Thread 42498384

"Graphic design is my passion" edition.

A conglomerate of content creators since we couldn't keep our own threads up alone. If you're working on something, be it musicfagging, writefagging, drawfagging, poetfagging, craftfagging, or game-devfagging come by and post for some feedback or give some of your own. If you want to start content creating why not start today?

This thread is intended for ALL SKILL LEVELS, from complete beginner to seasoned expert. Don't get intimidated. We're all just hobbyists here to have fun and help each other make more pony stuff.

Resource Bin:
https://ponepaste.org/9401 (really needs updated, bug (the other anon) about this later)

Tempo Music Archive:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GrDEeCc9B7mAkQWAx_eoRdw4bF_W-5bsaAm4otvjfWE/edit?usp=sharing

Drawing Room:
https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZG

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>>42371353

dead thread lol

>>42498384 (OP)
I was JUST about to make this thread because no one did for 11 days. Pic rel is the image I was gonna use.

>>42498547
>11 days
You all were working hard on your projects, right?
RIGHT?

>>42498926
I am creating things in my mind, and then getting sad they're not real

>>42498926
No lmao I haven't even started

>have project idea
lets do it
>new project idea
gotta do it
>new project idea
yeah i need to focus on this one
>revisits older project
damn i barely did anything here wow but lets go
>new project idea
okay i need to finish this one
>x life whatever stuff
gotta focus on this
>new project

how to avoid this problem? I can't finish a single personal project, and when i put my focus on them i don't balance the rest of my life well

>>42498547
The 4cc credits are a nice touch. Loved working on it with everyone.

>>42499432
team up with someone else to get it done. Having that extra bit of accountability and someone else to help pick up the slack has really helped me in the past
I wish every project I work on could be a collaborative effort, but I feel like I kinda still need to prove myself first

I've updated my game from the game jam with some new stuff, and changes to make it a little shorter and less repetitive. The main thing is: you can now pick one of three kirin to play as! Each one has different spells and effects. If you were interested in the first version from the jam, I think you'll like this update!
https://carrotpone.itch.io/the-kirin-brews-some-tea/devlog/1015821/v03-triple-kirin

>>42499432
It depends on what type of projects they are, but perhaps you have problems of scope? Try doing a relatively small project that you can finish more quickly, so there's less chance of you getting distracted or burnt out. If you are continually starting huge ambitious things that take 6 months you may be hard pressed to finish them. That being said, it's not necessarily bad to have 2 projects at once. Switching between them every week or so can help keep your mind fresh.

Sketched this earlier, it took about 30 minutes. It was originally supposed to be Rarity but her hair got me mad so I don't know who it'll be anymore. (There won't be any genital details or squishy hooves.)

Noot with AE86

DO NOT DIE AGAIN

>>42499501
Fleur de Lis maybe? seems a bit on the lanky side

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>>42499594
I also made a dynamic wallpaper out of it.

Just cracked open some bronze 4cc eggs that I’m making for mare fair

>>42501284
that's really nice

Pony wears the hat

perhaps this might be of interest to you music people, I found out there's electric kazoos! there's even people on youtube plugging them into guitar pedals to make all sorts of sounds.
me I have no musical doings so far and never learned an instrument, but I ordered myself a (regular) kazoo, a midi keyboard and a mouth harp yesterday, being able to play/make music seems like a good (and eventaully, fun) skill to pick up.
>>42501284
is this just the way they're cast or could this also be used like those "excavate your own dino" kits?
>>42500877
that's really cool, how does it work? is it multiple 2d images cleverly layered? or still 3d? because it looks very 3d but i'd imagine something like that would take up computing power

>>42501987
>that's really cool, how does it work?
It's not real 3D. I render out a depth map like picrel and use Wallpaper Engine's Depth Parallax effect.

I was fucking around with puppets but I need to think about what's gonna move her to help the kiss look good

>>42501987
> (regular) kazoo, a midi keyboard and a mouth harp

Good choices in instruments, I see you're also a man of culture, what kind of mouth harp? Are you going to mare fair?

