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!

I found a entire bolt of very high quality minky fabric in the scrap/spare fabric storage..
Is this a sign from Celestia herself that I should turn into a plushmaker fag?

On another note I made a short shopping trip for some supplies, I'm going to start plushfagging with cheap felt as stock, minky is too delicate and stretchy for right now, picrel in cont. post

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>>42498384 (OP)
Lurker/Newfag here, went to MareFair and went to Party Grunt’s Plush Science panel and am kinda inspired to try plush making. Is there any modern resources I can use to try and get started? The ponepaste seemed outdated.

>>42553956
gamer the fuck are you doing

>>42554201
con bumps

>>42531232
This is really good, how'd you record the guitar parts so cleanly?

I wish I could find a hoarder's sewing machine or something for cheap.

bump

>>42551583
What are you looking for exactly?

Was looking forward to getting back to my projects after getting home
Unfortunately I am now dying of con crud

>>42556731
tiktok series that makes it look easier than it is so I get convinced to buy a sewing machine and give up when I can't make a perfect pony plush on my first try

>>42557955
Sewing machine is optional. For my first plushie (which was also my first time sewing anything) I used these:
>base pattern (free)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12U9ZvJf_R6oAfsNu0I_tbop4ueSj5mep/view
>mane/tail pattern (pick the one for your favorite pony, should be $4-$5)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyLittleWaifu
I sewed it all by hand with applique eyes and cutie mark. But you can also get a kit with all of the fabric you need and eyes/CM pre-embroidered for you:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/749726885/diy-embroidered-pony-plush-kit-mare

>>42557843
Take advil my friend, it helped me get over the worst of it

>>42557843
That's what you get for sucking strangers cocks at cons.

That plush kit is tempting, especially since my local Joann's went out of business and Micheal's won't even get the fabrics until like the end of the fucking year or something. Where to get good minky? Should I just buy cotton for test plushies instead?

>>42542171
do you know any good doll clothes designs that would fit anonfilly or one of the mare fair olyfactory plushes?

>>42559887
I ordered from https://theminkyboutique.com/
You can get cheaper fabric for practice if you want, but I actually started with minky for my first one and it turned out fine. Just be patient and careful with the stitching, and make sure you read the directions. Also good to have a seam ripper in case you really screw up some part or another.

No God today, only me. I could have bumped my own RoH show discussion thread, but eh I consider creation more important than discussion, ironically.

>>42501696
V2 bros, we're so back!

>>42501696
game?

>>42560873
Everfree Outpost v3. I'm hoping to have a small demo up in another month or two, along with the map editor and server for people to play around with.

Hey there guys, Game Jam anon here! I'm supposed to be announcing the next game jam thread for the off-con game jam I said I'd do, but... I'm not sure, it seems like half the people are up for it but half are saying it's too soon and it'll burn out everyone, and I kind of agree with the latter. So I was thinking we could settle with something Jam-adjacent instead.
So, in lieu of having any decent ideas, I'm turning to you guys; Do any of you have any proposal of what we can do in this in-between?
Maybe we can dedicate this time to do something or prepare for the next Jam? Maybe we can shill each other's stuff or show off some of your work-in-progress game-dev projects? Maybe do a very small jam with a single week time limit?

I don't know. I'm just throwing ideas at the wall at this point, but I wanted to hear your suggestions! If you have any. I'll wait a couple of days until I decide what to do

I'm expecting a lower number of submissions, but since there'll be no time limit we'll take all the time in the world to check out the games, and I'll see if I can set up a commentary box people can hop on for like 10 seconds to talk on the stream; that might be fun.
If nothing comes out of this post then I'll just proceed with what I just said
I'm sorry this turned into a blog post, feel free to tell me to fuck off

>>42561318
Maybe I should've made a thread for this, brain feels scrambled after mare fair. But I feel the op defines the theme of the thread and I didn't want to start one with a question.

>>42561318
I would say better to err on the side of caution for things like this.

>>42561827
I don't quite understand your position anon, you saying we should continue as normal?

>>42561318
maybe you could make a 2 day microjam where with a super restrictive theme, like only one button allowed or game must end under 1 minute, it could lead to silly tiny games

>>42562392
Sorry. I'm saying it's probably better to do one of the prep time ideas.

>>42560430
who the fuck are you

>>42561318
>>42562405
A weekend microjam like a "Hey we exist" and a discussion thread would be nice.

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>>42560647
This is a great style I want more

boop

>>42561318
A 2 day gamejam like an actual jam together with a thread for discussing potential video games and how to go about them would be nice.

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PLUSHIE FAGS!111 I'm looking to make metal plushie armor. what dimensions are plushies, and what is the average plushie size?

>>42519249
do I remember you posting in /app/ years ago?

3d bump, im out of practice but i'd like to make my own horse model to go with my horse drawings

>>42566294
sounds like you don't have one yet. sooner or later you're gonna need a plushy to test it out anyway, so why not get a common one straight away to base it on? you yourself know best which measurements you need

>>42566666
Checking super satan

>>42566297
Yep, I've been working on this off and on for ages now

>>42566666
Checked and it looks interesting so far

>>42566666
>those digits
ominous

up

>>42566831
I'm not a plushfag plus I live with my folks. they already know I'm a brony, I don't need to have them disown me anon.

