• Newbie Artist Training Grounds Day 5


    I think all of your fruit ponies scared Phoe away!  So I'm creating the post this time!

    This time around, we have 266 entries! Feel free to add them to your Achievement List if you are participating in that as well. This post should load much more quickly thanks to some changes from Calamari.

    As a reminder:  Please submit everything through the submission tool, explained here!

    I'm not sure if Phoe had anything specifically planned for today.  I'm seeing a lot of earth ponies, so why don't we do a Pegasus one?

    The Theme of the Day
     

    Draw your favorite pony with WINGS(Any pony, you can magic some wings on!), breaking the sound barrier!  How you want to handle the particle effects, or wing design, is up to you!  If Dash creates rainbows, what does Twilight create? 


    1) By Anakah


    2) By MHPayne


    3) By Latte


    4) By ChaosDrop


    5) By Fish0and0chips


    6) By Milk


    7) By Lacrox (Actually Applebloom, I'm pretty sure it is.)


    8) By CatDogJoe


    9) By ShinePaw


    10) By DiZaster321


    11) By Damian Foxx


    12) By Ctrl-Z


    13) By Kooldude


    14) By Foxdeimos (The Great and Powerful Bloomberg!)


    15) By zomgiteslaura


    16) By Supersheep64 (This will haunt my dreams forever.)


    17) By FrostV952


    18) By Thanqol


    19) By blindferret


    20) By 4Tens


    21) By Mellowbloom


    22) By Konig


    23) By Zu Kraze


    24) By StateAlchemist


    25) By Partition


    26) By Nullh


    27) By Caramel


    28) By Pwny Pokes


    29) By Doc New!FillySAOwk


    30) By Mister Bristle


    31) By Jimbo1023


    32) By DarkStarZN


    33) By Stabbercube


    34) By Geoffrey Learn


    35) By Blueberry Muffin (Derpy, noooo!)


    36) By A. Bernard


    37) By Stephanie RDshie


    38) By Cybie


    39) By Arion


    40) By Tarynsgate


    41) By Shiko


    42) By Twilight360


    43) By Inspiration (I love you guys so much.)


    44) By Bravura


    45) By Paavi0


    46) By Evergreen II


    47) By PandaRoux


    48) By Spark


    49) By Alleen (Of course it is! You've never seen a pie tree?)


    50) By Mr. Wonko


    51) By Rydel


    52) By Miyajima (I think Lyra is going to become my waifu by the end of next week at this rate.)


    53) By TheWiseWolf


    54) By PonyLover


    55) By Squidbombed (*blink*)


    56) By Fetchbeer


    57) By Smock


    58) By Lorina


    59) By Shiver


    60) By FerretWithASpork (Now that is efficiency.)


    61) By Ori


    62) By Invidlord


    63) By Goggle Sparks


    64) By Iroke


    65) By SnarkyShark2010


    66) By nanapuff


    67) By Kitty Tail (Um, L-Lyra, that's...)


    68) By Dangereaux


    69) By zorg


    70) By Facelessguru


    71) By EssAeEm


    72) By Sphinxadin


    73) By LadyM


    74) By Taco Bandit


    75) By niki


    76) By Odymex


    77) By Grue


    78) By Jakp0tt


    79) By Tanner


    80) By ClearSkies (Somepony go rewrite that story.)


    81) By PenguinPlayer


    82) By Mike Lima


    83) By James Lyons


    84) By Spiritofthwwolf (Seth usurped this for his insidious)


    85) By Chromadancer


    86) By Roper (Yes Roper, I did know tomatoes are red!)


    87) By Natry


    88) By Saphin


    89) By AwieUltra


    90) By Circuit Mane


    91) By Affinity


    92) By Zee


    93) By Rai-dash


    94) By Madness


    95) By Mere Jump


    96) By Feather


    97) By VeoBandit


    98) By Moabite


    99) By Uncle Leo


    100) By Magyar Csanád


    101) By Prisonfish


    102) By JanzyBrony


    103) By Axle and Wheel


    104) By Kaiserin


    105) By Dragon Rage


    106) By Shockwave


    107) By kogheys


    108) By Sneo


    109) By Tenchi Outsuno


    110) By Nido Media (I'm trying to figure out how this involves fruit. Explain?)


