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):>>43274140 (last one I could find)Previous /bale/ thread:>>43398262
I saw an artist sketching quick base shapes and forms with a big brush instead of doing it with a tiny pencil, so I tried it. Is that a good method for building a drawing?
>>43500189I mean... you could just use a bunch of circles and rectangles as guides, a lot of artists do that
>>43497482>>43498841Thank you for the suggestions. Might wait until black friday or something to see if there are any good deals. I'll keep an eye on that XPPen one.
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>>43500189I've set my opacity at 75% and used the lasso tool before. It's cool.
>>43500189The method that gets you there is a good method.
anotha one
>>43500189its a painter's method, in a sense. i do a mix between that and construction, basically figure drawing, to get my basis down
/r/ing Anonstallion with his pony wife
>>43501484wrong thread
>>43501484/r/aping anonstallion in front of his pony wife (she's next)
Remember you're drawing for yourself and for mares, nobody else.
>>43501712I really like this
Reposting my pony RPG because /create/ is dead. Been working on it off and on for about a year or so, finally have it in a playable state.https://strategicroleplay.itch.io/old-equestria
>>43501901/create/ is right here >>43501337
>>43501905oh shit, I haven't seen that thread in a while so I figure it was truly dead
Sorta-WIP pic of Scootaloo as a werewolf.Kinda hard to really communicate it in a still image, but this is supposed to be her wolf "personality"/mentality waking up after a transformation.
quick one using the default charcoal brush this timedunno how i feel about it
>>43502203Based. Looks good
>>43501914Nah, it just does that sometimes.
Comm
>>43501712nice
Inspired to draw MILFs because of the MILF panel at MF.
>>43503542absolute peak
OC idea ive been cooking (lol) the last few months.
>>43503576>now draw her all better
>>43503680This is the reason for it.
How do I make bombass poses like this? Share your knowledge /d/rawfags.
>>43503989i don't know
>>43503995Thanks anyway. Maybe we can find someone who does know.
>>43503989I don't know the exact trick, but it has something to do with curves and where do they lead.
>>43503576I wish to comfort this mare and thank her for her noble duty.
>>43503576>picture of her joking around on the firemare's pole at the stationSuper sweet and charming.It's all very melancholic, and one feels for her a lot. I'm glad that at least she is managing to stay happy.A very evocative OC. Good stuff.
>>43503576She's hot, hope to see more of her.
saving you from the slide
Made a mare at the fair and forgot to share
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>>43504851based
>>43503989Look up āline of actionā , also think of the body as bean and practice on bending the legs in a believe-able fashion focusing on weight distribution. References are your best friend with dynamic poses. Best of luck!
I drew a lot of porn at marefair, and most of it is on my xitter. Would /bale/ be down to critique my work?
>>43506323no one is gonna stop you except yourself, just be sure to use links and cropped images.
Eyecatch!>>43502203I'm a fan of it, it has good texture.>>43501712Very cute AJ.
>>43506530https://files.catbox.moe/hp2kr7.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/ir6699.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/k45inz.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/343jv4.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/cfnbcg.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/p2161w.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/2nr6x4.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/kbhhha.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/fvzmz3.jpghttps://files.catbox.moe/lmz7gk.jpg
>>43506577Looks really good and rad!Drawing in the TTGL eyecatch style is a lot of fun: getting to be really bold with the pitch-black shading and figuring out how to still show off details.Angel is nowhere near as kind as Boota.
The smile and eyes dont look right to me, am i missing something? I'd love some advice
>>43507740Just my $0.02 the mouth needs to be a little smaller and follow the muzzle more. You have it kind of drifting down on the right side. The left eye also needs to be moved closer to the muzzle line. Lazy quick correction attached. Someone feel free to call me a retard if there's something I missed here
>>43508018I think you're on the right track. The eyes alone make him much better, i think I'm going to have to try something else for the mouth. I initially tried an open mouth grin but that didn't look right so i tried just teeth and it somehow looked worse. The eyes, i keep making them too small. It's never really obvious till i see them done right. I'll see what i can do tonight
>>43500189Very nice
>>43500860
>>43501716>>43503023Thanks!>>43506577Thanks I like yours too, this is dope. Chaddershy Angel inclusion W.
>>43503576I hope she gets better anon.
>>43501712Mares. Mares. Mares. Mares. Mares. Mares. Mares. Mares.
Having him look at the viewer alone helped alot. bigger eyes and having another go at the open mouth grin was a win
I miss my sister, Twilight
Any tips on shading or things i can do to make this seem more polished
>11
>>43509569why did you break floorbs legs
>>43509685under the chin, etc. just imagine where the lights coming from and feel it out
>>43510260Well she wasn't planning on going anywhere right?!I see what you mean now that I'm looking at it with fresh eyes in the morning. I think my brain was stuck between anthrosizing it to suit the human form it was copying and making it properly pony, I basically just drew forehooves for her bottom. I knew it looked off, but I try not to get stuck on things I can't get quite right and just move on to finish the drawing. Might go back and fix this if I find the gumption, thanks.
>>43510498personally i just think the pose itself was asking for trouble. rear pony legs have limitations that kinda gut the squat nature of the ref out, the forelegs can kinda manage but its just one of those things.i gave it a shot just to see how i could make it work myself
>>43506577>dashie is kaminagulp...
>>43510547It's definitely not a normal pony pose, but I think it can be workshopped into something that looks better at the very least. Sometimes brain worms call on us to do troublesome things.
