c74651 No.88570[Last 50 Posts]
Lately there has been quite a few threads about drawing so here is a thread for anyone who is interested in learning how to draw or get better. Below are some resources to get started with and hopefully I can edit and add more. If you have any suggestions or guides please link them.
Great Drawing ProgramsAdobe Photoshop - This is a no brainier. There are a million videos out there on how to draw using photoshop which makes it great for learning by yourself.
Paint Tool SAI - Great tool for doing vectors and other outlines for MLP style drawings. Also very lightweight if you don't have a powerful computer.
Gimp - Essentially a freeware version of Photoshop. If you don't wanna pirate CS6 then this is a pretty good alternative
MS paint - lol
Video Guideshttp://youtu.be/IhVnVGWtCU4 - A decent video by a neckbeard which shows the basics of how to paint in Photoshop. This kind of drawing works perfect with MLP style drawings.
http://youtu.be/IYcau4rs4K4 - Same neckbeard different topic. This one shows you how to get crisp lines without using a drawing tablet for us poorfags out there.
http://youtu.be/Xq256GHv1GI - How to draw lines with a mouse in SAI weeb style! Once again good for MLP.
PRO TIPSStart by just tracing bases or pictures until you can get more familiar with the tools
Feel free to make DANK MEMES for 8chan with your amazing skills until you can challenge god in a 1v1 drawing contest
Draw what you think is fun, helps make it easier to dump time into it
LEARN TO TAKE CRITICISM, this is a big one. As a good rule of thumb assume your art is shit and not matter how retarded the suggestion it is better then what you made. If you get offended and just want people to tell you how great your shit art is then feel free to head on over to DeviantArt.com
Things This Guide NeedsMore videos. I could only sift through so much autism while making this guide. Does not have to be pony related, but a MLP focused guide would be nice.
Some good examples and drawfags who know what they are doing to add feedback.
Helpful Linkshttp://imgur.com/a/x8Qiv/#1 - The old /mlp/ resource dump with lots of references for drawing
https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/ - Some guide related to /ic/ that might be of use to some people
Disclaimer: I am not a drawfriend nor do I have any training. I just decided to make the thread. If we could get real drawfriend(s) in this thread that would be great.
c74651 No.88572
To start the thread off I made a simple line art trace and then colored it in. As a tribute to our wonderful board's mascot OC I colored it Red style and added a scarf. This took a lot longer then I thought it would. The coloring and scarf took longer than the line tracing. That was mostly me getting used to layers though. Feel free to leave feedback.
d38239 No.88573
>tfw too poorfag to buy drawing tablet
>tfw can't into vectors
db4136 No.88578
>>88573what are these "vectors" i keep hearing about?
Drawing the pones art style is very time consuming when its freehand.
c0f1b9 No.88581
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>>88578It's just points that are stored mathematically in a grid and then uses calculus to compute the angles of curves between the points that form a solid shape. So when you scale the image size the points can be readjusted proportionally and preserve the integrity.
So in photoshop or whatever the can put the points down and make the shapes..
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aa9139 No.88640
>>88572The mane should be closer to her ear and the eyebrows a bit thicker. The white reflected shine in a pony's eyes also reach out to the colored parts of her eye.
2303ac No.88643
>>88573i think you can use your smartphone, conect it to your computer and use it as a drawingsomething.
havent done it yet.
cc0972 No.88692
>>88570I would add Manga Studio to that list. I don't draw anime but it is set up for filling and selecting areas very carefully when you are just working on cartoons. It also produces wonderful painterly/gradient effects and has a variety of settings and features which are better than SAI. Not to put down SAI, but Manga Studio is basically SAI with upgrades - and it's really cheap too.
I use Photoshop for concept art that I want to look gritty, with harsh edges and such - but Manga Studio is absolutely wonderful for getting a "painterly" effect when you need to.
TLDR: I've used all the tools listed before, and I would recommend Photoshop of course above all else, and SAI or Manga Studio for your painting/cartoon needs.
Hope that helps some.
c74651 No.88937
>>88640When you say "mane" do you mean the top part or the side part? Not sure what you mean exactly, like should it cover the ear?
That was how the white was in the original picture but looking at more examples I see you are correct, I will change this in the future.
>>88660>>88692It seems there is no way to edit the post. I will have to think of a workaround for an updated list, but thank you for the suggestions I will add them later.
e11101 No.88955
>>88570Im seriously thinking on raising a crowd fund to buy a wacom
What is the easiest technique to get a decent painting? Cuz I really hate painting, but people likes that
b52f2b No.88968
>>88955Why not spend $50 on a Monoprice or used Wacom? It's just as good, just lacks tilt. Also I don't suggest trying to do something you don't like unless you're planning on profiting off of it.
e11101 No.88974
>>88968Mate Im from far far away
In a town of 200,000 persons
Dont even think someone has one, also the tablets here are more expensive
b52f2b No.88975
>>88974Well the point still stands that it's a lot cheaper than a new one. You could always order one online.
c74651 No.91053
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Bumping this thread because I don't want to have to remake it
I found another good video about textures that might be of interest to some people. This fabulous fag teaches about textures and masks in this video which might be cool for some pictures or backgrounds. I am hoping to try this out.
If you guys would like we can also turn this into some sort of draw thread (I know we already have a few) for new projects or help. As I said I personally suck at drawing so I can't really help but if we had a few experienced drawfags in here maybe we can get something done.
I would be willing to do a trace/color of a drawing if someone needs one done.
3577a5 No.91055
>>91053Thanks.
Should've posted that Rarity here first.
Oh well.
Any good vid about shading?
8fba75 No.91059
>>88570>make DANK MEMES for 8chan until you can challenge god in a 1v1 drawing contestYou don't even know how much I want this op
3577a5 No.91234
Comment pls
5341b1 No.91289
>>91234Looks like a pig with her snout pressed against some glass. What kind of crazy lighting can illuminate her fore hooves and flank but not the end of her nose?
3577a5 No.91392
>>91289Thanks.
I guess I know what to do now.
b52f2b No.91396
>>91234You're also missing critical rendering on her cheeks. The snout looks good and 3D, but it looks like it's attached to a flat plane. Her face isn't round at all.
Also, there's no need to make the base of the tail/dock so pronounced and naked. Only the underside is lacking in long hair.
Furthermore, you need to look up how horse legs work because your's are incorrect. Practice drawing good structures before you start worrying about shading.
b52f2b No.91406
>>91234>>91396I was bored so I decided to edit it a little to help you out.
3577a5 No.91409
>>91406It's short because I didn't expand the canvas and finish itThanks
3577a5 No.91489
>>91396>>91406I know you've said to practice on good structures, but I can't help myself.
I used 2nd and 3rd pic as reference to make pony body and used 4DE plush as a reference for the tail.
I do practice on cartoon pony anatomy but do I need to know horse/pony anatomy too?
imgur link related
http://imgur.com/oE1eKZB,JMMKsQB,xeDav4l,xjWoyl0,Jl5xrq1#0Does different tools i.e pen, pencil and tablet will give different results when drawing?
I use mouse to draw digitally and use mechanical pencil to practice shape
666c17 No.91503
Just take the shit out of the /loomis/ sticky.
b52f2b No.91510
>>91489>I do practice on cartoon pony anatomy but do I need to know horse/pony anatomy too?Yes you definitely do need to know real horse anatomy. Because both real and cartoon horses work the same
except in humanized poses and it will help you understand what the cartoon structure is actually simplifying.
Think of what you're doing right now as tracing a trace of a trace.
Horse>MLP>Reference>You
The reference you're using right now isn't 100% correct/clear. They draw the knees too low depending on the angle, and it's influencing your work. If you would look at a real horse, you'd recognize that error and not unintentionally carry it over to your art. Elbows and knees are around the belly.
>Does different tools i.e pen, pencil and tablet will give different results when drawing?Besides the obvious fact of looking different, your art quality will be exactly the same. Only exception is for the minute differences caused by familiarity in the medium. For example, some people can't into tablets because they're not looking at where their hand is. Their unfamiliarity with it causes a slight drop in quality.
The same goes for software.
I know it's not brought up, but it's related and commonly asked about Downloading photoshop isn't going to increase your skills. If all you can draw are turds for example, all you'll get are shortcuts and ways to polish a turd.
3577a5 No.91511
>>91510Thanks man.
Can you link me to your stuff? b52f2b No.91531
>>91510Ah fug I over corrected the back leg. Here's the less exaggerated version.
>>91511Honestly, I don't keep an up to date gallery. My stuff is dated and not worth checking out. But, uh. zafurra.deviantart.com/ 3577a5 No.91535
>>91531Over corrected?
Looks exactly the same
>not worth checkingIt was alright b52f2b No.91537
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>>91535Heh well it's subtle. But since I'm posting it to be used as a reference, some things may be copied further in the wrong direction so it's worth fixing.
I have some recent WIPs/doodles, but the main thing missing from there is some nsfw stuff. Last one was done as a joke. e8902d No.91640
>>88573>>88955Tablets are the amateur's trap.
I'd know because I fell for it.
You'll want to start on paper, and when you're comfortable enough doing creative work, you can move on to digital.
