Pinkies mane isnt that tough for me, just poofy!
Rarities was an ass though...
Ponies are more important than boobs, clearly.
Rarities was an ass though...
Ponies are more important than boobs, clearly.
Yeah Rarity's mane is notoriously difficult to draw, I've heard a lot of artists say, though I didn't really have TOO much trouble with it, especially since I've only drawn her once or twice before, and both those times I was looking at a reference picture...so yeah, I didn't do AS good as if I were looking at a picture of Rarity while drawing, but I still did pretty damn good. Pinkie's mane was almost spot-on though, and I didn't draw it from any reference except a previous drawing I did of her, from earlier in my sketchbook.
It's actually a short-term goal of mine to draw the mane six as humans/human-like characters, but to preserve Lauren Faust's drawing style she used for them. I see the vast majority of humanized pony art just has them drawn as anime girls or more rarely as realistic women, but I wanna try something different and try to use the Friendship is Magic style to draw humans instead of ponies, especially preserving the unique way the eyes are drawn. I've seen how Lauren draws humans since I used to watch Powerpuff Girls when I was a kid, and I think she did the character design for that show, but she draws them with perfectly-round heads and the few times I've drawn humanized ponies I draw them with more realistic head shapes, but otherwise quite faithful to her drawing style.
Well...I was drawing the model as well, but it got too boring and difficult after awhile and decided to draw Pinkie and Rarity instead...why is it ponies are so much easier to draw than humans?! Geez...
It's actually a short-term goal of mine to draw the mane six as humans/human-like characters, but to preserve Lauren Faust's drawing style she used for them. I see the vast majority of humanized pony art just has them drawn as anime girls or more rarely as realistic women, but I wanna try something different and try to use the Friendship is Magic style to draw humans instead of ponies, especially preserving the unique way the eyes are drawn. I've seen how Lauren draws humans since I used to watch Powerpuff Girls when I was a kid, and I think she did the character design for that show, but she draws them with perfectly-round heads and the few times I've drawn humanized ponies I draw them with more realistic head shapes, but otherwise quite faithful to her drawing style.
Well...I was drawing the model as well, but it got too boring and difficult after awhile and decided to draw Pinkie and Rarity instead...why is it ponies are so much easier to draw than humans?! Geez...
Yea i had to use several references for her hair and it still took a bit. Im still not that happy about it, but it could be worse.
Sounds like something fun to do! True i havent seen many traditional styled human ponies yet, but im an anime fan so...yer
Less joints...fucking fingers/toes
Sounds like something fun to do! True i havent seen many traditional styled human ponies yet, but im an anime fan so...yer
Less joints...fucking fingers/toes
Nothing wrong with using reference pictures, I use them all the time, mostly for poses and stuff. I wanna get into concept art and they SAY you have to be able to draw anything you want from memory alone to be a concept artist, but I'm just not at that level yet.
Traditional styled human ponies? As opposed to what? What exactly do you mean by that?
Oh, dear gawd...HANDS! I flipping hate hands because I can't draw them to save my life, though I AM getting better luckily, just slowly. Yeah at least ponies just have hooves so you don't have to worry about drawing fingers or toes, although I do tend to have difficulty drawing their back legs accurately, especially when in more complex poses.
Oh and by the way, I was listening to some Commodore 64 chiptunes a few minutes ago and your avatar was dancing almost perfectly to the music! Lol!
Traditional styled human ponies? As opposed to what? What exactly do you mean by that?
Oh, dear gawd...HANDS! I flipping hate hands because I can't draw them to save my life, though I AM getting better luckily, just slowly. Yeah at least ponies just have hooves so you don't have to worry about drawing fingers or toes, although I do tend to have difficulty drawing their back legs accurately, especially when in more complex poses.
Oh and by the way, I was listening to some Commodore 64 chiptunes a few minutes ago and your avatar was dancing almost perfectly to the music! Lol!
Yea thats the kinda field i want to get into. Back my lack of background ability will probably hurt my chances unless i start working on it.
i meant like, the style of the show, what you were talking about.
Haha, im working on sketches right now and it's always the back leg i have issues with, plus ponies on all 4's after drawing them on 2 for a month...wahhhh!!
Seems like my avatar dances in synch with a lot of songs...
i meant like, the style of the show, what you were talking about.
Haha, im working on sketches right now and it's always the back leg i have issues with, plus ponies on all 4's after drawing them on 2 for a month...wahhhh!!
Seems like my avatar dances in synch with a lot of songs...
