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#322501 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 9:44:01 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Yes.

#322502 Lopiny Fri, 28th Dec '12 9:47:48 AM from somewhere

Then you've improved quite a bit on that front. Other than the lines and the empty white tips, it looks pretty good. That's a random pony, or the crew's animal trainer?

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#322503 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 9:52:40 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Thank you!

That's just a random pony at the moment, but that CM was made using photoshops custom shape creator. It's a CM making dream! There's literally hundreds of shapes of all kinds, from birds to flowers to lamps and hazard symbols!

Anyway, I'll continue to work at them.

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#322504 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 10:20:49 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I'm still worried though. Making these one shot practice drawings is fine, but trying to make a full comic is still very daunting.

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#322505 Bluespade Fri, 28th Dec '12 10:31:05 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

It's looking pretty good App. At a glance it looks completely fine, though of course there are off details once you look closer.

The lines look kind of wobbly. I always had the same problem when I drew so I have no real clue how to fix that. I'm thinking just practice will deal with it in time.

The horn is way too crooked though, if this drawing were meant for something besides just practice I would say it needs to be redrawn. Crooked horns are fine if they are meant to be that way (Chrysalis comes to mind) but all the unicorns we've seen have had very straight horns so it kind of jumps out. The width of the horn outline is inconsistent which makes it look sort of weak and brittle.

The main and tail also looks very two dimensional and flat, which is quite noticeable compared to the show's hair which always seems to flow and have depth to it.

But criticism aside, you're obviously improving quickly.

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#322506 Kuroi Tsubasa Tenshi Fri, 28th Dec '12 10:34:55 AM from Canada

I've heard tablet users in my group talk about using line stabilizers. I'm a little bit fuzzy on it myself, but could be worth looking into.

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#322507 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 10:40:08 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ Blue

Thank you. I completely agree with your points. I think I'll need to zoom in even more to cut down on the wobbly lines. The horn is a mess yeah, and the hair is a bit flat. Not sure how to fix that though.

@ Tenshi

I really need to study the tools on photoshop more. I'm barely using any of them.

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#322508 Bluespade Fri, 28th Dec '12 10:47:33 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

@App: I don't know if these will be of any use to you (I could never really stand to follow tutorials myself, cause I'm stubborn), but here are some tutorials by my personal favorite artist, whose style somewhat resembles what I think you're going for:

Lineless style tutorial

Coloring tutorial part

and part 2

Basic example of her style to see if you're interested I guess.

EDIT: I forgot how to format things, sigh...

edited 28th Dec '12 10:49:01 AM by Bluespade

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#322509 storyyeller Fri, 28th Dec '12 10:54:46 AM from Appleloosa

That drawing looks a lot better. Though as others mentioned, the horn needs to be fixed.

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#322510 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:31:11 AM

This is pretty cool:

Those SFM models can be pretty expressive if enough effort is put into animating them.

#322511 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:38:33 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I gave it another shot

◊, and I'm still seeing the same problems.

Tomorrow, I need to study the photoshop manual or something.

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#322512 Lopiny Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:42:37 AM from somewhere

Really? The void tips seem to be gone, and the lines look better. The mane's curves also look pretty good.

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#322513 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:46:34 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Thanks.

But I still see wobbly lines. And I still can't figure out how to do shadowing.

I need to take a moment to check out the options better.

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#322514 Bluespade Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:47:05 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

Looks much better App. The mane, tail and horn look good now.

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#322515 Lopiny Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:47:11 AM from somewhere

And that's why I'm not an artist. I completely forgot about shading.

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#322516 Davidthe Mouse 14 Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:47:33 AM

How many artist do we have in this thread anyways?

edited 28th Dec '12 11:47:45 AM by DavidtheMouse14

#322517 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:49:30 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Seriously, thanks for the encouragement.

Btw, that's a recoloured Pokey!

And see the compass cutie mark? Just another awesome ready made symbol photoshop provides...but does it look right on the character?

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#322518 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:52:00 AM

It's pretty obvious that it's just a premade thing you stamped on there, IMO. I figured it was a placeholder. If you want a reference for how the show does that kind of thing, there are a few ponies with compass rose cutie marks of varying design (Daring Do, Blueblood).

#322519 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:54:03 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I guess I'd better not rely too much on them then.

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#322520 Bluespade Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:55:55 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

Uh, wow... that Dash video. I would play the hell out of a game like that.

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#322521 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:58:18 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I video was something else.

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#322522 kegisak Fri, 28th Dec '12 11:59:17 AM

There's a debug option on the project I'm working on right now that lets you fly around the open world like that, and it's honestly a hell of a lot of fun. I once sat around for almost an hour just flying. A game based on that would be brilliant, I think.

#322523 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 12:02:08 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Lets face it, Dash has the best abilities. Who wouldn't want to fly around like that?

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#322524 Purple Dalek Fri, 28th Dec '12 12:04:23 PM from Betelgeuse

Acrophobes?

Less of a young professional. More of an ancient amateur. But frankly, I'm an absolute dream.

#322525 Applelight Limited Fri, 28th Dec '12 12:06:07 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

...

...fair point.

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