>>43510498Since everyone was giving their two cents to your drawing I feel like I should share some of my thoughts as well.I suspect you were too reliant on the image that you were trying to copy alone and didn't exactly consult any other references of sitting ponies (maybe you did but didn't include them in your pic.)I have to say that it's impossible to copy said image without it looking weird - don't forget that you were trying to draw a pony with the characteristics of a four legged animal, not a human shaped one.However, you can translate the pose into what it would have looked like if applied on a pony.Example B is what I would have done - while it didn't exactly follow the image to a tee, nevertheless I believe it looked compact enough to serve as an okay translation.Example C is also another decent compromise for the pose - it's a pretty basic position that ignores the perspective of the reference image but considering that this was practice, I believe it is okay to deviate from original.Example D is my attempt on following the reference image - admittedly I don't really have much knowledge about perspectives to really tackle this with confidence so I struggled a bit with this. Nevertheless it's the closest to the reference while still following the pony rules.It's okay to settle for good-enoughs and understanding your limits is something all artists should internalize with, but having the drive to carry on and the will to revisit your mistakes will definitely help you in the long journey.Nonetheless, despite the glaring mistakes I still find the drawing endearing. Keep trying and improving, anon.
>>43510952I think D is a really good attempt at the pose. Yeah I didn't use a phone reference this time unlike Twilight breading out which I used for Applejack. More satisfied of the pone of that one despite finding a similar pose of Applejack laying down but not curled up that had the forehooves different/wrapped around.I was looking around for artists that draw ponies in similar human pose form and found this from Lerk. Not the same angle, but it seems like the legs are doing the same thing so I was gonna give that a go.
>10
I tried to make a male alicorn. These are my first sketches and attempts at making ponies ever!Tell me how I did, if there's anything interesting that I could try, or something I did wrong or differently.
>>43511869That's cool, anon, what kind of autism do you have?
>>43511869Revision of first concept.He is slightly taller than Luna, but shorter than Celestia. (roughly at celestia's eye-level)
>>43511875Coloured in.I find that this version looks a little offā¦ but I don't really know why. Please share your thoughts!
>>43511881Solid first go at it. The eyes need work. It looks like someone walked in on his with his dick in his hoof
>>43511881he looks great and powerful
>>43511881Usually if eye white surrounds the iris the expression looks freaked out, you wanna move the iris to a side of the eye and adjust the eyelid accordingly.
>>43511892
>>43511897I went back to the project file looking to simply slide the iris + pupil over, but I drew the freaking thing on the same layer as the rest of the eye.
>>43511900Now THAT'S what I call Great and Powerful!
tree poni?
She looks lonely.
>>43512427Cute
But I don't WANNA have to re-learn my techniques, ma! I wanna slack off with no consequences!
>>43513068I love your expressions. Faces give me classic Newgrounds.
>>43513068Not drawing and never really learning anything is too dang comfortable!I can't stop doing it!
I drew
>>43514423I'm fuarking PROUD of you anon!!
>>43514435thank you! I would like to draw more
>>43514449Draw more Apul
Some sketches trying to redesign my OC. There's only three months left, you know
>>43512427This is a cool idea, I'll keep it in my pocket.
Wah Wah can't wait to see you fags at the next Mare Fair.
>>43515649based
Filler from a magma
>>43516680adorable filler>>43515649I didn't even get to go to wawa this year...
>>43515649I was too moldy to be let into Wawa
Very lazy one. Drew over the hands and didn't put much though into the facial features. I did try to do the eyes differently than I'm used to but I don't like it.
>>43516680Qt filler
I drew my OC, Merry Berry.
>>43517143Cute, but when you're coloring, especially big spaces like the background, try to keep the direction consistent.
>>43517210Like all the lines should be one direction? got it.
>>43517143Very good work Chris Chan
You dissappoint your princess.
>>43517593I didn't vote for her
>>43515388
>>43517143nice work anon
Another MILF WIP.
>>43518792Wow! She's really good at breakdancing!
>>43519030Moona?
>>43518792>>43519186Joking aside, she is very pretty, anon!Would join on the presumed couch.
>>43519511I really like that interpretation of my WIP. Nice one anon!And yes she would like you to join her on the future couch.
>>43519398I prefer calling her "best pony" or "wife"
Anon's cloak is a bit flat but I'm still content with the overall result.I also felt like adding background for once, I channeled my inner Bob Ross I feel.
>>43520033Extraordinarily cute
>>43520033Based and wizard-pilled.
>>43517593>Im sorry to disappoint you, but she keeps asking me>>43520033Great artwork
>>43520033He is Anon the Green, and he has come at the turn of Equestria's tide...
i love drawing mares
>>43520947What more is there to life, really?
Another great and powerful sketch
>>43506577I like this artwork
>>43511892Then they have something in common! :)The first ones I made had heavy referencing and major shape-tool blocking, this drawing is by hand ā straight from memory!
https://files.catbox.moe/zxqotn.png I just love making slop
Lots of Trixie drawings in here, absolute Lullamoon domination.
>>43519511Hey anon. What brushes and techniques did you use to shade the drawing?Shading is still something I can't fully wrap my head around doing.
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First ever picture, gonna be terrible for a long time, any tips ?
>>43522603That's not too bad at all, the body shape/size is pretty good actually! Her neck might be slightly short, and her head might be slightly too small. Your pose with the 'arm' reaching back is implausible with equine anatomy in general - Twilight would probably do it with her magic anyways, with her horn that you forgot :P Just keep practicing, 10 mins a day, you'll iron out the weird parts fairly quickly I expect. Don't hesitate to use digital editing tools like select and transform to help you get proportions and stuff right.
>>43520033Oh my gosh, that's amazing. He's litteraly me.>>43521394Ooo looking especially powerful today.>>43521597Cute!
>>43517143Hi Rakan do you plan on doing some digital art to put in to your future games? Perhaps you could make a visual novel.
