Welcome back friends, ITT:
Is it a bunker or is it a new home? We make and share pony art, with absolutely no pressure to deliver anything that's technically good (besides having ponies in it, which makes it good by default)
Make something, share what you've done, and give feedback and motivation to help us all keep improving and creating!
This thread's focus is art, but beginner or low effort content of any kind is welcome here. If you do want to post about something else like music, gamedev, or crafts, though, just note that you may find better help and feedback posting it in the /create/ thread
Are you an experienced artist? Leave some tips, feedback, guides, or tutorials, they're well appreciated here!
Guides, tutorials and resources! Start here!
https://mares.horse/balehttps://ponepaste.org/8268Draw with other /bale/ anons!
https://magma.com/invite/DXPPI_ZG/bale/ videos:
https://pony.tube/c/bale_stuff/videos/create/ thread (for bigger art projects and all other types of content):>>42101941
Previous /bale/ thread:
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42102724/#42102724>no mlpolx
>no tegaki
it's so over bros...
>>96How much did people even use tegaki?
>>103I use tegaki every time I draw
which isn't very often Wanted to post in 4chan....then in nhnb.... So here's a bale thumbnail I've been working on. Is it good enough?
i havent been on bale for months
>>109>The bully is giving good advicewhats that make the cmc, ai sloppers?
>>105Ask Lotus, I'm sure it's not that hard
>>122good shit
We are in the hundreds, bro(nie)s.
Funny out of all the generals and threads from /mlp/, /bale/ will always come out first. Even on nhnb
>>93Nhnb is back online, will be keeping an eye out on this thread though as a backup just in case their servers shit themselves again
>>171I'm hesitant to revive rgre mostly because I don't know if any of the current writefags know about or will use nhnb or mlpol
drew badge art for someone who forgot to do theirs, hope it's not poor form to post on both /bale/ threads
Shilling the "Windy Whistles eating a really big hot dog" request draw here too in case nhnb dies again
>>236Ponies don't eat meat reeee
>>236Have a hayburger instead.
>>255Little do you know, I stole the colors from a carrot dog screencap. It could very well be a carrot mashed and molded into the shape of a hot dog, like some tofu abomination vegans call food and charge double the price for.
I got this idea from a friend. The face looks a little weird but I think the anatomy is better than some of my previous drawings.
What I wanna know is how I can make Linky "pop" more. I tried blurring and darkening the background a bit but she still kinda blends in. Is it because my lines are too thin?
>>283Potentially some shading could help? Not a ton, just enough to draw the audience's attention towards her face?
>>283Is that pony linkara? kek
>>283linky would be a member of channel awesome.
Also on the subject of 'pop', a good trick is to put your picture through a black and white filter and see the values. Part of the issue is that linky's values here are very similar to the background, so she kinda meshes with it. Like the other anon said, shading helps, and this can help with your values as well.
>>302forgot to attach the image
>>283>>303It's your values. The sky and her are basically the same so she blends into the background. You need better foreground/background value separation.
It’s nice to be posting on such a new board, but I do miss the old one
At least we're among friends
>>322>>303>>289If I made the sky more of a whitish color and her mane maybe a little darker gray, would that help?
>>291It's Linkyara
>>330Usually speaking bg/fg needs a separation of contrast. You can try lowering the contrast of the background, or bumping up the contrast of the foreground. But you have a roger-rabbit like thing with shading in the environment but none with the pony.
This one's name is Lood Loot. ^^
>>399By the hooves looks like G5.
>>420mb, that wasnt the intention. ^^
>>422Don't apologize, fetlocks are based
>>423sry, I wont apologize anymore ^^
>Mfw /Bale is here again
>Finaly found back the magma link
Finally some sunshine inside of that fucking dreadful storm
>>402 smol pon with huge thighs,
>>420G5 did like 2 things right: fetlocks and bigger wings that really look like wings.
>>612Why are you still censoring the draws? Isn't this a red board too?
>>826>Isn't this a red board too?This, theres no need to censor them
Well, guess we're here now.
Day 29
A quick Fluttershy.
For "day 30" I'll be doing something special so give me some time.
>>908Are you doing prompt challenges or just trying draw a day ?
>>913top right amre is a bit deformed. but when I was working on it I thought it proportioned correctly. funny how that works.
>>1007Just trying to do a drawing a day
Found you guys. Happy to see bale survive even when 4chan doesn't. Here is a comic I made recently that I was gonna post before mlp went down. Based on a story a friend told me
>>1038I'm glad mare is happy and safe now
>>1038based we also got a thread over here,
https://nhnb.org/fim/res/20116.html too if you are interested.
>>1038I saw that earlier. I figured you'd made something for /spg/, but if it's based on a real story it's extra heartwarming.