>>42502130
a Schwarz 75mm. I just picked out one that was popular, froma name brand and not too expensive, never played one before so ill see how it goes.
not going to mare fair, at least not this year. it's very far away, i've never been to the US.
who knows, maybe next year.

>>42502388
boing oing oing oing
cool, I have 2 (one looks like picrel), not sure on the brand but Ive always loved the sound of musical resonance. The reason I ask was maybe it would've been fun to do a non-musician jam session with novelty instruments, I might bring a jaw harp anyway, and last year I swear I heard a theremin coming from one of the hotel rooms

>>42502407
a good idea, i'm sure one would find some people interested in trying out different instruments.
though i'm not sure if a jaw harp would be the best for such an occasion, at least not for handing around, less because it's something you put in your mouth but moreso because if someone holds it wrong (and surely that risk grows the more you're distracted from just having a great time and/or are tipsy) there's the real risk of chipping a tooth. wouldn't wanna risk ruining anyone's weekend with that.
some other instruments that come to mind that might be good for something like this would be a kalimba and a stylophone

>>42502547
for sure on both not sharing con-crud and chipping teeth: I learned the hard way playing after drinking, luckily it wasn't too bad and Im just missing a millimeter off one of the front teeth

>>42501987
>is this just the way they're cast or could this also be used like those "excavate your own dino" kits?
Its just how they're cast. You could probably use them as a excavate your own dino kit, but it'd be a lot harder since this specific mold material is a fired ceramic and theres also a lot of clean up for the metal that comes after removing it from the mold.
Though I guess something like that would be possible to make by just covering a finished cast in plaster of paris or something similar

>>42501696
cute

>>42499617
Lovely

>>42499617
bald pegakissu

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>>42504537
Does this require a program to be downloaded or does it take place in the browser?

>>42505145
It's online

>>42502407
it arrived today, it actually came in a different, black color which i prefer.
really gotta train with all this stuff, never played any sort of piano afterall

>>42505985
congrats
what midi keyboard did you get? I've had ones that let you set a musical key, so you don't ever play an off note. Wish I had that back in college when trying to jam with musicians, they'd be like "key of A" and I was like "shit" lol

>>42504537
cute tribal pone

>>42506132
it's an M-AUDIO Keystation 49 MK3. It's got generally good reviews, wasn't too expensive and came with a music software (ableton 12 live lite) included for free so that's what I bought.
Tried it out a bit more today and one thing I really notice is that i'm not used to how the hands are positioned. normally I operate a PC with mouse and keyboard (almost exclusively stuff that controls with WASD), so the hands being so close together is unusual and feels a bit odd.
don't know if it has a feature like you described, it'd probably have to be done in the software.
i'm considering if I should label the keys with letters to make it a bit easier for the beginning.

>>42508790
... and that's a big keyboard too! I've usually gone with smaller keyboards over the years, I don't _play_ keyboard, more just use it to lay down some ideas while recording the midi, but I did take piano lessons and did drills as a kid... I looked it up and yep HANON EXERCISES, that's a blast from the past, give those a shot to get more used to the feeling
Also, check out Reaper, it's a cheap ($60) very powerful DAW (and it also runs on linux which is important for me), you can load VSTs like Odin2 or whatever, but I haven't messed with that much

Trying not to die.

>>42509797
yeah i figured if I get a small keyboard it may be more handy, but if a song required more range i'd constantly have to press some buttons to switch octaves and that would distract.
gonna look at those exercises, hope it helps.

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>>42509797
As a reaper user theres one glaring issue with reaper being it is JUST a daw, meaning unlike every other daw that comes with pre-installed plug-ins Reaper comes with absolutely nothing. This isn't me saying Reaper is bad (as I use Reaper) but it provides a pretty steep starting curve since you have to actually look for software at the start of using it compared to every other daw, love it, but just a heed of what your getting yourself into when actually using Reaper.