>>43522294Oh no! I used some extra "Super Speedy Lazy Shading 6000" techniques for this one! And I'm lacking plenty of skill and knowledge on the subject too.But I shall post a wall of text explaining them to you anyway, anon! But know there are more precise and detailed ways to shade!I chose a grey-purple-brown color (to tweak later) and set the layer to "Multiply". I chose an Airbrush brush, because it allowed me to be really quick and vague about shadow placement, and I started spraying and erase-airbrushing them where I envision the 3D shapes of the mare are.Multiply layer shading is extra easy, cause it applies across all your colors by itself. It also means you have a little less authority over the color balance of the image, but I'm fine with that trade-off. I tweaked the "Hue / Saturation / Luminescence" sliders a lot to find a shade that worked well with her coat color and showed up clearly. (Had the BG and sky been more defined, the temperature of the ambient light also plays a role.)If I'd had easy access to the color layer, then selecting and sliding the shadow's "hue" for only her shirt would have looked nice, but I was painting over somebody else's work and was too lazy to wand tool it.I decided only on a very vague "mostly above, and slightly right" light source, to let me be more imprecise with shadow placement, .I don't have much cool advice for shadow placements, since I wing it a lot. Observing, referencing and training how light interacts with shapes, and imagining the 3d shapes of your subject is probably the thing to do. I'm not very confident with this.The BG shadows and the shadow layer for Mrs. Paleo are two different layers that have a lot of layers in between, but I show them both by themselves in this image. Paleo's layer was also set as a "Clipping Layer" so that it automatically cuts off "spill-over" at the edges. Masking works for that too, but is less flexible for me.On higher-effort images I try to do more defined shadows with either full-hard brushes or slightly more loosy-goosy with a blending brush. But this was a fast and dirty job, and again: super-soft shadows allow me to be more vague and not sharply define where the shadows, and thus shapes, truly are.I mainly shaded up the image to create depth, to make sure I managed to sell the "she's off the ground" aspect of the joke.
>>43522987 >>43519511My autism also compels me to burn another image-cap on posting a version where I fixed small issues, a spelling mistake, and actually remembered to change the font.Even though it is just supposed to be a silly jokepost edit.>>43520439This kind of stylized and angular style is rad. Feels like it might lend itself to learning how to make fast and solid doodles easier, maybe?>>43521136Always so expressive and dynamic! Great stuff!
>>43522987>>43522994Thanks anon. I'll save you're posts and try it out on the next drawing.
Hook and eye>>43520033I am a fan of black mages.
This thread keeps sinking, I've had to query it the past few times.So sad.
What can I do to improve movement or fluidity in my ponies? I have a lot of trouble with line of movement and feel it leaves my ponies looking stiff or awkwardAlso general critique on this piece if anypony doesn't mind
>>43523933I can't really help you with fluidity or movement, but your drawing is cute and looks really smooth!However, I can't tell if they're lying down, floating in something, or flyingā¦
>>43523933I'd kiss her. A lot. That's my critique.
>>43523933It's generally a good idea to think about where a force is being applied, e.g., walking = hooves, flying = wings.After that, the force must travel through the rest of the body originating from the force, e.g., Hooves hips tail & chest wings & neck head hair.Along that path, you can push, pull, rotate, bend, extend, etc. in any way that makes sense to the overall movement.
>>43523945She's just layingBackgrounds elude me currently as well as most objects, using a ruler makes them too perfect, and without one they look out-of-place and lumpy>>43523956I was told with this piece I should do an S curve, connecting the tail and right wing but how to do that escapes me, like >>43504037 shows here, its just so rough to apply to actual piecesAppreciate the info, think I need to be drawing more action and less laying down mayhaps it will help me
>>43523970>>43523933Art conveys the mindset that you put into it. Motion and energy comes across better when you draw with motion and energy! Too much slow, careful refinement and you counteract whatever energy you started with. I would prescribe more gesture drawing and loose sketches; and see if you can't figure out how to approach a finished state using a rougher, looser style.
>>43522626Hey thanks for the encouragement, I was thinking that I will never get good but maybe I should up and draw something for once in my life.Got the feeling to draw another, hoping for some critique, feel free to go harsh, it's better than never be able to draw good ponies.
>>43522949>Hi Rakan do you plan on doing some digital art to put in to your future games? Perhaps you could make a visual novel.Sorry, I'm too burned out from game dev. I don't feel like developing any new games.
I will draw 100 mares, I have no art experience but I do have a drawing tablet and pencils and 0.5mm black pens. I used a printer to scan this and there was a spider.
>>43524424What about digital art since you have a drawing tablet
>>43523970That's the great thing about landscaping. As long as the perspective checks out and layers are shaded differently, it all checks out. Buildings or anything ponymade on the other hoof require more scrutiny
>>43524307You pretty much nailed the face, although if you mirror the image you'll probably see that it's very asymmetrical.Pony manes have a lot of volume, always err on the side of big hair that floofs way off the skull.Now, your pony anatomy needs work. Between this and the last one you posted, it's clear you need to look at some references for their limbs in particular - one thing is that their hooves are all the same size, so her forehooves here should be probably 2-3x as big. Pony legs always start thin at the body and taper outwards towards big hooves. You have the idea of the hindlegs there, but those sharp corners are a definite no-no, those pointy bits are called the hock and they're equivalent to the heel in a human, so think a big circle connected by a ligament. The circle in this case would be partly occluded by the 'knee'+thigh. I don't know if you're going for equine-pony or more anthro-pony, but she has e.g. human shoulders and a human waist. As-is, her waist is too high, up at her chest - there should be a clear difference between their hips and their belly, picrel: the thighs are one round shape, the belly is another. Not that the show follows this rule, but equine legs stick out 90 degrees towards the belly compared to humans, and generally both pairs meet in the middle with no gap - so that upper pussy area shape is where the belly hits the thighs, and then the pussy would stick out behind the thighs.Also just general style-wise, I like the thicker outlines of your earlier drawing a bit more. And lots of little details on a cartoony style tend to push the scales towards grotesque rather than cute, e.g. that belly of yours.
