Thread 42485229

Welcome friends, ITT:
We make and share pony art, with absolutely no pressure to deliver anything that's technically good (besides having ponies in it, which makes it good by default)

Make something, share what you've done, and give feedback and motivation to help us all keep improving and creating!

This thread's focus is art, but beginner or low effort content of any kind is welcome here. If you do want to post about something else like music, gamedev, or crafts, though, just note that you may find better help and feedback posting it in the /create/ thread

Are you an experienced artist? Leave some tips, feedback, guides, or tutorials, they're well appreciated here!

Guides, tutorials and resources! Start here!
https://mares.horse/bale
https://ponepaste.org/8268

Draw with other /bale/ anons!
https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZG

/bale/ videos:
https://pony.tube/c/bale_stuff/videos

/create/ thread (for bigger art projects and all other types of content):>>42371353
Previous /bale/ thread:>>42411827


Bunker threads:
https://nhnb.org/fim/res/20116.html
https://mlpol.net/poner/93

I only got one frsh op after this one so feel free to make another op image, its just gotta have /bale/ visible in the thumbnail and "anyone can draw!" on it some where. I use every and all op images I get 100% guaranteed and do so in order of when I get them.

I feel that something is wrong with my Pingy pie, but I don't know what...
>Captcha: 2harm2

>>42485558
her muzzle/mouth is a little small, I think. Also the hoof on the right is a little flat where it bends over the tube. Other than these you did a pretty damn decent job

Here's Captain Celestia for the starters.

>>42485653
based

>>42486126
you always deliver

>>42486137
cant let the best thread on the board go without

>>42485653
Second star to the right.
And straight on 'til evening.

wip

pre bed boop

postin this to see if I missed anything that needs fixin

>>42487166
OH NO, MUH JOB

>>42487172
SHIT I MEANT TO MAKE THIS A CATBOX LINK AH SHIT AH FUCK

>>42487174
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

postin to see if i missed anything that needs fixin, electric boogaloo. https://files.catbox.moe/2002sj.gif

>>42487185
the placement of where her forelegs are coming out of her barrel are a bit off. damn good though.

>>42483823
M.A.R.E.
FOUR CAPITAL LETTERS

My best attempts to Misty. Any feedback is welcome.

>>42487414
BEAN

>>42485653
cute sun

Currently trying to get the proportions and anatomy correct for Fluttershy lying on her back. These are just the outlines and I've only finished the head so far. I've yet to add the details to her mane as well. I'm also trying to make her head look like a part of the body without looking like it it's been tacked on. Does it look good so far?

>>42486619
cool

>>42487875
Done!
https://ponerpics.org/img/2025/8/22/7318939/large.png

>>42487185
does this catbox link work for anyone else?

>>42488366
I like your stuff and you're a nice person but except by the face there's some big problems in the anatomy. Try to see this for a big while https://www.mares.horse/p/drawingtutorials.html?m=1 and practice with some random screenshots of the show. Don't feel bad, where in this road together /)

>>42488390
Doesn't work for me.

>>42487505
The two circels is fundamenraly the same as the bean anon, the bean is hard to control and usually leads to deformation

>>42485592
Thanks anon, the larger muzzle definitely made it look less retarded.

>>42488568
If you get the sizes of the circles right yeah.
>>42487414
the main problem you seem to be facing is that one your heads are too small for the body. two your chest and ass is to large of a diameter compared to the head. you naturally get the bean shape by making the chest the smallest circle the rest falls in place naturally from there, the circles off to the side are a visualization to help depict what im saying. the red circle is the same size as her head, the green one her ass, the blue one her chest. the snoots are a bit boxy which kinda makes her look like a stallion, try to aim for a more round profile on the lower jaw leading up into the tip of her nose. I'd also say aim for larger eyes but thats up to you and what you are aiming for stylistically.

>>42488797
She looks like she draws human men

>>42488797
Bonus points for creativity and and giving me a giggle

Boop

just a reminder to check your pressure sensitivity sometimes. after getting fed up with the disparity between my two tablets, i checked my settings again and now it feels a lot better.

>>42489223
feels good being a mouse masterracist and not having to remember that

>>42485249
Oh hey I drew that one. Here's a redo

>>42488708
I liked the sketch enough to finish it, not super happy with the shading on the mane but its good enough.

Im actually a retard with shading, please gib advive now
https://litter.catbox.moe/af5epwj065y8l51i.gif

Dinner with extended family was nice, but doodling made it all the better. Im actually kinda proud of this one since I had no references this time.