3577a5 No.91641
>>91640True.
Unless you're using mouse
852aeb No.91818
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>>91531close enough for me
3577a5 No.91827
>Most of us working on almost realistic pone
36041c No.91836
>>91827I dont, ponies are perfect as they were, if they looked as they used to it would have never catched on.
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10b8fa No.91954
After being a seasoned pen and paper artist I find it difficult to use the drawing tablet (using gf's bamboo) I can't seem to correlate tge movement of the pen on the tab and the image on the screen. I don't have the resistance and drag ofvthe paper's grain, and not having the image appear where the pen is can be frustrating.
3577a5 No.91957
>>91954It is.
The first time I used my friend's tab, it was frustrating.
It feels too different.
Though, I think if you're good with the pen and paper, you'll do just fine with the tab. Need some adjusting.
Any of your stuff to show? 10b8fa No.91965
>>91957My art stuff is in boxes right now I'm in the middle of a move but I have some doodles and a tote bag I painted
3577a5 No.91966
>>91965Is Celestia's wing burning with a fury of a thousand suns?
10b8fa No.91977
f44687 No.91996
>>91510>Yes you definitely do need to know real horse anatomyI used to think like this and now I can't completely agree with that.
While MLP ponies are technically horses, they are so markedly different from the real thing to the point where you can barely even tell that they are supposed to be equines.
The only points where the two are slightly similar are the legs, and even those are barely alike. You might as well consider MLP ponies to be completely separate animals.
I will agree that knowing how real horses work can help a lot.
b52f2b No.92137
>>91996I agree that the ponies are very stylized, though most of it is in the face.
I was actually a bit confused when I first saw them. They look more like chihuahuas.However, it doesn't make irl horse anatomy any less useful. As stated, it helps you understand what the shapes are simplifying.
A lot of people try to learn by only studying FiM and its guides. And they end up with ankles snapping backwards because they think they're knees, arms bending wrong etc. Yes, sometimes in the show their arms start looking more humanoid or…low? Usually it's just a misinterpretation. Sometimes the animators are using human anatomy for human poses. The problem is people apply this altered anatomy when it's not needed, such as a completely equine pose.
For example, in this first screenshot a lot of people may see Cadance's front knee/wrist as an elbow. And they'll see her elbow as a shoulder just because of a mixture of a raised arm and cartoon artistic liberty. It might look like her anatomy has changed on the fly to suit the animator's needs. But from the second image, we can tell that her anatomy is actually fairly consistent and close to an equine's. Just with the ability to rotate her arm so her hoof is palm up and her wrist/knee faces down. No super bendy joints.
People misinterpret that, add poses like these to their knowledge of the walk cycle and come to the conclusion that ponies have elbows in the middle of the leg that can bend whichever direction and that the shoulders is at the bottom of the belly. How many pictures have you seen where the true elbow joint is shaded like a shoulder?
If you don't understand the source, you won't understand the stylization. Notice how some artists can perfectly mimic default poses, yet everything starts looking wrong if they try to come up with their own? This is due to the poor understanding of anatomy. Once you have this knowledge you're free to alter the form to suit your needs. Squash and stretch, anthropomorphise poses, anything, and keep it looking good.
This isn't even specific to learning how to draw ponies. It's common knowledge for artists that you need to understand the irl source material to begin stylization. People at Disney went to zoos to study animals in person before making Bambi, The Lion King, etc. Not all of the animals in those films look exactly like their real counterparts yet move exactly as needed. This is why every good guide on how2draw anime, how2draw cartoons, etc, start with anatomy or assume you have this knowledge. Or else things end up looking like a 12 year old's DA gallery.
Also more horse refs just cause.
16cfee No.92141
>>91996There are certain
advantages to in depth study of horse anatomy that cannot be denied.
f6c408 No.92171
guys I hate to be that guy but what about Krita?
3577a5 No.92197
>>92171Elaborate.
Saw it on loomis, was too busy practicing stuff in GIMP.
866e56 No.92208
>>88582
Tracing with a mouse? You've got to be bonkers, that's just asking for wrist cramps.
f6c408 No.92210
>>92197instead of dealing with raster it draws vectors. I picked it up when I noticed GIMP has considerable line tearing.
3577a5 No.92221
>>92210>A bit bloatedI don't know if I want to.
I'm just afraid my laptop can't handle it
68502a No.92222
>>92221Paint Tool Sai probably has the best lightness to functionality ratio.
No matter what kind of toaster you have, you should be able to run it and make decent stuff.
3577a5 No.92228
>>92222Nice quads.
I guess a pirate life for me
71103c No.92275
>>88570Your lack of posting MyPaint alas the master race drawing program disgusts me.
3577a5 No.92277
Was studying the horse anatomy a bit.
Tried something.
How is it?
68502a No.92279
>>92277Good, from what I can tell.
But your lines should be a bit clearer, and not so messy.
Next time try to shade your drawing.
b52f2b No.92674
>>92277Too lazy to deal with perspective stuff. I see you put all the joints but didn't really follow them for the butt. Either that or she's really flat. Also the back toe joint looks a little high.
Also the eye thing may or may not be personal preference. Hard to tell here.
36041c No.92717
>>92674It is because she sits on a block of concrete all the time.
76a590 No.92737
>>92717what happened in that pic?
**not enough Jesus in there heart?
45d27c No.92748
>>92717>>92737was going to ask the same thing…
they have to burn you if they want to you to stopalso…
the first one is literally 1000 hours with a pencil,
while the other is what my teacher told us to do with the remaining time in class
>draw something that gives the impression of having depth cec398 No.92751
>>92748>literallyYou mean figuratively right anon?
right? 45d27c No.92754
>>92751but i never saw anyone using the "figuratively" term when they mention this meme so…
what would it imply if i use the "literally" term?
cec398 No.92763
>>92754Did it actually take 1000 hours to draw that pic? If it did then you're right, if it didnt actually take you 1000 hours then you want to use the word figuratively. But really I'm just being autistic
45d27c No.92776
>>92763maybe you are just trying to find a topic to chat about…
i wanted to say that i made that in minutes.
the problem is, that i commit the sin of erasing things until i get it right, and this consumes too much time.
there is that advice that you just need to trust your hand on doing the right lines and you need to have a little tolerance on inperfections if you arent a neoclassicist artist.
b52f2b No.92777
>>92763They just seemed to meme incorrectly.
>>92776I don't think I've ever seen literally used. It's usually "Over 1,000 hours in MS Paint"
175aa6 No.92785
>>92776Draw with a pen. If you fuck up, start over.
b52f2b No.92786
Do you draw the guide circles? Use references? Maybe you can try drawing a ton of loose gestures to warm up.
Gestures are sort of the basics of the pose. More about the general shape and motion, and not the specific form.
3577a5 No.92837
>>92674I'm having some problem for the butt part. The hind legs is really hard for me.
And what do you mean by the eye is a personal preference?
>>92717>ripping muh waifu apartThere's a time when a call to jihad is justified
f6c408 No.93103
Just as a fair warning to those who own legally or not CS6, you have to go to File->Scripts in order to export. On top of that there is some voodoo ass shit it will do on screen, so don't touch it while it does.
2727da No.93129
>>93103Why not simply use "Save As" and change the extension from the menu?
It gives you the same options from what I can tell. Am I missing something here?
b52f2b No.93176
>>92837Just need to remember there's a knee that separates the thigh/butt and calf.
Though to be honest, the back line isn't too far off from the show style since the hock/heel tends to hide the curve of the calf or make it very subtle. But together with the lack of knee on the other line throws it off and makes it appear to lack a joint.
>eyesI just moved the eye over a bit. I think the eyes don't overlap the muzzle in show style. But I don't know what they're going for.
3577a5 No.93317
>>92837Okay,
don't mind the other things I think I got the hind legs right
1d53d1 No.93685
>want to draw pones
>draw thread
>"aw yeah! Time to draw!"
>read through thread
>"maybe I can actually do this"
>all this talk about horse anatomy
>I don't know that shit
>pencil sketches taking multiple hours to do
>lose confidence
>I just wanted to draw cartoon ponies
>mfw
1d53d1 No.93691
>>93685ok, but honest question. How was it drawing pones for the first time? How long did the pen and paper drawings take you?
dd3fa3 No.93749
>>93317Thats very good anon.
Do you have a nick?
b52f2b No.93800
>>93685Don't let the anatomy get in the way if you're just starting out. Just try copying poses directly from the show to get a feel for them before worrying about that.
1d53d1 No.93819
>>93800alrighty, thanks. I'll try that out and if I get alright at it I guess I'll post it…
3577a5 No.93879
>>93685Start out with the circles using the imgur link in OP.
Once you got the feel on how MLP:FiM pones looks like, proceed with learning the horse joints. It'll help tremendously in making the pones body some sense.
Post your progress if you want to.
We'll be here.
1d53d1 No.93898
>>93879Thanks. I'll be sure to ask for some feedback. Just…expect it to be a picture taken with a camera with the extra space cropped out, I do not wish to get a tablet or a scanner until I feel comfortable with it.
8d61a1 No.93907
/pone/, I need your critiques on my colour work, since you horsefuckers are always so brutal and honest.