    111) By Ricky


    112) By Atlur (I'm not even going to last the week. <.<)


    113) By rich-tea


    114) By The Obsessor


    115) By Quill


    116) By kyle bishop


    117) By Eliwood10


    118) By Da Chi


    119) By Sherlock Hooves


    120) By Relias


    121) By Alipes (Yeeeeessss~)


    122) By Illumina


    123) By Issy


    124) By Darken_Skye


    125) By Paintroller


    126) By Erthilo


    127) By unholyhen


    128) By Kelz


    129) By Pineapple Skitter


    130) By ecmc1093


    131) By Muffinsforever


    132) By dillman502


    133) By Game Broth


    134) By scio (I don't think anypony has ever successfully argued that ketchup counts as fruit.)


    135) By Bananizen


    136) By Ster Zetanee


    137) By Skyshadow


    138) By Fleymevas


    139) By Lunawings


    140) By Philith


    141) By Filiecs (Because it costs too much, Derpy.)


    142) By Trot Pilgrim


    143) By Leaf Growth


    144) By Baree (This joke will never get old.)


    145) By MrInquisitive


    146) By Mockingbird


    147) By Fox E:


    148) By Professor Basil (brb, opening new business)


    149) By Omega RKB


    150) By Brongaar


    151) By rkr7


    152) By Frith (This is awesome.)


    153) By dhas


    154) By New DCD


    155) By Lucky Sanity


    156) By Darren Geoberos Castillo


    157) By toonboy92484


    158) By Starlight Bolt


    159) By Swordplayer


    160) By Epona666


    161) By GeeSee


    162) By naektpov


    163) By lolstaz (Which one? Braeburn/Rainbow Dash? I don't think it's taking off.)


    164) By Abe


    165) By Infinity


    166) By Farvei


    167) By Riokenn (Sorry Derpy. v.v)


    168) By BlackM3sh


    169) By badzerg


    170) By Afentis


    171) By Tarragon


    172) By miguel


    173) By Lancer


    174) By Pony Stark


    175) By Lucky


    176) By Strawberry Spice


    177) By sUiCiDaLn00b


    178) By Luna


    179) By loz


    180) By loz


    181) By badzerg


    182) By Saint Dane


    183) By Amehdaus


    184) By Chessie2003


    185) By Vega


    186) By Chriss


    187) By auiumn


    188) By redcladhero


    189) By Kitsune


    190) By Phantom G


    191) By Prismatic Pretzel


    192) By badzerg


    193) By Windfall


    194) By Kt Kat


    195) By PyromanDan


    196) By Ras[pberry Ap]pleZS


    197) By FlutterDerp


    198) By Portalsoup


    199) By Condor


    200) By SiuiS


    201) By DarthVader


    202) By Sali


    203) By StarStep


    204) By Gersh


    205) By Easteu


    206) By PinkiePied


    207) By Immersa


    208) By TapeDiggity


    209) By Canadian Bacon


    210) By Tanman


    211) By Theokid


    212) By BenaSPACE


    213) By NightGlow


    214) By Neoridgeback


    215) By Zach


    216) By panda_instinct


    217) By Buddy Vox


    218) By aMongoose


    219) By IAreLemons


    220) By Virga Rainboom


    221) By nuclearsuplexattack


    222) By Ekkosangen


    223) By Starlite


    224) By Scootaleo


    225) By axl1u


    226) By MidwestBrony


    227) By ninjawarior


    228) By Phantom G


    229) By Ergnon


    230) By Macon Mixx


    231) By Sapphire


    232) By Sapphire


    233) By TopoCruz


    234) By Aeiou


    235) By BenaSPACE


    236) By Chistery


    237) By drilltooth


    238) By DarthVader


    239) By Passer Palmatum


    240) By Eeful


    241) By kits


    242) By Kupwn


    243) By Pyrate


    244) By voodooblue


    245) By KilobyteBrain


    246) By BronyQuest


    247) By Alleydodger


    248) By Periphery


    249) By MetalPandora


    250) By MasterofRoku


    251) By A Terrible Person


    252) By ThunderThorn


    253) By Virga Rainboom


    254) By Avohkah Tamer


    255) By SuperStingray


    256) By Crowfall


    257) By djTeka


    258) By Xiagu


    259) By Spurs


    260) By Thattagen

    261) By calamari


    262) By Rainbow flash


    263) By CreatorOfPony

    264) By ZAquanimus


    265) By FiMath


    266) By BronyQuest


    267) By Entropy

    268) Nido

    130 kommentaari:

    1. 259. I couldn't quite get the angles right on this one. I had a different pose in mind, but it came out worse than the above. I really need to give myself more time to do these.