>>42490385
This looks cool, you should finish it.

drew this for anonstallion thread, this brush is nice

>>42485249
Made one too. Used an old demon pony oc I havn't drawn in ages.
>>42487358
when I made that I was thinking of writing "P.O.N.Y." above her in gold but I got lazy. One of my favorite tracks off the album
>>42490262
Amazing bro, looks so clean. Mane looks good to me
>>42490312
Try drawing straight lines originating from where you want your light source to be, then use them as a guide. It can help you figure out where you should be applying the shading

is this a good latex suit render? how can it be improved?

>>42491291
looks good anon, not sure theres anything i can think to improve it

>>42491435
i spent 5 months on this so i'd really hate for it to turn out "not perfect" because i missed something

>>42491451
>5 months
theres a time when you gotta get over it anon

>>42491456
i have a problem!

>>42491243
Hell yeah brother thanks. That's a pretty dope op pic

Messy but I feel like there's something off with the wings and maybe snout? Can I get some critique

>>42490312
Except for the direction visualization tip from >>42491243 , I'd say you could try out doing way darker shadows, if the look you are going for allows it. That would help the shading show up and have a bigger impact than they do now. You can also experiment with having a color tint to the shadows to give the image a particular color tone and also avoid having straight grey shadows just desaturate and muddy the colors they shade.

I kinda want to ask YOU how you made such a high-res gif, with gradient shadows of all things, and still stayed beneath 4MB? Very impressive. Is this the power of dithering? I avoid dithering because I'm scared of the color-mosaic-pixel thing, but that high resolution reduces that effect a whole lot! I guess the relatively few frames also helps with the size.
I always fall back on using extremely sharp shadows to reduce file size and to keep the limited colors from freaking out when I do Gifs. That locks one into always doing a cel-shaded style, but I've found that keeping gradient shadows consistent and keeping them from jittering during small movements is really hard anyway.

The very subtle lines beneath the transparent underwear are great!

>>42490312
I know 2 anons already replied but here's a shitty shading method tutorial for you made with love

https://files.ponut.space/jeRxVhMn.mp4

>>42491291
First thing to improve with rendering is the drawing. there's not a whole lot wrong, but there are things that can be tuned up.
>The thighs being too flat is one of the things that sticks out to me as off.
>For latex, think of where the material will bunch up and make little pinch points
>The dock is only visible under the tail, and can be poofier
>Little face adjustment

>>42492697
comically large thighs

>>42492697
this is useful. feed me more.

>>42492070
gonna preface with sorry for the book and if I come off as harsh and or way too autistic. most of the stuff is relatively minor mistakes. starting off with the snoot assuming you are drawing one of the princesses the snoot is too large and reads a bit more like a stallions, you need a gentle s curve on the bottom of the jaw so it doesn't read like a stallion to the viewer. the position of the eyes relative to the top of the snoot was good and properly placed for the large snoot so i took it and moved it down to match the new profile then added a little extra size to it to further refine it. the main problem with the wing is its position. it's basically coming out of the ponies neck and needs to be placed further back behind the shoulder. the yellow lines are suggestions more or less you could entirely leave them as is if you choose it just looks a little better, the hoof position for the fore leg with it pointing straight down is good for an animated trot cycle but looks a little awkward in a still image in my opinion. the legs are a bit noodley in the back and for where the knee is positioned makes them look a bit awkward so my suggestion would to be either to follow the red line or rotate the knee back and reshape the butt line to match the leg position. usually if say you look at a show screen shot of a Pegasus the butt line makes a gentle s curve when connected with the front of the leg and they also tend to tuck their legs in slightly when flying, uguu related https://d.uguu.se/RekkPlxN.png.

>>42492735
Nah, comically large would be those things in the mare fair ad. But here's a second adjustment moving the front of the thigh instead of the back.

>>42492812
Ok. Your drawing has an issue with the hooves feeling like they're kind of floating. Using a plane guide you can better align them to feel more 'solid' like they're touching something. Granted using this kind of thing for more complex poses will get much harder, but the concept can still work.

>>42492537
I'm just that good.

It's coming along

>>42492070
I'm not going to give you an autistic wall like the lunaflag, but he's right on the wing position .

You kind of drew a hard tube then stuck on attachments, so it's stiff and disconnected at the pelvis. I used Riley's method he did on stream with a line of action and drawing over circle fills and cross-contours to get a feel for the forms.

