/mlpol/ - Newfaggotry Drawfaggotry Academy: Request Thread Edition

Seize memes of production, learn to draw, do the drawing. Also, request what ya requesting. It's been like several months, so here it comes!

>Pony -
http://imgur.com/a/m7zQ2
http://mlpg.co/art/res/23.html
>Human -
https://sites.google.com/site/4chanic/training-tutorials
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/human-anatomy-fundamentals-how-to-draw-hands--cms-21440
>Drawing Books & Videos -
https://mega.co.nz/#F!2RARFaLA!VTiQb6eRXfV4V6mYQ6FJTA
>Inking and Coloring in Photoshop -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ntQiBTLz1nc3praE1Pb2VzNzg/edit?usp=sharing
>/ic/ Drawing Guide -
http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-draw-learn
>/ic/ Resources -
https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/

PROGRAMS
>GIMP (open source Photoshop or Sai alternative) -
http://www.gimp.org/
>FireAlpaca (Paint Tool SAI alternative) -
http://firealpaca.com/en
>Krita (Multi platform open source alternative) -
https://krita.org/
>MediBang
https://medibangpaint.com/en/
Windows/ Mac/ iPad/ iPhone/ Android
Draw or make comics on practically any device!!
>ArtRage
https://www.artrage.com/
ArtRage gives you real world painting tools on your computer in a stylish, easy to use environment.

Surprisingly, I've never seen a pony version of Janusz Korwin-Mitte. Could someone draw this, plz?

>>84464
>gimp is a PS alternative
>alternative

>>84502
It's weird, but a lot of people I know use it for some odd reason.

>>84496

Janus the Anus

>>84516
Thats just creepy.
I have 2 OC projects. The more significant is ponifying Anne Frank to use as anti (((anti-nazi))) memes and information. Basically, it would be Anne-Frank pone dropping red-pills about (((them))).
Additionally I'd like to network with some videographers to make more Mlpol vids, along the same lines as the ~~Christmas~~ April 1st video. Mlpol.net is bannable on 4chan, but Mlpol is still a (semi) legit topic. While I'm sure detractors are lurking (there's that 1 guy who claimed JIDF in /qa/ in the least) I'd like to participate in content that is more aesthetic and easily consumable.

>>84463
>>84464

Can a mod edit this post to add some relevant drawing tutorial images? it feels rather lacking without some.

just checked in on my Gab.ai account after i heard donald trump has an account there (not in use yet) and randomly found this.

some artist who drew some pony art about a month ago and tagged it with MLPOL.

https://redustheriotact.deviantart.com/gallery/

Some art of Leslie would be nice. I'm sure plenty of /mlpol/ artists have good ideas for her.

can I request pony porn, that features amputation, cannibalism, and rape?

>>86601
You should ask Fearingfun for that. The guy draws plenty of it, you can find it at Derpibooru under the fearcomesnaturally tag.

>>86601

most pony artists dont draw gore but i may know someone who would do that for you

https://pinkponycarcass.deviantart.com/

>>86601
that would take multiple images to do right.

>>86606
that's fine, so long as the pony is still alive during some of the cannibalism and rape, it's fine if it dies by the end but I'm not particularly interested in necrophilia

Seriously though, if someone could make more Leslie Faire art that'd be really cool.

>>87000
I will forGET this kind of Boop..
Get it? Ha ha ha....
Send help...

>>86984
Here's a recolor I made. It is not perfect, but considering I used MS Paint, I am content.

>>87041
>"What do you mean 'the colt's not for sale'?!"

Getting better. Just got GIMP 2.

>>87168
I think I like Octavia Leslie better.

>>87168
looks bretty gud. I would recommend using a hard-edged brush defining the lines between the hair colors so you don't get that blurred anti-aliased effect.

Other than that 10/10; would violate her NAP if you know what I mean.

Another recolor. I'm starting to get the hang of GIMP tools. However, I will not produce another one until after watching some tutorials. There must be a better way of cleaning up images besides artistically changing each boarder pixle.
>>87203
Thanks for the advice. While not followed to the letter, I did better because of it. I have never really drawn anything ever before except yesterday, so all advice is appreciated.