>>42568305
You can't just keep it in a box when you're not working with it?

Is there going to be a Halloween pony jam in October like last year's?

>>42566666
look into remeshing from the sculpting tab to combine more than 1 object into 1 mesh then retopology after that

wtf did you just say anon?

>>42569889
shit forgot the file it's over

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>>42561318
What if theres a panel for people with in the works projects, since if i remember theres a fair bit of in the works/finished games made by those on the board so people could actually see them, since feel theres a lot of things that exist that are hidden within threads that people haven't looked at/missed,

any anons have experience using a cricut?

>>42569251
Yeah but I'm thinking about what to do exactly >>42561318

>>42569889
>>42569894
>What is this, Taco Tuesday? WHERE THE STALLIONS AT?

>>42569281
Usually I block the entire model of something out from a cube then subdivide it a bit. I find it helps me control the topology better, in this case the snout threw me so I separated it from the head to feel the shapes out more

>>42571937
pppst
quadremesher
you can steal it
thank me later.................

Sewanon back
Finished my first test amre plush, this pattern kind of sucks though, it’s from a 2015 Bronycon plushmaking panel.

I’m probably going to get something that can be machine stitched, backstitching by hand is a pain, so is ladder stitching the head to the body.

anypony here have experience making reusable airbrush stencils? need some tool suggestions and advice.

https://youtu.be/VuxfAhSWzrs
I song I made for the Cytube during /mlp/con
RarityWave, some light techo rave hardstep
What do you think anons? I want to make more pony inspired music

https://youtu.be/VuxfAhSWzrs
A song I made for the Cytube during /mlp/con
RarityWave, some light techo rave hardstep
What do you think anons? I want to make more pony inspired music

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>>42572726
anon, you missed lewda in top left corner

>>42572394
PVRE SOVL
But frankly speaking, your biggest problem is the fabric. Okay, long seams of backstitch are pain but I do about half of head seams by hand on my 'regular' sized plushes and you can't differentiate it from machine seam. And that is because the proper minky has nap and stretch, so small imperfections stay hidden and most of the patterns are designed with minky stretch in mind. I'd suggest you to try next practice pieces with real minky and see the difference.

>>42572335
to be honest the whole grabbing spheres and sculpting them doesn't flow as well for me as i see it do for others in shit like speed sculpts, though that might be from lack of practice more than anything

>>42573007
>biggest problem is the fabric
I’ll go use some of the felt I have for a second test run later, and maybe try doing some appliqué eyes.
For now I just think I need to get my hand stitches looking more consistent, and get some stuffing that isn’t random fabric scraps cut up and shoved in.
That and I’m pretty sure I nailed the darts for the head on the first try, which is nice.

Otherwise any ideas for the fraying cotton bedsheet fabric I’m using? Or is it just pretty much scrap test fabric?

>>42573568
The woven cotton is quite useless for plushes IMO, it works so completely different compared to knitted minky that I don't even bother to prototype with it anymore.

I wrote my first fanfiction!
https://phoenix619.neocities.org/aroyalshootout

Reading of said fanfic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkHJtChQqhw

>>42572394
scrappone.... she is so cute bros wtf

>>42573568
u would buy a scrappone ngl

>>42573859
Can you put this somewhere with some word-wrap and a better font, like Ponepaste?

>>42576453
>Ponepaste
Done.
https://ponepaste.org/11374

>>42576507
much more readable, thanks.

>We mustn’t succumb without enforcing revenge”.
The period goes inside the quotation marks.
>We thinketh of thou perfect plan!”.
I'm not sure how you get this right then proceeded to get it wrong again.

> thou weaponry
should be thine weaponry
>WEAPONARY!”
typo here

>“Thou revenge has arrived”
Thy revenge hast arrived!

As for the writing, I give it a 2/10, somehow worse than Tamers, Cupcakes and Sweet Apple Massacre with none of the memetic staying power. Applejack and Braeburn are just kind of shoved in and there's no satisfying pay off or punchline to the setup.

>>42577457
Thank you. I know that I'm not a good writer.

>>42572394
I love the sackmare!!

Been playing around with a laser etcher that I'm not familiar with. Trying to get the power settings right so I've got something for Secret Santa in a few months. I also need to get better at photo manipulation as the base image was pretty dark, so trying to get a clean-ish svg from it was a pain.

>>42578577
based. i lost my derpy water bottle that i won during secret santa, on my way back from mare fair 2024
:(
i think it slipped out the side pocket after lifting it out of the upper head cabinet, they obviously didn't let me back in once i left
though i tried

rump

Creative bump!

>>42578864
Hope you can win another one this coming SS.

Sewanon back
I used the same pattern with different fabric this time (blue fleece I think?) and it just turned out okay
>good
stitching way more consistent, nothing tore apart easily at the seams
I managed to easily stuff and flip inside out the two halves (head/body)
>bad
I accidentally cut seams when I was trimming off the extra seam allowance, to cope for this I just whipstitched whatever was open rather then resew the entire body.
the head looks funny

>>42581374
fuck exif rotation

They have each other now for comfort!