>>42498384 (OP)
>finally alive again

>>42512053
get 15 minutes of sunlight EVERY DAY
no excuses

Filly time!

>>42513779
filly cassandra

>>42513539
yeah, I never really vibed with reaper until years later when multitrack recording was the main thing I was doing. The first DAW I really jammed with (besides FL off Kazaa) was Propellerhead Reason, which is sort of the exact opposite of Reaper. I actually haven't used many external plugins myself with Reaper, I mentioned Odin2 because that's the only synth VST Ive installed, unless DrumGizmo counts.
You're 100% right to warn, I gave up on using Reaper a couple times in the past, but once I got it (thanks youtube tuts) it became my DAW for life

>>42498384 (OP)
Ewww that AZGChip guy is a dishonest creep. Shame he made it into the OP. Mods delete all criticism of AZGChip.
>>42498547 #
11 days no create? Guess I picked a great time to revisit. Stalking/harassing people is not brony style, and he's worn his welcome as an anonymous here. A person with 0 honesty who enjoys manipulating people.

>>42501987 #
That's hilarious.

>>42504500 #
TY canvas Anon.

>>42512053 #
Drink water and do nothing.

>>42504500
>>42504517
>>42504518
>>42504527
>>42504537
Looking respectfully at all the anatomically correct mares 00.

>>42516186
huh

Woah this is a really good art from the canvas

>>42516199
Balding

>>42501284
what is this anon?

>>42501284
hell yeah glad to see you making some kino
>>42516442
that's 1/2 of all ponies

Finished sewing a bundle of Anon Filly plushies for a few folks going to Mare Fair! I used the MyLittleWaifu beanie and Voodoo-Tiki's loaf patterns to make them.
Some of these fillies have magnets so they can be shoulder plushies, and others have squeakers so they can reee!

>>42516722
Just curious, how much in materials does it cost per filly?
I'm guesing that the MLW beanies are ~8" with the loaves being the same size?

picrel is a wallet project I stitched by hand, it is a wallet to say the least, but It was mostly to just get familiarity with hand stitching since I know plushes will need a ton of more precise hand stitching operations for embroidery, blanket/hidden stitches and etc.

>>42516722
Also went ahead and sewed Coco Pommel and a skunk pony. These two have belly magnets so they can be worn on the shoulder. Coco's Pommel's tie is removable as well.

They have scent sachets inside too! Coco smells like lavender and vanilla, while the skunk pony smells like juniper and elderberries

I'm down for rehoming them, so if you see them at Mare Fair and you want to adopt Coco...or a skunk pony, you'll have to find me!

>>42518014
Doing some napkin math, one ~8" beanie filly with machine embroidery costs about $27.50 to $51.50 to make. Realistically it's much cheaper, but I cannot make a good estimate on how much thread is needed so I'm including the whole spool.

Here's a list of materials I used with current prices so you can see where I'm coming from:

>Fabric
Green Minky: $14/yard (only need 1/4, so $3.50)
Black Minky: $14/yard (only need 1/4, so $3.50)

>Notions
Embroidery Thread: $2-5 per 250yd spool (need bobbin thread, black, white, three greens, so $12-30)
General Purpose Thread: $2-5 per 500yd spool (ideally need black and green, so $4-10)
Water-Soluble Stabilizer: $13 per 7" x 9 yd roll (need about 24 inches with a 4x4 hoop; so about $1)
Cut-away Stabilizer: $13.50 per 8'' x 11 yd roll (need about 24 inches, so about $1)
Stuffing: $15 for a 32 ounce bag (around 4 oz, about $2)
Beads: $7 for a 1 lb bag (need 30g, about $0.50)

As a whole, you're looking at around $116.50 to get all these materials, but you can bring this down cheaper if you source your materials locally and buy only as much fabric as you need. The loaves are ~4" long excluding the tail, so the loaves require fewer materials and can be made much cheaper.

I would definitely recommend making a beanie if you want to practice hand stitching! You'll have to use plenty of backstitches and hidden stitches to make one, wew.