>>87318
The lines on that one definitely look much better. I've never gotten the hang of it myself but I believe there is a pen tool in GIMP that can do vector lines, which I think would be the ideal way to do pony recolors since they're vector images to begin with. If you're looking into tutorials you might want to search in that area.

This MLP meme by Tehjadeh is brilliant. Could a talented individual make "Two Sides of" Aryanne and Leslie Faire? Upload it to Deviantart and we increase our presence, and it's good ammo for the upcoming meme war.

How do you even leg in this pose?
I was trying to draw from my mind, then I looked for some references but I didn't exactly find any (I'm on phone)
So...how would the back legs look in this angle?

Here's something btw

>>90451
Suggest more shadowing along the 'knees', but otherwise a good (sexy) pose.
Current art suggests the legs are at an incline, like the hooves are forward respective of the hips. Shadowing dispels that perception.

>>90451
Good work, but less chicken scratch. Needs work; like less rounder hooves, they need to be a bit blocky. But, good. You did something that even surprised me, and that is a fully connected body (meaning parts/shapes aren't over others), which makes me want to experiment with it myself. The vagina looks like a slab of meat though (that isn't good), but practice makes perfect. It took me some time to learn how to try a horse vagina myself (I still might not be good at it.)
>>90455
This is good too.
>>90456
Shadowing isn't a shortcut. It would have helped, but there's fundamentals to get right before you try to make it look better.

>>90455
Good and true

I almost forgot to draw a pony today, I got too busy drawing human eyes..
Here's a head, today I did try to use a reference

>>90693
Remember to practice, Anon.

>>90695
I'm on it, slowly getting better but I forget basic things in the way

>>90699
There's improvement. Make the necks longer.

I request a ponification of rhe Tomato Pony Express

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/141465/

And an example (Not mine)

>>90957
Oh, somebody really tried

Gracias anon <3

>>90957
Nice job anon better then anything I could do

>>91131
Just practice anon, I'm trying to get better every day, you can do it too!

I tried to ponkz but my neck got too long

>>91336
You’re clearly progressing well I probably should take it up

>>91355
>>91355
Ah Kinda really, i keep falling on the same errors again and again but I'm working on it.
Pic is the best I could do like two years ago, if I could get from that to this while drawing only occasionally, anyone can get good by just practicing.

Try it anon, and don't ever let no one tell you what you should draw, draw whatever makes you happy and accept criticism with an open heart!

I may need to wait to actually draw perfect ponies before giving encouragement I think

>>91400
Fug, forgot pic

Trying to get dat pussy right

>>92916
If you can find a diagram of a horse vagina, I suggest studying it. The vagina can be separated into several parts: the clitoral hood (vaginal walls/lips), the clitoris,the urethra, and the vaginal opening (hole). Represent them right. You're still not there yet, and I have to admit that the top drawings almost made me gag, not becauce I don't like horse pussy, but because the clitoris was so oversized and the whole would look like monsters instead of vaginas. You have a lot to go, but the lower drawings are okay.

I'm looking for someone willing to draw a satirical sharp-toothed nazi horse with stereotypical pink anime hair, glasses, and white coat.

>>93269
> stereotypical pink anime hair
There's already an Aryanne thread OC for that.

>>93272
Not stereotypical or pink enough. Doesn't meet any of the other requirements except for the white coat, either.

>>93277
https://derpibooru.org/1288729?q=oc%3Amitsuko&sf=score

Original art of a japanese pony posted in an Aryanne thread mid 2014, made by Randy.

Character concept detail by Anonymous.