Next steps would be to get some minky fabric off of ZFabric, a proper fucking fabric marker (never buy soapstone chalk for marking fabric), and a nice fabric cutting board. Then I’d either use cholyknight’s patterns, or stick to that one anon guide I have.

Hey hey people Blondie here.
I've done a number of storytelling panels over the last year and a while. Since I haven't been able focus on writing, I'm trying to instead focus as much as I can on alternative forms of storytelling. It is likely just going to be me sitting and telling stories of various themes with men and mares. More focused and a bit structured compared to the panels of just going off on things and acting as proof of concept that you don't need to spend so much time plotting out points.
My two main questions include this: would it be better to make it a video or to just make it an audio file? Video won't have anything special outside of an image if that.
Other question is, if anyone's listened to my stuff at /mlp/con this year, were the volume levels good? https://www.youtube.com/@blondieanon/streams is where I have my panel streams and they seemed good but I want to make sure that when I do this, I can get the exact settings and just go.
My larger goal is to one day get some others together and try out some audio drama story, on top of other grander projects. The first step to that was doing the panels. I think the next step to that is me personally telling unique stories and getting the pacing more refined. As far as I'm aware, there's no other thread to discuss this sort of plan.

>>42581440
manmade mares beyond comprehension...

>>42581374
Nothing personell kid, but it really shouldn't look like this even if it's your first try. Are you sure you understand the instructions?

>>42582382
the instructions are fine, I followed them to the dot but they are ambiguous in some sections, I.e do I sew flipped head pieces with darts facing each other or away from each other?

These are just test runs anyways, I can’t learn if I’m not making mistakes, and if I had to personally guess I kept sewing on the cut lines because I’m a retard and it’s easy to follow, I’ll have to mark the sew lines as a separate thing away from the cut lines (the pattern itself doesn’t have any actual seam allowance, just says to give 1/4in allowance)
Might take me three or four tries to get the design to the dot though, this is the second try and it doesn’t use too much fabric.

>>42582374
At least both have a degree of Snowpity!

>>42582493
it should look like this

>>42572394
>I’m probably going to get something that can be machine stitched, backstitching by hand is a pain, so is ladder stitching the head to the body.
You need to harden the fuck up. Every kind of plush requires some handsewing.

>>42561318
I'll go ahead and annonce a smaller Jam with a shorter deadline like some anons suggested, but I don't want to make it only 2 days, as I don't want people to no-life those 2 days. Possibly one week or slightly longer, but I'll make it clear that the goal is smaller scale games.
I'll also ask for projects to shill. I don't expect double digit audience, but people might watch the video recording. I still have to figure out how to mod a cytube
Expect a thread in these next couple of days, I may even make a proper OC for the Jams! A MareDev... Now that I don't have any con mascot to use.
bump

>>42582534
Did you sew the darts facing each other, or away from each other? (I.e the fabric that pops out when you fold the dart to sew it)
Also, I can see you’re using minky which is a different type of fabric from fleece, only final question I have is how big your pattern is scaled to, I think my handmades are less then 6in.

>>42583099
looking forward to it

>>42583172
Are you intentionally not turning it inside out or stuffing it properly? You're making a pony not a dinosaur. I'm also not sure what you mean about the darts so I'm not convinced you understand how they work, maybe just watch some videos on darting and plushie making that aren't pony related just so you can figure out what they are meant to be like.

>>42583598
>Are you intentionally not turning it inside out or stuffing it properly?
I'm definitely turning it inside out, I don't have polyfill stuffing, so they're stuffed with fabric scraps which might be "improper" (the fleece is soft enough that I don't see any issues with it)

>I'm also not sure what you mean about the darts
The guide says to fold the head piece in half, connect the edges of the dart together, then to sew, which leaves you with fabric that sticks out. Consult Picrel

>>42583172
Here is the pattern with added seam allowance, scaled to US Letter page.

>>42583916
You fold the head in half, along the dart edge, with the good side inside, then you sew a straight line across the dart. The sticking out part will be on the bad side, inside the plush.

>>42584795
Disregard the seam allowance on the ears, it shouldn't be there.

>>42566294
There is an infinite number of plushie sizes and shapes. It is impossible to make an armor not for a specific plush. At best you can target the mass produced ones like anonfilly.

>>42498384 (OP)
working on this sketch of derpy with a crossover to puyo puyo. i have another version and a silver spoon doodle on my shwitter @ectoplasminc not to de-anonymize myself and be a faggot. amateur artist so advice appreciated.

>>42585552
It's a bit hard to see what's happening

>>42584798
thanks for bearing with my retardation anon, the fleece doesn't have a bad/good side as with minky, but I'll keep this in mind for next time.

>>42585701
Yeah but the terms are still used to refer to which side you want to expose.

>be me in May
>leave an email on the meet-up map
>chat with a couple of anons
>but no meetup
>check it today
>exactly one new email
>from September 1st
lol
posting here because thread is on p8 and because the guy said that he likes /create/

up

8

>>42585148
yeah, I was told it would be something plushie fags might want. when do the mppp threads start up?