The face for alicorns is just a series of curves in it's simple side profile. But when everything follows the same line it looks stiff, your head is the same direction as the body. Don't forget to play with head tilts,

Unclear what kind of expression you wanted because the eyebrows can easily change the shape of the eye.

Front hooves are pretty much fine, but the wings and back legs need another go. Like the head, changing up the lines helps a lot.

For wings, try practicing drawing folds of paper and fans. Wings are like arms and have joints in them just like yours do.

I ponified my car, I think I'm happy with the results trying to make her look shinny, and couldn’t help but add some text to describe my toxic relationship with this bitch.

>>42493912
You should give her a name, anon. When I look at her and the subtitle I can't help but think "Classy".

I made this little guide to draw Pinkie Pie's mane.

>>42494055
Her tail doesn't hit the ground. It's too long and fat! Use references before guides reeee

>>42494110
I meant in general autism-kun, no need to argue over semantics.

>>42493932
I didn't think of a name for this mare, , I do have a name for my car but I think it doesn't fit her. I like Classy, maybe she gets pissed if you tell her she is old, she prefers being classic.

>>42491243
>>42492537
>>42492574
https://litter.catbox.moe/yghi9yqg07fmk2qu.gif

>>42492574
i juat started watching this wtf thank you for the vid. looks like I'm trying this now.

>>42485150
I liked what you have. I thought it was neat and I hope you continue.

>>42493912
really cool

>>42493527
Mimosa a cute!

Working on a new drawing. Is her head connected to her neck correctly? Also, is the neck correctly drawn? I'm drawing Luna lying down while looking at you.

>>42494164
looking to go part-time with my job to focus on art and make some earnings doing it. Is that feasible?

something silly that occured to me because of this >>42494055

>>42495249
you should add a few frames to hold on when the tail drops down after being pulled

>>42495196
Mind the advice anons gave you, it's an issue of proportion, and if you want to have the accurate proportion for any pose, use a perspective grid.

>>42495196
Needs work on the anatomy and proportions, if you feel stuck it's always nice to trace the show and figure out the shapes that make up a pony.

>>42495444
check'd

>>42495502
>>42495196
Thanks for the advice! I'll try my best to follow this advice for my next drawing as I already finished this one. It seems I need to work on my proportions the most... Anyways, I fixed the anatomy a bit on the neck while finishing it up. Is it an alright enough improvement? Also, princess pussy and teats.

https://ponerpics.org/img/2025/8/24/7320147/large.png

>>42495596
oops, I replied to myself. I'm such a retard. I meant to reply to >>42495444

BumP

how'd I do? critique more than welcome

>>42453508
idk if this anon is still lurking around or not but I thought your mare was a cute and decided to make a bust of her. I wanted to do it last thread but I just now got around to it, went with a basic color palette to keep things simple and I took liberties with her mane. hope you see it an like it!

>>42496214
it would help if i posted the fucking image now wouldn't it ucu

Always Be Braiding.

boop

>>42496131
Face ok, torso looks a little fucky, too many bumps, sort of pseudo booba-chest hybrid.

Any thoughts on the perspective in this WIP? I feel like the flank/body is twisted weird.
I fucking suck donkey dick at anything besides pony heads.

>>42496217
What inker are you using for your eyelashes?

>>42496777
first of all checked blessed digits, second what do you mean by inker? do you mean brush? I'm predominantly a vector nigger and I usually just use the basic round brush setting at full density/opacity with paint tool sai's vector tools. I also usually modify the density/opacity of the tips down to zero and the middle of the lash down to roughly 40%. I do the lashes on a separate layer under the main linework then put a pin light layer over it to get that translucent look through the mane.

>>42496757
Decide what kind of pose you're going for, is it from the side? from the back? then go from there. If there's twists involved use centerlines and start doing basic twist mental exercises like paper/ ribbon, potato sacks and, bent boxes, cylinders.

You'll have to use your brain and think if it's twisted where does the center line end up? And when you have that info then you will be able to place the other stuff easier

>>42497019
saved

You ever feel you're going through the brain blaster 9000?

had a fun time at a Pink Martini concert and doodled.. something.

>>42496131
excellently done hand, probably going to use this as a reference for my own drawing\
I'm not good enough at art to criticize myself- but your celly has a cute horsey face

>>42496777
check em'

>>42495555
QUAD FEEED!!!!!

