282660Cute!
>>43282669much obliged!
Boop
first time drawing a pony.. decided to make a ponysona of sorts :> is there anything that i should fix before i clean it up and color it?
>>43283057Really annoying how many woman are invading the board
>>43283057looks cute! just ignore >>43283075 he is jealous
>>43283057very nice poner thank you
>>43283077thank you! i got kind of worried since im new to /mlp/.. i dont wanna intrude!!>>43283078thank youuu!
Tried to make a ponysona of my dad. Don't like enough to show him to him tho, the mane looks terrible and I want to cause a good impression on him because he's an experienced actual artist.
>>43270524I swapped to Krita in the middle of this one, it wasn't a good idea. I should have finished it on Gimp or restart all over, but anyway. Made the shadows at random.
>>43282357You should update your Ko-Fi every so often with your draws and new animation stuff too.
>>43283567Good suggestion, I kind have it forgotten because the site is mostly focused into getting revenue and don't feel anything I do is worth it but also need some cash.
>>43283481Is the bottom Krita?Whatever the case, bottom looks 10x better.Also the stars in second column, 3rd & 4th row, have broken points.
Anonmare n sheeiithttps://files.catbox.moe/ku070w.png
>>43283655Bottom is krita yes (plus some details on top), lines are smoother there because Gimp was laggy af and kept fucking up my lines (that's why I changed). Plus with Krita I can play with pen's presure (I've heard Gimp can do that too but I'm too much a brainlet to make it work apparently). The flag is a bit fucked yeah, I cheated and picked a picture I then tried to fit using the warp transformation tool and played a bit with that.
>>43283728Gimp is to edit and image manipulation Krita for painting Of course it's gonna be better
>>43281767i only use ms paint, pencil tool and paint bucket mainly. i don't use line, curve or circle tools. all lines are made freehand with a mouse. any mistakes are drawn over and deleted again and again until it looks right, which i guess counts as sketchingi don't recommend it since there are more efficient and better ways but it works for me at least. picrel is my method compiled for another thread
>>43283075Nigga, "she" it's either a literal man or a tranny.
a little Finish Line i drew for a song im making >>43282893
>>43284013Glad you kept the hype for that anon!
>>43283695one of the longest mares I ever did see
more training doodles, had to censor this one https://pomf.space/X0GsW5VZ.jpg
Fluttershy sketchI have a lot of problems with legs anatomy, and the way her head is attached to the rest of the bodyEspecially because it's about making it look more natural and not fall into the uncanny-valley with lanky-skinwalker proportionsAlso the wings look a bit skinnyLet me know what you think
>>43283695what a long ass bitch, would plow
I think Im getting better, no clue really what I’m doing or what lines and stuff are or how they correlate. But it looks better the more I do
>>43281767i moved to krita recentlyalso i started to not doing lineart wich helped me a lot to do things faster and actually enjoying the process
>>43284013She’s really cute
i drew this one last week, hoping to maybe change over to krita or paint tool sai. been using paint.net since 2016, and as much as i like my pixel style i feel that the program might be too simple for more advanced stuff that i wanna try to get to in the future. might also be a skill issue
>>43285223paint tool sai is good and has a clean ui, wich is the most important thing for an art program in my opinionkrita not much, it's really messy if you don't watch a tutorial firstbut that's my experience
Anons, can I request?I need show accurate bald pony busts and separate manes.I have an idea for a captcha where you need to solve it by pairing up the bust with the mane to solve it.Or should I try to extract it from the flash assets or something?I found a pony creator, maybe I could extract a few from there, but it does not have enough mane styles and no presets (and limited color choices..), and a really annoying user interface.
>>43285223Cute peek pony!Setting up non-pressure sensitive binary brushes is fairly easy (though I've only done so in SAI) so you can still keep doing paint-style pictures, but with all the additional advanced and Quality-Of-Life features!