      VastaKustuta
    2. SONIC BOOKBOOM.

      ~Scratch

      VastaKustuta
    3. #233 ! :)

      Creative artists are creative.

      VastaKustuta
    4. I think number 9 was my favirite!

      Ahh I don't know what I want to do for this next one. hmmm.

      VastaKustuta
    5. 10. A nice whole number. I threw the text in, because the glow effect I used to show the magic kinda masked the plum-ness of the fruit itself. All in all, I spent well over 2 1/2 hours making sure it was good enough for submission.

      VastaKustuta
    6. #5. Could not stop laughing.
      Love #59 as well, but o' course all the rest are awesome once again! Great job, everypony. :)

      VastaKustuta
    7. Twilight wouldn't create anything. She lacks the wings and speed needed.

      VastaKustuta
    8. I knew at least one would make the "I will take an apple and eat it" Pinkie Pie drawing.

      VastaKustuta
    9. #206 reporting in
      not very proud of it but whatever these 2 weeks most of my drawings arnt gonna be that good cause of finals

      VastaKustuta
    10. #252.

      I'm really loving this event so far.

      VastaKustuta
    11. 177 is mine! I have mixed feeling about how it turned out...

      VastaKustuta
    12. @Eliwood10 oops, make that 117

      VastaKustuta
    13. Mine is #254.

      Did I -seriously- make one of the ONLY TWO Gentlecolts pictures? (Other one: #256)

      I swear, I thought there were gonna be a few dozen.

      VastaKustuta
    14. Is that, favorite pony with wings as in, our favorite pegasus pony? Or favorite pony and add wings?

      VastaKustuta
    15. Well, guess eye ain't in this one, couple of double posts here and there~

      VastaKustuta
    16. Number 263 is mine. I nearly didn't make the deadline of midnight. It is my first 2D pony, even though I am making a 3D pony game! It could have used more work however...
      I can't believe the results other people are coming up with!

      VastaKustuta
    17. Gah!!! Im a few mins late for day 41!!!

      CAn you still take it Phoe?!

      D:

      VastaKustuta
    18. hee!
      Number 15 was me :D

      VastaKustuta
    19. #131

      I was gonna do Pac-Pinkie, but decided to do Applejack instead. And I do believe mine has one of the few oranges out of all of these.

      I have no idea what I'm gonna do for the next one... maybe... naw. Well I'll sleep on it then.

      VastaKustuta
    20. Oh my dear sweet Celestia, Luna, and Angel the Bunny. @257

      VastaKustuta
    21. Hehe guess I'll be drawing Pinkie Pie breaking the sound barrier. Maybe I'll try coloring it this time.

      VastaKustuta
    22. Hmm, looks like my submission derped while uploading through the submission form thing. (It looked fine in the 'preview'.)
      Hay, it even derped TWICE. It seems like my third submission worked, if you'd be so kind as to add it to the list.

      VastaKustuta
    23. I'm #196 (Espeon's National Dex number!) this time.
      I'm not happy with the face. But I stepped away from it for a bit, and was not near a device to fix it on when I sent it in, so...

      250) Hey! A Tamato Berry!

      VastaKustuta
    24. Any pony you want, just add wings!

      VastaKustuta
    25. Hah. I knew I wouldn't be the only one to think "pony-eating fruit!?" *Brohoofs* to all who did that too.

      #69 is clever.
      #168 I already saw on FA. Nice. (Though I see someone had a similar idea with Berry Punch... In fact, I see the idea several more times, kudo's to all)
      #184 made me chuckle
      #249 looks amazing

      VastaKustuta
    26. Woohoo, #260! Got mine in just in time!