"anon that suggested the mini-canon of mitsuko here. thanks for remember the little name i choose for her.
to be honest, it wasn’t as much as official as /mlp/ official. it was a veronika thread mostly, and i only asked for a name since she is cute to just let her forgotten. besides, in that thread i learn thanks to you guys that japs were friends with the nazis, but they still had a commie side of view.
as for the canon if anyone is wondering:
>Mitsuko (shining child) is a white pony with a mane like the color of the cherry blossoms
>she is reserved due to Japan’s classic culture where a woman was expected to be a good housemaid and perfect wife. she is very timid due to this
>she is very intelligent, being able to speak fluent german, russian, and chinese
>due to her knowledge, aryanne admits her as "honorary aryan". and due to her sense of honor, veronika calls her as "a loyal comrade"
>the blade she has is a katana. while she jokes about japanese and edge, she knows how to use it. MGR levels we are talking
>each time she makes a mistake, she always tries to deny it. like she never did it in the first place, even when the evidence is clear
>her CM is a picture of "the rising sun"
>she is a total weaboo, her room full of mangas and special collector items and extended animes DVD’s
>she draw mangas. she done at least one of each category you can find"

Is that stereotypical enough for you? She's supposed to be a weeb Mary Sue.

>>93312

d0bb7 is being a nitpicky cunt, Mitsuko is almost a perfect fit, except shes japanese and not german. just draw her with glasses and a cat tooth and shes all he asked for.

I often question the whole "This OC is ironically bad" thing. Are you trying to make some kind of statement with it? What's the statement, that bad OCs are bad? Or do you just want a license to "Ironically" have fun in a world where no fun is allowed?

I need some help, I wanted to make some OC for orange anon filly as well as ponyfied weeb memes but I can't into foreshortening or hooves. I want her to be pointing a hoof at the screen like anime pic related, if someone could explain how to draw it or find me a good pic of a pony pointing a hoof forward for reference I'd appreciate it

>>95443
And I bet you did it completely randomly...

>>95294
another WIP pic I could really use help with the hoof but I'm almost done with the lineart, I could probably have this digitally cleaned up and colored by the end of today if someone would help me with that one part or find a good reference. Also for second pic related I was thinking about making the stand's fingers be horsecocks but would that look too gross?

>>93315
I don't know what you're referring to.

>>95455
I do want to get to you. I haven't had time to make out the pose yet.

>>95618
hmmm idk I'm kinda shit, I'll keep practicing

>>95455
Do it, or give it a prehensile Frieza-like tail, except it ends in a horsecock.

>>95727
Make her a cyborg.
>RIP, /cyb/

>>95743
Oh dies that mean we should post /sci/ shit on on /sp/ and /mlpol/ now?

>>95798
Anything goes on /sp/.
If you can link it to politics or ponies, it can be posted on /mlpol/.

>>95798
Sounds about right.

Requesting leslie fair pegging Alunya with a strap on.

>>102419
okay here you are

Just drew this sketch of Leslie Fair with a nice big plot.

>>104164
WTF? Why is sideways?

I'm gonna try again hold on

>>104244
why not just accept your destiny sideways anon, or should I say sidewanon

photoshop a landing pony on it.
why? itz funny!
and post something else if you want to be backlanded

Requesting Aryanne pissing on an Antifa flag.

>>102451
Thank you drawfag

I made some slight improvements. Not sure if this one will be sideways too. Just tilt your head if it is.

>>104355
you are sidewanon so of course it will be, accept your fate

>>104362
I am in no way great drawing, I have only a cardboard piece and a broken pencil but let me give you some advice..
Look at the plot, draw a little line dividing the plot and be careful of where the tail comes off from and where the head comes from
Something like that, but get some references that will help

>>104378
No biggy, you'll get to perfection in a matter of years, it's good that you save these old drawings for whenever you feel there's no progress.

>>104278
Or shitting on some antifa fag... she's German.

A little sketch just for fun and practice

>>106111
That's pretty good actually

>>106112
Glad you think so

>>106111
Awwww... Leslie looks so happy.

>>106193
Love it

I made the head too small so I had to improvise

>>106262
What exactly am I looking at?

Leslie reacting to some commie bullshit
>>106262
That's pretty cool

I colored some of my sketches

>>106757
Good work anon.

>>106630
You are slowly improving!
And you draw at least three times more than i do, youll become really good at this rate anon

What's good niggas?
I did these 3. Willing to do more, but not tonight minor household crisis means no more internet. Will check back soon if anyone has requests

>>106845
I have a few ideas. You could do pic 1 with Mai Gaia as the humble water filter salesman. Some art of the currently unnamed Identitarian pony (pic 2) would be cool too, he's only got 1 pic.

