Comment on Bane the Tacticool Pony by Great-5
Thanks! Wow you like it, AND you took the time to read the description? You're great! 
Yeah I think this is one of my best pony pictures, if not *THE* best pony picture I've ever drawn, and one of my proudest deviations in my deviantART gallery. It's a shame I can't submit it to #MLP-FiM because they don't allow OC-only pictures, just OCs interacting with official characters and I don't think I'm a good enough artist to draw any kind of interactions yet. I'm also not sure I can pull off drawing art like this again or not, but I can always try.
Yeah I think this is one of my best pony pictures, if not *THE* best pony picture I've ever drawn, and one of my proudest deviations in my deviantART gallery. It's a shame I can't submit it to #MLP-FiM because they don't allow OC-only pictures, just OCs interacting with official characters and I don't think I'm a good enough artist to draw any kind of interactions yet. I'm also not sure I can pull off drawing art like this again or not, but I can always try.
You're very welcome. And MLP-FIM do accept OC only pictures, you just need to submit it to the right folder.
It is a really cool picture, I don't see why they wouldn't accept it based on quality.
It is a really cool picture, I don't see why they wouldn't accept it based on quality.
I DID try to submit an earlier drawing of Rainbow Dash dressed up as my OC from my own original universe, who also is called Dash. They didn't accept it, probably because it wasn't a good enough picture quality-wise for them, but possibly also because nobody would know who the hell Dash is except for me and my friends. But I think it was the first reason, though I drew that picture over three months ago when I wasn't quite as good at drawing ponies. I also wanna redo that picture eventually, with the knowledge I have now. Maybe then they'd accept it, but I'm not sure.
As for Bane, I sure hope they'd accept her, though I looked and I really couldn't find a category in the #MLP-FiM group for OCs only. But maybe it was there, just I couldn't see it since they had so many other categories, and my eyes went right over it. What is the category called, do you think?
As for Bane, I sure hope they'd accept her, though I looked and I really couldn't find a category in the #MLP-FiM group for OCs only. But maybe it was there, just I couldn't see it since they had so many other categories, and my eyes went right over it. What is the category called, do you think?
The folder is called "Original Characters", you were probably looking for two letters, which is maybe why you missed it. They'll basically take anything bar screen-shotted pony creator images and linearts, proving it's good enough, which this definitely is.
[link] is a link to my most recent submission to their OCs gallery, so they do accept them. I guess the next thing you should do with Bane is have a more dynamic pose, good luck with your submission.
[link] is a link to my most recent submission to their OCs gallery, so they do accept them. I guess the next thing you should do with Bane is have a more dynamic pose, good luck with your submission.
Thanks, I just now submitted my picture to that folder and it is being reviewed. I'm hella nervous that they won't accept it though, because I *really* don't like being reminded that I'm a less than pro artist. But I see they accepted your OC, and that picture of her looks to be only slightly higher quality than my drawing of Bane, though it's difficult to tell since your picture of Chateau was done using traditional media, and Bane was drawn digitally.
Dynamic poses? Man, I suck at those. Foreshortening is a real pain, and when I do it it always ends up looking terrible. I generally have to be looking at a reference picture in order to draw anything more dynamic than a normal standing pose. Pathetic, I know. But I'd imagine drawing ponies in dynamic poses would be much easier than drawing humans or aliens in dynamic poses, the way I eventually dream of being able to do. I'm into concept art, and I eventually want to be able to submit art to Conceptart.org as well as a few of the concept art groups here on dA. But at present they probably wouldn't accept my art because it doesn't look pro enough.
Dynamic poses? Man, I suck at those. Foreshortening is a real pain, and when I do it it always ends up looking terrible. I generally have to be looking at a reference picture in order to draw anything more dynamic than a normal standing pose. Pathetic, I know. But I'd imagine drawing ponies in dynamic poses would be much easier than drawing humans or aliens in dynamic poses, the way I eventually dream of being able to do. I'm into concept art, and I eventually want to be able to submit art to Conceptart.org as well as a few of the concept art groups here on dA. But at present they probably wouldn't accept my art because it doesn't look pro enough.
Don't need to worry, the quality of your art is fine. If you want to work on more poses, I suggest you just get a 2H or HB pencil and sketch until it looks right, then go over it with the lineart. That's what I do, but then again, I'm no pro either.
Looking at reference pictures is one of the best things you can do when learning proportions. Currently I'm trying to get better at anime/manga, and I use several references for every picture, so it's far from pathetic.
Looking at reference pictures is one of the best things you can do when learning proportions. Currently I'm trying to get better at anime/manga, and I use several references for every picture, so it's far from pathetic.
I have many pencils, with many hardnesses, and I use quite a few different leads for different parts or stages of a drawing. I mostly prefer a harder lead for getting the basic ideas right, then going over that with a softer lead for most of the sketching. I've found that working with a softer lead as well as nicer paper can make my drawings look more pro, since before I started the art class I'm currently taking I mostly drew with very hard leads and drew on mostly just printer paper. The result was more, often than not, scratchy and ugly, especially when scanned into Photoshop and had the levels turned up. But not anymore, my art class is really teaching me a lot about how to make good art.
Oh, so looking at reference pictures IS a good thing? I've heard good things and bad things about it, but I thought it was bad because I heard that any good concept artist needs to draw stuff from straight out of his ideas and nothing else, and that using a reference picture is just "copying," and almost as bad as tracing or using a base. It just gets so discouraging sometimes, but I'm glad I'm getting better slowly but surely.
Anime and manga, you say? I used to draw in that style up until about a year or so ago when I decided to try my own more realistic style instead. You can still see my older, anime-style drawings in my folder called "Old Stuff - Animu and Mango." It's a good style for a beginner, but I'm not really that into drawing like that anymore. I guess that's sort of sad though, since one of my best friends loves my anime drawings, back when I used to draw them. Maybe I should draw like that again, if not just for him.
Oh, so looking at reference pictures IS a good thing? I've heard good things and bad things about it, but I thought it was bad because I heard that any good concept artist needs to draw stuff from straight out of his ideas and nothing else, and that using a reference picture is just "copying," and almost as bad as tracing or using a base. It just gets so discouraging sometimes, but I'm glad I'm getting better slowly but surely.
Anime and manga, you say? I used to draw in that style up until about a year or so ago when I decided to try my own more realistic style instead. You can still see my older, anime-style drawings in my folder called "Old Stuff - Animu and Mango." It's a good style for a beginner, but I'm not really that into drawing like that anymore. I guess that's sort of sad though, since one of my best friends loves my anime drawings, back when I used to draw them. Maybe I should draw like that again, if not just for him.
If you're looking at references for poses and proportions but you still apply your own ideas then it's hardly "copying", especially when you're learning a new style. When I started drawing ponies a few months back, I used a big image folder to get the basics down, now it's just second nature.
But don't let others tell you you're doing something wrong, just do your thing, because there's no such thing as a formula for creating art.
But don't let others tell you you're doing something wrong, just do your thing, because there's no such thing as a formula for creating art.
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