      I actually drew this one with the help of some friends. Twilight plays a prank on Celare which involves a giant apple and a bad paint job. Ummm...that's all...

      VastaKustuta
    27. #6 - Now I was 1 submit too early for my favorite number. *moar sadface*
      I thought my idea would be pretty common.
      Though I didn't see "too much" of it.
      Amazing work as usual, everyone!

      VastaKustuta
    28. 119, the first picture I've ever colored, I'm so freaking happy with that one! oh, and just to reinforce a point, Phoe and everyone else who runs this site is awesome!

      VastaKustuta
    29. Splendid work everyone! Liked the clever pick of #163

      VastaKustuta
    30. #202! n.n Woo!

      The hardest part of Rainbow Dash is the tail, though the cutie mark is deceptively tricky. Also, raspberries. :3

      VastaKustuta
    31. Awesome stuff guys, a really nice batch of drawings. Mega props to #249, going WAY above and beyond what's needed. I didn't make it in today again but hopefully I'll find the time/inspiration to do one tomorrow (I hate half-assing these things)

      I guess to make up for the last couple days I'll have to draw a Pegasus pony dressed as Trixie breaking the sound barrier while eating a fruit.

      Challenge accepted.

      VastaKustuta
    32. oh i mean seth!

      please take my picture D:

      VastaKustuta
    33. Sweet! number 118.

      I think the best one is 215. It's just so wild and awesome.
      183 is a close second though.
      Honorable mention goes to 18 and 59 for great lols.

      VastaKustuta
    34. 258 here. Maybe this time I'll start before midnight EST >_____> smh at my picture. oh well.

      Today's theme gives me ideas though... >:D

      VastaKustuta
    35. Damn, I should have made a Twilight picture lecturing Pinkie about that bananas aren't fruit. They're herbs/berries XD Didn't have time to make one today =(

      VastaKustuta
    36. @ZAquanimus

      You're not alone ZA, mine's not there *sniff* time to go to bed, nighty nite Luna~

      VastaKustuta
    37. Appearently I'm the only one who chose a pumpkin :-)
      Not quite happy with how it turned, oh well...

      Lots of nice pictures today, like 12, 20, 43, 59, 129, 137, 198 and 208, just to name a few.

      VastaKustuta
    38. (Seth usurped this for his insidious)

      Learned two new words today, thanks :')

      Nice drawings as always ^^

      VastaKustuta
    39. I love going through all these pictures, there all really good!

      VastaKustuta
    40. #9 has to be my favorite! Absolutely hilarious!

      VastaKustuta
    41. #82,#89 and more
      I see what you guys did there.

      VastaKustuta
    42. heh, I see "biting pear of salemenca" came out ahead of "killer tomato" by a couple instances. and not surprised to see so much apple family.

      VastaKustuta
    43. Man I didnt know it was attack of the killer tomato time.

      79 sour face
      109 has to be one of my favs, like the colors
      115 now I want some gummy ponies
      216 nice! I like how you got away with not drawing the face
      234 lol at rainbowdash in the moon
      249 WOW Stunning.

      Now Im hungry from all those delicious and scary looking fruits

      VastaKustuta
    44. #155 here!
      Thank you Celestia, my post is there ; u ;

      I definitely love that Death Note parody XDDD

      VastaKustuta
    45. 21 :3
      Some of these are really good ^^

      VastaKustuta
    46. Favorites!
      84 (Applejack with big cute eyes loves her gigantic shiny red apple)
      161 (Wow! Granny Smith eating a granny smith and so on model!)
      186 (Fluttershy's head as an amalgam of metalic parts floating over a body of water... where's the fruit?)
      195 (Don Quipony... I guess when you're a horse you don't require a mount when tilting at giant peaches?)
      215 (Giant fruit! And the ponies are so happy!)
      220 (Rain as a G4 pony)

      VastaKustuta
    47. Guys, I cannot apologize enough for letting you down. I had a massive power outage about 6 hours ago that only just ended. I've been trying everything I could to get online, but the entire town was blacked out until now (4:30 AM). Arg... I'm so sorry!

      VastaKustuta
    48. @Phoe:
      You apologize as if you think we bronies could ever be the slightest bit mad at you. You have put so much effort into posting our pictures that I think nobody would assume it was your fault if the pictures didn't get posted. And they got posted anyway, so everypony was happy. Don't fret.