>>106854
Not too keen on either of those ideas, it would be hard to draw a pony holding a glass unless it's a unicorn

>reccomending Le Gimp

fuck the Gimp, it's bad and technically limited. it is just a thing from Linux devs who tried to prove Linux can be useful for graphic editing.

If you want graphic editing, the software is Krita.
for vectors you have the excellent Inkscape, for 3D you have Blender.

Gimp is nothing, if you can do stuff with it, it's good, if not, stop trying to fuck with that, it will discourage you and you won't learn anything professionally valuable from it.

If you use Windows, you have no reason not to download and install CS2 ,there is the complete suite compatible with all windows versions since 2000 pro. And it's much faster than a CS5. No cloud or crack needed, just enter the serial number provided.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html?promoid=19SCDRQK

This is what I use all the time, now; software is no longer an excuse.

one thing to know: since windows Vista, you are not really the real administrator of your system, regardless if it's "pro" or "ültimate gaymer X64" versions of Windows.
Photoshop and the CS suite programs must be installed in your user directory to work, instead of Program files. No registration required.

i won't claim i'm a master of all these software, i rarely use vectors really, only to vectorize stuff I designed on PS, but even if it's a 2005 software it will do much more than you'll ever need. including tablet pressure and file format support. Also everything you need for adding typography, kerning, spacing, working with text and font specifications if you need to make some meme convincing, not coming out from some generated shit or drawn on mspaint.

if you really need something heavier to work with over 9000 layers and 600dpi images, CS4 64bit exists, but even myself i never seen the point (and the UI approaches the clusterfuck but far from being a Gimp kind of flustercuck.

the rest is practice.

>>106845
Do Milo Highliss on a football field, "Tebowing" (praying) to John Elway, like pic related.

>>107429
Who's John Elway?

>>107436
The football coach this board worships (it's a running meme). He's the owner of the Denver Broncos, and many pastas have been written about him.

>>107439
Alright, I'll do it tomorrow

>>107443
Where's all the drawings of this pone coming from? It's show quality

>>107453
I think they are recolors

>>107454
Damn good recolors though.

>>107464
Why did you make the head smaller?

>>107494
Thanks, i didn't realize how small I drew his head

>>107497
Not bad, but how about the glasses?

>>107436
Someone say Lord Elway?

>>107453
Have some more

>>107547
>That last pic
IWTCIF

I finally decided to art-fag.
How'd I do?

>>107579
Not bad for a first try, pretty cute.

>>107579
More please

>>107579
good but do longer strokes, the lines look scratchy because you draw any given line with a bunch of short strokes instead of one long stroke. It'd also keep the thickness of the lines more even throughout. Compare the lines on leslie to the nice neat lines the letters are made up of if you don't get what I mean

>>107636
Thanks for the tips, I'll keep those in mind next time
>>107594
I'll try again tonight, any suggestions to draw?

>>107669
can you draw a pony with her limbs being sawed off, as part of a process of turning her into a living sex toy that can't move?

>>107718
Praise Football! Well done.

>>107723
Glad as always to oblige my friends and neighbours.

>>107718
Absolutely spectacular!

>>107718
Original requester here.
It's even more beautiful than I imagined.

>>107705
I'd prefer to not draw that ever
>>107718
Thats amazing

>>107736
darn, I'm not a competent enough drawfag to address my own fetishes. I'll just have to keep practicing for now

>>107669
Not in the mood to draw tonight, but I'll bump the thread with some tips

An excellent book to read is Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, it's a classic, and I realised relatively recently that my art teacher for 5 years basically did nothing but lift from that book, we even did the exact exercises in the book as lessons.
The bottom line for the entire thing is that art is not about the ability to draw itself, it's about the ability to accurately translate what you can see to your hand to draw.
Try to look at parts of something in relation to other parts, it helps you keep everything proportional. Don't be afraid to long breaks, even up to a couple days, to help get rid of what you think it SHOULD look like, so when you come back you can see what it actually looks like. I'm working on an irl painting right now, and after I finished the preliminary sketch for hours it looked fine, ready to paint, but I left it for a couple days while I wait on paints to come, and when I came back I reevaluated and decided I needed to enlarge some parts, and change the angles on a whole bunch of stuff.