I'm not much of a writer but ive been having fun writing small bits here and there and id like to try a proper story but im not sure how to go about it.
I have an idea of what I want to do, scenes, some story beats and characters but should I plan out like arcs or plot points? Any advice is welcome

Hello powy's
I wanna work on some stuff to give out at marefair and just wanted to crowd source some idea's

Im pretty decent with graphic design and ive started sewing
(plushies is an obvious answer but i got to get good first x3)

be as creative as you like and ill try to reply yay or nay if i can do it!

Note im going to start with some easy stuff first to guarantee i will be bringing something and im quite busy this month working on a home lab :p

>>42589351
This is what i got so far for a custom letter backing
i want to make proper one's for the main 5 and possibly 1-2 other powy's (and anon filly)

what think?

>>42589351
Print a bunch of mare eye stickers. Mare-fy your life

>>42589438
Something like this anon?

>>42589449
I was thinking more stock looking. More round and colorless. Something like this but better done is what I had in mind

>>42589598
i think this would be funny with some printed out mouths too :3

>>42589351
Carlos

>>42581692
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsskJvQHQtE

I have no clue how well this turned out but I'm glad I did it. It is a more.. intimate form of storytelling. You're only getting what you're told. I'm looking forward to doing more.

Does anyone have a clean SVG of the Equestria Symbol? Trying to get ahead for Secret Santa this year, and I wanna have at least some basic stuff printed out, like a Deckbox or Storage box with a clasp.

>>42590491
The Dash deckbox I made for Commander

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>>42498384 (OP)
I have been thinking of doing more sermon videos under my bridge. But I don't want to milk it to high Celestia.

Any ideas on how I can keep making it fresh. Instead of burning stuff in a pile in the holy name of celestia and luna?

>>42589890
carlos horse when

>>42590890
>furfaggotry
offboarder general

>>42590888
this comic about Anon is so peak, will there be more?

Why aren't you creating?

>>42592852
im gay :(

I wann use the money I earned vending at MF to buy some equipment to make fun pony stuff
Anyone got any recommendations for what might be cool?

>>42592852
I'm like 6 layers deep in procrastination

>>42592852
Is it better to post and hope someone cares, or to just do it and tell no one?

>>42593207
alternate, so you have some art for yourself and some others have seen. then, when you feel sick, you can post the art you've kept saved.

>>42593236
Sounds like something you'd just go to /bale/ for. Doesn't really translate here since not everyone cares about non-art.

Finished my plushmancer 101 filly

>>42593485
it looks adorable x3

is their any patents for honsies
i want to try practicing a small/mini one with
the current spare fabric that i own ^^

>>42594586
Thegiftenunicorn ran the panel, he is currently making a whole video tutorial thatg he said will be on his website when its done, it will have the printable pattern too. I'd say its probably gonna be at least a few days before its done tho
https://giftedunicorn.carrd.co
GOOD LUCK ANON

>>42595040
thanks anon

>>42592852
massive skill issue, it takes way too long to create something I'm satisfied with showing off

>>42561318
>>42595721
Jam is up! I extended the Jam time a little... But the focus is still small games! Go check it out!

>>42498547
>credits being front and center
It was a pleasure working with everyone on that and I am so proud that we got it done so quickly.

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>>42597926

I wonder what exactly is the main function of that bizarre gun? it'd likely just explode in her face, and maybe that'd be the best outcome.

>>42597926
dangerously semianthro

>>42596207
just do it anyway, whatever it may be, we like seeing stuff even if it's not perfected and not finished yet

>>42589351
Taking a break today But
working on the design for the main 6 atleast
("should" be done in 2~days unless sickness persists)

however i wont be able to order them till next month but i will showcase the designs :>

im drawing for /mlp/ sings

>>42603510
I'm singing for /mlp/ draws

>>42499594
cool! How did you make this anon? That's a good looking 3D mare.

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Howdy lads, looking to make stickers and lanyards for Marefair next year, any tips?
I know there are 'sticker makers' though not what one works well, and I'm unsure how to make custom lanyards.
I can make my own ribbons even with the investment, it's easier than ordering from America like most people seem to do through nametag or whatever.

>>42607197
>I'm unsure how to make custom lanyards
have you tried looking up "custom lanyards" online, retard?

>>42589351
do you have an embroidery machine?

>>42592928
You could get a projector for helping do paintings or sculpey for sculpting. Or plushmaking supplies

I really miss the hayday of CYOAs on the board and want to run another one but I'm not sure what kind of Quest would attract people nowadays and this place seems a lot less lively than it used to be. I also can't draw so it'll be a text quest which usually get less traction.

>>42612115
>text quest
Yeah, it's usually draws that attract people, I'd recommend at least doing one for the OP and important moments in the story. Either by your hand or collabing with someone. It's hard for us non-drawfags

>>42612174
I could probably do really shitty MS paint drawings maybe but I don't know how I'd collab with an artist, kind of seems like a big ask and I don't know any artists who'd be down for it. The concept issue is holding me up more though since all my previous CYOAs were more serious Horror focused ones but I dunno if something serious would get traction now vs something more light hearted.