>>43524618>drawing tabletBut I don't have one?
One of these days, I'll get tired of drawing scowls. Today is not that day.
>>43525145I need to get more comfortable drawing faces
>>43525145She wouldn't vaporize me on the spot if I try to give her a hug, right?
>>43525145making ponies angry is funni
Going to bed way too late because of this. I have no idea of what I'm doing, I wanted to redo a frame of the vid bellow and ended up retouching everything a hundred times over and over. I still see a billion things to correct but at some point I need to call it done and move on to my bed. At the end of the day I think I've learned a bit more doing this piece and that's what matters the most I guess.https://youtu.be/kscTD_9a5ec?si=8MlHrbHR6kqML-xE
>>43524731Last one before i go to actually learn their anatomy, still don't exactly understand about the hock, but i tried to make the limbs more consistent. I'm trying for a two-legged pony look, so just pony but they stand on their back legs more, Tried to make their legs as you said where they would meet in the middle going into the butt crack.Also tried thicker line, i like it better as well, thanks a lot for the teaching, I hope I can make mares that's goonable soon. Using Trixie with no clothes for better visual.
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>>43525761You know, I think she's warming up to you. Probably try squeezing a little harder.... By the way, is anyone else starting to itch all over?
>>43523933>What can I do to improve movement or fluidity in my ponies?What have you tried to do? I'm not an expert but I think symmetry is not quite dynamic. The pony looks somewhat like an arrow.So here's my attempt to apply the s-curve onto the pone.
>>43526738KEK. What would Luna do? She'd turn me into a popsicle, right? I bet she'd love me too much to do that, right?
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boopa
Power Chord!
It's empty. But at the very leas, it's emptiness can bleed ORANGE.
>>43527851Based MILF pony draw.
it's emptiness can bleed BLUEhttps://u.pone.rs/dzuvbjti.png
>>43528620neat
>>43529247wait! NO!I really need some criticism on shading
>>43529435you do a better job than me on shading, so youll have to ask another anon
Made a quick attempt at a background for my characters. For only putting about an hour into it i think i have a solid attempt but i think the characters are a bit too small or too low in relation to the background
>>43529664You're right, I think they're too low in the frame.Try to keep their abdomens at approximately the Rule of Thirds line or intersection.That way, they have more breathing room from the bottom edge of your scene.Otherwise, their size depends on how large you want their environment to appear. So it's up to you how you want to handle that.
(Crossposting from /create/, since it's also art related.)Back to another project of mine I've been neglecting. (>>42856897 https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42803188/#42856897)A while back someone (>>42858068) suggested using circles to help with getting the proportions correct for this Applejack turnaround. And honestly I think it did help immensely (to the point where I don't like the 5/8ths angle anymore and need to redo *that one*).But now I need outside feedback on whether the 3/4 view looks good.Vid rel is a repeating back-and-forth between the profile "master" view, and the 3/4 view test.(Old version is on the linked desuarchive post if needed.)
Gay horse I drew. Can't be bothered finishing it as I don't like the pose/foreshortening, and I wasn't sure where to place the highlights, it all looks hella off. Might do some portrait studies though as I want to learn how to properly get horse faces right. I feel like I draw them too smushy.
>>43530637
>>43521597Working on a new reference for him.I mainly tweaked the tail and mane, but there are other small adjustments around the body as well.
>>43531635I like how you do the shadows, and the snoot is very cute, makes me think of older gens (in a good way). You makes me want to try a pose like that, that's probably what I'm gonna draw next.
>>43532873>"AJ, don't tell me Chrysalis tricked you again!">"Me? What about YOU?">"Way to go, applehead."
Cleared the canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZGhttps://ponerpics.org/images/7590133png: https://u.pone.rs/mbttqqtr.pngpsd: https://u.pone.rs/abykabrv.psdPrevious canvas: >>43471881
>>43522994Yeah.... more or less..It really helps, given how much Iāve practiced over time. And well it was about time I showed how much I improved. Thanks anyway...its been a while since I posted anything here.Also hi /bale/
another stupid sketchHAHA
>>43532974>I'll probably be on this farm forever.>Harvesting its apples, again.>I may not know the whole story behind this.>But perhaps it's better that way.>I'm at peace once more.
>>43525902>tfw the thread is dead already
>>43533173>Honesty, hard work, and family, are the elements that keep me going.Nice scenery, Anon, love to see it. I wish I was man enough to actually draw backgrounds myself so I could pinpoint exactly what I like about this, but either way, I'm wowed.>>43533030>>43533039Consummate V's! CONSUMMATE!!!The styilization on the bodies is already cool on its own, but what really gets me is Rarity's mane. Makes that thing looks easy to draw.
>>43533186Super cuties!I saw that discussion too, and this is a very nice drawing to spring from it!>>43533476>Nice scenery, Anon, love to see it [...]Thank you very much, Anon! You did have some background in your Knux drawing there! And it looks like it has perspective guide lines and everything!My backgrounds are very "seat-of-my-pants", with lacking perspective understanding and stuff, so it usually comes down to luck it they look alright or not. And this image in particular was done fast and loose, with a nature background style I've done a few times in the past.I'm usually too much of a personal perfectionist to have the energy to attempt (and usually get disappointed with) BGs. So it's fun to just throw a fast and reckless one out there from time to time.
>>43533476Ohhh well, thanks a lot.. I like Rarity...Maybe I should keep uploading my progress every day.. even if its all a bit simple.. so I don't lose the level I built up over time, hahaha. Maybe...
boop
the very rare occasion i draw a background. i saw finish line be made on the board a while back ago and thought she was cute, just never got around to drawing her until now.
>>43534382i-i hope this was from before she got pregnant
>>43532084Part-way through colouring.I hid the blocking guide, only showing the colours.I think it looks kinda cool when it's floaty like this.