The light source is from the top right corner, slightly in front of Dash. Did I made the mistake of putting too much uneccessary hightlights? Is the colour too dull/saturated/dark/bright? Is there anything wrong with the lighting on the face?
Sorry I don't have any crotchtits or horsedicks on me right now, but your feedbacks are appreciated.
1d53d1 No.93910
>>93907looks fine to me. Probably because I am inexperienced but hey, looks real pretty like.
b52f2b No.93933
>>93907It helps to greyscale it. Maybe some darker shadows on the lower body?
f44687 No.93938
>>93907The part of the neck with feathers seems way too light to me.
I'd put a shadow in there instead, since her mane is blocking the other side and it is not directly exposed to the light source.
You also might want to darken some of your other shadows to help define the shapes a little better. Look at the left leg. It's almost just one single shade, when it should be much more varied, especially since she is gripping it so tightly.
One more thing: do not just use a different shade of the base colour when shading or highlighting, or else you'll end up with flat images. Try looking at it without the lineart layer every now and then.
That's about all I can see.
3577a5 No.93944
>>93749Nick?
As in nickname?
8d61a1 No.93950
>>93933>>93938Thanks for the advices. And yea, I usually use a different hue with doing the shadows and highlight (highlights shifted towards yellow, and shadows shifted towards blue), but I was probably being lazy and didn't do it properly.
f44687 No.93952
>>93944She looks like a horse. 3577a5 No.93953
>>93952She is. I guess I should stick to lineart f44687 No.93954
>>93685I just wanted to say that you shouldn't get discouraged.
The sooner you accept the fact that you are going to suck cock at drawing at first, the better.
You are not going to get to the desired skill level in a week or a month.
But if you practice hard and don't give up, you might just make it.
For the record, I have trouble drawing real horses as well, and I have been drawing and seriously trying to improve myself for about two years now.
f44687 No.93955
>>93953Please don't. There is an abundance of people who do that, and I personally can't stand lineart any more. Also, it won't help since it was your initial sketch that made her look like that.
Maybe you should try working in monochrome for a little bit.
It's faster, and it will help you understand how shapes work.
3577a5 No.93957
>>93955B-But I like colours.
This was my initial sketch
f44687 No.93959
>>93957She has the horse face in the sketch too.
But that's just my impression of it. I can't really put my finger on it, but the snout is definitely the reason for this feeling.
It's all right if you're into real horses anon, we don't judge and you don't have to really change it.You definitely should try monochrome though and see if you can make decent shapes.
I'm not saying that you should do it forever, just try one or two paintings, since your biggest problem in the last pic that you posted was the lack of defined shading.
The picture is VERY flat. Don't be afraid to make it darker and put some other colours in.
I'll be posting my own attempt soon enough, so you'll get to laugh as well, don't worry. 3577a5 No.93960
>>93959Well, I do love the horsey snout albeit shorter like what I did here
>>93317I knew I should've put brighter colour on the noseYeah, I'll do some monochrome shadings to start thing off.
f44687 No.94018
>>94010Yes, her face is much more defined now.
The ear is sticking out like a sore thumb, as if it were attached with glue. It doesn't look "connected".
The mane is still a mess, but I have no idea how you could improve that as I am terrible at it myself.
Overall, it's much better than the previous one.
Protip: you can always "construct" a painting like this and then slap a new layer to colour over it, without losing the defined sculpture.
3577a5 No.94021
>>94018Yeah, I need help for the ear.
It does stick out like a sore thumb because of the lighting. I don't know how to connect it
f44687 No.94024
>>94021Maybe try making the whole thing a bit darker and putting more shadows in there?
That's what I usually try.
1d53d1 No.94118
>>94083Looking real good, anon. She does look a tad too bright but I am just nitpicking.
f44687 No.94137
>>94083Still looks a bit too bright to me, but I guess that's something that comes with experience.
Meanwhile, on my end…
Ignore the faggy OC, and just tell me if the picture is shit or not.
3577a5 No.94142
>>94137>puzzle cutie markAre you trying to make me laugh, anon?
First, practice more on pony body.
>the horn looks weird>hind leg needs a touch upFor the shading, the tail doesn't project shadow on the pone butt?
If the main lighting is from the top right, how come there's a shadow on her middle bang?
f44687 No.94165
>>94142Anatomy really is my biggest problem. No matter how much I practice, I can't seem to get it right.
The way I imagined it the tail isn't supposed to project a shadow, but let's see if it's better like this.
As for the mane, it's not supposed to be "flat", that part should be like a valley, but I'm not sure how to fix it.
b52f2b No.94252
>>94137Some parts of this sort of look like you're still doing some symbol drawing. I'm not exactly sure how to explain it if you don't know what it is.
Like if you ask a person to draw an eye, they'll draw a pointed oval with a circle in it because it's their symbol for an eye. But it's not what an eye actually looks like and how it should be drawn in the image.
It doesn't need to be simple shapes either. When people try learning how to draw realistically, they sometimes simply swap the simple symbols for realistic ones. Makes their drawings look off. For example the symbol might be at the wrong perspective or location. I can see this in the head and wings. The horn and ears particularly.
Try sketching bald ponies in various poses for better anatomy and ear placement. I know working in color is tempting, but I think you should work on getting the ponies looking better before you practice rendering.
68502a No.94257
>>94252I know what you're talking about, and I do know about my anatomy problems.
The truth of the matter is that I am lazy, but I try to work on this every now and then. c74651 No.94286
I finally got off my lazy ass and started to redo my shitty project from before. Working on more of that 8chan semi-OC (lol tracing).
However I have getting really frustrated at photoshops "simulate pressure" option when working with paths. If the line is long it looks ok but if they line is short it looks retarded. Anyone have any good tips on making lines that end in a nice point?
Also feedback on my trace before I start the coloring part.
3577a5 No.94512
>>94286>Anyone have any good tips on making lines that end in a nice point?Never tried tracing.
Anyway, the neck make her looks like she's fat, but that's just me.
c74651 No.94529
>>94512haha you should have seen it before. I already trimmed it down once, but I am not really sure what the dimensions for the neck are supposed to be. Like is it standard to be half the width of the head?
3577a5 No.94530
>>94529Firstly, is she's sticking out her head or in a normal position?
c74651 No.94588
>>94530I would assume a normal position such as standing or even a relaxed position like sitting down. I was doing a trace of a head so I don't have the full body pose.
I'm going with relaxed as my final answer
3577a5 No.94598
>>94588I think it should look like this.
4609e1 No.94765
>>88937>It seems there is no way to edit the post.Try putting a link to a pastebin in the OP.
This pastebin link would have an up to date list in it.
217405 No.98129
217405 No.98132
7fe96e No.98241
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Why isn't this thread sticked yet, it would be a shame if we lost all this great OC.
7fe96e No.98260
553bcf No.98777
Two things here
a) What did I do wrong in pic related and how could it be improved in your opinion?
b) Can someone give advice on how to draw pussy? I mean the squishy wet kind, not the one you cuddle with and believes it's your god
someone fullfilling b) would be very much appreciated. I can post my whole tuts folder in return
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553bcf No.98787
(samefagging here) also requesting any protips you guys may have on drawing lineless ^^
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e8902d No.98795
>>987871. Don't namefag.
2. It's called painting. It helps to start with simple things like still life to get a good feeling for it.
This guy helps:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0373FA2B3CD4C899>>>/loomis/ has more resources and can tell you in everything you need to know in much greater detail.
3. Don't use emoticons.
4. Lurk more and don't be a faggot.
553bcf No.98796
>>98795Apologies, I am kinda new
nonetheless, thank you for the advice
3577a5 No.98993
>>98777a)
1. How come the ball looks so real compared to the pone?
2. Shouldn't Ponka squint her eyes to knock the ball with her head?
b52f2b No.99138
>>98777You need to imply more depth with your shading. Also the lightsources aren't very consistent. As for the second, just look at refs, as with anything. Also look at how other artists do it if you get stuck.
64fa5c No.99234
>>989931: No fucking idea. It just came out that well. I just looked at references… And I guess I know how to shade a sphere (no, really. I was as surprised as you are. lineless, I guess)
2: Yes, also as someone in /loomis/ said, the eyes are too low
>>99138They aren't? I thought they were (all coming from the front et al). The depth thing… Yes. I will keep that in mind
b52f2b No.99630
>>99234Looks like all the light is coming from right in front of Pinkie except for her thigh, which seems to be coming from around the dead center. Her legs really shouldn't be that bright, it makes her look like she's on a 2D plane behind a real ball, like a sticker on a wall. Her rear should be in more shadows.
c45644 No.99658
Hello horsefags, since my pencil style is too much dirty i decided to try to digitalize them, the only problem that first of all im too poorfag for a tablet, and second, i tried a tablet from a friend its fucking difficult, cant even draw a stickman
so for now im using gimp, but its painfull, slow and usually the lines are that good, anyone can suggest me some methods to make digital drawings?
pic related its what i use on gimp
df67e1 No.99660
I tried.
8d61a1 No.99661
>>99658Digital is almost impossible with a mouse, you can still draw decent vectors but it way much time consuming then using a tablet.