>>43283057i didnt like the end result so i didnt clean up the coloring T_T
>>43283481Having fun with Krita's brushes
>>43284238Pretty Rara. And a horribly lewd and vulgar peepee. Good thing you censored it to spare our sensitive eyes!>>43284450I doubt I could draw anything like this myself, but I will give suggestions/guesses anyway. That particular pose and the things it emphasizes are quite humano-centric, so the pony anatomy was bound to get tricky. That angle of the back legs is also a bit difficult since it tends to kind of blur together the different unguligrade leg segments. I'd try making a line emphasizing where the knee bend is, and displacing the "heel" a tad backwards to do the same.And from my personal taste, I'd have tried to do the pose but with a wholly equine rump, bringing the "thighs" up and in into the butt, and eliminating the glute valley. But that might just smooth it all down into some kind of potato/bean look, and that's probably not what you had in mind.I really dig your lines and style. The pooling of her mane is great, and I like the wings.>>43284754Nice! Seeing and also feeling improvement is a great feeling!I also love drawing full-front ponies because they tend to easily turn out so very cute!>>43284938Digimane! Again: Love those eyes, and you're nailing the look. Fun pose too. I could easily see this being some rookie level mon!If this is what you get without having to toil with linework, you should be proud! It looks great!
>>43285895thanks anon, it will take time for what i want, but i can say that AT LEAST compared to other drawing i made, i'm not scare of painting with this one, wich it's a huge step foward for me honestly
>>43286129This mare has the "if we don't let the yaks immigrate, equestria won't survive" nose
Body shading is absolutely kicking my ass. Now I understand why the show nearly never touched it.
>>43286259I like the earwings
>>43285895So I reduced some of her assects, and now she looks more like FluttershyAlso I made the front hooves bigger to match her rear hoovesI tried drawing her wings tucked but they look a bit odd.The head was left untouched, some correction around the eyes
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>>43286226Yonna can stay
>>43286684Again: Personal opinion, but I really like it! Much more of a horsey wide-stance splay!But, as I feared, it did kinda take a bit of the impact out of the Jack-o pose. There's not as much 'extreme spine arch' or 'all the lady parts angled vertically to the sky' as the pose usually evokes.And it does feel like a bit of a shame to lose some of all that ass you'd drawn.I pondered how one might add more meat back, but couldn't wrap my mind around any of it without sketching it out, so here's a rambling, unsolicited redline! I'm not good with anatomy, and didn't do much construction, so it probably doesn't make much logical sense.I moved the tail back to imply a more aggressive angle of the rear, added (a bit much) back arch (And snuck in more belly too), pumped up the thighs, and with that widened the hip quite a bit too (Maybe even too much. The top left sketch probably does not correlate with how very wide apart the rear legs ended up on the main sketch, probably making it a bit more human again.)One could even hint at docks and other under-the-tail things like this, if one wanted to. The moved tail is now a bit harder to deal with, since it would want to fall forward and obscure things. And having it fall behind the leg and head like in my suggestion means you can't see the pretty pooling of the hair that you do.I also included one were I moved the head up and forward together with the ground, bringing her chest lower, to test if that fixes your concerns with the head and lanky proportions?Note that these are all just my unskilled suggestions! I barely know what I'm doing.Also also: When looking up the name of the pose just now, I stumbled over a Cold Blooded Twi image of Flutters in the same pose and angle. And all my redline turned out to basically be just: "copy this CBT image". Oops.
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>>43286259Go away TikTok foid
>>43286997Damn that's a good fusion, the second version of my doodle looks very bean-shaped, but that's just how ponies are shaped in canon, you actually made a good redline making her thigs more plump without looking like the Sluttershy I drew on the first version of my sketchReally good adjustment on the head and the right leg, definitly feels like an upgrade, and the arched back closer to the ground lends the drawing a more dynamic feelingAbout the CBT "copy", nothing wrong using other's drawings as references, they can help you grasp some line prospective; and he actually draws some really good ponies... but the way he renders them, they look all so greasy as if they were dipped in oil, it's kinda odd.As for this fluttershy, I drew it from zero, no fundamentals, nothing.Maybe it's a sign that I can convey better the things in my head to the paper
Does pixel art use similar guidelines to traditional art? I'm a stylusless loser and want to draw cute mares
>>43287461
It'd be a shame for this to die.
>>43288663
Have this really shitty style swap as a bump.
>>43288930It's silly and that means it's approved.
>>43284013I love her! Saved
Trying out expressions and personality and such
>>43289489nice work anon
wow its been a while since I posted here. i've been working 13 hour shifts for the last few months, havent really been drawing alot. heres some shitty doodles.https://files.catbox.moe/xl8ayz.pnghttps://files.catbox.moe/n1v25u.png
>>43289860Hey Anon, doesn't need to be 8K industry quality to be good. I can understand it, it conveys its vibe well, doesn't need to do anything more.
>>43289860you are definitely very fucking gay. doesn't take a genius to tell. you like stallion ass and dick.
>>43289860Very unf. Keep at it, faggot!