I've been thinking of buying a 3D printer for making figurines.
I'm already experienced in making and posing 3D pony models.
I wonder what's the demand for them though. I've never been to conventions. Are figurines common there? Do people buy them? How are they priced?

gamedevfag here, been working on this project for a while now. It's chess but with bullshit spells and the pieces have health and shit.

/r/ing ideas for more pony/board related cards

>>42612514
Look up the cards from Knightmare Chess for some ideas

>>42612514
This isn't anything specific but if you include fairy chess pieces, there's most certainly some joke you can make with a zebra piece.

>>42612514
Make the chess pieces ponies and make them fuck

I drew my beloved

>>42612514
Namefag: Select a single piece to quadruple its health but negate its attack
"The namefag doesn't care that he's not contributing, all he cares about is the attention "

Glowy: 3 random pieces on the board change sides
"I never really was on your side"

Pregnancy general: Select a piece. When this piece dies. You recieve an identical but smaller piece to place on your side of the board with 1 attack and health
"Not to be confused with the fatfag thread"

Rewatch: Undo the last two turns
"It gets better the 16th time!"

Numget: ??? (Random spell. Maybe from a pool)
"where bumger"

Mind control general: move an enemy piece
"Shit fetish? No that would be the tamers thread"

Tempo -> create: Turn a random piece to a pawn
"I hate change"

Slide thread: Move all pawns on the board forward 1 space, if they land on a piece they attack it, be it enemy or friendly
"You fuckers killed the CREATE thread, again"

/sun/day: Select an area of 4x4. Every piece on this area is fully healed
"Praise the sun!"

R63: turn your queens into kings, and kings into queens
"It's not gay bro"

Anonfilly: Select a 3x3 apace to reduce the size of all pieces, halving their health and attack
"Fuck you purple"

We're going to marefair~: select a grid of 5x5, these pieces leave the board and return the next turn. Any piece inside the grid when they return is moved and takes damage
"They come back with con crud but that has no gameplay effect"

Raid!: 4 random pieces are moved, 5 random pieces take 2 damage, and 1 random piece is killed
"They'll get bored eventually"

Board charity: fully heal your king and queen, freely move the king to any space. The enemy also fet their king and queen healed and king moved. If the enemy queen is dead, it comes back
"Everyone wins"

Waifu thread: Move your queen twice this turn
"Would you love her if she was a girl?"

Change waifus: Select a pawn to turn into a queen and your queen into a pawn
"Disgusting"

Mare day: turn all pawns on the board into knights for 3 turns
"Day with mares! Dinner with mares!"

Tourist: No one can take damage next 3 turns
"Just taking a look"

Board wide hack: exchange spells on hand with the enemy
"Atleast it's stronger than Hasbro's security"

Delet this: This turn, all pieces are killed if damaged
"Isn't that just regular chess?"

dyewts: the enemy skips his turn and gets an extra spell
"He's rewatching the show"

Shitpost: Give this spell to your enemy. No effect
"What did you expect?"

Fedposter: Select an enemy piece to switch sides. One random piece of yours also changes sides
"The problem is when they're not so obvious "

marecon: Select a piece to leave the bard for 10 turns. When it returns, it returns as a queen
"Reborn as something great"

Bale: Draw half the number of spells in your hand (ex. If 4 spells on hand draw 2)
"Everyone can draw (a card)"

-

These are some random ideas I came up with, feel free to use them, modify them or whatever. I can come up with more later if you'd like

>>42612602
how did I miss that this game exists? will be looking into this for sure

>>42612629
the z-word pass spell now allows horsies to move with extended range, thanks anon

>>42613549
these are all super funny and creative, will be using. thanks anon!

wip

>>42612406
Figures would be pretty damn cool. To my knowledge, you can only really get custom-made, high-priced statues. Not sure if anyone is doing figures.
>>42613663
rara looks like she hasn't slept in days. Cute.

>>42613663
Nice looking mane and tail. How did you make them?

I got a bunch of these fallout equestria themed miniatures at mare fair and want to give these three a test painting. Thing is, I don't know anything about foe so I don't know if these are pre-existing characters. If they're not (and, honestly, even if they are) what colors would you guys want to see on them?

>>42612514
Got another burst of inspiration and came up with another handful. Feel free to use or ignore:

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/mlpol/: All pieces standing on a dark tiles take 1 damage. All pieces standing in a light tiles heal 1 damage
"Racism is magic"

Porn post: Select a piece to double its attack for two turns. The piece then is killed
"Enjoy your vacation"

Merely pretending: The next attack from any piece deals no damage
"I was merely PRETENDING to be retarded!"

Board drama: Draw 3 spells from your deck and immediately play them
"Kneejerk reactions and accusations galore!"

Bait: This turn, the next friendly piece to get attacked takes no damage, the attacker takes the damage instead
"The only winning move is not to play"

Tulpa: Create a queen with 1 hp next to the right of the king. Ends your turn when this spell is played
"Is it sex or masturbation if I fuck it?"

Moving goalposts: For two turns, the nearest friendly piece takes whatever damage the king would've taken
"Yeah okay but that's not what I mean"

Scruffening: Both parties discard their hand, then draw 3 spells
"Life and death are a seamless continuum. Mmhm."