Specifically for ponies one of the things that will instantly elevate your work is noticing colour, I could be wrong but I don't think I've ever seen a pony from the show with a black outline, they all seem to have a slightly darker shade of their main body colour for their outline.
Their manes and tails are usually all done in a darker shade of 1 of the colours of their mane, usually whichever colour is most prevalent in their mane or tail (in the case of Rainbow Dash it's the colour that most prevalent in her design over all: blue). The mane or body colour clashing too much with an outline colour can make a drawing seem "off" even if it's drawn perfectly fine. I had that problem when drawing Leslie (ancap pony) all the depictions I'd seen used black to outline her entirely but once i made her body outline yellow, a black outline clashed horribly with the dark yellow of her mane and I eventually decided on a dark reddish colour as something sort of in between black and yellow.
Also as a rule of thumb I tend to go with "there's no such thing as black" something an art teacher once told me about drawing still life. While it isn't strictly true it has uses, effectively what he meant was that in nature most things that may appear black are actually dark shades of multiple colours, and you should build up layers of dark browns and purples etc to create black rather than using a black pencil. Similarly if you're drawing digitally to create a more realistic natural look, avoid using black, use a dark shade of something else, blue or purple are my go-to blacks. If you want something to look digital then use black, however in MLP black is used very sparingly it only really seems to appear on eyes and villains. Even the night sky is usually blue or purple, notably the zebras don't have black stripes, even their hooves are dark grey, noticeably lighter than the black used on their eyes . You'll notice in both my drawings of Leslie her hair is actually a dark grey and not true black, it's a small detail but it's something to remember if you want to try and draw show quality, because the show doesn't use much black, it's bright and pastel coloured.

I'm not really sure what else I can think of right now, i may randomly post more tips if I remember anything specific. But for the most part my number 1 tip is just pay attention to how they do things in the show. The designs are all relatively simple and they actually don't have much variety, they tend to depict things from the same angles for your average scene. Use reference, constantly look at how they did something in the show while you're drawing, or some of the better drawings in the "how to draw ponies" guides have every possible angle if you need help.

For you specifically there's some tips i have for your drawing here >>107579 but I'd want to draw over it to illustrate my points and it's rude enough as it is directing this blog post of art tips at you.
If you want advice on that drawing specifically though let me know.

>>108162
M8 go ahead and fucking draw over it, it's not only my first drawing of a poner but really my first drawing that wasn't a scrible.
I went ahead and thickened out the lines with a brush pen so I may upload that.
>no black outlines
I can't do digital art currently so black was my only choice but I do get your point.
>rude
Nah, it's fine. I actuallly wanted some good ol'fashion critisim, cause I want to do better. Thanks Anon.

>>108166
Gonna need a min. I wrote all my fucking notes, went to export it and Krita has crashed, so I'm gonna have to start over

>>108166
Alright, i think i got everything. I feel like there was something I wrote in the bottom left but I have no idea what.

Anyway these are just notes for small improvements without a complete re draw, some of the guides may be a little off, I definitely think I sketched the mane too thick, I probably should've drawn on a different layer so i could adjust my lines, but you get the idea.
Not sure what expression you were going for, i would've drawn it more frustrated or annoyed, which would be mostly expressed through the eyes.

>>108174
>back of mane
Yeah, that one wasn't even being new to art, that one was human error. I outlined the head in pen, then looked at my reference and almost stabbed myself with my pen.
Thanks for the tips though, I'll have to try again soon.
>expresion
confused scrunch face.

>>108179
>confused scrunch face.
Do you have reference for it?

>>108180
Well, now that you say that I realize I don't.
There's my first problem

>>108201
Nyaruhodo.

Of those I would probably use the purple mane one for reference. I like the one in the hat but it looks too weird with one eye fully open.

>>108220
In a word; blocky

>>108226
Can you elaborate on that a bit?

>>108206
Attempt number two: electric boogaloo.
I think it looks better, what do you guys think though?
>>108201
Thanks for the references

>>108231
I think it looks a lot better. If you can, I hope you color this.