Cleared the /misc/ canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZGhttps://ponerpics.org/images/7517377png: https://files.catbox.moe/a64bc3.pngpsd: https://files.catbox.moe/lndjmr.psdPrevious canvas: >>43248948
>>43289860Sweet Celestia that is some giant dick holy shit. You've certainly got a style anon, I'd say be proud of it.
trying digital. Shading is still tough among a few other things
I’ve been doing a lot of commissions. Very fun!
I dont even know anymore.
Trix
>>43291172Trixie is working at The Home Despot?
>>43291181It's a living! Better than the rock farm.
>>43291188And she can brag about "giving stallions wood".
>>43290382>>43290404>>43290491>>43290517sorry for the late reply (aforementioned working 13 hours a day) I appreciate all the support for my incredibly faggish endeavors. I try not to put too much pressure on myself with these doodles, theyre just for fun, so im glad they still manage to appeal. im not super proud of the third pose on the second canvas, for example.
>>43290956You deserve it, your art style is positively adorable
>>43291172She is working there to steal all the supplies and chemicals to make fireworks and a stage
Rolling around in da grass.
>>43290956Limited color palette used effectively to create a scene. Nice work!
>>43290956Shouldn't this be in /create/?Actually, does the thread define what low-effort content is? Or does it just go off vibes?
>>43292001You post in /bale/ until you decide you don't wanna post in /bale/ anymore, pretty much.
>>43292001mostly vibes. there's some artists here who IMO have skilled up beyond the thread, but they still post here. because they want to. only minor gripe i have with that is sometimes it can be a bit disheartening to see nearly professional level draws that claim they're either beginner or low effort, wheras mine are...shit.
>>43290956I wish I'd draw eyes like you. They're simple but convey some very cute expressions. I also never really know where to start and stop the eyeliner and just go with what I feel looks right but without understanding it.
>>43292001>>43292005>>43292009/draw/ is just a bunch of /r/s, /d/s, and people saying "I love it! Thanks Anon!"Meanwhile this thread seems like it actually gives constructive criticism, so that might be part of it.I think /create/ is kind of a mix of /bale/ and /draw/, in terms of constructive criticism, but drawings also aren't posted there very often, so it might have an unintentional "read the room" bias against posting 2D art.
I drew the yapper
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>>43292277Very cute!I really like the wildness and layers of texture in her mane!
>>43292020Honestly I feel like it isn’t the eyes that convey the emotion it’s the body language >>43292001I only really spend 20 minutes - 1 hour on each of these drawings and developed this style specifically to draw quickly in a cute manner so I feel like it belongs here
>>43291709Also this is awesome anon I love how horselike she looks!
>>43292020Mmm, to me it seems like they're just using the regular art style from the show. You could easily do the same, just do tracing exercises the same as him to get a feel for the eyes and head. Eventually it'll come more naturally to you if you study a lot.>>43290956Still not a fan of the redrawing backgrounds entirely without changing the reference much or picking your own colors. It's so clashing and distracting... It's especially noticeable in these new ones. Quite distracting indeed. >>43292375>I only really spend 20 minutes - 1 hour on each of these drawingsThis KIND OF feels like a humblebrag cope. Your drawings aren't low effort or low skill just because you're... skilled enough to draw it really fast. The true matter is there's just nowhere else for us to really post which gets to my next point. >>43292001I agree, he's a paid professional and showing off work he's getting money for so it can make people like >>43292009 not feel too hot about their own skills. However, there's simply nowhere else to go. When I first came to /mlp/ I was confused about the lack of OC thread, because on my other board there's a general catch-all OC thread for art and music or other projects. But when I went into /create/, it seemed to be for 3D modeling mostly and no one was posting drawings. This was the only thread where I found drawings so this is where I came. Even though it's been over a decade since I drew ponies and I'm super rusty and need to study a lot and learn more, I still don't think I belong in a low effort or low skill thread either. However /bale/ is a super cool thread with cool peeps, and I'd love to keep posting and learning more about drawing ponies. The acronym is fun even if it's not entirely accurate all the time.
This may or may not get finished. https://files.catbox.moe/tyol04.mp4
leera i drew in magma last night. im still working on a few features that im not very strong in, need to do more full body poses to get better with proportions and bodies in general. manes is also somewhere where i struggle proportion-wise>>43290956heh i see mine in there :P
She won't admit she broke it.
>>43292277Cute yapper! You did good!