>>42496131
Her left hoof's anatomy is wrong, the torso and neck anatomy in general is also an issue, do some exercises and study the shapes/muscles ponies have.

>>42495596
Proportion, perspective, anatomy, and line confidence exercises are my best advice to you.
My favorite proportion exercise is block-in: take a pony and reduce it to straight lines and big shapes, that forces you to see ponies the way they are rather than what you think they look like. Another good exercise is copying from a drawing/show frame you like and rotating it 180 degrees, flipping the image upside down, which forces your brain to see lines as they are rather than what you think they should look like.
For perspective, draw boxes, boxes everywhere, rotate them, stack them, skew them. Another good one is setting up 1, 2, or 3 point perspective grids and figure drawing until you get a sense of space.
For anatomy, gesture drawing is very good. These aren't pretty sketches, they're messy, flowing lines that capture weight and rhythm. Comparative anatomy like this (>>42497247) also does wonders; you can get a sense of how legs move for any pose.
Line confidence can be either the easiest or hardest part to master. Ghosting lines works very well for this: hover your pen over the intended line and then commit to it in one go. If you want good lines, use very little pen stabilization, or better yet, none at all.

>>42497019
Don't see a lot of horseshoes on ponies. Cute.

>>42496805
You're right. I know I should be doing a drapery study of some sort. When I started drawing again (about a year ago), I discovered a severe bias in my perspective analysis and shifted to practicing scenery and landscape art to correct it. I've been avoiding figures because I know how amateur my skills are, but I've started adding ponies back into my art.
Your edit helped me see what I was going for. If you have any other recommendations or any info on mapping skeletons I would be very appreciative.
Thank you, Anon.

>>42496794
I'm unfamiliar with vector work.
Are you saying that you use vectors to shape the lashes like that? I love this style and have been experimenting with brushes for months now and can't figure it out.

>>42498970
The line work including the lashes is vector work essentially. The way it works in sai is a bit different than other programs but is actually quite intuitive, where ever you click on the canvas it drops a point called a control point that allows you to make line, but it also allows you to control the shape and contour of the line based on the number of the points and where you put the point. Best way I can describe it is like bending a willow branch, you can control the bend based on where you hold the branch and how you bend it if that makes sense. Id say just use a basic round brush and practice the use of pressure, and by that I mean as you are making your stroke lift off the tablet. practice making tear drop shapes cause that's essentially the shape I use for my lashes. For the density/opacity look into the settings of your program to see if you can set the density/opacity of the line to decrease with the pressure and then just fuck around with those settings till you find one you like the most.

>>42499077
>>42499143
Gotcha. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like I could use this method in the program im primarily using (procreate) but a friend told me I may be able to do something like it in clip studio. Nonetheless, thank you for taking the time to explain.

>>42499854
Anon... Clip definitely has vector line layers but the gif was showing you you can make it in any program with just outlining your lashes and fillbucketing. No vectors needed. Japs do this kind of lashes since they work in super thin lines all the time and going over a thin line with another to add the extra shape and thickness is an ancientfag technique

>>42499825
pre bed boop for good measure

late night bump doodle

>>42500083
>>42500357
me too nigga

9

>>42497019
Those hoof are .aking me hard...

>>42500983
ok

>>42499917

Ah I get it now. I'll have to flesh it out a bit more but that's really helpful.
Thank you Anon!

I have returned after 3 days of minimal practice and a couple of days of hiatus.
Did the Blue Fast for a finisher just in a 20 or less minutes. How did I do?

>>42500367
Whoa I remember her
She got some style now

>>42502308
leg lengths are a little wonky, but for less than 20 minutes its pretty good anon, good job. just polish up on leg lengths a bit, the rear ones are a bit short

>>42502346
Thanks for the advice, gonna put more attention on the legs next time.

>>42502308
head is too giant for the body and stretched too oblong, tail too massive, wings too far back

uppies

I was testing gel pens/paint pens and random styles

>>42502543
Alright, gonna consider that as well.

>>42502312
Blushing Smiles is her name! and she looks stylish because my wacom tablet has its new cable! so there is no longer need to draw her with my mouse. I have not done any cyoas+drawthreads with her since im dealing with things atm and dont have the motivation to do those threads for the time being.

Trix for Tuesday

>>42502866
the eyes of a killer.