Range ban: Select an empty space, no pieces can cross or land on this space
">Not knowing how to get past bans
LMAO"

TL;DR: The next spell the enemy plays has no effect
"Too Long; Didn't Read. Fuck you faggot"

Fluffy ponies: For every piece captured this turn, gain a pawn
"All these things know is how to ENF ENF ENF"

Shut up Nigger: The oponent can't play a spell this turn. The turn after, you won't be able to play any spells
"The key to winning an online argument is to call the other guy a slur first"

Life size plush: Sacrifice 3 friendly pawns, gain a knight. Place it freely on the board
"These things cost an arm and a leg"

Pinkie sense: At the end of the current turn, if any pieces are in danger of being captured, they move back. If they can't move back, they don't move
"Twitchy twitcha twitcha twitch"

Twilight Time: All pawns move one tile closer to the queen. If there is no queen, pawns move one tile back
"Twilight Time! Twilight Time! Twilight Time!"

Call upon the sea ponies: Select a friendly piece to move to the closest free tile in its column. Can jump over other pieces
"Shoo be doo"

Petrification: The closest piece to the king gets "petrified" for a turn; it cannot move nor can it be killed
"*Gollies internally*"

High Priest Of the Holy Princesses: bishops move like queens this turn
"In the Holy Name of Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence and my enteral love princess Twilight Sparkle. May Their wings bring us warmth."
(This one is in reference of the priest at /mlp/con)

>>42612514
Parasprite infestation: For the next two turns, every time a pawn is played, the player that played it gains an aditional pawn. If there are no pawns on the board, both players gain 2 pawns
"Ugh. Now I gotta go find a trombone!"

Pony loaf: Select an enemy piece, this piece cannot move again unless damaged
"Rest well little pony"

False flag: Select a friendly piece to change its movement into a queen's for a turn
"Baby's first false flag"

OP, legendary dick sucker: If an enemy tower is in any of your tower's rows/columns, capture it, no matter its health. Can jump friendly and enemy pieces
"Enhanced with dick-seeking capabilities, no penis left unsucked."

Portal to EQG universe: Select a knight to turn into a random piece, including pawn and queen.
"Second best thing if you lose your ticket to equestria"

Ticket to equestria: All pieces minus both kings turn into knights for three turns, they turn back after the three turns. If a piece kills an enemy piece, that friendly piece stays a kinght
"Earn it!"

Anon in equestria: For the next three turns, enemy pieces will only be able to attack the king. During these three turns, the king dies in one hit
"The world revolves around you"

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I don't know if I'm thinking too big, but it seems to me you could make decks with specific builds in mind (pawn centered, movement based, sacrifice based). This has potential OP!

>>42614674
>>42614675
thanks, I appreciate the effort! I'm at the stage of development where I'm trying everything to see what sticks, so all ideas are super valuable.

>>42614335
It's only a blockout for now, but: low poly mesh + Edge Creasing + Modifier stack from pic rel. I also painted a 'Thickness' vertex group to control the Solidify thickness.
As for the tail - it's the same, but I'm also using Curve modifier to twist it.

I think its coming along okay, I hate how rusty I am though
>>42614852
thats wicked my man, nice to see more 3d in here

>>42613663
Head is very small and human
It's a little uncanny

I want to record songs, I've even written two ready-made lyrics (in fact, it's just ponified songs).
All I have is an acoustic guitar and a medium microphone. How demanding are people about sound quality? Do I need to post-process it in some way or the fact that such music exists in the fandom will be enough?

>>42615931
do a little bit of research into how to record music and check out reaper for mucking about with fx. only pay attention to equalization and balancing until you figure stuff out (a heavy unsteady hoof makes for sloppy work)
a big part of recording quality is increasing the signal:noise ratio. six inches between sound source and mic is a decent baseline that you can adjust depending on your specific situation. maybe record vocals in a clothes-filled closet or something, or under a blanket
warm up your voice for 10-20 minutes before recording any singing and you will get better and more consistent results
if you ever find yourself interested in getting nicer equipment focusrites are pretty common for interfaces. learn to solder a bit, kit mics are way cheaper for their quality

but desu record it anyways however you want and if you like it then keep doing it and figure the rest out as you go

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>>42611153
sorry for just fucking disappearing work got heavy.

no but on my tool's list its like the second thing i want to get but i also wanna try learning a bit of it by hand so ill probably go that route first though obviously that's gonna make it take longer :>

>>42616934
amazing mare butts once more

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>>42578577
Also trying to etch glass with a diode laser. Think it came out alright. Have to do some pre-processing of the item using black tempura paint, rubbing alcohol and an air brush so that the diode laser can actually mark the glass. Lost a glass or two to using too much force in the rotary clamp.

>>42621795
Damn, that looks cool

I finished my table. That counts, right? Space to poni poni on.