>>43290956I absolutely love your one with salmonella with the fish. Makes me want to commission one of my OC with his town in the background
>>43292397I don’t know how to tell you this anon but I’m not “just” color picking from any of the images I reference I sometimes color pick one or two colors to start with and then adjust from there, but not even everything there I used a reference for. I don’t usually do backgrounds but I found this style of doing them really fun so I’ve been trying to get used to it. My colors might not be the best right now because I’m still working on improving just like the rest of you but I’m trying to keep it in mind. picrel Image I referenced + finalIt’s really disheartening to post to a thread I’ve been lurking in for the past 3-4 years the encourage myself to work on improving my art and have people tell me I shouldn’t be posting here. I am not a professional I just draw horses as a side gig for fun.
>>43292653Another background example, I’m still trying to figure out how to draw them. Regardless I am still going to post here because like you said there’s no where else to go. If it bothers you so much just ignore me>>43292529Cute! I love your art style, the eyes are very adorable >>43292530I really like the expression you nailed it anon
>>43292653 >>43292664Anon. Beyond your fantastic pony main subjects, I am very impressed and a little envious of your backgrounds.They have great composition, perspective, lighting and atmosphere. And despite how fantastic they look and how strongly and tangibly they convey the locales, I can also tell that they were probably made relatively (still leagues beyond me ATM) simply, with kinda quick and easy brushstrokes and color chunks.Coupled with you saying it takes only up to an hour for a whole piece, your doodle-fu is clearly very strong, since you can complete and convey such clean, cute and polished images that fast while also feeling like it's fast and fun.Your BG lighting; contrast, shadow and reflections particularly are quite a sight to behold, and are what make them look so realistic.All of it is very inspirational!I tinker and fiddle and take forever with all my drawings, even the shitpost doodles, so all you speedy, doodly people are very impressive to me.
>>43290956>>43292653NTA, I like your art and I'm glad you're here with us making ponies, but I think mentioning your commission work here in /bale/ while showing off the result of said work is a little in bad spirit. Just sharing your work is fine, but framing them as paid drawings, rather than practice or hobby art... I feel like commercial work is outside the scope of this thread. Sheets like what you presented are exactly the kind of example-work artists show off to customers when advertising commissions, and while you did not include contact information or pricing, it seems like a subtle 'nudge nudge find my socials if you want one' kind of post.It may not come across that way to every anon, just to some like myself, and because /bale/ is quite polite anons here are either not going to say anything, or try to be gentle about nudging you with their concerns such as with >>43292001I don't want you to feel disheartened, I just wanted to try and explain something that otherwise wouldn't get put into words before someone comes along and says 'buy an ad'.In summary please stick around, keep having fun drawing, giving advice to other drawers, etc, but be aware that you are catching flak for some of the things that you say sometimes. It's not the first time I've seen you accused of humblebragging. It may be a 'them' problem but you'll eventually gain a reputation for being both brilliant and infuriating. And you ARE brilliant.I recognise that explaining social nuance to an autist may be a fool's errand... I blame my own autism
I think, despite the name, artists who improved here shouldn't be sent away. I like to see them improve and always reach for new heights. Being able to see them go through a process of learning something more advanced has helped me understand the process and thoughts people use. Sending them to another thread would also lead to a lot less experienced artists reading and offering insight and tips, it would just be a box of awful artists forming bad habits and not improving. I would also imagine splitting the threads into skill level would result in a lot more threads dying before bump limit and a lot less art being posted.
>>43292653I don't mean any offense by it. Your art is good enough that I wouldn't call you a beginner artist, and paid commission art probably shouldn't be low-effort. I'm not even saying you need to get the fuck out of here, in fact I'd rather you stuck around. But posting your finished commission work in the beginner art thread feels a little wrong, especially when you're as good as you are.Really, the only reason why I bring this up is because, imo, /create/ could use the content. The thread died really early last time, and I don't know when they last made it to the bump limit.
>>43292903/create/ is rather slow- it's not that it doesn't get a lot of art though, technically it gets quite a lot, it's just that it all comes from artists using the drawing room. Tons of doodles.
I'm also torn between my crippling lack of basic fundamentals, general progress and customary feelings like my own art is fucking amateur shit; and myself kinda feeling like, and I think once being tagged as being too fancy.And the other creative threads feel too cool, or like a poor fit. So I try to only post sketches and true doodles here, and effort art in topic specific threads.I love these threads.>>43292524Man, I feel you.The pile of overambitious animation storyboard-sketches I racked up in early anticipation of the Anti, that I never even got off the ground, is quite distressing.And now I'm having trouble even finishing the easy ones that I had to compromise and scale back to, that were originally supposed to just be small "bonus" ones I could do after finishing a big one.