>>42503317
The Great and Powerful Ass

The great and powerful Trixie has a message for you

What's the hardest thing about drawing ponies? For me it's proportions

>>42503831
Working up the willpower to actually fuckin draw

>>42503831
Figuring out what to draw

Cleared the canvas at https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZG

https://ponerpics.org/images/7321739
png: https://files.catbox.moe/09i48t.png
psd: https://files.catbox.moe/s16kjx.psd

Previous canvas: >>42448137

>>42504889
kek saved

Tried a 10 min challenge during my lunch break.
No edits and I went as fast as possible. Any feedback would be very much appreciated.

>>42504904
Rocket horse on the right

Progress. Now to reinforce colors and lines

>>42503831
Yeah, proportions. And I'd say faces at angles, with the snoot being the biggest culprit.
But above them all is >>42503906

>>42503317
Want

trying to "feel" the form

>>42506516
some tiny ears, but general idea is solid. add eyes and other stuf like hair and where the neck connects. floating heads is the easiest rotation exercise so from there into rotating the poni and then pony parts for poses

Posting cylinder mare from tonight's practice page because I think she's cute

>>42506516
very goated. you show great promise.

Any advice for drawing eyes? I can't seen to grasp a good style for the life of me

>>42508070
style is just a side effect of your understanding of anatomy and proportion. try mimicking eyes from artists you like or the show and go from there

>>42496805
>>42498538
Took another shot at the figure and it feels a bit better.
Thank you again, Anon.

>>42506516
ears go on the back of the sphere not the middle btw

>>42508070
Do you like the style you're currently drawing or are you looking for a style others would like?
If the former, who cares. You should draw in your style and refine.
If the latter, do what the other Anon said.

Wah Wah getting ready to go to Mare Fair.

More freehand poni

>>42506804
The ears are something I stole from alumx design because they're easy to do and they look cute to me.
>>42507189
Thank you :)
>>42508429
True.

Good morning

>>42509450
Cute wah wah. I hope I can go next year and meet her.
>>42510342
Damn bitch, is she star lifting the sun's plasma? That's some kardishev type 2 kinda magic.

So I've been considering lately if I should make some social media accounts for my art, but I don't know if that's a good idea or a terrible one. What are y'all's experiences with that? What about a Patreon, considering that multiple anons have asked me before if they can donate? I don't want to be a whore about it, just have a way to get more exposure and say yes if anyone asks again lol.

>>42511170
having a twitter and a kofi are what i would consider a good foundation for being a drawfag with presence. a pone social account as well for bonus points with /mlp/fags specifically. twitterfags routinely say the site is bad and all that, but the reality is that it does just about everything an artist needs to grow and advertise. kofi is a bit easier for smaller people to get donations/commissions/etc and id probably put off on patreon unless your fame exceeds expectations which is rare for most people

>>42511208
Interesting, I had never heard of ko-fi until now. What makes it better than Patreon? I would assume the more well known site would be more appealing to donors regardless of an artist's size since more people have accounts already made and such. Pone.social sounds like a great idea I hadn't thought of. I'd love to network a bit and make anon friends ahead of time since I might try to go to the next mare fair and it would be cool to not be alone.

>>42511322
sites like patreon have a sort of obligation for the owner to upload things each month or whatever, which if you can manage is fine, but if your still a bit of a newbie and just want to do your own thing primarily then kofi would be the way to go. i have a subscribe star that i use to post project files for my animations, but that obligation to post them can be annoying especially when nobody cares to pay and see them

>>42511208
>a pone social account
there's a social media for pone?

>>42511357
yes, pone.social is used by primarily anons

>>42511360
Never heard about it and I've been here for years, so it's a mastodon bubble. I know pedos use mastodon but not for pony

>>42511374
pedos stick to baraag, mastadon is a hive of bubbles of all kinds. equestria.social is the reddit version of pone.social

>>42511376
Why use mastodon over X, if the goal is exposure X has more numbers

>>42511392
i use both, pone for all my pony stuff where x has pony + other stuff on occasion. that way people who want just my ponies can get just my ponies

>>42511397
Couldn't you just make an account only for pony on X?

>>42511409
sure could

>>42511413
Then what's the point of a mastodon account.

>>42511420
because i use it for ponies only, and to cater to anons who dont like twitter

Come one come up with some doodles or anything to keep this alive

>>42512720
Bale just needed some rest today. We all do sometimes.