Live you fucking faggots
It's not my weekend yet

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Game now renders the names of other players

>>42519249
cute niggermare

>>42519034
pointillism loira

>>42519034
I thought that was Sonic pointing a gun at Spidarity.

i got a box of colored pencils and a notebook at a con a month ago

>>42519249
nice, alright
time to get making.

>>42521324
That's a cute dashie.

i'm doing a thing

https://u.pone.rs/jhbmlqkk.png

>>42524374
Hot

>>42524374
Doing Celestia's work un-ziggering it.

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>>42524374
That's pretty good.

>>42521324
cute!

>>42524374
fuck yeah

>>42521324
another one i did

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ive been trying to make mlp digicore for the last like year straight since i got out inpatient and rebinged all of FiM while in there for a little over a month straight. only fucking here could this Possibly maybe make sense idek

https://soundcloud.com/htfmcl/sets/mlm2

im still trying to improve this concept its super silly but thats like EXACTLY what i want, i mean its hard to do rap subgenre about mlp for me without sounding a LITTLE silly at LEAST cus i have a weird voice, only the first and last song arent digicore the firsts like idk and the last is shoegaze

still this is probably the closest ive gotten to a fully finished idea i have had. cus i want it to be like kind of obnoxious and loud cause i really like that sonically, but because of that it might be Rlly fucking far from being to where i want it to be quality wise idk but even if it is tho Its Ok cause its REALLY fucking fun to make ngl

bump

>>42526352
I can't understand the voice, it's too digitized. I'd honestly prefer your regular voice.

>>42526107
so does the snake mare just put the whole stocking over the lower body?

Added some logic to stop players from pushing blocks outside the puzzle area, along with a small border around the puzzle to indicate this. The border is omitted in places where another obstacle already prevents pushing blocks out.

Update for the Ultimate Soundtrack Collection:
>https://mega.nz/folder/CIpyAbaK#sXqZqGVMB1kCIlX80wBCMA
>https://mega.nz/folder/FtIgQIIb#_2TBbq51mF6vFvE9iY83Jg

(1): All songs and instrumentals from DJ Pon-3 Presents: The Remixes Vol. 4 and Vol. 5 and DJ Pon-3 Presents: The Sped Up Albums Vol. 4 and 5 have been added to the collection.
(2): All songs from Generation 3 of My Little Pony have been added to the collection. The folder also includes various official albums, video game soundtracks, songs from toy products, commercial songs, and audiobooks.
(3): All Italian G4 songs have been added to the collection under "Other Languages (Foreign Dubs)".
(4): All European Spanish G4 songs have been added to the collection under "Other Languages (Foreign Dubs)".
(5): All Latin American Spanish G4 songs have been added to the collection under "Other Languages (Foreign Dubs)". This also includes all songs from Equestria Girls: El show en vivo.
(6): Tons of previous songs from the German and French collections have been improved using AI audio source separated vocals and editing them under instrumentals, or have just been improved by better editing.

Actually, for the funsies I also quickly did the Faroese dubbed songs, but I searched high and I searched low, but I couldn't find the Faroese versions of The Show Stoppers and Baby Cakes so I cannot complete the Faroese collection. They can be seen in archive.org on the website they were hosted on, but they don't load. Well. I also wanted to do the Dutch dubbed songs next, but I couldn't find its media being hosted in full anywhere, so I am going to do Polish next, which is fully available. Thinking about it, I don't really know how I am going to be able to translate the track titles of non-Latin alphabet languages in the future - that's going to be hard - but I also wasn't able to translate the titles for the Faroese dubbed songs, so yeah.

>>42527753
i didn't even know the show had a faroese dub, like why bother making that for a language that just 69000 people speak

>>42526949
Yes.

>>42527753
TY archivist anon

ughh I need music for a porn loop, something actually good

>>42529675
What

>>42529675
Oh, I read TV archivist anon, haha

>>42513779
Filly is done! Though I'm worried about what kind of disease she has. It seems transmissible within my filly herd.