>>43293060Fucking hell that's beautiful, anon
>>43292829Not like /create/ was always separate anyways. Back in the day it was just one thread to encourage each other to make stuff, but this same little argument happened and some anons capitulated and split the two threads.Personally I think it would be better that way, as just one thread - newbies and experienced artists benefit from each other's perspectives. I don't think the presence of better artists actually causes people to be discouraged, so much as it is that a discouraged person will find anything to blame it on. I was sad to see the split when it happened.
>>43293066>I don't think the presence of better artists actually causes people to be discouragedQuite the opposite actually. Seeing how full of life the backgrounds are in the one anon's style, i want to give it a shot now when i never would have given it a second thought
>>43293064Thanks anon. I really like the idea too.But I... kinda doubt I'll ever muster up the drive to get that one done. There's a bit more to it, and all the frames it would need scare me.Sorry.
Does Pinkie's face look strange here?
>>43293220my gut says the snout angle is just ever so slightly off from the face, maybe lower the nostral/ erase a bit of the mouth kinda like this. i might be talking shit though
>>43293060Pure mare love!>>43293100You can do it anon! I believe in you! Just chip away at it bit by bit and bring your progress whenever you need another boost.
Tried to draw for first time a bug OC that I thought years ago, didn't drawn any of this kind in a very long time and tried to make it somehow unique but not too much to still be part of the hive.
>>43292903I don’t have the time to draw anything else besides commissions right now because I have a job anon.>>43293220I really love how this looks, very unique style!!>>43293060>file name >angel motif Is this based off the song possum kingdom? This rocks
more rear shot and body practice i did during work today (also finally figured out how to use a scanner)
>tfw you finally got the body shading to a point you aren't repulsed by it when you open the fileI think I'm going to have to learn how to do mesh gradients if I want to be truly happy with it in the future. Opacity and blurs just don't seem to fully cut it.>>43293220Based on the angle, I feel like the right nostril should be visible and the mouth adjusted a little. Having only the one tricks the eye into thinking the muzzle's more in profile than it is and that makes the face look a little off since the eye angles say otherwise. It's a style thing, though. I don't think "show accurate" typically does both nostrils like that.
>>432933406/9? Very nice anon, she's a cutie. I can see you need to practice smoother strokes from the way your lines are broken up. Just look at how smooth that speech bubble is! The ultimate goal is to get that confident with all your mare lines and mare curves. That kinda thing comes with time I think. Keep it up!
>>43293372will add that to things i should improve on, ive been shifting my focus toward anatomy more recently since ive pretty much nailed heads (i draw busts 80% of the time) and also need to work on general proportions. ive mainly been worried my ears are too big and my manes tend to not be proportional, but i just have to keep drawing bodies mainly
i'm either in a huge slump or just completely retarded, i genuinely cannot remember how to draw anything. wtf
Was bored, but low on energy, and also didn't want to go to bed yet.So I started a new drawing instead of continuing a previous one.
Hi /bale/! I'm at a point where I don't consider myself a beginner anymore, but I do have what I would consider a beginner question, so I hope that's okay?So what do you guys think about eyes clipping through hair? Should it be avoided completely or does it kinda look good? I think it makes expression much easier to read, but I don't want it to look like deviant art tier work. I've only set it to show the eyelashes, not the underneath color.Also please feel free to speak on any other aspect of the image too.
>>43293588Some days are like this for me too. I found that doing warmups can help. (i.e. just drawing a bunch of circles and lines) Also sometimes I'll just take the day off and magically I'll be able to do better later.
>>43293588I'm also slumping hard, and going to the Insane.But I try to stave some of it off by drawing quick, lazy doodles whenever something gives a little inspiration to seize onto!>>43293589Pretty!>So I started a new drawing instead of continuing a previous one.Classic. That's why my backlog is so impressive!Is that alt-manestyle Golly in the back, getting a chance at redemption? Cause that's always nice.>>43293596It's a tricky one.Both have merits. There are some times that I do want to show the eye expressions behind mane chunks. And getting to show the whole open eye can up an image's cute level quite a bit!But on the other hand, I also like "realism" and try to not use too many techniques that are not "logical". But that's a taste and style thing, more than what's "right". I dunno lol.