There are high quality tablet like Wacom Intuos for less than $100, it takes some times to get used to the feel but it's totally worth it if you want to go digital.
Protip: If the tablet is too slippery, put a piece of paper on top of it, it'll be just like drawing on paper :^).
c45644 No.99664
>>99661Yeah, but its impossible for me to draw something that i cant see, its like writing or drawing in the dark
8d61a1 No.99668
>>99664You'll get used to looking at the screen and draw on the tablet, the hand eye coordination will improve naturally.
c45644 No.99694
by the way, this is what i was trying to draw
3577a5 No.99733
>>99664Well, someone said it was impossible to draw with mouse.
I draw with mouse for digital stuff 8d61a1 No.99760
>>99733Really, tell me about your process.
c45644 No.99765
>>99743
How, master tell me all your fucking secrets
you just copied it with the tablet… Right? Right!?
b52f2b No.99774
>>99661There's also cheap monoprice tablets that are only around $50 or less.
e8902d No.99785
>>99658Get Paint Tool Sai and work with vectors.
You'll need a scanned pencil sketch every time though.
c45644 No.99793
>>99788
the autism level is too low for a mlp picture
3577a5 No.99816
>>99760I must admit it's slow and not that good, but I'm happy with some of doodles,
neckbeard-sempai. Pls, you're too good for me. You're monsterpones are greatI can do simple stuff like pic related about 4 hours.
Trying to get into colouring and shadings like in my previous posts. check my ID
8d61a1 No.100332
>>99816This should help you a bit with the colours and shadings. I think you need to put more contrast to your drawings, make the shadows darker and highlights brighter should do well, and make sure you shift the hues.
3577a5 No.100402
d4ae81 No.100911
bump
d4ae81 No.102009
Cough
a32b22 No.102019
>>102009Attending a con so I don't have much time to draw stuff digitally.
Calm down, will ya
ba7ac7 No.102043
So I drew a cartoonish style discord the other day.
398545 No.102225
>>102043That is nice and clean
What does the initial means? c45644 No.102241
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Am I doing well guyz?
398545 No.102245
>>102241Bretty gud
Here's some more anatomy as references
>>91531>>91996>>92222 dc8997 No.102480
>>102225Suppose to be Woo (my nic) but I kinda fucked up with the writing and now its a M.
Anyways here's another drawing.
398545 No.102509
>>102480Phew, I thought you were gonna steal what I've planned after I git gud
>R63 SombraI like the way you think
d4ae81 No.102795
bump
780d6d No.102835
>>102795Please do not bump without contributing content of some sort. We are not so fast as to need bumps that will add to our post count.
0029e5 No.103471
I decided to try and draw so 1st try, feed back please.
I drew this on my jew pad with a stylus.
b5f690 No.103472
I decided to try and draw so 1st try, feed back please.
I drew this on my jew pad with a stylus.
b2c161 No.103473
>>103471>>103472Forgot pic, also double post.
2b0ae6 No.103495
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Pro tip here: If you're tired of the shit lines in PS and Flash, I recommend this plug-in.
http://lazynezumi.com/Not sure if it works with any other programs though. Says on the site that it solely works for Flash, PS and Illustrator. It's $35 for the full version, but you can do the 30-day trial and get a feel for it.
2b0ae6 No.103504
>>103495EDIT: It says on the site it works for other programs. My bad ;-;
f49952 No.103574
>>92748that second picture though…
fb371d No.103591
>>103574Why?
What's so mysterious with it?
You pique ny interest, anon. Elaborate
c45644 No.103834
guyz guyz, any idea on how to clean a scan of a picture? (my drawing style, if you can call it style, is very dirty)
68502a No.103953
>>103834You're being very vague, but I think SAI with the linework layer should do the trick.
Just go over all the lines that you want to with the vectors and then either hide or delete the scanned sketch.
1d53d1 No.104430
>>103953That's what I need to do…I just draw, take a pic with my computer's camera, put in on Paint Tool SAI, and smack a lineart layer above and go to town. Any tricks to capturing a comic with a camera or am I just going to have to stick with single pones for now until I unpoorfag myself?
dfb83f No.104489
>>104430I'm afraid so. Camera can't handle the resolution and clarity needed unless it is truly good
1d53d1 No.104502
>>104489well, fuck. I need to save up money for a tablet. Can anyone link to amazon or eBay to a cheap, but nice tablet. Mouse art doesn't do it for me.
8d61a1 No.104578
>>104502High quality and only $80.
http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/intuos-penReally worth it you want to become a drawfag.
c45644 No.104657
>>104578>also needs a tablet>"oh they are suggesting one, lets see…">"80$"Nothing at a lower price? Im an maintenance engineer in a hydroelectric power plant, and that means 0.45€/hour
8d61a1 No.104674
>>104657There are cheaper ones like Huion tablets but not as good as Wacom's. $80 is already pretty cheap for a tablet consider that a profession display tablet costs around $1300-$3000.
714a5b No.104677
>>104657do you have a smarthphone?
poorfag, you can turn it into a shitty tablet by conecting it to a PC.
you should sabotage the power plant,allah babkasomething c74651 No.106861
8chan has the dankest memes
yeah I know this took me forever, I got distracted with other stuff. I am still keeping an eye on this thread and will find a way to update the resource list, but we still got some time before auto-sage.
b2c161 No.107464
Bump with shitty OC
3577a5 No.107496
Bump with non-pony stuff.
Got something in mind after this
3577a5 No.107503
Pretty women
Fascinating…
323007 No.107820
I think we all went (or are going) through certain phase in drawing. I still struggle with my lack of patience during practice. This is more psychological problem than problem with drawing. Where do you find encouragement?
3577a5 No.107828
>>107503Sipping coffee
>>107820I find encouragement in the thought to achieve what they might look like in real life.
A long road, but I want to see her, at least a portrait of her.
7dc6ee No.108824
Bump
e19770 No.108852
>>107820>not using gimp for gifs 3577a5 No.110292
Bumping before drawing
323007 No.110568
>>108852>implying I didn't use gimp to edit this gif 643498 No.110660
>>104578is there an intuos at 80$ now?
643498 No.110696
second pony try, oc, don't steal.
dc60e8 No.110706
Drew this years ago, never went any further.
May as well post it here.
643498 No.110746
>>110696wee, drawing ponies is fun.
42203f No.110784
File: 1428449437140.png (Spoiler Image, 6.94 MB, 4500x3182, 2250:1591, Colgate_3.png)
Used CLIP studio paint on this.
Any comments?
b8d3fd No.110811
>>110784pretty good, but is it just me, or does it look like the G1 ponies?
2c389a No.110817
>>88570>Be in the original Drawfagship Improvement Threads>Suddenly see this image after so longHoly fuck dude; this is hitting me hard.
cec398 No.110820
>>110811No, I see it too, looks kinda like G1
9596a8 No.110916
Haven't drawn ponies in a long while, or even been involved in the fandom in any way. Pretty much just watched the show. Anyway, I was sorting through my files when I bumped into my old pony art folder back from 2011. I ended up re-doing one of them entirely, and made a few adjustments to the one with Scoots and Sweetie Belle.
Back to drawing ponies, I guess. It's a pretty relaxing diversion. Any advice on Fluttershy's proportions? I think I'm missing something, but I'm not sure what.
3577a5 No.110977
>>110784Want to comment on the vagoo placement because of horse anatomy, but eh, need to refresh memory for it.
>>110916Maybe the frontal leg and back leg?
42203f No.111132
>>110811>>110820Any ideas how to change that? Maybe make the head bigger?
Would love some feedback.
9596a8 No.111133
Had a go at designing a pony. Tried SAI for the first time for the linework so it'd look as close as possible to the art of the show. Hair is always my weak spot, and I cba to fiddle it more with it. Fucking vectors.
>>110977Tried to fix it but I think I'll have to sleep on it, the vectors rekt my wrist.
d4ae81 No.112207
Ok, so, looking at the diagrams. how am I supposed to make sense of the anatomy and apply it to my drawings?
3577a5 No.112209
>>112207Well, like one anon said in the thread.
MLP's pone is like a trace of a trace.
You just apply the joints of the horse to make the pone body make sense
>>91996>>91531 d4ae81 No.112217
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>>112209I'll look at these closer.
here's what I got so far.
d7e2bf No.112223
>>92171>KritaI haven't used it much (I only have a mouse), but it seems to have really great brushes and such. It definitely shouldn't miss in the OP next time. IMO better for digital painting than gimp, which is more for manipulation as is in its name…
570acb No.112249
>>112217Reminds me of that Unicorn. It has a certain charm, I like it.
I want to fuck that Unicorn d4ae81 No.112250
>>112249ooh, very nice. classical unicorns are the sexiest. do you know where this comic is from?
a5d37c No.112630
Alright, I just drew and paint bucketed my first pone. Advise?
>inb4 your hand writing is worse than shit
d32c66 No.112637
>>112630Stick to the anatomy guides for now and copy some of those drawings. It helps a lot.
No point in colouring or shading when the body isn't decent.
Don't be lazy and draw every day. The rest will come on its own.
That's about it.