      VastaKustuta
    49. #190 and... #228? whoops. I'd go with #228 as my real one.

      Overall I really liked how mine turned out.
      Not even sure if anypony knew what fruit Luna was eating. Oh well.

      Good job everypony for day 4's drawings. Didn't even think of a fruit eating a pony.

      @Seth: don't worry I shouldn't be bothering you anymore with my questions. ;)

      VastaKustuta
    50. @Phoe

      Glad you got your power back! Did you experience any pony withdrawal?

      VastaKustuta
    51. So how do you digitally color a pencil sketch and have it come out decently? I spent two hours trying to smooth out all the edges in mine (#248) and it still has awkward white pixels intermingled with all the outlines. Also not sure how to change those outlines to the proper colors, instead of just black.

      VastaKustuta
    52. @Phoe:

      You have had so much thrown at you lately, it's hard to be actually upset at you in any way. You've done a great job so far with all this.

      Also, you explained what happened, it's something that wasn't planned for, and I, for one, accept that things like that can happen. I know I'm not the only one that understands.

      We all still love you, Phoe. :)

      VastaKustuta
    53. @Periphery

      Well, mine (261) is not a good example because I was rushing like crazy, but basically I did not use my pencil scan at all in the final image. Just traced over it with an ink layer, then removed it when I was done. If I were better with my tablet I'd use the pressure to vary line width, then I could duplicate my sketched lines better.

      VastaKustuta
    54. @Periphery:
      You can go over your sketch with a vector editor like Inkscape or Illustrator and turn it into line art. Then it is easy to color in and change the colors of the outlines.

      VastaKustuta
    55. #14 YES THIS IS FANTASTIC
      #46 Fruit Ninja: This was an excellent idea!

      VastaKustuta
    56. @Periphery
      Either use above suggestions; or, what I usually do is this (i use gimp but photoshop and co should be capable of this):
      1: Gaussian blur the image. The radius should be about half the line width. This will (obviously) leave you with a blurry image.
      2: use the "levels" tool or play with the brighness/contrast settings (in the end this is essentially the same thing) until your lines look as smooth and sharp as you want. Just make sure 'black' is really 'black'.
      3: as for colouring, since you still have an antialiassed outline. Should you just paintbucket a colour in it will look ugly.
      First make the background transparant, we're gonna do this all on layers.
      Now, use a magic select tool thingie to select the area you want to colour. Because of the aliassing mentioned earlier, it will select a smaller area as desired, so look for a 'grow selection' tool. It depends on your input, but you usually need to grow it about 2-3 pixels.
      now create a new layer, one behind the lineart and drop the colour.

      you now have a smooth pencil-like lineart with colours inside.

      VastaKustuta
    57. 178
      Attempting sequential, colored art?
      NEVER. AGAIN.

      VastaKustuta
    58. source on thread starting pic please :)

      VastaKustuta
    59. Now I know animated stuff won't show up. (68)

      Got a great big kick out of #252!

      VastaKustuta
    60. Thanks for the suggestions on coloring; hopefully I'll have more success next time. I knew what I was doing had to be the entirely wrong way to go about it, but that was pretty much the first time I've ever colored a picture.

      VastaKustuta
    61. @RaspleZS

      I'm glad someone noticed that. ;D

      My only regret is that I forgot to draw Applebloom's bow in the picture and didn't realize long after I scanned and uploaded it. I had to draw and color this thing around 1am in the morning while playing mafia with friends.

      VastaKustuta
    62. #130
      I drew Dinky :3
      And I messed up the front legs a little :P

      VastaKustuta
    63. Will draw something for this event. Missed the other events so far because of stuff, but have an idea for this...

      VastaKustuta
    64. I gasped at #9. Applebloom's name makes no sense now! @_@

      #174 here, had to take a picture of mine this time (no scanner @ parent's house). Quick question about today's draw-topic: Only the bold text is the primary topic right?

      VastaKustuta
    65. #71 checking in.

      After a few days of participating, I'm starting to feel more and more conformable drawing these characters, and a little more adventurous in my ideas/composition as a result. Can't wait to see how much I (and everypony else for that matter) continues to improve over the new few weeks. Keep up the good work, guys!