>>43293758On that, sometimes I’ll just find art that I like, and try to copy it. Makes it so I don’t have to come up with an original idea myself but still get practice in. I don’t share these of course.I see, so it doesn’t inherently look awful, but it should be an intensional decision depending on the specific scene? I think both look good - I’m more partial to showing the eye, but want to make sure I’m not overdoing it. I’m not trying to differ the style much from the show besides more visual fidelity.
>>43293596it's purely a personal stylistic choice, personally I prefer the eye clipping through because you see more of those big adorable eyes. plus it makes their expression more readable. the only time i don't is if I think the character would benefit more with having obscured eyes or was intended to have obscured eyes.
>>43293596The weeb in me likes the eye clipping, but it depends on your style/ what you want really. I wouldn't worry about it looking deviant art tier, your art is too good for that.
>>43293596I prefer the clipping. You're already drawing hyper stylized cartoon honses, I wouldn't think TOO hard about realism. The opacity you chose looks good!
>>43293870>>43293758Eye clipping is a realistic effect; the unrealistic aspect in cartoon styles is the perfectly solid opaque manes. Realistically you can almost always tell some features through the gaps in between the curtain of hair. Eye clipping is just a shorthand to express that without overly detailing the hair. It's still a stylistic choice because you can make the opposite argument, but since expressions and facial features are so important, it's hard to argue for totally opaque manes unless you have a specific stylistic goal.
>>43293758>>43293807>>43293861>>43293870>>43293979Thank you all for your thoughts. Having second opinions on this type of thing is very useful. I think I’ve decided that I do prefer having the eye clip, since expressions are very important for these characters, but keeping it subtle enough to not be distracting.> The weeb in me likes the eye clippingLol I don’t really watch anime, but their art standard for animation is much higher than the typical western production. So I’ve been attempting to utilize some of their techniques and styling methods while also trying to not stray too far from the show’s own design. Also animating on threes is a bit easier.
>>43293758>Is that alt-manestyle Golly in the back, getting a chance at redemption? Cause that's always nice.You'll see.Though now that I'm awake, there is a bit of the mane I need to redo, honestly.
>>43294149hell yeah brother np
I fell victim to leaving some experimental parts as placeholders when I wasn't sure how I wanted it done and then it grew on me. First attempt at something like this and it tripped me up quite a bit, really helped me learn what it is I need to work on.It's a parody of 1940s pulp horror movie posters, pony is supposed to be Roseluck but the lighting made it difficult for me to express.
>>43293596It's just a stylistic choice. Personally, I prefer a more realistic look. I'd say clipping works more with a simplistic or cartoony art style. The body shading in the animation gives it more realism, which clashes with the clipping.
Please ponify this.You have FULL creative freedom
>>43292653ignore all their walls of text. I want you to post here anon, having more experienced artists to help less experienced ones in this thread is always a good thing
>>43295118that will be five bucks
>>43294750Very pretty and evocative of those posters!Made me think of Zaat, Creature from the Black Lagoon and other such movies right away. The fonts and layout of all the components are fantastic. And the ponies making Anon play a big, monstrous gorilla is very funny.Placeholders and sketch shenanigans that grow into a desirable piece of the image are the best kinds of happy accidents!Great stuff!
>>43294782>>43293870>>43293861>>43293807>>43293596Guess I gotta be the dissenter here. Animation is about moving volumes, and trasparent volumes often flatten the image, like it's made of plastic rather than of pony stuff. Instead of making the volume see through, make the motion emphasize the shape of the volume you are drawing/tweening
I think my slacking off has turned my rust into rot and now I'm hallucinating fake ponies. It especially bothers me how I feel like I've seen this pegasus before. I think she was a one-off from the comics or something.
>>43295660qt shyhorseI will skin you for this slander.
>>43285879I'm actually happy with this one, especially Pinkie. I found a brush I like, and I also got a style I like for the eyes.
>>43295753Bonus unblurry Pinkie. I really felt like something clicked for me when I drew the lines for her.
>>43285879What brushes are you using in that one?
>>43295118gave it a shot
Single line streaks are the devil. Worse than curves.
>>43295786I'm not completely sure because I jumped a lot but I think basic-2, pencil-2, Ink-1, some of the bristles, the soft eraser, and then I had some random fun with some textures. Some of those aren't in the final version since I went back and forth a lot. All in the base version of Krita, I didn't install anything extra yet.
>>43295118I don't know what I'm doing
Okay, I need some feedback. I want to try and improve and understand what I'm doing rather than guessing.Does this like right?