>>42512830
based and simplicity pilled

straight ahead animation

shes waiting for (you)

>>42512830
very cute eepy mare

>>42512890
Anon you are seriously cooking and I need a taste goddamn.
>>42512954
This bitch better not bring out those stupid rigged ink blot tests again. They're just stick figures with tits and a penis. It's horseshit

There are two constants in life... Death and taxes.
Tonight... The taxmare cometh.

>>42513043
taxes can be avoided by extreme measures.

A mildy suggestive satyr drawing because I am contractually obligated to draw my dork every once in a while.
The severe lack of those threads feels criminal, but I suppose it's incredibly niche so I'm not too surprised. Still a little peeved I missed the last one, but nothing really came of it so it is what it is.

>>42513055
You can't avoid taxes.

>>42513327
qt saytr

>>42513730
If you completely detach from society and live as a hermit in the deep woods, you avoid taxes

twi comic
>>42509450
I'll be there this year, first con ever. Coming up soon, getting pretty excited. Any other bale bros gonna be there? Would be cool to meet some of ya
>>42512954
Super cute mare bro!
>>42513327
Feels like it's been a while since I've seen something from you, great to see some more of your stuff bro

>>42514713
oh fuck yeah qt twiggles

>>42512954
she's looking a bit too smug, mischievous filly

>>42512890
colors!

>>42514713
>I'll be there this year, first con ever. Coming up soon, getting pretty excited. Any other bale bros gonna be there? Would be cool to meet some of ya
Nice mine too. If you're going to the sketchbook swap, I'll see you there.
I'll also let the thread know when I'm giving/trading stickers of my stuff.

>>42512720
you have krita, just upload a png from your computer.

>>42515649
But the sovl

>>42515665
anyone who uses discord still doesnt understand soul.

I cleaned up an old sketch of my poor boy Lilac, form the Days of Wasp and Spider fic.
For some reason I keep going for the "just in between 3/4 and front face" as well as "tilted up, showing the underside of the jaw" head angles; both of which the show usually stays away from. And since I never learn to understand or draw head spheres and nose boxes, and instead just keep guessing stuff, I ended up wrestling with his face for way longer than I should.

>>42515587
The movement is fantastic, and I am very impressed by your depiction of the cloth's inertia and physics! Really good!

>>42500983
that still life is neat

>>42513024
how do people draw anon ponies are so much easier

attempt at something different

>>42516479
its easier to pick out the anatomical flaws in a human drawing than a pony one since we naturally are more attuned to human anatomy.

>9
not on my watch

Wanted to try to emulate the show style in Inscape with some reference

>>42518371
not bad

Up

ANONS!!!! I found a way to make more metal mrae artwork!!!1! If I made (you)r favorite mare faces, would you buy them (for a price)?

Wedding portrait finished

Hate when that happens..

>>42519405
based taste in cars also kek at that end panel long hair is a bitch. I like much older cars myself even though they are death traps. they just look nice and have beyond milf tier sex appeal. would daily drive the shit out a 53' kaiser traveler if I wasn't poor as shit, and had the money to heretically resto mod it to my liking. nice cars deserve to be driven in my opinion as long as you give them the proper respect and maintenance they need and deserve and don't drive like a retard.

>>42519355
>wedding
Anon...

Finished the painting, now just need to work on a way to teleport it to Florida.

>>42519643
Mare Fair makes dreams real, anon

boop

Mmm

nigger athletic hoodie winghorse

>>42520859
>file name related

quick practice, i think i get their bodies. just the perspective that fucks me

>>42521518
Very cute drawings, love it.

>>42521526
ty anon, i try, perspective is a consistent issue for me, makes no sense I can rotate the apple!

>>42515629
hell yea bro. Don't have a sketchbook to trade since I been mostly digital the past few years but for sure down to meet up, Ill keep an eye on the thread
>>42519405
Lovely Octane comic! She's looking real cute here
>>42520859
need to do a green fn/mind fuzz pic, they are so similar. That middle one might as be the same mare, save the cutie mark
>>42521150
hehe

How did you all learn to draw? I feel lost with this. I feel like I don’t get any better just copying drawings I like, I don’t learn how to structure stuff for myself. How did you actually structure your learning process and get better, speaking from when you first began? I have the time and the energy but I have no direction. If anyone has a tutorial playlist or anything like that they used for lessons, help me out.

