The three faces (or phases) of Luna.

I don't know. Admittedly, I don't know anything about Tesla-the-person, and most of what I know about tesla coils is from the Red Alert series.

They could probably dodge small enough ones using their holes.

Well, "super smart" Electric◊ Sky◊ is a unicorn...

Must be the hairdo.

@ What's

Sometimes I wonder if I should just use the toy ponies.

@Syd: Luna as The Hecate Sisters (or an Asari)? I approve. I wonder if Celestia has something similar?

@Kyler: You should look him up; he was pretty much a real life Mad Scientist. And by that I mean the guy inspired the typical portrayals of those characters.

'S getting late, see y'all later :D

edited 25th Jan '13 8:54:15 AM by AceOfScarabs

'Night, Ace.

@Syd: Man, Nightmare Moon's eyes are HUUUUGGGEEEE.

edited 25th Jan '13 9:13:46 AM by edvedd

And now it's stuck in my head again.

Traveling salesponies nonpareil!

That song never really did it for me. It's too long, for one thing. (IMO)

Urgh, I don't know if I should be focusing on writing or drawing this comic atm.

It's my favourite song in the series.

This Day Aria is the one that doesn't do much for me.

Derpy?!?

@ Apple: Write for the comic.

@Apple I'd say do the one you've done the least.

Writing it is then.

Btw, I'm currently experiencing a block from a fear of actually taking the plunge into doing the work. Mostly because I worry about not doing so well.

edited 25th Jan '13 9:36:10 AM by ApplelightLimited

I need to get some things done myself. Later, guys.

Just do your best, and realize that you're going to have some critics. Don't let it bother you too much.

edited 25th Jan '13 9:38:38 AM by Sydxelia

(waves handkerchief until Syd fades into the distance)

Sometimes I wish I could draw.

@Applelight: Well, the only way to get better is to practice, so you might as well dive in. My suggestion is this: pick out a really simple and short plotline for the characters and setting, preferably something you don't intend to use in the main story. Write half a dozen actual strips about it. It'll give you practice in actually writing it in comic form rather than just individual panels. Specifically, it'll help you figure out stuff like word bubble placement, panel layout, and stuff like that. Use it as a dry run to get the kinks ironed out before you actually start the stuff you're intending to publish.

On the other hand, necessity is the mother of invention. Why bother when you have magic?

@ JT

That's exactly what I'll do, thank you.

@Story: True. Although even then they have to do the magic themselves and likely actively maintain it. That and most unicorns probably don't have quite the widespread skill that Twilight does. I mean, Rarity probably could sew with her TK, but a sewing machine is just more convenient. It's the question of expending 500 TK points now to create a machine to do something for you, or spending 100 TK points a day for a month doing it yourself with magic.

edited 25th Jan '13 9:46:39 AM by JapaneseTeeth

OK, so my plan:

Flesh out the characters,

Put them in short, non comical comics with the intention of practice,

and repeat.

I'd actually reverse the order on that, put them in situations and let the characters flesh themselves out. Let it happen naturally. You only need a baseline personality to start with, let them grow on their own from there.

It's like back when I played World of Warcraft, all of my 8 or so characters had a personality and back story(some more developed than others), but none of them started with anything more than an extremely rough personality based on their class. They kinda just grew and formed on their own as I played them.

edited 25th Jan '13 10:10:04 AM by Blissey1