>>42623330
Now burn a picture of a pony into it
If the ISS did it, so can you

>>42615931
What exactly constitutes a "medium" microphone? Anyway, simple acoustic songs are perfectly fine. if you're doing vocals and guitar at the same time and you only have the one microphone there's not gonna be a whole lot you can mix since guitar and vocals would be picked up by a single mono source. Simple eq and compression would be about all you could do, just to clean it up a bit. Recording each separately would make it more mixable but you might lose that "live" recording energy. Depends on what you're going for, really

>>42623904
I really wanted to do that, like brass stamps I could heat and press into the wood. I just got no brass or means to work it, and I don't want to halfass it by burning lines into the wood with my soldering iron.

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>>42614652
Can you make a purple one or an anonfilly?

>>42615057
Yeah, this is coming along nicely! I worked on an enemy for my pony game but it's not a pony. I was picturing it in like a flooded room or something.

>>42626768
I can do a purple, Anonfilly (really more Anonmare as they're modeled) I'd prefer to greenstuff a better mane for since at the moment none of them have the right type

Was working on a Golden Feather (Celestia) animation, then Photopea broke my file, so now I have to start over. But I'm exhausted so I'm going to move on from it for now and do it again later.

Until then, here's what I got done. https://files.catbox.moe/hiz7xv.gif

>>42627001

Who is this pony supposed to be?

>>42627014
Celestia in disguise. It's a form she took in the IDW comics. It never got an official name but everyone calls her Golden Feather/Sunny Skies.

>>42627001
Veyr nice, anon. Is this all frame by frame?

>>42627235
can you post the instrumental version of this?

>>42627309
Yep! Four frames, done in Photopea.

>>42625130
Man, those fucking wood-burning kits. I wonder if they still make those. Most of my childhood burns came from using them.

>>42627001
That's pretty hot, hope to see it complete one day.

>>42627001
UNF

>>42626776
thank you
thats a really good design anon, its got that gross water beetle kind of look which is perfect for a flooded room like you want, i can imagine it hiding among debris floating on the water

anypony here want some cool coasters for neighcon 2026? am taking suggestions.

>>42628842
I'm so happy that David Dees made it to Equestria

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>>42629726
I do like coasters! I would get a couple for a 10'er each.

>>42627311

https://youtu.be/cHLHOY0Outc?si=iBeOogZPp6cd5VES

^:)

>>42614852
finished hair + new shaders

>>42631930
Could probably shorten thw legs some

>>42631930
lovely shader anon, the eyes are beautiful, and the little lines to mark the top of the muzzle are very effective! would be nice to see a bit more texture in the hair, maybe there's a clever way to add more streaks to the hair highlights to imply the hair strands

>>42631930
Ears too big, legs too long, nose too short which makes the face uncanny. Also weird butt and shoulders.
7/10, getting there but needs work

>>42630691
if you want any designs man, you can request them here or email me

New grass and dirt
These are based on https://opengameart.org/content/forest-tiles-0 with some minor edits and recolored to match the rest of it

>>42633302
holy comfy

>>42617508
This is what I got for a letter back design thoughts?

>>42631930
Very nice anon!

>>42634853
Cute! AJ's silhouette looks a bit low quality though. I'd suggest doing something to smooth out those edges

>>42634853
eh, I think you could have used a better angled pose

Progress

I'm hoping to get an alpha build up by Thursday so people can playtest it a bit before the anni and catch any game-breaking bugs. Then a more complete release later this month before secret santa

>>42633302
a big advancement from >>42527288!
the style is way more consistent

>>42637317
Thanks anon!
>the style is way more consistent
Funny you say that, since the grass/dirt, trees, and cliffs are taken from three totally different asset packs. But the old grass and dirt were definitely worse. The old grass was meant to be used with a shader I wrote trying to mimic the grass that went with the trees (pic related). But I never added the shader, so it was just completely flat. And the old dirt came from the same pack as the cliffs, but when I recolored it I made it too close in color to the cliffs themselves. This was especially bad inside caves, where the walls and floor weren't very distinct from each other.

>>42634853
The silhouette is very unclear. You need a different pose, or tweak that one to separate the parts more. The entire head/hat/hair/hoof area is very blobby.

>>42498384 (OP)
Can you mod arcade games?

>>42637238
Its been six years, you better faggot.

>>42637238
I had to quit here 2 years ago because you refused to moderate shit that absolutely should have been.

>>42638615
You can rom hack them, yeah. The degree to which you can is a very game by game basis thing, though. Not a lot of standardization in the realm of arcade games prior to the 2000s

>>42639124
Actually it might be a few more days for that alpha build, there's a bit more to do than I thought.

Also, I'd say don't get your hopes up too much. Even the full release later this month will be pretty bare bones. Though it will come with a map editor (no in-game building currently - v3 is more like Graal Online than Minecraft) and dedicated server, so you can add more stuff and host it for other people to play.

>>42631930
testing face expressions with new face rig

>>42641163
Neat
Do you have any plans for it or just making a model for fun?

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>>42641163
Looks good. Ears seem a bit big though

>>42641479
No particular plans, if I can get the rig to a satisfiable state then maybe I'll do some animations with it.

how did they do this

>>42642186
https://files.catbox.moe/fk9370.mp4
(replaced it with a catbox link)

update on the current letter project, I think this a pretty decent base to start working on the other pony's.