First time posting in the /create/ thread
Been lurking for a while but didn't really have anything to share until now

Wrote a song about best pony Coco Pommel, hope you anons like it, any feedback would be appreciated

Here's the youtube link
https://youtu.be/RN2mY9T3K_k

and the bandcamp like
https://copo48.bandcamp.com/track/coconnection

newfag sewanon here
I just finished a cover for my sewing machine, but I fucked up the measurements and didn’t realize the case itself needs to be 5 pieces instead of 4 pieces.
It looks ugly but it covers the machine.
I’m still far away from making plushes of pony but I think I’ll get there, are there any projects I can do? I currently have scrap cotton fabric from a pair of old shorts and a bedsheet (this case itself is made of that bedsheet)

>>42532738
There's lots of free patterns out there to practice with. Even pony ones.

>>42532738
i used this pattern, it was pretty straightforward and easy. I did hand sew the entire thing though since i did do it on a smaller scale. I wish i could remember the @ of the op since i remember they made a step my step tutorial on deviantart i think

>>42532738
found it! not the exact pattern but similar
https://www.deviantart.com/voodoo-tiki/art/Voodoo-Tiki-s-Pony-Plushie-Tutorial-292290994

>>42531232
This is really awesome, Anon! It's always great to see new musicfags emerge. Keep it up, I hope to hear more of your music soon.

>>42524374
i did a thing
regular: https://u.pone.rs/babwrawy.webm
sweater: https://u.pone.rs/ntsbclya.webm

TZD

>>42533415
Great work!

>>42531232
sounds soulful

>>42533415
HOLY UNF

>>42532855
>>42533439
Thanks, been a lurker for a while and realized how many musicians in the community are mostly electronic artists

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>>42532738
sewanon back
I’m busy repairing this old quilt for practice sewing, the patches look fine right? It’s also given me good practice handling cumbersome fabric under a small household sewing machine (have to cut the bobbin threads then reposition, etc)
Once I get some money from my job, I’ll consider cutting out some of the mare patterns (I have surplus blue and purple felt), sewing them, and learning from my mistakes. That and I need to learn how to sew darts

The cover for the sewing machine has been relegated to pillow cover status since I somehow fucked up and don’t have a proper bottom opening. In this new role it’s surprisingly comfortable.
>>42536271

>>42536271
Yeah looks great. Quilts rock. That also looks like a muslin style blanket, one of the best kinda of blankets.

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Does anyone have pattern for G1-G3 ponies?

>>42538036
>rarity
>single
funny zebra next to her

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>>42536271
Sewanon back, still patching the quilt.
7 1/2 patches are done (1/2 because it’s late and I have to eat, so one patch still has seams that need to be finished).
I tried using different fabrics, figured out a easier way to sew bulkier materials where I might have difficulty finding the lower bobbin thread without pulling the entire quilt off the machine, and all of this experience should transfer well into handling bulky fabric on a small home machine.
Hopefully after my first paycheck I can experiment with appliqué and making patterns/following patterns off of paper. I might sew some featureless felt mares as a test run then.

I wonder if Rarity is proud of me..

>>42540804
How do you patch a quilt? Aren't the stitches supposed to be on the inside? Or is that why there are stitches everywhere, to hide them?
>t. doesn't know about sewing

con bumpa

>>42541400
nigger!

>>42538036
SAGGY MEATY PONIES

>>42540804
Before sewing plushie you could try to sew clothes for plushies you already own.

>>42541014
I’m not bothering hiding the stitches, but the decorative straight stitching is visible on both sides. I need to take a look at how the squares are actually joined though. It might just be color matched thread.
>>42542171
okay that’s a great idea, I’ll keep it in mind.

>>42540804
Rarity would appreciate the effort and craftsmanship, but i think a quilt of all sorts of patterns would get her distraught, lmao
applejack would probably like it

zigger

>>42540804
Make a butt!