Go home, Windows 95, you're old and decrepit.

Does anyone know anything on the Fo E radio adaptation? I've heard a few mentions, but can't seem to find anything substantial. The soundtracks are cool to read along with, but I'm still kind of curious. And yes, I'm back to reading. One way or another, I'm going to see this story through.

I've been working on my lead again, trying to get that right.

Here he is in red◊, and here he is in green◊.

Anyone any comments? The colours are really bugging me atm (nothing looks right imo), but how's the new mane? Would freckles add much? I messed up the cm I know.

Green looks better than red, in my highly unscientific opinion. The red stands out way too much.

edited 24th Feb '13 9:00:05 AM by edvedd

Anthro Applejack Cammy.

The green works better since it looks like his tail and mane are made of sea weed.

Freckles might work on him, but they are not really necessary.

@Ed: Aha, Chry's Couch of villainy from the comic, I see.

Speaking of, I read the comic last night. I was pretty awesome!The girl's characterization was solid(Although I felt lit played a bit too heavily on Dash's ego at times), the antics were a lot of fun(The CMC's overobsession with their cutie marks gets a pass due to being just that funny, especially in how Chrys reacts to it), and the writing was just generally really good. I especially liked how the 'we're fighting now' thing from issue two wasn't just immediately resolved at the end of it, but carried into issue three as well - and even then, nobody really figured it out(Except Dash, though as I mentioned about her ego I didn't really like how she figured it out), they just kind of got over themselves.

Chrys is a wonderful villain, slipping very naturally between hilarious and genuinely fucking scary. I mean holy shit, those close up shots where she's snarling? Amazing stuff. The changelings in general are really cool, and they definitely make solid use of them. To be frank I'm actually a bit sad that this arc is going to be over so soon, because I like Chrys and the changelings just that much.

Art-wise, the comic is phenomenal, especially when put next to the Micro-series. It captures the show's style perfectly while at the same time giving it that bump that reminds you what flash just can't do sometimes. A lot of the girls, especially Pinkie, have been made a lot gummier, and I think it really works well. The stretching and smushing of their faces really amps up the cuteness, and the added flexibility leads to some downright amazing expressions. The best way to call it is to compare it to the Finale of Wakfu, where the show is the rest Wakfu's season: The animation is good throughout the season, yeah, but the finale blows it away. Love the style.

One thing in particular I really like about it is the details it adds in to switch between srs and slly modes: The silly times are a lot simpler, and have more exaggerated expressions. The serious times have less gummy expressions, but the details get kicked up a notch, especially in terms of colouring and playing with light. It manages to switch extremely well between Chrys clowning around with her generals and then immediately showing off why she's a villain extremely well.

To be perfectly frank if there's any one issue I have it's that a few times there was a background character trying to make an exaggerated expression that, because of the small size, came out really really weird. Oh, that and a place on the map called Gelding Grotto: I both really wan't to know why it's called that, and really don't want to know why it's called that.

So, final verdict: Really good writing that leans a bit too heavily on specific character traits at times(And if I was being absolutely critical the need to wrap up the contents of the issue at the end can make them feel a bit truncated at times, but for the most part it's fine), and extremely solid art whose only fault comes from being a bit too ambitious. Definitely a fantastic comic.

Yeah, sometimes when you need to do silly, too much detail isn't always a plus.

I'm getting feedback in the fic thread telling me to go back to gold.

Oh hey, glad you enjoyed the comic keggy.

edited 24th Feb '13 9:30:23 AM by ApplelightLimited

Truthfully, green/red aren't really great compliments for that coat.

edited 24th Feb '13 9:32:11 AM by edvedd

I suck at picking colours.

And the drawing still looks stupidly out of porportion.

I just had an idea. What if Derpy got her name from birds? There are some birds where I live whos call sounds like they're saying 'derpy'.

I think Katie Cook said one of the reasons they're doing the 4-issue Story Arc format is so people can easily get into the series without having to worry about years worth of continuity while still telling big adventure stories.

Fun fact; Katie Cook & Andy Price will be handling the Rarity micro comic. It'll be interesting to see how they handle a one-shot Slice of Life story.

On an unrelated note, behold the many adorable faces of Princess Luna!

Ooh that's going to be fun.

I'm so happy to have these comics to get us through the pony drought. When's the next one out?

Next one should come out next Wednesday, then the next Micro-Series comic two weeks after that. We'll basically have comics every other week until the Micro-Series is done.

edited 24th Feb '13 10:14:45 AM by PerpetualLurker

Good to hear.

They both look fine to me.

Luna has the best pet!

You fool! You fell for the oldest trick in the book!

Is this thing broken? I keep hitting the on button and nothing happens.

This isn't even my final form!

Is that from the episode?

Well, in the actual episode all she does is point at the cutie mark. She doesn't actually poke it.

i drew fluttershy as humen

Well, that's a nice thing to return to... ^_^

Anyway, heya guys! Back from Wales!

You know what surprises me, compared to how much drama it caused when we first heard of it, Alicorn Twi honestly caused relatively little complaining, especially when you consider the size of the fandom, which is fairly large. It is there, sure, but the vast majority of people just don't care, or are at least waiting till next season before crying ruined forever. Most fandoms that I've been in can end up way more divided on things smaller than this. (Though to be fair, considering that my previous fandoms include the Sonic and Doctor Who fandoms, I'm probably not the best judge of an normal fanbase reaction).

Probably because of the fandom. Bitching about every single thing you don't like is heavily discouraged. This show is already a lot better than it had any right to be, so complaints just can't make much of a case.

Oh, hi, it's been a while. I took a few weeks away from MLP because I was busy sulking over Twilight becoming an alicorn. I still don't like the idea (more specifically, I don't like the idea of this series continuing after something like that), but I'll just wait and see how the next season is going to turn out.

What's going on in here, lately?