>>108229
Ah idk man it's 7am for me and I've not slept.
Fundamentally fine for a doodle but the lines are too thick making most of the linework impossible to really judge because drawing at the size you can't create detail so saying it's not detailed enough is redundant.
Proportions are a little off
Glasses too small

But again for a doodle it's fine.

>>108231
Vast improvement my dude. Ear could afford to be a bit bigger. And maybe the hair on top a bit puffier, but the basics are solid. There's a couple nitpicks but it basically comes down to "not how I'd have done it", it's kinda hard to judge further while it's still pen and paper

Both of you need to into digital. Krita is free, you can probably make at least some progress without a graphics tablet, and even then there are cheap graphics tablets out there.

>>108236
>>108231
also actual I'd fuck about with the eyes a bit, the one up front could do with being wider, and they look a little cross eyed, unless that was the intention I'd move one of them to better match the other

>>108236
>digital
Currently it's not the price holding me back, just some technical problems Wireless isn't working and idk how to fix it short of nuking everything on the PC
>>108242
Okay, I'll start messing around with those. Thanks for the tips Anon.

>>108245
No wait, on the eye I realise what's up, it's curving at the top, as though the eye ends there, in which case the eye would be too small. But as you have a line cutting off the top if it didn't curve you could say the eyebrow is just that far down, and then it might be fine. Does that make sense?
Sorry I'm tired.

>>108245
>>108247
Here. I drew a diagram.

>>108258
Ah, I see what you're saying.
Now get sleep Anon, you can't give us advice if you're sleep deprived

>>108260
If I feel like it, tomorrow I may just draw my own version of your idea if you don't mind. I'd do it differently, like I said I preferred the purple mane pony for reference personally. Congrats on making the hat pony's look work though, you have most of the basic shapes down and thats really all you need when it comes to drawing cartoons

>>108261
That's fine, I'm now curious to see how you'll draw it.
Thanks, I felt hat pony's eye carried more of expression I was looking for, and when my pencil sketch came out good I just kept the ball rolling.

>>107718
Just because there seems to be another thread about it atm, would you mind if I uploaded this to booru? I've made it a mission to upload all of the Milo pics.

>>108261
Welp, I tried this on my tablet with Autodesk Sketchbook and used my lines from my pen and paper sketch. How does it look now?

My humble attempt, following one of the guides linked in the OP.
>included sketch I started with, and end result after many tweaks cut paste and redraw

>>108508
Few small factors still off. Small ear, I think now that maybe the 2nd eye should have the eyebrow angled differently, line work is pretty shaky, and you need a gradient on the irises. The mane is also a little off but meh not the biggest deal.
I've not really been in the mood to draw for a while but I'll get around to redrawing it how I would do it

>>108555
Hind leg is off.
Is it supposed to be a foal?

>>108589
I struggled enormously with the hind legs, and never got them right. I didn't set out with a plan of foal or grown, but it ended up as a foal (I think)...

>>108589
Ah yes, gradients.
How do I do that?
I know at this point I'm pretty much making excuses, but it was shaky cause my fucking stylus was falling apart as I was using it.

>>108619
There's often a tool for it, but you're on some weird software right? You can creat a gradient by just creating thick lines of colour that gradually get darker/lighter, then smudge it.
I'd show you how but I'm not at my computer

>>108684
Thats fine, I'll try it later

I tried to draw Hans Hermann-Hoppe. The 2 pics I used for reference are also attached.

>>108555
Looking good.
>>108933
Not bad at all.

>>108938
Many Thanks.
>I am playing with the idea of trying to draw a pone a day and see how it goes; got to learn how to draw somehow.

Another day another pone
>cutiemarks are hard to design and think of.... so I failed at making one.

>>107407
This guy is damn right. You won't go anywhere with The Gimp.
You want free software? Install Krita.
You want a complete software to practice, progress, get your hands on what professionals use and have the chance to later be hired in graphics arts? Follow this guy.

Damn 4/mmlp/ might be shit of shit now, but hell, some people CAN sometimes deliver.

>>109591
Damn that looks good. What thread did that come from?

>>109595
Draw Thread. Also had those 2 beauties delivered from there. IMO best thread on /mlp/ at the moment.
Might order more ponified MEMRI TV.