3577a5 No.112682
>>112250Heavenly Nostrils
c5b51d No.112943
b52f2b No.113378
>>112217I agree it's a neat style.
Can't help but notice that although you sketch all the joints, you don't seem to follow them. The ankle is pretty high considering the more horse-like anatomy. So far that it makes the toe look like the heel. I'd personally lower the ankle a little but that's more of a style thing considering MLP keeps them a little high.
The linework makes it appear as if the top half completely ignores all those joints. Not showing the bend of the knee is okay since the leg is extended. But what about the heel or the curve of the calf? It's just a flat straight line butt to toe. Follow those bones you sketched.
>how am I supposed to make sense of the anatomy and apply it to my drawings?For me, just knowing the human counterparts really helped me understand how the animals moved and get decent at drawing. Maybe you need to watch some horses in motion. The skelly gif is nice.
For the actual application, you just need to test and see what works out. Don't be afraid to experiment with your style. Right now you have style, but not "function" as it were.
>>112630Keep those hind legs further apart. It looks like she has to pee.
03e841 No.114098
This is something I have been working on in an attempt to make a style of my own and keep it consistent in case I again, forget how to draw. This is supposed to be a mare head. Criticals, advice?
b91b44 No.114105
>>114098its good, but I'd say either make the nose a little thinner/longer or don't make the cheeks puff out.
kind of looks like a pig.
might look normal when you add the hair though,
8c9e6f No.114113
>>114098Unless the character is athletic or old, the neck muscles are usually best left out.
Also, I think it's best to ignore attempting to actually craft a 'style' and just let it happen naturally. I've found forcing it to be frustrating.
As a mare head it works fine enough, I assume for a stallion you'd add squarer features, though if I had to guess without knowing it's a mare head, I might have had trouble identifying, feels like it could be either. Personally I'd make the eyes and ears bigger, and muzzle/nose smaller, as I feel that's more feminine, but it looks like you're going for something
slightly more realistic than the show.
I don't know if any of this is helpful.
03e841 No.114125
>>114105>>114113>its good, but I'd say either make the nose a little thinner/longer or don't make the cheeks puff out.kind of looks like a pig.
Damn, you're right on the pig comparison. Even the ears look piggy now that I'm looking at it. I'll try your ideas and post the results.
>Unless the character is athletic or old, the neck muscles are usually best left out.Yeah, I was thinking that too.
>I don't know if any of this is helpful.It is. I get blind to my work very easily.
Okay, I'm just going to sketch a mare and a stallion pone in a basic pose and post it here. I should've drawn that first.
03e841 No.114179
>>114125Okay, here's what I did.
Took some time, I don't have the time for the male version, so here is a female. Crits, tips plz.
1bfffc No.114184
>>114179I'd say give them a slightly smaller bottom jaw, and make the body shorter.
But that falls into the "more like the characters in the show" category.
other than my opinion, looks fine.
8c9e6f No.114565
>>114179It still looks like it could be either male or female to me, without hair and eyelashes.
Like
>>114184 said, smaller bottom jaw and shorter body.
Personally, I'd still make the muzzle smaller, but I like to draw them almost non-existent. Big noses on women make them look ugly, and the size of the nose in relation to the other parts of the face can drastically change how feminine a character looks. Some artist can make it work though, but even Kevinsano draws them with bigger eyes and ears.
And for one last frustrating comment for you, I'm not getting a great sense of anatomy from your drawing, especially in the limbs, but this is the sort of vague 'look' that comes from practicing anatomy all day erry day, which isn't particularly helpful. Human anatomy I mean. Learning real horse anatomy is good too, but human anatomy is easier to understand because we are human, and that knowledge transfers over to everything.
I guess it comes down to your goals here. You aiming for Kevinsano, pwnypony or doxy tier pone art?
I just realized I don't know any non-clop pone artistsThen git practicing all day erry day, the real boring stuff, copying anatomy from diagrams and photo reference and shit.
Or just for fun, regardless? Cause it'd be fine to be satisfied with what you've got as long as it makes you happy. Try adding mane/tail and some lashes.
Sorry if any of this sounds insulting, I've never been good at giving critique, and I always think I sound condescending.
aa9a94 No.114609
>>114179That's not how horse ears work, anon.
Rest is up to you, but I think he looks a bit chubby.
03e841 No.114658
>>114565Don't worry about it, I like to think I'm more thick skinned than the other drawfags.
I work in service industry after all.
>AnatomyYeah, I get lazy with anatomy real fast. Also I'm a hypocrite in that regards, because I agree that anatomy is very important. It's just that I have these pictures in my mind begging to be drawn and none of them are nude models in different poses.
Unless it's porn. Also seems kinda waste drawing them because I'm not going to make this into a profession. But maybe those are just all excuses and I really need to get off my ass.
>Kevinsano, pwnpony or doxyNone of those are my senpais and those who are don't draw ponies anymore, but if I had to choose, Kevinsano. I think he mainly draws anthros though?
>Cause it'd be fine to be satisfied with what you've got as long as it makes you happy.I'm happy three seconds after it's done and then I hate and regret it forever.
>>114609I just saved that horse ear reference sheet, thnx!
03e841 No.114659
Anyhow, yeah, small noses, bigger (more realistic?) ears. I'll get back to the drawing board then.
3577a5 No.114665
>>114659I think he meant more… truer to the ears.
But eh, practice more and post your result
03e841 No.114683
>>114665I have drawn your waifu. How do you like her now?
3577a5 No.114691
>>114683Made my morningNice
8c9e6f No.115003
>>114658>Yeah, I get lazy with anatomy real fast. Also I'm a hypocrite in that regards, because I agree that anatomy is very important. It's just that I have these pictures in my mind begging to be drawn and none of them are nude models in different poses. Unless it's porn. Also seems kinda waste drawing them because I'm not going to make this into a profession. But maybe those are just all excuses and I really need to get off my ass.I know it can be super boring to sit there and spend hours and days and weeks copying anatomy diagrams and nude photos, especially if you don't plan to make art a profession, but for most people, if you don't put in the practice you ain't gettin better.
It's possible to find a flatter style like the show that you could learn to make work, but that would make you an extremely limited artist, and the flaws will always show.
It comes down to what you want out of it I guess.
>I'm happy three seconds after it's done and then I hate and regret it forever.It sounds like you want your drawings to be better and you can tell they aren't good enough by your own standards, or compared to other artists, and the only way I can advise you on getting that standard you want is by practicing anatomy, which will also teach you perspective, proportion, and volume/mass.
And, you can always do some studies, and finish off with something in your mind you really want to draw, as a sort of reward, and as a way of checking improvement. Not easy though, depending on your free time. Lawdy I know finding the balance of work, social, and art times is not easy.
>but if I had to choose, Kevinsano. I think he mainly draws anthros though?Yeah I think Kevinsano mainly draws anthros lately, but he's done ponies plenty, and the muzzle and ears you seem to be going for reminded me of the way he does them. Nothing wrong with studying other artists as long as that's not all you're doing.
03e841 No.115012
>>115003Trufax. I want to get better. Shit, I wouldn't be in this thread if I didn't. And I don't want to draw 1:1 show accurate characters because that's not really art.
So yeah, anatomy lessons it is.
666c17 No.115016
03e841 No.115035
>>115016Thanks a million!
666c17 No.115049
>>115035No problem, if you have a good computer give Krita a shot (you should find it near the bottom of the page). It's technically amazing but kind of buggy right now for some people. Don't start any big projects on it until you're sure it doesn't do anything weird and even then save really often, lol
588198 No.115442
>>88570> mfw friend sold me graphics tablet for $10Now to into drawing
476c8a No.115469
>>93685just start out making doodle quickly until you're comfortable with poses and the figure then move on into more complete and complicated drawings if that's what you want
give yourself a month or 2 and watch yourself improve. The effort will pay off if you have patience.
That is granted that you actually WANT to be good at cartoon pones
476c8a No.115472
>>110587don't just do lineart of stuff you find online.
You'll get nowhere fast.
3577a5 No.115514
>>115472>found onlineMaybe it has similar pose, but I ain't copying anything much.
What should I do?
All I got is a mouse and doing digital painting with it is a pain
t in the ass.
Thus, the logical answer in my opinion is to try to draw different poses of pones to the death until I got the money to buy a graphics tablet
7f9a7f No.117501
>>115514
Or you could buy a much cheaper scanner and go traditional. Pen and paper work is much less forgiving and probably teaches you more than digital.
3577a5 No.117516
>>117501
I'll go with pencil first since I don't know which type of pen is the best for such works.
3577a5 No.118118
b97fcb No.118120
>>118114
>/v/
Traitor detected
b6e266 No.118126
>>118118
>>118120
Just passing by
I love you secretly
d32aa0 No.118334
>>118120
I'm /v/ too, there's a handful that secretly love you.