>>42521863
having fun is an underrated foundation of drawing. you draw things you enjoy while simultaneously challenging yourself. using the fundies like construction to construct new poses, backgrounds and scenes. push your understanding of anatomy and perspective. try illustrating a scene from your favorite green, making little comics to get an idea of scale and understanding of what you know and need to work on. there is no one size fits all guide to drawing, it ultimately comes down to you. finding your comfort zone, and finding your way out of it.

i did this on magma yesterday

Completed this drawing just in time for Mare Fair. Took longer than expected. First time drawing an art with lots of mares, but I'm proud of it. WIP >>42384051

>>42519468
my other car is a 79 firebird straight from a junkyard fixed up to just functional enough.

>>42522591
oh hell yeah brother the firebird is a solid classic, a friend of mine had one when we were growing up and it was always nice to ride in when he took it out. it was even better when he took the t tops off cause the breeze and visibility is phenomenal. based as fuck for saving it from the scrap yard its always a good thing when people save classics. my tastes tend to fall around the mid to late 40s through the 50s until about '59. not many 60s cars I like but I like the mid to late 70s-80s generally.

i wanted to draw a bug a while ago
so i had

Good morning

We still on for the /bale/ meetup at mare fair?

>>42485229 (OP)
>anyone can draw
That's simply not true. If you start drawing at 25 or older, you've lost out. You will never draw good.

>>42523678
Didn’t pewdiepie get really good in his 30s? I know a woman who is a good artist who started in like her 50s

>>42523678
I started at 26 and have improved rapidly over the last 2 years. what you said is a no draw /ic/ meme. what is more important is your ability to learn new skills, your observation skills, discipline, and generally time. also some people are ok with making basic doodles and don't really care much about being the best of the best.

deviously smug new jersey residing red winghorse

>42523678
nah shut the fuck up and kill yourself

>>42523408
I'm envious of your cute bedmare, but kind of disturbed by the mirror placement. Isn't that how demons enter your dreams or something? Have you checked to make sure she's not a changeling?

>>42517058
Nicely done
>>42519662
Beautiful

Trixie on Tuesday

>>42523408
Where did you get this picture of my room?
>>42523772
I've been sexually assaulted by this mare.
>>42524133
mmm wet mane Trixie

>>42522330
Oh fuck yeah. Pony party with rare con mares! I love that they're all interacting and doin stuff. Big group draws take a lot of work and often get less attention because the thumbnail is less eye catching, but they're so fun to look at and take in each part.

>>42503831
>proportions
any tips?

>>42524449
I can give you one

boop

>>42524557
lets hear it

>>42503831
after a point, its not drawing ponies. ive pretty much unlearned human anatomy by drawing nothing but ponies for like 6 months

>>42524764
it was a pun knucklehead
tip of my willy

>>42524823
thanks for the willy

>>42524779
You’ll pick it back up quickly.

Not terrible not good

>>42525743
And also cute!

Trying to understand the style of the show with some good ol' tracing

>>42525743
based realist. she is really fucking cute. went with basic line work for this 'cause it's good enough. she a cute.

Art is life

>>42526728
if art is life then ai is an abortionist

>>42526754
More like Hollywood, or a cannibalistic parasite.

>>42526019
Inkscape is interesting

>>42503906
this

Sometimes feels like the frontal view of a mane is kinda hard to make compared to the side.

>>42527998
twiggy spin

Now a moon horse

>>42528589
Ok might be phoneposting just to avoid uploading the image to my pc but why are my pones sideways. Making me upset

Trying out some unusual angles with grumpy purp nerd
>>42525743
ASPIS!
>>42519662
This is so nice. I kinda wanna try oil painting some day too

>>42528594
Rotation orientation is stored in the metadata. 4chan strips metadata because retards are too lazy to remove location data before they post.

>>42527998
You have to make a judgement call if it's the kind that sticks close to the neck and body or has volume and can hold itself off of it

guys im too /bale/ to swap sketchbooks at mare fair

Remember to draw your primitive forms.

>>42529554
do you only pop in here when your threads on ic don't get the response you want or do you actually like mlp? not gotcha'ing genuinely interested and curious.

>>42529678
Yep. I just want attention.

Flight to the mare of the fair is tomorrow, but to exited and nervous too sleep!

>>42528729
Dude, totally fucking do it! It's definetly different from digital, but I feel it's more rewarding!
Some tips that I'll give:
- Only buy paint (YOU) WILL USE for your drawing. I used only like 5 colors (two blues, one light purple, and black + white) for my drawing. Seriously, it's not worth buying colors you won't need just because they came in a pack.