>>43534532It's still candy she just bought one of those novelty suckers that makes fake smoke
another redraw of a classic of mine
>>43534382Bestest mare! I think that's the first of her actually driving a car. Night city beyond a river was a fine choice of background. Seeing this feels like she'd fit right into Streets of Rage. Her and Papercuts would have no problem busting up punks.
>>43534730stinky linky
>>43534228>You did have some background in your Knux drawing there!Eh, it's a rare instance for me because I thought the reference wouldn't read as well otherwise. Though it does bring up a point that I should seek doing more backgrounds, my pones have been stuck in featureless voids for so long.>So it's fun to just throw a fast and reckless one out there from time to time.Hell yeah, brother. One of the lessons you gotta teach yourself constantly is to go fast and loose with your art, at the very least to keep up momentum and ward off rust. Plus, you'll have more stuff of yours to look back at in a few months time and cringe.... Or a few minutes in this case. GEEZ I need less flat heads.
Doing 3/4 gets boring.. I'll try to mix it up this time.So, hi /bale/
This has sat around needing finishing for a while now. Plants could be better and I need to figure out what to do with the borders, but I have been feeling stumped. I think I will start new drawings and come back to it later.>>43528620Kamen rider lookin pony. Shading looks fine, light would probably catch the upper right ear. It is a very smooth pony. Maybe if you wanted to exercise you could try shading fluffiness.>>43533039I adore this style! You've got a good blend of cute-edgy.
>>43536077>One of the lessons you gotta teach yourself constantly is to go fast and loose with your art, at the very least to keep up momentum and ward off rust.I struggle a lot with this. I love sketching out ideas but then bog down and endlessly procrastinate when it's time to do the proper lines and stuff, or to utilize some fundamental technique of the art that I don't already feel confident with.It has stalled both my output and skill progress. I think I've gotta work on my discipline, and my own perfectionist expectations daunting me.
Quick, messy sketch of Rainbow Dash in the Goku death pose, LOL.
big millie
>>43536350That's a cute Ponk>>43536747A rare mare!
>>43536556nutella? I love this piece!
>>43536556I really dig the look! The monochrome and full-black shadows are a very strong visual. And the rim-light outline where contours would bleed into stuff like the ground detail, or that shaded water edge also look really good.Flutter's kinda inscrutable expression also gives more leeway to interpret what type of mood the image conveys to the viewer.I felt similarly with this one >>43523508. Is it ominous and you could just simply die, or is Rares only goofing around with a silly costume?>>43536625Always a funny reference. But isn't it Yamcha who lies like that in the perfectly round Saibaman crater?>>43536747Very cute. And a fine situation to be in. Sweating is understandable.
>>43536606>I think I've gotta work on my discipline, and my own perfectionist expectations daunting me.Felt. "You're your own worst critic" gets repeated ad nauseam for a reason, it's what makes improvement such a journey.All there really is to do is telling that part of you that doesn't want you enjoying the process to eat a fat one and choke on it. Which is easier said than done, but the harsh reality is that a creative endeavour is never gonna be smooth sailing from start to finish, and you do kind of just have to FORCE yourself to keep going despite how tangalizing another run of Isaac is. (EVEN THOUGH YOU REALLY WANNA BEAT FUCKING DELIRIUM.)[\spoiler]Don't get too caught up on stuff you didn't finish, either. Sure, don't just be lazy if you can help it, but you'll thank yourself later when you can identify if you can just sleep on something or you gotta just move on from it lest you trap yourself.Daunting? Sure. Doable? Absolutely. It doesn't matter if you think your output is crap and others are telling you it's crap because any output at all is great. If you hold onto that passion for the craft then it can drive you forever.>>43536556That's some good shit, Anon! The way the mane floats on the water and casts a shadow below is just beautiful.
>>43538165AW GOD, I SPOILED IT!!!
>>43538169>anon out here typing so much horrible shit to /bale/ that he has to spoiler almost his whole postSuch a villain.Thanks for the words. I'll endeavor to be more "Git 'er done" and forgiving with myself!And once again your drawings demand praise. The stellar expressiveness of all the poses and faces, the dramatic lines of action on Rarity, Fluttershy's angular mane and tail. Fantastic.Is RD languidly floating by backwards or is she on the ground, propping herself up using only her wings?
>>43538236>Is RD languidly floating by backwards or is she on the ground, propping herself up using only her wings?Technically you can read it either way, but I did draw is as Dash propping up on her wings all cool-like.... That CANNOT be healthy...
The great and colorful trixie has returned
>>43538436LOL, "Great and colourful."Here's a Butter-shy :)
Finished the cover art for my next fic, where a fanfilly of Daring's "rescues" her from the dark magic book that's melted her into a puddle. I'm surprised how painless the reflection ended up being. Thought it was going to be the hardest part of the whole thing. I just redid the Cotton Swab headshot, slapped a filter on it, cranked down the opacity, and added a blur.I'm also surprised how hard the cobblestone road ended up being. Took three hours to try and figure it out and I'm still not entirely happy with it.
>>43538436She's adorable, I want to hug her.
>>43538436triggles
>>43538436Looks good! Only suggestion I'd have is the chest is a too big. It's about as big as her head, which it shouldn't be.
does anyone in this thread have advice for drawing fat mares? ive been trying to combine my basic mare-drawing skills while using fat artists i like as references but its really really tricky unless I toss out my understanding and construction in favor of just drawing what I see verbatim.
>>43539844the best way to approach it is to not draw them and contribute something other than that rancid shit to the fandombut actually you use normal construction and then visualize how the fat falls off the base skeleton/muscle structure
>>43539850its mostly just for myself, not the type of stuff that I'd share, if it makes it any better. thanks for the advice though, anon.