      VastaKustuta
    66. #93 here :/ bit later than usual due tl err... lack of inspiration. Was thinking of doing a gentlecolts picture but I thought "theres gonna be hundreds of those". I guess not. Still it looks pretty good. Favourites are 254, 252, 158, 148 and 46. Looks like I'm gonna have to step up a notch if I want to compete with some of these drawings. Good job everypony though :)

      VastaKustuta
    67. #265 here, yeah...
      But I haven't drawn anything for years, so it's a start, I guess.

      Too bad about the animated one (#68), and the thumbnail conversion seems to screw up .png files with transparent areas, as least on the browsers I've checked this with. See mine, #208, and unfortunately #249, which is amazing. It seems to only get white backgrounds correct.

      VastaKustuta
    68. #49!
      Yay, Soarin'!

      Also, much Derpy to be had today. And I think the ones of Applejack eating anything other than apples are my favorite ones. :P

      VastaKustuta
    69. #9 is awesome. I would pay to see this happen in the show.

      VastaKustuta
    70. Mine didn't make it?
      *sniff* I fill out the form and everything ;_;

      VastaKustuta
    71. Another good batc. Loved the line work on 6, 9 was just too good and 249 made me weep at my lack of skill.
      I'll warn you now: expect more pencil!

      VastaKustuta
    72. Yay number 65! Li'l Big Mac nomming an apple :3


      Good job everypony!

      VastaKustuta
    73. 162!
      I feel like I'm getting better at drawing in these few days than I have in months lol, thanks for doing this Phoe and Seth.

      VastaKustuta
    74. nuclearsuplexattack31. mai 2011, kell 06:47

      221 here. Looks like rich-tea (113) had the same idea!

      VastaKustuta
    75. 239 is hilarious. Love the expression!
      Mine's 194. Wanted Applejack to say something more funny but the wheels in my head just weren't turning yesterday ;_;

      VastaKustuta
    76. I'm really impressed with how much the drawings have improved since Day 1. I couldn't enter this time around, I was too caught up in my studies. I was gonna draw a fruit eating pony, in it's literalest sense. A giant fruit that eats ponies. I thought it was clever.

      VastaKustuta
    77. #105 here. Man, I am really regretting taking the lazy route here. Though the other thing I drew yesterday wasn't all that great either.

      Draw a pony with wings, breaking the sound barrier... hm.

      VastaKustuta
    78. #249 today! And oh no, major thumbnail transparency derp D: It looked ok when I uploaded it...oh well, may have to start adding backgrounds lol
      And great job guys, these are so awesome! <3

      VastaKustuta
    79. #147! One of...two Apple Inc. jokes? D=

      Loving a lot of these, but #16 has me giggling and #112 I actually mistook for a sculpture at first glance. Very nice.

      VastaKustuta
    80. 217 today.

      What exactly were they farming those rocks for anyway?

      ~Buddy Vox

      VastaKustuta
    81. Ohmigosh Ohmigosh Ohmigosh Ohmigosh Ohmigosh I got a comment from Seth :DD!! "60) By FerretWithASpork (Now that is efficiency.)" This is the greatest day of my lyfe! :D

      VastaKustuta
    82. Hi! #220/253 here. Sorry about the double post. I was trying to lose the wrong spelling of "Cimarron" so I wouldn't look derpy, (Not at all a bad thing, normally). Now that I posted it, I think that Rain's cheek is too rounded. Makes her look like she is overweight.

      There are some great contributions today! Interestingly enough, everypony that chose strawberries had some creative, funny ideas!

      Loves:
      #9 Oh, the horror! Oh, the family shame of it all! :)
      #10 Luna so cute and happy with her juicy fruits of the dark.
      #15 Rainbow Dash! You are so adorable! More so than usual, that is.
      Doh, ran out of time. *flits away*

      Tech Note: Today's page uploaded flawlessly and rather quickly on FF over a dialup connection. Thanks for the fix!

      VastaKustuta
    83. Answer to that last question, "What does twilight sparkle make?" Well, DUH! GLITTER EXPLOSIONS! *Pinkie Troll face*

      VastaKustuta
    84. 245 here. And I thought I was being clever with my pony-eating fruit.