- Sketch first on paper before starting. Probably a not too obvious, but the thing is, you will have to copy your sketch to the canvas! Try to use grids as a way to help you sketch, as they will also help you when you need to sketch on the canvas.

- This kinda ties with the top tip, DO NOT try to do your sketching on the canvas first. Graphite on canvas is REALLY messy, and will smudge all over the place, hence why I recommend to sketch on paper first. BUT when you are ready to sketch on the canvas, I suggest to use color pencils to do it. They won't smudge as easily, and they are easy enough to erase (with an eraser) in case you messed up.

Looking fordward to seeing your future paintings!

>>42493912
I have another project car and decided to ponyfy it too, this one is a big, rusty land yacht great money draining mares, I keep telling me I can fix them
I always struggle coloring these, I don't know how to explain it but it is like:
>color on the background of the line art, wherever you put color the line art on the top stands out more
>the places where the color doesn't align exactly with the line on the top layer look washed out and really transparent
>After coloring it looks like some lines are there and some lines get slightly erased
>Can correct them if I extend the color a bit more to cover more area under the line and make it stand out more, but it always takes too much time.
I use Photoshop, I color everything with a big ass brush and do a mess and then use the wand tool to erase all the parts outside the lines. For some reason the bucket tool fucking sucks and always leaves those little artifacts/pixels around the edges of the line, maybe I'm using a shitty line art brush, I don't use the default hard round one.

>>42523212
I think this is super cute, anon. Fat bottom bugs, you make the rockin' world go rouuuund

>>42528989
Okay this is supposed to be him >>42526019

>>42530413
Also tried another approach

>>42530419
Okay I feel like an idiot

>>42530270
Rainbowshine is such a joy!
Big happy energy in this one!

New mascot live from Mare Fair!

Can't fucking draw snoots for the life of me. It's either pointy and/or too wide.

Yes, this is a cry for help.

pre bed boop

>>42532258
You should post an example of your bad snouts. Don't forget that you can use part of the most hidden eye to form a snout, also try to make the line of the bridge of the snout small enough to distance from the face but not long enough so the snout looks too big, try to form the smile of the pony first and then add the chin under the smile, big chins make them look like stallions so watch out for that.
Also, I feel you anon, nothing is more difficult to me than making snouts, and different snouts in different perspectives. Rear legs are also a bitch, it can make a pose look so stupid

wip bump

>>42529987
Oh wow I didn't expect a guide pretty much. Great tips, thanks. I'm not that stupid as to jump straight in without doing some test sketches first when it comes to traditional, but doing the undersketch in colored pencil is news to me.
Enjoy the fair, sadly I'm too europoor to attend this year, FOMOing hard right now.

boop

>>42529259
I went anyway. better than last year but that's probably because I have a lot more art friends

Luna drawing for the full moon tonight

>>42537416
Cute Luna!

Good morning

how do artist even

9

>>42537416
This is really nice!

>>42540396
been pretty dead here lately but I guess that should be expected due to marefair.

>>42541154
made this for a draw thread. Didnt get many (you)s

>>42541223
based

>>42540788
have a draw from mare fair then

>>42543433
anonfil

Thanks everyone who came by my panel, I don't know if any of them will see this. I mentioned this as one of the resources so I hope a few come by.

>>42537990
This is funny, you should color it

boop

>>42544689
DID YOU DO A BALE PANEL!?!??

>>42544811
all the bale chads were drawfagging across the con

>>42543906
Nice, I was wondering where this would show up. Mine's the Mimosa at the bar. Haven't drawn pone in years. I've had to "quit" this as a side hobby for now.

>>42544811
I didn't go to marefair so no, why?

>>42545038
It would be comfy

>>42545396
gonna be brutally honest with you brother, but it's incredibly highly unlikely to happen. I'm very reclusive and keep to myself.

>>42545661
yet here you are, making posts on a imageboard for a great little girls show about making friends. you just need to expose yourself little by little to things that make you uncomfortable. And slowly, doing those things will be your strength.

>>42543911
Did it in like half hour and yeah, usually pencil work is pretty much invisible on the net. One of these days gonna remake properly.

>>42545738
I'm here 'cause I enjoy giving people info and feed back openly and freely, I'm not really here with the intention to make friends. I just want to be happy.

>>42545824
this has got to be trad, just based off the texture alone. I like it I would do bigger more show inspired eyes personally.