>>42642101
>>42643572
Do not endizzy the ponies.

do you realize, DO YOU REALIZE SOMETHING. if they dont bump the thread, they'll condem our thread and we'd have to move out?

>>42642101
>>42643572
Man, figuring out how to make their eyes work in 3D is going to annoy for an entire week

should i post my horse drawings on my twatter

>>42644762
Yes.

>>42642190
worked on some pattern stuff today

>>42645331
>no file extensions visible
Are you a masochist, anon?

>>42561318
>>42596314
Ah well, Game Jam thread got archived. I'll do another when we actually start it. Here's the link for those who missed it
https://itch.io/jam/mlp-off-con-game-jam-one-button
Thank you if you were bumping the thread, the spam just caught us by surprise

>>42645582
It's alright, the anni stream is going to keep us in a drunken stupor for long enough it would've died anyway

>>42645582
you should make it a few days before

>>42642101
First you make them real. Then you ask Kojima to scan them with his special camera.

>>42646179
Noted, will do!

>>42648113
i can feel the passion in your vocals, but they're pretty rough

9

making some anime shit atm for an anime con next month, but after that I'll be making pony shit for neighcon.

>>42650267
if y'all have any suggestions lmk itt

>>42650267
anything else that your machine can do?

>>42311189
Making progress on the Toon Boom puppet. The head can be rotated a full 360 degrees using a master controller. There are a few issues I still need to work out, but I'm very pleased with how it looks so far.

>>42653151
pretty cool anon. any plans for it?

>>42653151
This is kinda cool. This gives me ideas, do you know if there are any 3d-games with dynamic "sprites" like this?

>>42651749
hats, cups, thermoses, dogtogs, pens, pretty much most things.

>>42653834
now print her....in the jar on a necklace

>>42651749
I'll probably be doing anonfilly, 4cc, misc memes, and flawless sparklemoon coasters and flasks. Idk if people would want silverware, I have some from prior projects.

>>42653897
likely coming next yr with a bunch of pony cards from the ccg. I'd most likely be willing to trade for random merch. my room is kind of lacking....

>>42653577
Too many. I've got a bagillion ideas for short and long animations. Once I have a good puppet, I'll start with the shortest animations and build assets and make improvements to the puppet over time.

>>42653726
Nothing comes to mind right away. I have seen games that have flat 2d sprites in a 3d world, like Final Fantasy Tactics, but they don't shift around individual pieces of the character; the whole character just snaps from one perspective to another as you rotate the camera.

>>42653912
YOU BETTER bring terri softmare, Luna, or ponk shit if you wanna trade

>>42654032
Mare is on the case

>>42648211

i think im layne staley but im not

might need a vocal surgery or two

>>42654604
Stupid sexy glowie mare

>>42658538
My knee's they grow!

>>42654604
OOOO PLAP PLAP PLAP SONATA PLAP PLAP PLAP

>>42659246
Agreed

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>>42663336
cute eldritch poners

How annoying would it be if in a story each chapter alternated between a present day 'main' plot and flashing back a few years to show how the main characters meet?

>>42668503
I don't think it's a problem or annoying at all if both storylines are interesting to follow.

>>42654604
who dis?

sweetie belle

>>42675904
that is adorable <3

Did another practice short story. This time I went in with just the characters to focus on (the two stallions from the previous shorts I'd written) and an initial premise (an unexpectedly strong storm has kept them inside for a few days). Nothing really happens, it's just meant to be an exercise in conveying characters
https://ponepaste.org/11456

>>42645331
progress on project so far

>>425909384 Princess Twilight provides.

>>42590938
>>42681505
Oops

>>42681505
scared for my life (real)

>>42645582
bread where?

I am a retard who wants to learn how to knit socks for my plushies. Where do I start?

>>42684872
check out diy there is a sewing general, there should be a bunch of links which help with that stuff,

>>42679389
This is nice, anon. I'm a sucker for stormy-night stories since i love that kind of weather, and it has a pretty cozy feel to it with the setup they've got going on in that warehouse. the exchange at the end between the two stallions and the sister is really sweet too, it reminds me of being a kid and getting caught doing something low-stakes-stupid with my brother.

>>42684670
Well shit, I forgot. I'll have one shortly

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>>42645582
>>42684670
Created!
>>42688330

Does anypony know where I can get mercury from? I saw a cool idea where a plushmancer puts mercury in plushies for tactile feedback

>>42688501
Seems like a bad idea desu. You can probably get a similar effect with tungsten beads or something, which are much less hazardous and are legal to carry onto a commercial flight

>>42688585
Yah... tsa is not going to be happy with you bringing mercury. on an aluminum plane

>>42688501
lol thats me, I didnt end up leaving any in a plushie it was just something I was enthusiastic about at the time. I got the mercury from someone working in HVAC, those are in replaced thermostats from the 80s.

>>42685773
Thanks. I'm going to try to get one more short story written out that focuses on the two sisters then start working on a larger story for all four

>>42688501
That's really retarded. If the capsule breaks mercury is extermely toxic and gives off vapor even at room temperature

>>42688216
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Winner

>>42691348
This is looking great

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