I think I’m sorta getting the concepts of head. Manes are still tough and knowing where to put ears or horns. Would also like to know if I’m heading in the right direction
>>43295660Ooo, I like your style anon. The straight lines in the mane and tail remind me of Invader Zim
Hey, I actually finished this one!
>>43296414When I draw poses like this, I imagine how the pony would stand on four hooves. I think her neck is really short.
>>43296803>Hey, I actually finished this one!Whoops, I just realized there was slight transparency on the white background of that.Pic rel is corrected.
>>43296842Yeah I see that now. I'll make the neck longer. Thanks!
Trying to make some shading on Inkscape. I tried to avoid it for a while because is hella complicated at least to me
>>43297133Inkscape uses SVGs right? So you have a cool vectorized copy of your drawing. Shading is probably done with mesh gradients. Much more tricky than using brushes in Photoshop or other bitmap drawing tools.
>>43297141To be frank I'm too much out house and can't use my pen tablet so Inkscape with vector allows me to keep drawing at the go using a remote desktop.
>>43296859Oh shit! That's who it was?!Stealing away your own dad. That's quite a move.And quite a risky one, depending on how their temporal mechanics work.
>>43297340The worst part is Bloom doesn't even know this is a problem yet.She got clobbered by a runaway cart full of pears, and is having temporary memory issues from her concussion.Meanwhile, from Buttercup's perspective:>Loose control of pear cart which accidentally runs over somepony.>They look like a genderswapped, near-identical twin of your boyfriend.>Take her home and make sure she's okay.>She wakes up, but is having trouble remembering details about herself, including her name.>Day or two later, take her into town.>Bump into your boyfriend. Perfect! He'll know who she is!>He's never seen her before? But *both* of you agree they look like twins.>He's telling her "It's like we were meant to meet or somethin'.">Wait, is he *flirting* with her?>And she's FLIRTING BACK!?>Oh Celestia they're smitten...what in tartarus is happening right now...>Find an excuse to pull your new friend awa- aaaaand they can't stop looking at each-other...>mfw you try to introduce a friend to your lifelong crush, and she just steals him away instantly.(There's a whole fic of this I wanna write at some point.)
>>43296414The upper half looks like its angled straight at the viewer, but the lower half looks slightly angled away. Also, the limbs seem a little short for the torso? I can't quite tell though.>>43297414That's gonna suck for Applebloom once she gets her memories back. Imagine remembering that the guy you're flirting with is a younger version of your own dad. And you've been flirting with each other in front of your mom.
>>43297431>The upper half looks like its angled straight at the viewer, but the lower half looks slightly angled awayMy intention was to have her more facing the viewer. Although would you say it looks fine if the intent was for only her upper half to be twisted to face the viewer?>Also, the limbs seem a little short for the torso? I can't quite tell though.I can see what you mean. I'm going to adjust that part of the body too.
>>43280294Incredible >>43279652Aww so cute>>43283481Nonny looks so good in this>>43284013I love the style
>>43297454The issue is that the torso looks straight but the hips and shoulders are at different angles. It might be because of a lack of detail, the belly is just two lines, but as it is she looks off.Currently the torso is in line with her hips/legs, so you'll need to fix the connection to her shoulders. At least, that's what I think.
>>43296643Artists born after the year 2000 can't not invoke Invader Zim in their art. It's impossible.Not my usual style (mainly because I'm too much of a wuss to experiment), but The Yellow One and Rarity's mane-do felt kinda same-y to draw, more specifically the top half, so I'm trying to see if I can make the jagged mane work alongside the other pones.Was worried it'd just clash and look out of place but I then drew picrel to see if that's the case if that was the case and I actually kinda like the juxtaposition. Gives kind of a messy look which, given I've always had the impression that What's-Her-Face didn't have a particularly well-kept mane, works for me.
>>43295118heres your /d/ faggot do you know fear. do you have fear sindie you r heart
Drunkenly made marecow
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>>43297683Aww! I can't stay scared of that face!>>43297763Not The Duck has spotted you!Kinda get a picture-book feel from the thick, textured lines in this one!>>43297825Cute cowny! Cute bovine tail! And... look at her udder.It's so pendulous it has even swung out in front of her foregroundmost thigh! But to be fair; it's what we're here to see!
>>43297825hell yeah qt
>>43297825>drunken maid marecow>bucket>buck it>kick the bucket>drop bucks in bucket>give tip>got milk
>>43294750I think it looks really cool./r/ more classic pony movie posters.
>>43297825MUH JO-huh?