6e8dd4 No.119494
e01913 No.119521
>>111132
>>111132
the face and the snout looks like g1, make the smut smaller. or maybe it was becuase of the angle of her head.
e01913 No.120104
>>119494
>how to draw horsecock
lewd!
c74651 No.122895
Shameless bump so I don't have to remake…
One day I'll get off my lazy ass and do more shitty Red recolors, but that day is not today
c5b51d No.122908
> smaller snouts
The mlp style of the snout really doesn't do any favors when it comes to shading. To shade you need to know the shape of the object. What shape is the pony snout? Is it a cylinder? A square? I think it's technically just a piece of two dimensional paper. It doesn't have any 3d dimensions. By making the snout bigger you can give it some structure and form.
c45644 No.125685
Help pone! I tried everything to fix all the errors that this pic has (especially the derp eyes and the muzzle) but i failed.
any suggestion?
d4e3a8 No.125688
>>125685
>Implying too much autism
Show pussy and ponut pls
c45644 No.125689
>>125688
thanks anon… Useful as always
3577a5 No.125692
>>125691
I had the same thought too, but then I looked at the hair
c45644 No.125693
>>125690
i drawed them better
c45644 No.125697
>>125696
because the issue was face.
d4e3a8 No.125700
>>125690
Thanks, m8.
>>125689
>sarcasm
Rude
wanna yiff?
c45644 No.125701
Is pone always so unwilling to help a potential drawfag?
c45644 No.125704
>>125703
Derp eyes, and the muzzle is innatural, i tried everything but i cant fix it.
d4e3a8 No.125706
>>125705
>>125704
>innatural
>not unnatural
c45644 No.125707
>>125705
the eyes are completely squinty, they dont look at the same point.
the muzzle is just plain wrong, its not even close to the reference i used like pic relarted, and for now i only menaged to make something like that only tracing over the reference.
cec398 No.125711
>>125689
>>125701
>>125707
>being a whiny little bitch
You obviously lack the patience it would require to become a decent drawfag, you know what to do >>>/suicide/
c45644 No.125715
>>125711
>learn to draw thread
>complains about people asking suggestions
cec398 No.125719
>>125715
>call him out for being a whiny bitch
>b-but I just want suggestions! ;_;
Nigger please :3c
c45644 No.125722
>>125719
then tell me why im here.
3577a5 No.125724
>>125714
Start with a circle, anon.
That will always help
cec398 No.125725
>>125722
To yiff :3c
>>125723
Are you Implying that his bitchyness isn't self-evident?
c45644 No.126019
ok, since this pic is a complete trainwreck i will give up with this and try to exercise to something else.
3577a5 No.126024
>>126019
Try making a happy pone face.
c45644 No.126030
>>126024
it would be the same.
also a problem that i have all the times is that everyone has its own style of drawing muzzles, so its pretty hard to pick a reference for help
3577a5 No.126033
>>126030
Your muzzle is fine.
It's just your pone face is oval.
>tfw no oekaki
2fb5ba No.130314
>>91640
what do you mean, isnt a graphics tablet the only way to do digital?
f44687 No.130316
>>130314
That's not what I meant.
People often pick up tablets without knowing how to draw first and then get discouraged when their work isn't turning out the way they intended. It's even worse when they buy a cheap, small one.
Also, you can always just scan your paper sketch and vector it in SAI or any other drawing program, then colour it.
You don't really need a tablet for this, but it's very time-consuming.
Pic related, for example, is easily doable like that.
2fb5ba No.130318
>>130316
vectors seems like a smart way to do things, but learning is for chumps
ill probs work it out next trimester when i do my 3d modeling for engineering
a16054 No.130651
>>112249
that comic is basically calvin and hobbes with a girl instead of a boy and a unicorn instead of a tiger
ac09f8 No.130677
>>130651
>criticizing the comic
my soggy knee!
666c17 No.130698
b8bb7a No.130702
i tried to draw a horse ass. I feel i can do pretty ok with the ass, but the head always fucks me up.
b8bb7a No.130706
>>130702
And here i tried to draw a pone cumming in a sock.
a16054 No.130710
>>130702
>>130706
hooves are good, snout obv not eyes should be bigger
and I prefer human pussy on horses, but ponut is fine too
cec398 No.130712
>>130710
>I prefer human pussy on horses
Gr8 b8 m8 i r8 8/8
b8bb7a No.130713
>>130710
Yeah.. Snouts, head size, and faces are just harder for me. Itll take work. I'm also not really going for show proportions, i like a lot of ECmajor and MadHotaru's work.
This one is a little older.
e010fc No.130715
>>130713
Keep drawing.
Your hair looks a bit flat. Draw bold, smooth lines.
e010fc No.130717
>>130716
It's OK to have shit taste, I forgive you that.
01ea2a No.130858
>>130702
Is her tail curled over her back or is she missing some vertebrae?
2fb5ba No.130880
>>88570
heres a shit sketch of what im going to work on today if anyone has so advise on what to change before start on it, already planing of fixing the face, this is just my guide
175aa6 No.130916
>>130880
The legs look weird to me. My touchpad pic attempts to explain why. I guess if it's liberal use of anthro it might be ok. I'd need to see the further sketches.
2fb5ba No.130931
>>130916
i guess the legs are more anthro, its the only way to do the loose sukhasana vivec is in as he levitates, heres the updated version. thanks for input, if you can be bothered could you explain more of what you mean?
175aa6 No.130938
>>130931
It's was the knee crease. Now that you've gotten rid of the outlines it is much better.
On humans the sartorius heads down the shin a bit on its way around the knee, so you wouldn't get a leg crease curving upwards. Take a look here: https://www.kenhub.com/en/atlas/musculus-sartorius or just google sartorius/knee ligaments/ leg ligaments.
In a horse, the knee is actually way up near the hips; http://www.biosphera.com.br/images-veterinary-equine-horse-anatomy.asp?i=imagens/equine-anatomy/m.sartorius.jpg&d=Muscles:%20Sartorius
Imagining a horse trying to emulate this pose, I think it would put it's toes together and fold its knees back, rather than doing the human bone equivilent, pic related.
In any case, seeing as it's anthro, I really have no idea whats going on with the leg innards, but in any case, it looks nicer now.
2fb5ba No.130941
>>130938
ah yea thats interesting, i didnt know what looked like there knees are their ankles
01ea2a No.130942
>>130941
More apparent if you count joints from the hips down. Their upper legs squash and stretch for a reason. They wouldn't if there wasn't a joint there.
cc0972 No.130948
>>130651
True but it's still fun.
17a324 No.133052
The old resource really was put to good use today on drawing a certain fluttershy. You'll see it in the future.
3577a5 No.133053
7f9a7f No.133342
>>130938
I was bored enough to try this. A horrible pose, no good references, great practice though. I guess this is close to what MLP yoga pose would look like.
e010fc No.134170
>>133342
Looks rather stiff for yoga, like he's stretching his back and front hooves and not relaxing at all.
>>134152
In the first pic, maybe a circle is not enough: try shaping a ball and add face features on the surface. There's an ear placed wrong.
The second pic is good, just make her eyes bolder so you can see them through the glasses.
e010fc No.134172
>>134170
Also where are the eyeglasses attached to?
3577a5 No.134175
>>134172
Well, there are some fancy glasses out there that use the nose as the attachment.
Though, his sketches doesn't imply that.
18ce87 No.134184
>>134172
>>134175
Yeah that's my fault. i was speed sketching and I never noticed I did the glasses wrong.
7f9474 No.138917
7f9a7f No.138970
As per your suggestions, I'm drawing anthro now. How is this going?
e010fc No.138972
>>138970
Her body and background works, colors are okay. Work on the fingers. Her eyes are shaped in a funny way, I'm not sure what to think of them.
c74651 No.141724
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Bump with pointless update
I am still here, but I have a feeling I won't be putting together a better guide anytime soon because I am super lazy. Sorry you guys will have to carry the thread for a while longer
Also can we get some more art of Red in here? I feel like this board could use some more =)
68502a No.141797
>>141724
> =)
Don't shitpost.
c74651 No.145061
http://mlp-vectorclub.deviantart.com/gallery/34905660/Resources-Backgrounds
Bumped into this not log ago, not sure if anyone has any use for this but this guy has a ton of the background art posted.
I guess you could paste your OC on it or something?
4cd249 No.145141
>>141797
summer man, summer
3577a5 No.145146
>>145061
More than that.
It can serve for others to draw background on how Equestria looks like
f819f0 No.145600
How many of you have tried working with Bezier's Curve tools? I've messed around a little, and find it useful when one has to use a mouse. Lots of little curves to make up the picture, and don't have to worry as much about making sure your hand travels in the exact path.
I've used it when a work computer is super locked down and I wanted to draw during a slow moment.
3577a5 No.145607
>>145600
Just once, I think.
It was back then when I was messing around with different tools in a program.
Never used it again though because I don't understand it back then
f819f0 No.145630
>>145607
Here's how the MS Paint curve tool works, at least.
First, you drag out a line. Remember which side you started on, because this is important.
You now have two curve adjustments you can apply. Alternatively, it can be thought of as adjusting the direction that the line comes out of each of the end points of the line.
The first adjustment is the point that you started the line from. The second adjustment is the point the line ended at. The distance away from the point determines the severity of the adjustment's influence on the ending curve. A rough guide I keep in mind is it will try to keep about half of the distance between the mouse pointer and the starting point when adjusting it.