>>109598
>MEMRI TV pony.
Actually kek'd at that one. It's fantastic.

>>109601
There is a solid potential for these memes.
Anon versions of these would be hillarious.
Last one can be "We can smell if someone is a barbie-fag".

I think this came out well.

>>109591
Wow. That is some old time Walt Disney quality animation.

>>109860
The background could've been stolen from 101 Dalmatians

Now in color. I noticed the perspective is a bit awkward, but if you ignore that, I think it came out well.

>>110095
Looks really good.

I decided to try again

>>111168
That one is adorable. Super cute.

>>111168
Leslie is a cute pony.

Why does sketches always look better than the "lineart"...
>proportions are off, but only 4th pony I've drawn

>>111463
Nice, keep at it. Might put my lazy ass to work finally and maybe try to draw Syriana...

>>111467
Thanks. All I can do is practice. Perhaps one day I will be decent at it.
>hoping I will learn to draw more than ponies in profile

>>111463
>Why does sketches always look better than the "lineart"…
I actually have an answer for this, sketches use multiple lines to project a rough estimation of shape and size, you unconsciously acknowledge this and pick out the lines that fit the best out of many. Line art however is a solid line and so you don't get to choose from several possible lines, so if it's off, it looks off.

>>111463
Needs more filly.

>>111766
Is there a special way I should think, or any tricks, when I try to convert a sketch to lineart? Or is it just an gradual process of refining the lineart until it looks good.

>>111768
>Now with filly!

>>111772
norfilly-chan is best filly.

>>111772
Do your line art on a separate layer so you can erase it easily without erasing your sketch. Don't be afraid to redraw the same line a few times until you've got it right. Keep referring to your reference, take breaks to allow yourself to get rid of the picture in your head, when you come back you might see things that are off that looked fine when you drew them

>>111766
Actually his problem is that his lineart ISN'T solid. He's using chicken scratch. Which just looks bad.
>>111463
You need to learn better line control. If you have to pick up your pencil/pen multiple times on a single line, you're probably doing something wrong.

Oh! hey!

I have redrawn someone's attempt to draw Rainbow Dash today, Anon!

>>111772
Watch
https://youtu.be/ZJLRY9IC-Mc
Some
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZnN308ylU
Inking
https://youtu.be/2IBMBhv5-os
Videos
https://youtu.be/83bNDd69i00
Converting your sketch to line art is called inking.
Most of the time you want your lines to be single strokes. Learn to control your hand so that you can actively control both pressure and the direction the line is going.
https://youtu.be/QSpLMzJNSJ4
Even the single stroke thing isn't absolute though. At the end of the day, the most important thing is being able to control your tool and make it produce the exact lines you want.

>>111801
Literally nothing wrong with sketch lines being short and feathered. They're just you trying to figure out the shape. Solid lines are for when you've decided where everything will be.

t. artist

>>111810
His line art is still the same though.
It's incredibly messy.

>Implying I'm not an artist
I'm not a 2D artist, but I have several family members who are

>>111812
I don't do 2D, so it's still messy.
But I think you'll agree the line is much more clean.

>>111794
>>111801
>>111810
>>111812
Thanks for input, and suggestions.
I can agree that my lineart isn't a one stroke line that it should be (in finished work). I want to blame the stylus and program, but I have to take most of the blame. The image in question also has a rougher outline than I would aim for, and is not cleaned up in any way. I thought that it was better to get some input on rough finish work than trying to perfect it first and still have proportions way off before asking. Also as time goes by (this being my 1 1/2 week mark) I will get better. I was thinking of going vector art to finish, but it is a little cop-out, and I think I would do myself a disservice if I did that.

>>111802
Looks really good
some would say ewww anthro, but I will not judge subject
>also your retro dot matrix printed "background image" is captivating

>>111869
In my personal opinion, art is 90% thought process, 10% being able to control your tools.
Getting your tools to match up with your thought process can be hard, but that comes with practice.
What doesn't come with practice though, is "art skills" those will only come if you continue to challenge the way you perceive things and continue to experiment with drawing styles and methods.
Above all else, remember that art is subjective and the only thing that matters is that your targeted base enjoys the final result.

