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#121401 Mousa The 14 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:28:21 AM from Northern Virginia

@Ace, This is growing the beard in your eyes? Hmm, time to show off.

And I'm looking foreward to Dragon Quest. More Spike is always better.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:29:43 AM by MousaThe14

I analyze "Geek Culture" here.

When All Else Fails, worry, that's the 14 way.

#121402 Mr AHR Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:29:08 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Is that more views than you had last time? I don't remember you passing 10k before, but I have bad memory.

#121403 Mio Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:30:21 AM

@Sky Strike: Yeah, I believe it is.

@storyyeller: Is that really the go to explanation for everything that happens in this episode?

edited 11th Mar '12 8:31:21 AM by Mio

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#121404 Mousa The 14 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:30:40 AM from Northern Virginia

I haven't paid attention to my views since the 3, 000s. I want critique, not numbers.

I analyze "Geek Culture" here.

When All Else Fails, worry, that's the 14 way.

#121405 Mr AHR Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:31:20 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Fair enough. I started paying attention to views ever since I met a girl with 20 (really crappy) deviations and 18k views >_>

#121406 Mousa The 14 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:32:44 AM from Northern Virginia

Well NOW I'm going to pay attention, nothing makes me pay attention more than the unworthy.

I analyze "Geek Culture" here.

When All Else Fails, worry, that's the 14 way.

#121407 Applelight Limited Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:32:58 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ Ace

Love dosn't quite cover it!

To be in that field...

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#121408 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:33:19 AM from Appleloosa

@storyyeller: Is that really the go to explanation for everything that happens in this episode?

Yes, yes it is.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#121409 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:34:47 AM from Singapore

@Mousa: Well, I've still got 24 years of nonstop doodling ever since I could hold a crayon, but then again my skills have plateau'd out so I need another paradigm shift before I can evolve my drawing technique again. Also, perspective and proportion and composition are still a pain in the gluteus maximus.

Soul Gems! (DISCLAIMER: Just cosplay props only)

#121410 Mr AHR Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:35:42 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Can you draw backgrounds?

#121411 Mio Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:36:29 AM

Well then. Forgive me for finding that insufficient and ignoring that episode ever happened.

edited 11th Mar '12 8:36:37 AM by Mio

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#121412 Mousa The 14 Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:37:54 AM from Northern Virginia

@Ace, I have only 13 years of drawing under my belt and I agree, completion and perspective are nightmarish like nothing else, compositin was basically my art teacher's biggest critique when I was working on my death series. I'm pretty sure I plataued about 3 years ago and I may have actually been getting worse.

I analyze "Geek Culture" here.

When All Else Fails, worry, that's the 14 way.

#121413 Mr AHR Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:39:51 AM from ಠ_ಠ

—had only been drawing for 4-5 years—

I feel young.

#121414 Seraphem Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:41:50 AM from Delamare

wait, if there disaster proofing Equestria, why are they filling the water tower, wouldn't it make more sense to limit how much water is in it in case it ruptures?

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.

#121415 Sky Strike Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:42:17 AM from over the Rainboom

@seraph They were clearly preparing for an Ursa Minor attack.

Sweetie Belle is not amused.

I threw it on the ground!

#121416 storyyeller Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:42:57 AM from Appleloosa

So they can put out fires I guess.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#121417 Applelight Limited Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:42:58 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Been drawing for 14 years before a 4 year hiatus...very rusty here...

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#121418 Mr AHR Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:43:21 AM from ಠ_ಠ

Also, I doubt you're plateauing, Mousa. I suspect you're probably refining at this point. Drawing for something like a tumblr or an art class

can really help, because you HAVE to draw, and you can't wait until it's perfect.

#121419 Ace Of Scarabs Sun, 11th Mar '12 8:45:38 AM from Singapore

@AHR: A bit.

@Mousa: 13 years isn't enough to plateau, I should think.

To be fair, I can admit to basically abusing the Internet as a springboard for my style by replicating the styles of a lot of random artists/fanartists from the Web to springboard my drawing technique, as well as using how-to-draw guides aplenty for extra experience. On general principle, I absolutely refused to trace because I hold the belief that if I can reverse-engineer a drawing and (partially) reproduce it (or better if the original piece was... lacking), I learn much more than if I cheaped out and traced it. One thing in particular I spent a lot of time grinding up was gesture drawing because it helps a great deal, also I focus a lot on expressions/body construction and have a ton of schematics doodles breaking down custom-job powered armor I conceptualized myself.

In more pony-related news, my sister used to collect G1 ponies and my mother doesn't quite get why I got new brushable ponies lately (Mane Six plus Honeybuzz plus extra-large Dashie)