You wanna get into concept art too? Yeah it's a good field to get into, though I'm about equally interested in video game concept art and actual game programming as well, which is why I'm taking both an art class and a software class. You suck at backgrounds, you say? Yes backgrounds are hard, which is why I rarely draw landscaped backgrounds/scenes, mostly I just use "aged paper" backgrounds by staining sheets of paper with coffee or tea, baking or microwaving the paper to dry it, then folding and crumpling the paper and finally scanning it as a high-resolution JPEG file...the results can be pretty nice, like this: [link] (this was my first attempt at making such a background, and I think it turned out pretty well.) I used that sort of background for weapons and character ref sheets, since I don't really have the skill to make full-on scenes with characters yet.
Oh yeah, now I get it. Thanks. I drew Pinkie Pie in that way (cartoon style, but as a humanoid) a few days ago and I think it came out pretty nicely, even though I could've done much better I think.
Yes, ponies' back legs are difficult as all heck.
Well it was certainly dancing like crazy to the music I was listening to at that time. Who is that on your avatar, by the way?
Oh yeah, now I get it. Thanks. I drew Pinkie Pie in that way (cartoon style, but as a humanoid) a few days ago and I think it came out pretty nicely, even though I could've done much better I think.
Yes, ponies' back legs are difficult as all heck.
Well it was certainly dancing like crazy to the music I was listening to at that time. Who is that on your avatar, by the way?
Yea i enjoy drawing characters and designs. Though Story boarding is something else i wouldnt mind doing.
Thats fancy, i need to do stuff like that instead of getting stock photos and all that noise.
Nice!
It's my human OC, Ryett Volikov. My friend drew and animated it along with the others in our group "teh crew"
Thats fancy, i need to do stuff like that instead of getting stock photos and all that noise.
Nice!
It's my human OC, Ryett Volikov. My friend drew and animated it along with the others in our group "teh crew"
Storyboarding? That sounds overwhelming, lol...but I guess someone's gotta do it. My dream is to write a graphic novel based on my game universe, while I'm working on other game projects, but I'm not a good enough artist for that and even if I was I'd lack discipline and motivation to finish it, so for now I guess I'll have to settle for making it into a regular sci-fi novel. Writing is something I don't lose motivation on as easily.
Yeah, I use regular printer paper for my textures, because I don't like wasting my fancy drawing paper that I exclusively use now for drawing, ever since I found out my results look nicer on better paper, and with a softer pencil lead. And I only just started making "aged paper" textures a couple days ago, so I'm sure after my next few batches I'll get quite good at it and the results will be much prettier.
here is my drawing of Pinkie Pie as a Safh'ira. The Safh'irim are an original alien race of mine from my fictional universe. They have wings and resemble angels, and so drawing ponies as Safh'irim is more interesting for me than drawing them as humans, because I honestly think humans are kinda boring, lol.
Well I like him, he's funny and it looks like he's having a lot of fun dancin' away. I don't really draw anime/manga style anymore, I used to when I was a teenager but I've kinda outgrown the style, and anime and manga in general. Even though it was necessary for me to move on to pursue more realistic and unique drawing styles (and ponies!) I still sometimes miss my old anime-influenced style. Especially since one of my best friends is a huge fan of anime, manga and Japanese video games, and he told me my anime-style characters were my best. So that kind if inspires me to draw a few anime characters here and there, just for him and my other friends who are otaku.
Yeah, I use regular printer paper for my textures, because I don't like wasting my fancy drawing paper that I exclusively use now for drawing, ever since I found out my results look nicer on better paper, and with a softer pencil lead. And I only just started making "aged paper" textures a couple days ago, so I'm sure after my next few batches I'll get quite good at it and the results will be much prettier.
here is my drawing of Pinkie Pie as a Safh'ira. The Safh'irim are an original alien race of mine from my fictional universe. They have wings and resemble angels, and so drawing ponies as Safh'irim is more interesting for me than drawing them as humans, because I honestly think humans are kinda boring, lol.
Well I like him, he's funny and it looks like he's having a lot of fun dancin' away. I don't really draw anime/manga style anymore, I used to when I was a teenager but I've kinda outgrown the style, and anime and manga in general. Even though it was necessary for me to move on to pursue more realistic and unique drawing styles (and ponies!) I still sometimes miss my old anime-influenced style. Especially since one of my best friends is a huge fan of anime, manga and Japanese video games, and he told me my anime-style characters were my best. So that kind if inspires me to draw a few anime characters here and there, just for him and my other friends who are otaku.
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