>>111880
I am thinking of doing the "boring" but perhaps oh so necessary draw cubes, shade them, rinse repeat, and the like. And I might be starting at a wrong end, but if I have not improved in a years time I might have to go that route. Will perhaps do a little cube now and then while thinking anyway. It might be easier to go pencil and paper as it is true 1:1 tactile an mechanical connection between tool and canvas. But all is probably just practice no matter what you choose and getting to know the fickle nature of the tool you chose.

>>111817
I'd still criticise it, clean or not. MLP has a very distinct style of line art, and clean as your lines are, they taper a the ends, showing the strokes, which would be unsuitable for MLP art

>>111892
>>111888
>Draw on tablet
>Can't see where hand is in relation to lines
>Draw on paper
>Can't see the whole image because hand/wrist/arm is blocking
There are an unlimited number of pros and cons to each artistic tool.
Becoming a good artist is being able to pick up a new tool and being able to quickly master it.
Expand yourself beyond just pen/pencil/tablet
Take up painting, learn to use charcoal, etc.
As I said before, being able to manipulate your tool to do whatever you need it to is what's really important.
>>111892
You missed the point ENTIRELY and moved the goal posts from the other post.
I'm talking about continuous strokes, not weight.

>>111894
No you're missing the point. Your straight lines in which we can see your brushstrokes are on balance no better than scratchy sketch lines when in both cases the desired effect is 1 unbroken line in which thickness highlights curves.
Messy line art can be perfectly effective in certain situations, particularly conveying motion or disorder.
So to say smooth line art is inherently superior, then not achieve line art similar to the desired effect of the show's artist is self defeating.

During a stream of the movie the other night, someone made a "Free hot air balloon rides" joke. Then I drew this shit.
This is mainly a test for digital art. I sketched it by hand, then scanned it and drew over it. My main problem was colors (shades, eye gradient) and the hot air balloon is absolute shit.

>>111976
The eyes bother me more than anything else. Still saved.

>>111936
>I'm talking about X, not Y
>Continues to talk about Y
You've lost it.

Hey, anyone wants some critiques or redlines?

>>112037
If we're being honest I completely hate it, I just wanted to see if mouse drawing was something I could do

>>112054
Sure, feel free to critique any of mine. Here's three of mine.
>>110095
>>108220
>>107458
I know the one with Leslie and HHH has awkward perspective, but if you find any other ways I can make any of them (or my other drawings) better, feel free to critique.

>>112058
Don't hate on it, improve upon it. There are problems with it, but there some okay points to it as well. Keep trying. This faggot >>110095 isn't a great artist, but he is incrementally improving. Keep improving, and never be satisfied.

>>112070
>never be satisfied
Thats the easy part.
I have to admit though, I like it more than my first one >>107579

>>112064
I'd think I'd like to redline 1 and 2. If you can, can you show us a recent drawing. There needs to be work done on the proportions.

>>112075
Here's a shitpost drawing I meant to post earlier.

>>112078
Okay, so there's some consistency. The neck is shorter and thicker than it should be. The forelegs tend to be meaty and arm like, which is not like a horse's. Though not too bad. Sometimes they can be stubby. As for the face, the symmetry is good, but the eyes are too close or the face isn't evenly spread. It's kind of like a potato or oval. I might have to redline or draw you an example for you to get the idea with it. It's honestly okay. The ears are too small as well. You could make the snoot smaller.
The biggest thing to take from here is that your proportions need some work. He's a handy tip. Ponies are three heads tall (their own heads) and two and a half heads wide. Adjust that how you like. The bases are good study.

>>112085
Thanks dude

>>112086
You're welcome. I will make sure to redline your next drawing, that'll be the best time to gauge how much you might have learned from this exchange.

>another day another pony

>>112943
needs more swastikas and a black sun

>>112943
Damn, you're getting better at this.

>>113010
Will try to get them included in next one

>>113011
Many thanks

>>113261
I like your ponies nordbro.

Could someone please photoshop Applejack in this picture in the place of the man? I'm not sure what's a good AJ picture to use here, but she's a perfect pony to be included.

>>113639
Here you go

This is Sunrise Stardust, rate him.

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