>>43539855no problem fag
>>43535651
>>43539844
>>43540761Unfathomably based anon. Thank you.
Waking up with bird on the brain.
>>43541398Cute ponk
>>43541398Just imagine mounting that gryphon.
I'm very slowly chipping away at an emote that I hope I'll get done for the Anni.The emotion and usage I'm aiming for is "crying from happiness/beauty".I would be grateful if you'd point out anything that might look wrong.Also: What BG pony should this be?I first thought of making it Lyra since she's in most emotes, but then changed my mind for that very same reason. Some other nice BG mare should also get a chance.I've considered: Sisi here, Amethyst, Lemon Hearts, Derpy, Cloud Kicker, Rainbowshine or maybe some Apple family BG mare. Do suggest others if you want, as well.Preferably somepony whose coat contrasts well with the light-blue tears, for maximum emote readability.
>>43542058Very cute anon.Sisi seems like a good choice. Does she even have another emote?
>>43542058Sisi!
Pega dork sus
>>43540543
I said it before and I'll say it again: There's nothing more humbling than getting your ass kicked by an unfamiliar character model.>>43543162Oh hey, Scary-Eyes Anon? Been a while, I missed those deranged pones of yours.What a friggin' dweeb. The Rubix's Cube cutie mark might as well read "Please stuff me in a locker."
>>43543922Yeah its been a month since I stopped drawingAlso I cant use my old drawing program on pc anymore, so I'll stick to trad art for now
I decided to finish this berry from a while ago on the magma. Gonna drink some mead now.
referenced mane styles
no use crying over spilt beer.
>>43542058Sisi, it's too late to change her now anon, she's very pretty.
>>43543637
And when "You didn't draw anything" is also the cause of the bad days, it becomes a sticky situation.
Filler finally came back with those cigarettes- HEY! THOSE ARE MINE!!!
>>43546163>tfwI actually quite like my finished digital paint pieces for the most part and think they look pretty good, but I struggle with consistency doin' the fundamentals to where I go months/years between draws and I'm struggling with retarded shaky-lined crayon doodles every time I start.
The guides in the OP arenāt very useful for newfag (zero experience) artists.Iāve counted 4 actual āhow to draw a ponyā guides, but if you were to follow them you wouldnāt be able to replicate their results to a satisfactory level, which seems less so a guide and more a guideline.
>>43544484good bewweh
>>43546630yeah there are some actually harmfully bad guides in there too, but other than those, come on now it should be doable to find the guides you need from a big gallery.
>>4354616310/10 good art, framing, expressions and delivery. I like this a lot. I see you did the transparency gradient on Moondancer's glasses again, works very well for how simple it is.
>>43546630you gotta learn a few fundies before the guides make sense, but you cant learn the fundies until you draw
still kinda new to drawin mare, here's a ary
>>43547058neck as long as the PaK 44. supports literally despising untermensch. alles gut
>>43546840Thank you!I really felt like my dialogue somehow muddied up the clean: "I eat ice cream on bad days --> you eat ice cream every day! --> (every day is bad)" joke from the comic I was aping, so I'm glad to hear the delivery somehow survived anyway!The glasses gradient is something I borrow directly from Moondancer's show model. Both times I noticed it while looking at her glasses for reference, and since it is indeed pretty simple to do, I liked just throwing it in there.>>43544312Beeri. What a little cutie!I really like how colorful and juicy the letters and honey are! And the little honeycomb details are very nice.>>43544356>hfw you left one single unwashed plate in the sink for an entire dayOn second thought, she endures Sweetie Belle trying out cooking in their kitchen, so she might be more resilient to such things.
>>43546598I'm also usually proud of the things I finish, yet also so critical and hampered by not feeling "skilled enough" that I shelve images for years because I "can't do the idea/sketch justice".But I know deep down that not even trying the intimidating thing means never learning and overcoming the intimidating thing.
>>43546630>he needs guidesjust take a pencil, look at the pony and draw it, lolThis is genuinely what I did. The results weren't very good for a while, and at first I only copied poses from the show, but after a while you start noticing things you can improve for the next time, so you slowly improve. And after you practice the basic shapes enough, you can play with it and make whatever you want.
there's something wrong with the body but I can't put my finger on what
>>43547953it's very much okay imo, cute mareif there is a problem it's more of a readability thing than a significant anatomical problem
>>43547965readability, how so? If it's the engine, I intend to change the image or make my own cause this one isn't very good
>>43547970I mean like the composition makes it look a bit weird because it obscures landmarks like the start of her hip and her belly that could clarify her pose and anatomy. Another example of a readability problem is when two lines on different parts of an object perfectly line up ("lines kissing"), so it looks like they're the same object or touching, when they just visually overlap.
>>43547980I see, that might be what was bothering me with the body, I'll try changing it so that the top of the hips are visible, I think her belly would be obscured by the other stuff though, also I don't see where there is line kissing
>>43548007I don't think you should change anything, it would be mostly worthless nitpicking IMO; changing it to make her hips visible would probably cause other problems or force you to redo the whole pose/composition. line kissing is just an abstract example unrelated to your image.
>>43548014oh ok, I'll think about those things in my next drawings then, thanks for the input anon
>>43547970NTA you were talking to, but I feel like it might be the brain automatically completing the neck line strangely, since it has to imagine the rest of her body.I logically know that the flaring out of the line is just from the front-facing angle and probably the mare's chest and ribcage that should quickly turn in and follow the body line of her back. But my brain kinda drew a big, round, gourd-shaped body below her in my mind anyway.Maybe just pulling in the top of the left neck line, where it meets the head, could help one imagine a more streamlined body? Maybe?I'm not very good at this stuff either, but I drew some lines anyway. Green is what I think my mind is doing and the red one is my suggestion.My lines here are both quite exaggerated; like, these red lines would make her very thin, and kinda screws up the arch of her back and the rump circle. But you get the idea.