While it is possible to make a curve that turns one way, then turns the other way, I find it more useful to focus on a single direction curve, with two direction curves used sparingly. Make lots of lines to make the picture.
For a smooth shape with many curves in it, I find it useful to start the next curve not at the end, but a little BEFORE the end. This gives a guide for you to line the curve up with to help make a seamless line.
The origins of the curve are from pre-computer drafting. There was a curve tool that was basically like a flexible piece of rubber with pegs alongside it. Think stiff, not stretchy. The pegs would hold a location of the rubber in place, and the rubber would take the path of least resistance for the length between the points, resulting in a smooth curve that could be traced along like with a ruler.
In essence, this is what you are doing. You are pegging one end of the rubber, the other end of the rubber, then putting on the two middle pegs of the curve. Picture related.
Hopefully, this helps someone out there
9f8732 No.145638
>draw poni
>it's okay at best
>stop for several months because sadness and procrastination
How long will it take to actually improve if I start drawing poni every day or every other day? A year? How do my fellow artists stay motivated?
f819f0 No.145643
>>145638
It varies. One way to get an idea is to look at the guy that does the Mentally Advanced series. Their artist had life happen, so they're having to learn how to draw as they do their animations. You can kinda see the improvement from episode to episode.
3577a5 No.145644
>>145630
Thanks man. That will help me one day if I'm going to use it. I'm pretty happy with my curves right now, even it's not so pretty.
I think this tool is perfect if I'm not doing full colour
>>145638
I haven't drawn digitally for months, just pencil sketches
I don't know, result depending on the person. I've been drawing since I was middle school and I'm not that great of an artist.
Still do messy sketches and all that.
The thing that kept me motivated is… to draw my waifu in such a way that I wanted. My highest target is to paint in a way that she'll look realistic, but alas, that will take tonnes of work and focus.
Not to mention the lazy nature of oneself.
So, I practice until I can do justice for her beauty.
I want to capture her perfect smile, that shining eye of hers and her overall loveliness.
9f8732 No.145649
>>145644
Who's your waifu, Anon?
3577a5 No.145652
>>145649
Twilight. You can see it from what I've posted here
f819f0 No.145655
>>145652
Good taste. Do you accept her second puberty, or are you of the 'wings are heresy' camp?
3577a5 No.145660
>>145655
I accept all her pony forms, and no other, for now. I don't want her to be Cadence 2.0 or bigger than Cadence. That would change her looks even more so. I'll probably sulk for a week before reminding myself the concept of waifu
f819f0 No.145662
>>145660
Mmhm. Nice, nice. Twi's my fave, but I somewhat hope she'd understand the occasional crush I have that pops up for her teacher. Celestia wasn't even on my radar until after this one dream I had. Intelligent, elegant, reserved, and with a subtle mischief streak, so she's probably not gonna leave the radar.
Get real tired of the fanon shit, though.
9f8732 No.145664
>>145662
>Celestia wasn't even on my radar until after this one dream I had.
I know this is off topic but can you tell us about your hot Molly dream?
3577a5 No.145665
>>145662
fanon shit? Such as?
>>145664
I am disgusted by this, but do go on.
Want to know more of your hot dream
f819f0 No.145670
>>145664
>>145665
Wasn't anything too notable. For some reason, I was sitting on the couch and hanging out with Derpy. She was surprisingly chill. Then, for some reason, Celestia arrives and joins us. Derpy gave this kinda knowing look, then made herself scarce, heading out of the dream scene. Celestia extended a forehoof. I took it. …and then gave a long, intimate lick along that slender leg. Then I woke up, wondering where that dream came from. I kinda remember an embarrassed shock emotion around Celestia when I remember it. Also, it's given a sort of amicable viewpoint of the wall-eyed pegasus. An odd dream it was.
Only other pony dream was briefly seeing Twilight in a train going by in a different dream.
>>145665
Fanon shit like the tyrant Celestia bit, the Molestia stuff, the sending everything to the moon thing. Sure, those jokes might be fine in small amounts, but the jokes have been driven so far into the ground that they're popping out of the other side of the planet. And not that momlestia stuff that pops up around here, either. An interesting kink, but some of that thread goes a bit too far for me. I guess I just like the canon version.
3577a5 No.145678
>>145670
Heresy of the highest degree
She's elegant alright, but that lady know how to have chaotic fun.
>Twilight going by a train
Sounds like a feelsy anime situation
f819f0 No.145680
>>145678
She knows how to enjoy a bit of chaos, sure, but she's sneaky about it. Overt methods like tyrannical rule, random moon-banishings, and blatant lewdness to everything she comes across aren't exactly Celestia's style of mischief.
>Sounds like a feelsy anime situation
Could be. Who knows? It was an incidental background thing. …which kinda bums me out, since Twi is best pony.
e345e5 No.145708
Not quite sure where to put this so….enjoy
e010fc No.146568
>>146560
Very cute.
Could use more shading. She's kinda light.
I personally don't like the mane texture at all, it doesn't match the smooth coat.
3577a5 No.146570
>>146568
Well, it's late at night and I did the mane in the same layer as the coat.
I did what my brain told me.
Yeah, I need to work with the mane
ab76c2 No.146667
I'm too tired to go through these refs right now, but I want to get working on actual pony anatomy practice soon, so can I get some critique on my work to know what to focus on when I begin practicing?
3577a5 No.146683
>>146667
I'm going to say the hooves, both front and the back.
How the butt is shaped and the stomach.
You're good with the face and ears. Still feel like a pony imo.
>>114609 (ears)
The rest linked in thisp post >>102245
ab76c2 No.146688
>>146683
Hmm, could you elaborate a little perhaps? I'm checking a lot of refs for equine anatomy and I'm not seeing where I could change anything.
I mean, I'm on the brink of passing out, but that ain't gonna excuse me for some more details.
3577a5 No.146690
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>>146688
>front hooves
Usually, MLP's style is that from the elbow(?) to the hooves, it gets bigger. I see that your front leg is a big fatter than usual MLP, but that's just me. It's still doesn't differ from horse anatomy
>hind leg (pic related)
The lower part of the leg (after the thighs) feels longer than I normally draw when practicing pone anatomy.
>butt and stomach (pic related)
You're alright with it, but I think you should still study on the stomach is.
That's all from what I can see from these anatomy and what I've practiced before.
ab76c2 No.146692
>>146690
Okay, thank you. I'll work on those anyway for sure, and I'll share the fruits of my efforts sometime later, in maybe 11 hours. I gotta sleep first.
bc4f42 No.146728
>1000 hours using shitty phone.
>want to draw a pony
>ends up looking like a zebra
>oh well
how the fuck do you draw snouts?
go on bully, i can take it but be gentle
3577a5 No.146734
>>146728
Curve and curve, anon.
Though, why use phone?
This is the basic of it
e010fc No.146735
>>146728
First off, ur a faget.
The snout may be a bit long, but the heavy stripes are what makes it zebra looking and not qt donkey.
000000 No.146765
>>146667
a lot of human anatomy in here. face, neck, etc. ears need to be further back, has no brow, cheeks too low. skull is not propped directly on top of the spine like with people
>>146728
you don't understand how to draw 3d shapes. start simple and draw cubes in different angles. then use simple shapes to build the head. for example I put a sphere, two bean shapes, and a cube
bc4f42 No.146826
>>146734
i suck using a mouse, so i bought a $1 penthingy to draw in my phone, i want to buy a draw tablet
>>146735
those are some nice coloring, what do you use?
>donkey
shit you are right, i shouldnt post when im sleepy
>>146765
>3D
yeah i suck with that
e010fc No.146837
>>146826
>i suck using a mouse
Everyone does. It's not designed for that. Try to attach a brush to your palm and paint with it.
Get a tablet that supports pressure, and use paper meanwhile.
>what do you use?
my dick and gimp. First redrew the heavy streaks and mouth with regular pen, then added some shadows and highlights with dodge/burn tool. Adjusted the eye colors with hue filter, and dodge. Nothing too fancy.
bc4f42 No.146851
>>146837
do you know any cheap draw tablets? i was reading some post and someone found a cheap one, but i cant find that link.
e010fc No.146872
>>146851
Wacom is a solid choice, but there are good alternatives too, like Trust and Monoprice. My Bamboo wasn't too expensive (<100 eur), and there is GNU/L support which is a lot.
I'd suggest to research it a little. Some cheaper ones have batteries on the pen, making it heavy, some have super expensive nibs which wear out. I had to make make a hack nib to mine and adjust the pressure curve from the OS. Some have touch support, useful if you like the interface.
What do you call it when you do your own inferior version of a picture of a mascot, from pure inspiration? A Redraw
bc4f42 No.146879
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3577a5 No.146900
>>145680
Been meaning to draw this
Because train scene reminds me of animu
bc4f42 No.146980
i think i lost more time picking the colors thant drawing.
7a6b11 No.147122
Is the drawfag who drew this still around?
I need him for something.
3577a5 No.147148
>>147122
>>147129
You could send him a note at his dA
7a6b11 No.147180
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>>147148
Yes, that would be ideal.
What does he go by on DA? Gotta link?