>>43294750based you caught the vibe well, she pops out quite a bit along with the title in the thumbnail at least. 40's theater posters were very effective at grabbing your attention with contrast, dynamism, and "modernism", modernism from a 40's perspective that is. And it doesn't lend itself to ponies as much because ponies rely mostly on their silhouette and color palette to be recognizable and less on realism. that's all I gotta say right now, I like it for what it is and how you went about executing it.
it sucks to be so busy all the time that drawing becomes a rare treat instead of my usual thing to do
>>43298674I feel the same. As I'm getting older, I have less and less time for this hobby. Which sucks cause it's one of the few things I actually enjoy doing.I wish the film/TV industry wasn't so messed up right now, I would actually try to make a career out of it.Good drawing by the way, I think it's time for my meds anyway.
>>43298674yeah it's bullshit but thats life sometimes, qt annoyed twiggles
>>43295753I fucked the proportions on that one, making a pony standing on two legs was harder than I thought. I feel decently comfortable using Krita now though.
>>43297516>>43296842Bipedal ponies are tough. I bit of extra detail but don't know if it is going in the right direction.
piece I drew last night. still extremely proud of it, probably one of my better works so far.
>>43298951Looks good, Anon!
>>43299249Did she barfed?
>>43297133>shading on InkscapeI see we're both in hell, in the same pot of boiling oil. Light source appears to be from above, so I think Twi's haunches and the top of her right foreleg need to be lighter.
>>43295660heeeeeey, i know a mentally advanced fan when i see it! agreed with the other anon, i love the angles you’ve got going on. i’ve been trying to do similar things with my manes and tails!
>>43296631doing good! add more volume to the manes, ponies have big hair and it makes them cuter. in general just doing lots of studies and trying to improve is all it takes to be sure you're heading in the right direction.
>>43299626Aww, Arizona is cute, look how happy she is! Nice work anon, it's a very sweet drawing. Clear example of fangers being a pain in the neck, kek. Your digital linework looks fine, and you mentioned worrying that your ears are too big, but I don't see a problem with them.
this is my son. please look after him
>>43299626Livin the dream>>43300188Seems like a swell dude
>>43300188neat
I made my best friend an OC! While conceptualizing it, I settled on white with a bright, warm-colored mane... meanwhile, rabbits are kind of his thing and he also wanted a pompadour for the mane for some reason... I struggled to fit it all into one cohesive design until I came up with the idea for the mane being styled like a carrot, and I felt like a genius. I'm especially proud of what I came up with for the cutie mark.>Sunnyrabbit (Sunny) is a cheerful pegasus who loves to brighten up everypony's day! He works on the weather team, and on rainy days, he digs holes through the clouds so that the sun still shines on anypony who needs it, like birthday parties, weddings, or just somepony having a bad day.>His cutie mark is the sun shining through holes in a cloud, stylized as a rabbit. He's an expert on tunneling through clouds without dissipating them, because ever since he was a foal, he's been searching through the skies for "Cloud Carrots", a legend dating back to pre-Equestrian times when the Pegasus tribe was searching for a crop that could be cultivated without relying on trade with the Earth Ponies.
i couldn't sleep so i drew a filly
reality is monochrome to twalot
>>43300188He's wonderful
>>43300778based
>>43300188Sir, I think your dog is studying hands. We might have to put it down.
>>43300778I couldn't sleep furthermore so I did some watercolor with a little mare in the center
>>43301610Twiggie! I love Twiggie! I love her!
>>43301610your expressions have a ton of character and the posing here is seriously energetic. MAD props
>>43301610>"I CAN WIN! I FEEL GREAT! I. CAN. DO. THIS!'
Phew, it took me way too long to finish this because my health took a bit of a nosedive lately, but I'm finally done. I feel like I'm slowly getting used to drawing ponies again... I really missed this. Next I'll continue studying pony construction for a while before trying another piece.
>>43301688It looks really good in colour! Vibrant! You did a seriously awesome job!
>>43301688Very nice
hi /bale/, it's been a while, have a cher ber>>43301610cute twi's!
>>43301663It gives me very melancholic vibes, for some reason. Which I like.It's very pretty, and I really like the prominent textures across all of it!Her back legs are a bit off for on-model proportions, with the long "shin" section and very short "heel to hoof" section.But she's also a carousel pony, and they do tend to sometimes be molded in such proportions to make them low enough to the ground. So it can be a stylistic choice.
>>43301930thank you for the critique! im a human artist so ponies are still a bit misshapen