>>43548094agreed, thanks for taking the time to redline
>>43548094putting a redline in really helps thanks, I tried to make the body more bean shaped and I think it improved it a lot
Did this for the Anon Mare general
>>43549089>Hyper trashI can't even call you a faggot because that's what you are!
>>43549094Can't a stallion draw a fat ass?
Doing a Celestia and I want a second opinion on her hind leg.It doesn't look "right" to me.
>>43549089I didn't know you were gay norre wtf.
how could I fix the composition? I'm trying to change the eye level of brae, but not sure how I can make it look varied without breaking eye contact with sunburst.
>>43549318change the angle of the pose hes in, would make it a bit better imo, rather than all three heads being the same distance off the ground
linky HATES it when you do that>>43546163cute and same
>>43549412Yes, I do mind the stinkyness, theaters shouldn't allow stinky horses indoors.
>>43549412Oh, I'm sorry, did some of it got into your mane?
>>43549117Looks pretty good to me.One thing to try could be letting the belly overlap her thigh. At this angle the belly usually blocks the sight line a little.It does detract from the "Woah, big butt!" factor, but makes her abdomen look less flat.If loads of rump is a goal, one could add some of that volume back at her rear. And if big thighs is the focus, one can squish the angle of the belly intersection line over more, with the volume of the thigh.>>43549318What a dangerously cute collection of lads!I'm not smart enough to weigh in on the art question.>>43549412Pizza Time!This kind of backlight / rim-lighting shading is such a good look.
>>43549841>At this angle the belly usually blocks the sight line a littleFor some reason I've always thought the opposite was the case. I'm going to try that moving forward. And since I want a bigger thigh, I'll squish the 'belly intersection line'. Thanks anon.
>>43547953I believe your mare's shoulders are too low.It looks like your character's chest starts lower than where the arms connect.Look for the shoulder hump that separates the neck from the chest and ask yourself whether it sits above where the arms connect.You should also ask yourself whether the neck appears too long or short as well. The shoulder hump can be adjusted to help with that as well.
>>43549412I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye
>>43548667another one
>>43551130Cute! The reflections in her eyes are hearts, right?
tried drawing but just wasn't feeling it tonight
Did a surprisingly cute doodle while waiting for my food>>43551696I remember seeing this snoofa... Hi purp
Pinkamena drawn by Me
Cleared the canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZGhttps://ponerpics.org/images/7596228png: https://u.pone.rs/qvtldecu.pngpsd: https://u.pone.rs/cflkfqlw.psdPrevious canvas: >>43533029
A lot of Pinkie kino today
Marefoid
>>43551130>Anonmare x Anonstallionmy beloved paring
gonna post two arts i did recently here, firstly is this fluttershy sketch i did at work. i draw ocs far too often so i figured i should mix in more canon mares to balance things out. probably first time ive drawn fluttershy in over a year maybe?
heres the other one i did from yesterday, thought it came out pretty ok given i struggled on making the lifted rear hoof. this is my mechanic mare and like it says in the picture she smells like motor oil and its gorgeous
Tried making a filly turned into a discount woona. Any tips on how to make her more filly like? or any tips at all. Its been years since ive picked a pen up.
Wife>>43553414I would make her head bigger.
>>43553041Kek>>43553414Like >>43553448 said, make the head bigger. Like human babies, the head grows less than the rest of the body when growing up, so the head/body ratio is bigger the younger the pony is.
artistic bump
Tried drawing a colt but, im not sure the body portions don't quite seem right. Am i hallucinating?
>>43553295
trying to develop a style
Pony oc
>>43555174>FetishslopFaggot.
>>43555191Idgaf
>>43555191You expect a lot from someone with a stallion OC
>>43555220You know what? He's cute.
>>43555174I can understand basically every fetish except this one
>>43554977A style is just something that happens organically when you decide what works best with your project flow
>>43555278Ngl I just think there neat.>>43555313Great work anon! Very good use of colors
Reposting because I uploaded the incorrect version reeeI tried to work on perspective with a pose I've never done before. I'm happy with the result but no so much with the colouring, I wanted to draw the screen's light reflecting off of her but couldn't figure out how to do it.>>43555322Thank you anon
>>43555332And I kinda prefer the sketch version, it has more charm I think.
>>43554779Billions of apex seals must fail.
Old Dashie I made a while backMessed a little bit with my phone's shitty filters
help a retard storyboard/animatic an animation.>https://u.pone.rs/tghojuag.mp4>Premise: Princess Cadence at the grand galloping galla tries to slip a roofie into anon's drink while he's talking to somepony. When he confronts her, she straight face denies it for awkwardly too long.I edited the original premise to have her make a funny psychicpebbles like creature voice as the punchline. Let me know if I'm a retarded hack of an animator with no understanding of humor.
>>43555332It looks really nice! I love the pose and Floorb's look. Comfy yet also kinda melancholic.For "screen-light reflection" stuff, I'd personally try edge/rim lighting. I threw together a couple of example here.Since the general lighting was fairly bright already I darkened down the whole scene. This might have obscured things too much, but with your original layers you can do this with less brute force than I. I also brightened the screen.In the right-hand example I used an eraser on the multiply shadow layer, which preserves the original colors in the light, in case you want to show them off. The left one's light is just a solid color lying above even the line layer, making the rim-light brighter and more pronounced. It's monochrome, but one could switch colors on the fly or go over it with a clipping layer to make the color better match the ones beneath, if that's a look and effort one desires. Is that the kind of effect you were thinking of?>>43555333>one's sketch feels more charmingA tale as old as time.Moving away from the malleable "my brain fills in the 'ideal' look' I have in my mind" phase of a sketch always seems to smart a little. It's why it's so scary to start committing to all the final lines and colors and stuff.But one must try to remember how sweet it can be to end up with a "final" drawing!