      VastaKustuta
    85. Loved 249. Interesting take with great results!

      VastaKustuta
    86. @FerretWithASpork

      Actually you got a comment from me. I had that all set up in the script before the power went all Nyeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrkerboom, necessitating Seth stepping in and saving the day for everypony (thanks, boss!). But hey, it's true - I think you had my favorite "catch up" pic of the bunch!

      VastaKustuta
    87. #66 this time around. Rushed my entry because I was busy studying, so I'm not all that happy with it.

      As always, so many lovely entries~

      VastaKustuta
    88. I really need to learn how to color. Nice and neat digital art would look so much better than my crude sketches.

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    89. I've decided to try a comic with all this, so #2 up there is the third panel of the overall comic and was actually for yesterday's "dress as Trixie" theme. I'll have today's "eating fruit" and tomorrow's "breaking the sound barrier" panels ready to submit later today.

      Mike

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    90. Hah hah. I think #18 is priceless.

      The drawing is simple, but it was the only one that really made me laugh.

      Oh Mr. Magnet. You're a fruit allright, but just a different kind. =D

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    91. Hm, ho-hum, lots of ponies and fruits. Some of these are quite good. Wish I had had time to make one of my own for today, the effort I put into these takes a couple hours usually so --

      102: "Dedz to Khosan and AlterForm for their various guides :)"

      TOTALLYWORTHIT.JPG

      Although I did have an idea last night that no one seems to have done yet ... hopefully Phoe will let me bend the rules just a smidge for the sake of a joke.

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    92. @AlterForm

      You had me at "for the sake of a joke".

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    93. So does it have to be canon characters with wings or are OC's acceptable?

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    94. Wow my pic was higher today! (74)

      Alot of good pictures here, great job everypony! Keep up the great work and I'll promises to do the same

      @Phoe Great to have you back, sorry to hear you had a power outage, but your back now :D

      Also what if my favorite pony has wings? Should I move down my line of favorites?

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    95. @mangaturtle

      OCs are acceptable, always have been acceptable, and always will be acceptable. Have fun and be creative!

      @Taco Bandit

      If your pony already has wings, add more wings! =D

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    96. @Phoe
      More wings? haha Alright this should be fun XD

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    97. @Kits

      Looks like you're in there to me.. #241

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    98. Lots and lots of double posts around here.

      #111 friend here

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    99. Yay,
      Mine was added in afterall!!1 :D

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    100. @Anon

      I could swear that wasn't there when I left for work... Maybe my ctrl+f is broken? Thanks for finding it!

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    101. @Dangereaux

      The thumbnails were all converted to moderate/low-quality jpg's to make them as small as possible, so the animation disappeared. Best solution for now is to email animations to Phoe. Sorry about that.

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    102. @GameBuddy

      Growing gems! At least, that seems to be the prevailing fan theory.

      I was #52 today, had to admit I burst out laughing when I saw Cybie (#38) had almost exactly the same idea.

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    103. @FiMath

      I convert the thumbnails to jpg to space space, but jpg doesn't allow an alpha channel. My guess is that it simply deleted the alpha values, so any alpha with color ends up showing as a solid color rather than blending to white. I'll see if the conversion tool I'm using allows me to flatten images in a smarter way or perhaps allows me to add a white layer to merge with first.

      Something weird also happened with #246, which was already a jpg, I will have to investigate.

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    104. Now what does two dollars whole banana mean?

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    105. 177, and dammit I forgot Derpy's wings.

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    106. Just submitted mine. Didn't add more wings, though...

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    107. 41 is mine. Somehow derpy looks angry :/
      I submitted mine a few seconds ago, I like that the uploader now gives more detailed information about the submission if it successed! It just makes me feel safer.. ;)

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    108. Thanks Calamari and Nido Media. :)
      you not only helped out Periphery, but me too.

      My real drawing is (#228) and while I like how it turned out I still wish I knew how these sketches were made into lineart. Not to mention how the coloring looks so good.

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    109. How do you guys draw so well on a computer?
      I'm an utter and total noob when it comes to drawing and such, perhaps it's a good idea to add a complete beginner's guide for people who don't know how to properly draw on a computer / how to properly draw...