3577a5 No.147192
3577a5 No.148050
>>148013
Does the picture in the link looks weird?
Is there anything wrong with the body of that satyr?
8da4aa No.148052
>>148050
Well I can't tell if the knees are inverted, but they should be.
e010fc No.148055
>>148050
It's fine.
Right arm, her elbow against her back which looks a bit awkward.
Fingers.
Chest–hooves connection, not sure because she's a hybrid but still.
205326 No.150633
made this for you guys, r8 m8s
e010fc No.150634
>>150633
next op/10
is that a bandana or a collar?
205326 No.150636
>>150634
took it off of >>106861
but i imagined it as a collar to show she's an artslave
000000 No.150638
>>148052
>knees
>>148050
Check out the posts on horse anatomy near the top of the thread.
3577a5 No.150655
450524 No.150686
3577a5 No.150713
>>150633
Judging from the drawing…
Is that you, disastral?
205326 No.150717
>>150713
no
but i'm a friend of his
3577a5 No.150718
>>150717
Oh
Do you visit the flockmod too?
205326 No.150719
3577a5 No.150720
>>150719
Man, it's been a long time I visit the flockmod.
Heard there we're some drama happened between schmoe and disastral
I'm mediocre, but haven't visit the damn place for so long
205326 No.150721
>>150720
oh shit, it's fucking you
yeah but i believe they fucked and made up
i'm extremefaggotry, but under a different name
3577a5 No.150722
>>150721
Fucking hell.
You've improved by a large margin. I'm still stuck with this mouse ;_;
Glad to see you here tho
205326 No.150724
>>150722
thanks man, i know those feels with the mouse, only recently got a replacement pen for my tablet
out of curiosity, why did you stop coming to the flockmod, anyways?
3577a5 No.150725
>>150724
1) I'm a lazy faggot
2) vidya consumed me
3) and I was trying to git gud with Gimp
Turns out airbrush is good at shading stuff rather than smudge tools. I still miss Flockmod autocircle tools
205326 No.150736
>>150725
i know all three of those feels
except the last one, i usually either cel shade or just use the flockmod blending tools
anyways, you should come back
3577a5 No.150742
>>150736
Planning to. I think I should relearn with others in a drawing board
205326 No.150750
>>150742
good.
oh, and remember, we switched boards again, the new board is flockpony
000000 No.150788
>>150725
>airbrush
Be careful with that. Sometimes it gives the art an unattractive appearance. One of the common noob things in DA-tier art is bad airbrush shading.
3577a5 No.150795
>>150788
I know, but it's hard to find something that help into the transition unless you pick a colour bit by bit.
000000 No.150804
>>150795
Personally I do a combination of paint brush and airbrush. Block in the main colors and blending with the paintbrush then use the airbrush to smooth things out or for when I need a broad smooth gradient.
2735e3 No.150821
Just getting into using a pen pad.
Also first post
3577a5 No.150938
>>150804
Alright, thanks for the tip.
3577a5 No.151056
Requesting comments
on >>151055
000000 No.151127
>>151056
http://imgur.com/Il24dFb
You need to work on anatamy in general, but those are the biggest issues.
3577a5 No.151164
>>151127
Thanks for the fixin.
I was sure I was following horse anatomy back then.
Or I'm used to side views that frontal view killed my perspective.
068c07 No.151275
So I drew my first pone ever and my first actual attempt at trying to draw, I'd appreciate if someone pointed out flaws and some tips.
Personally, I feel that the neck is too long
2ee029 No.151278
>>151275
I like. The long neck could just be from a reastion she saw. Plus we have that giraffe thread. But it's damn great. Shit tons better than what I could do.
Its legit good drawingnose reminds me of a reindeer though
3577a5 No.151279
>>151275
Nice. For your first pone, it looks okay.
The neck's too long, the ear is pretty small for me, the back looks a tad weird.
The others can be polished in due time if you do MLP anatomy.
2ee029 No.151280
>>151278
or that sexy chick with the freckles from the goofy movie ponified
2ee029 No.151281
>>151278
>from a reaction she saw
fucking alcohol
068c07 No.151283
>>151279
I should add it took about an hour, I used the template from imgur. I didn't trace so I feel proud
>>151279
Thanks for pointing out the ear, looks jagged also.
I'll work on the back too, but I don't want to just be an exact copy of the show.
068c07 No.151284
>>151278
fuck, replied to wrong guy.
but yeah, thanks. i'm sure you could draw well if you took the time and had the patience, my handwriting looks like a elementary school students. again, thanks
e010fc No.151287
>>151275
Avoid scratching, unless you want to make it look really fluffy. Use shapes, then put some smooth lines on them.
e010fc No.151292
>>151287
Worked on it. Gimp doesn't like recording, making the lines wavy, having to undo them a lot.
e010fc No.151293
>>151292
Still, it's not perfect:
>front hooves connection to the body
>tail is a bit too far away from the ass
>she doesn't stand straight (rotating the picture could work)
068c07 No.151295
>>151292
>implying I know how to use gimp
>implying I didn't just start attempting rough sketchs
068c07 No.151296
wow, that makes me sound like a bitch.
still, thanks for taking the time to make a speed draw.
e010fc No.151319
>>151296
Sorry if the video looked like trying to show off. With the video, I wanted to examine the drawing process from another perspective. It's only great if you could learn something from it, or get inspiration.
068c07 No.151564
Second try, this time with sleep and a lamp. Eyes, body, and legs are bothering the hell out of me, but that's something I can fix with practice.
Sorry that the picture is sideways
205326 No.151660
>>151564
Here, redlined it for you.
Since I didn't feel like writing the rest out, I'm just gonna write out some things I noticed in the original picture.
The body is a bit chubby.
The hindlegs bend way too much, the way they are right now would break their bones.
The front legs need to be moved a little bit more towards the chest.
Let me know if you can't read my handwriting.
Also is this your OC? because she's a qt
205326 No.151661
>>151660
And of course, I forget the picture.
068c07 No.151674
>>151660
>>151661
I can read it, I'll try these out next time I draw,
She's not necessarily my oc, I didn't want to reuse the same mane/tail, so I went to general zois pony maker and drew a mane/tail from it. dont worry, i didnt trace
220cdd No.152427
I've done digital work for a couple of years, but am pretty new to traditional and nsfw stuff. What do you guys think?
Pencil and watercolor, A5 paper
326ddb No.152454
>>152427
>A5
too small anon…
too small….
thats like, half of an standard paper
326ddb No.152545
>>152509
>>152538
going to leave this here to see what i did right and what i did wrong...
205326 No.154333
>>152545
Hey there.
I'm better at showing rather than telling, but I'll try anyways.
The redline was mainly just something quick I did to go along with me telling you what you did wrong.
For the most part, you did bretty gud on this.
The hindlegs look nice, you did good with those!
The torso, though, has way too much human anatomy in it.
Pony shoulders do not work the same way human shoulders do. Instead of protruding the same way humans do, they're more… inward.
You made the neck way too long, stiff, and thick. The head looks great though.
On the right arm, you did well with the horse anatomy. But on the left, you put way too much human into it. It looks like a half-human half-horse abomination.
But otherwise, you did pretty good on this and I'd like to see more from you in the future.
Got a tumblr or dA or something?
68494a No.154468
Reminder to draw every day and make a conscious effort to improve.
I find artists like this on tumblr who get hundreds of notes and are fed bullshit by their followers and commissioners about how their art is so good and how they're improving so much when in reality they haven't improved in 3 years. This is just one example.
Don't let yourself be like this. Commission money/notes/popularity will go to your head and only hurt yourself. Never settle for being good enough.
f76419 No.154472
e010fc No.154475
>>154333 (nice)
thank you redline anon, feedback is the best gift you can give here.
>>154468
it's terrible, but my quality must have dropped this year.
666c17 No.154476
File: 1436769719309.gif (166.58 KB, 404x396, 101:99, git gud with your boy andr….gif)
Here's my board's resource hub…
http://www.8ch.net/loomis/hub.html
and…
…Here's my official mega file in which I am putting some of the best literature, articles and infographics I'm able to find. Bookmark it if you wish, I'll be updating it fairly regularly.
Keep drawing, my friends.
https://mega.nz/#F!es1BSKQR!spODyd0iaQmMelGA2GscFw
3577a5 No.154479
>>154476
>my board's
BO of /loomis/?
666c17 No.154483
>>154479
Yup, I'm making the rounds on some of the top boards' draw threads to shill. Because deleting the board is out of my power I have no choice but support it and hope that a few people find value in some of the stuff I'm autistically hoarding for their benefit.
9c7deb No.156320
>>154476
>get the animal books because I suck at horse anatomy and barely even know what one looks like
>decide to check it out straight away
>first book starts with the horse
>go over a few pages
>rear of the horse
>horse pussy and ass
>mfw
I'm not sure what I expected, considering what the books are for.
Thanks for posting.
af4d83 No.159111
Something I've been working on for a couple friends. First time doing semi-serious work with a tablet, as well as using color.
76a98e No.161125
>>159111
shitnigga its good shit, got anymore?
d26661 No.161155
>>88570
op how do i get better
76a98e No.161252
>>161155
you just need to git gud