>>43555598That wasn't that long, certainly not long enough to make it awkward. I was expecting half a minute of denial at least, ideally a minute or more. Be bold, Anon.
>>43555608ANON PLEASE READ!!!!!!111I changed the premise to make her sound like a psychicpebbles creature instead of her denying ot for awkwardly too long. Do I go back to the original premise or would combining the two work?
>>43555630My bad, I think you could do both though. It might be because it's missing a cutaway/the next scene, but it feels like the punchline is missing. Which, from what I understand about awkward humor, is part of the joke but leaves the video feeling short.
>>43555679That's what animatics are for. I'm just getting the basic beats down and seeing how it all feels. I'll make the transition between anon accusing to cadence defending, longer.
>>43555603Left one is what I tried to do yes, thanks a lot for showing me this Anon, I'll keep it and your explanation as reference for next time!>>43555827Lovely derp
>>43555827Blue eyes work on her, mainly because sky flyer and blueberry muffins. I like how caught-off-guard she is.
>>43554977The lines on Fluttershy's face make her seem old and wrinkled.
>>43554977Varying the line thickness would help it not feel flat. As in outlines being thick, some detail lines not as thick. Shading as well; the show is fairly flat but I think adding little details in ink like you have invites it in. I am also uncertain if cutesy and round but small heads on realistic bodies will be able to work on realistic bodies, but that could be something you figure out. Good luck anon!>>43555302Yeah this, just do study pieces where you copy artists that you like and try to absorb them. Artists are usually recognizable but style is intentional, the ideal is to become a chameleon.
>>43503576She was very brave and joyful. And now she's still very brave and joyful.I really enjoy melancholic things like this.This image went through a lot of effort creep, so I apologize to the thread if it's not very bale.But I did struggle a lot with things, such as: "Obstructing limb/object that should cast a logical, longer-range 3D-space shadow across other things" (nemesis concept atm), the anatomy of raising a pony foreleg to eye level, pony snoots: how do they work?, chickening out of drawing her whole body, and doing endless postponing and procrastination.I also fantasized about drawing a background, but that's hard too and would take even longer. So transparent void it is.
>>43556821>>43503576Here's also a quicker one.This is from later on, when she's picked out a spiffy pair of shades to wear.
>>43556821Poor mare, I hope she gets all the love in the world she deserves.Grim but touching.
More of this thing>>43556821Very cute oc and an interesting premise, great work anon!
>>43556821 (me)I now also realize and worry that I did not properly specify that: I am not the same anon that created the Pine Pitch OC!These two images are only fan-art of his OC! All praise for being creative goes to him!
quick RD
>>43557955Waimbo!
>> 43555302 #i might be stupid
Probably my first truly multi-day piece. I quite liked hitting those finer details! I hope I made it look like she's turning the front of her body towards you, and not like her front and rear halves are awkwardly placed together at different angles.
>>43558402WAKE ME UP!and shit
>>43558402she has a really cute face
Applejack I drew
>>43558835kino. sovl. patrician. cinema. comfy. snowpity.
>>43558835Peak fridge art.
>>43555174cute
>>43556821this is really good
>>43556821>>43557001gosh your pulling those hearstrings tight i feel bad throwing that 'lol' in there. shes really truley beautiful anon, ill have to give her some more love soon.
>>43560009
Drew this a few weeks(?) ago during one of the EQG streams. I've been wanting to finish it, but I've been really burnt out the past few weeks and it's only getting worse. It's really frustrating not being able to turn to one of my main forms of relaxation.
Heyo, could somebody point me to the October daily drawing ideas list? I don't think I've seen it around?
>>43560516See the Pinkie thread
>>43560516don't listen to him go to the Trixie thread
I finally sat down and figured out how to animate something in Krita.
Been messing around with a wood burning pen earlier today for unrelated non-pony reasons.Did some ponies on some scrap parts.
not really happy with this but I'm not going to work on it anymore so I guess it's done
>>43560956Pyrography is cool. I feel Iād buy a pyrographed pony trinkets.>>43561288This pose sure is something. I think it works better with the hoof a bit higher. But don't mind me I just wanted to give it a try too.>>43560912noice!>>43560180Love your style, super cute!
>>43561288It's a nice ponk, she looks happy, which is the optimal mode of being for a ponk. Her weird little leg amputation? Well let's not worry about that. Perspective drawing where stuff is pointing directly at the viewer is tricky and weird.>>43561359In both cases I think the 'near' hoof should be at least as large as the 'far' hoof.>the belly curveUnf, though I prefer OP's plot.
>>43524608digital, used my mouse because my drawing tablet stays still if i move the pen too slowly and then it juts to where it should, anyone know a fix?
>>43561527this is a driver problem in my experience. Windows Ink bullshit, trying to use magma on the wrong browser bullshit, stuff like that.
>>43561549>>43561549Thanks, I installed the driver and after a restart it works fine.What I really need a fix for is:Please unblock spur.us and mcl.io to proceed.I have to press Get Captcha like 50 times until I get one. I will never buy a pass.
These are higher effort, but this is basically the (un)official drawing critique thread at this point, so I'm posting these two WIP here.
>>43561685Second one.Both will be part of the same final image, but they don't directly affect each-other, so they can be evaluated separately.
>>43554373
Suggestive but not explicit. Also unpleasant subject matter. viewer discretion is advised. I like the idea of this one and i'm happy with the sketch, but any time i've tried to go back at this, it just doesn't work, if that makes sense? really frustrating.
first time drawing pony :)
>>43562252From the thumbnail I thought it's Zippers
>>43555174Urg I know pool toy is Furryslop Fetish shit but unfortunately I love him
>>43555174You based him off https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185957954729 ? Do you own one?