      Sincirely, a pretty hopeless art brony.

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    110. @PP

      I don't know If I should be telling you this since I'm that great myself(see pic 74) but what I do is trace over the sketch I drew with tracing paper and pens(pigma pens) then scan it, color it and the line on photoshop(you can most likely do that on gimp, which is free)

      This is just how I do it since I'm not good with a tablet. But most digital artist use a tablet. Don't worry you'll get better. Stay strong Brony

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    111. @Taco Banditnot that great myself*

      Man I miss the easiest mistakes *facehoof*

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    112. @Taco Bandit

      pic 74 is awesome!, i'll keep your advice in mind.

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    113. @Taco Bandit


      Could you tell me exactly which pens and paper you use?
      I really don't know a thing about it so i'm pretty clueless, i'm not even sure if i know exactly what you mean...

      Also i wonder if you have some tips for the actual drawing itself, i'm not good at it but i really hope to learn...

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    114. @Taco Bandit


      Could you tell me exactly which pens and paper you use?
      I really don't know a thing about it so i'm pretty clueless, i'm not even sure if i know exactly what you mean...

      Also i wonder if you have some tips for the actual drawing itself, i'm not good at it but i really hope to learn...

      VastaKustuta
    115. I believe I've resolved the transparency / alpha channel issues. Submit (non-animated) gif's and png's with confidence :)

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    116. man after seein' the saucier pics, i wish i would've submitted something.

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    117. I've been making pencil sketches on paper (relatively fast, takes less than an hour, even including going through episodes looking for the right pose to copy), then I trace the sketch using my tablet. That step totally sucks. I get a wobbly scrawl in "Painter Essentials" that looks like something drawn by the show's initial demographic. So chuck that, I trace into ZeFrank's Scribbler interface where size, not wobbles, matters. At least that way I get something interesting.

      Sketched pony -- check!
      Coloured pony -- check!
      Submitted pony -- check!
      Got practice with tablet -- er, check?

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    118. Decided to simply mimic other people's work that i like for the moment, from that base i'll work forward.

      I've already drawn Fluttershy-ish and Applejack went pretty well too, then again mimicing is a lot easier then thinking something up and then drawing from the mind but it's a start (can't post it thought, haven't got a scanner available right now).

      Anyhoo, thanks for the tips Taco Bandit!

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    119. YAY!
      163 :D
      although im not sure what you meant by "Which one? Braeburn/Rainbow Dash? I don't think it's taking off"
      it's meant to be barbosa from pirates of the caribbean
      i based it on the last scene of dead mans chest

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    120. Well crap. I just spent ages drawing Fluttershy to submit to day 5, and only now I read "breaking the sound barrier" -_-
      It's like when teachers at school tell you "read the whole question before you answer", and I just failed.
      Oh well, practice is still practice.

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    121. I like Fluttershy & the dragon fruit!

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    122. @frith

      I tried to make this using Halo which is why everything is metal and terrible looking.

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    123. @PP

      Sorry for the late response but if your still interested I just use regular store bought tracing paper, For sketches I just use art sketching paper(you can find anywhere, if not a local art store) and for pens I use these http://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Pigma-Sensei-Manga-Drawing/dp/B001463RWW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1306896542&sr=8-6

      To help you with your sketches

      Reference pictures is a big help.
      #74 is my 4th time drawing a full pony so Reference helps a lot. Also the tutorial that this site provides help too. Only one tutorial helped me the rest I just picked up. So good luck and no problem. Glad to be of some help :3

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    124. I give up. Drawing ponies is too hard. ):

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    125. Forever? just "Forever"? you must mean....FORRRRRRREVVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRR!

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    126. @jaayro

      Don't give up Brony! You can do it if you put your mind to it! I believe in you :D

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    127. @Anonymous

      186 is not terrible! It's very cool looking. I said it was one of my favorites, and I did not choose many. We are our own worst critics, eh? ^_^

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    128. @jaayro
      C'mon, Jaayro, you can do it! A big circle over one end of a jelly bean, supported on elephant legs. Or print out what you like and trace! Tracing is great for getting all the pieces in the right places and sizes, and it gets you comfortable with drawing circles and angles. Go for it! Trace!

      VastaKustuta