>Now we can share actual porn
Based?
>>10622 bale threads? Hopefully we can gather in one place if mlp is down for a long time. I like that this place allows NSFW, can post my lewd stuff here. Happy to go wherever though as long as I can keep seeing cute bale ponies.
>>1092Yes, basically the story was about their step dad who rescued a horse he found tied up in a landfill for who knows how long
>>1139that one was posted first and was initially more active but people seem to be steadily sliding in here. even still redundancy can be beneficial if anything happens to either site there will always be the other one. also im not sure if you are aware of the happenings but the entirety of 4chan is down and possibly for the foreseeable future. I'm probably going to be posting in both either way until 4chan comes back.
>t.scandi/lunanon >>1161Hiro did post on his personal twitter a few hours ago with a less cryptic "Later!" when asked. It's still about as useful an answer as the official 4chan twitter's post.
>>1062For those interested in Pen2Pone from /mlp/, there's a prompt in the nhnb thread
>>1176yeah I'm starting to have less and less hope that its going to be a fast thing and more and more starting to believe that it's gonna take a long ass time. I mean they haven't updated the software on the servers since moot left and the mods are undoubtedly shitting their pants because of the dox leaks. I think this is going to force their hand at massively updating the sites software and code, which is by no means a trivial task for such an out of date site.
>>1185How lazy are you that you can't copy paste?
In order to keep things from being too fast and too slow, how about two P2Ps a month, on or around the 1st and 15th?
Welcome to the Pen2Pone game, where a written description (the pen) is taken by (You) (the 2) and is crafted into a pony, (the pone).
You've got all thread to draw your own take, so don't feel rushed. You'll probably forget at some point.
Let your imagination gallop free and try to draw what (You) envision. Think outside the box everyone else is in, think outside the box you're in. Or maybe think inside the box you want to be in. You draw the version of the character you see in your head, nothing anyone else posts should tell you your interpretation is bad.
I have no clue what I'm doing so I cant say there are any real rules other than to have fun and be creative, so without further ado, lets go!
>The first line wiggles, the next line grooves>This mare makes a dance with the moves of her hooves>So gather around, prepare for a show>This weekend only, then she's back on the go Hehe, this one sucked. ^^
But sometimes they be like htat
I made this 2 months ago and then broke my "draw every day" streak of 70 days. I spent too much time for something so shitty, I kinda lost motivation. But, I'll try to hop on that horse again and keep grinding my skill at art.
refugee here here's some poners
>>1286What the fuck maud
>>1311poners on /poners/ all is well
makin a new oc named Jet Steel, fixin to make him a heel
last image is a comic page brainstorm sketch session
>>1196oooo new P2P prompt, nice
page 2 progression, just finished the final sketches today
>>1038Did you make this for the refugees?
Random doodles when i was in the mood
If I can draw terrible stuff, so can u Anon. ^^
>>3998What I meant is less, don't feel scared it needs to be good since it's a beginner's thread but you also don't
need to draw anything if you don't feel like it. It if its fun.^^
>>3998Dunno, i dig your ms paint stuff and sorta find it cozy
>>4016Thanks, but it's not my personally fav(i draw her from memory and even for me she is look wonky at the end. I prefer that pinkie/applejack one more). Maybe i'll try some later
>>4035Thanks so much. <3
I wish I could implement your level of sketching, perspective, and contours/3D aspect into my drawings. It's impressive.^^
drew Iceland today, she's very proud of her big fat cod. obligatory penis joke here.
>>4439Really? You drew that? That's so good. I love it. Though I feel for the fish. Being eaten by a bear, powerful & meant-to-be, but being eaten by cute mare? Nah.
>>4452Cute. She looks skeptical. Did I do something wrong?
>>4457Jet Steel. ^^
Mare boop (gone wrong) (paranoia)
>>1196was making some random ocs, decided to do the pen2pone while I was at it. She's the one in the bottom left
>>4439Amazing job bro that one turned out sooo good
>>4452nice twi bro
>>4541thanks and hell yeah I did, been drawing a little over two years now if you want to see my progress my tags are artist:scandianon on your preferred booru. fun fact cod fish don't swim upstream another fun fact iceland is the 2nd largest exporter of fish in Europe and 18th on the global market. fair enough on the feels part though.
>>4622hell yeah brother thanks, been having fun recently with low opacity colored lines lately. decided to fuck around with redlines and it works so well with my shading that i think im gonna keep doing that.
my wine mare, testing some paler coloring on her, now with a hint of pussy
>>4460thanks
>>4541she ain't in ponyville anymore
>>4622thanks
>>4541jet steel knows what he did. well, not about the hat, but about everything else
Visited a local art market to buy some pony merch. And I made my very first attempts to paint traditionally using gouache. Pinkie was sold for 3 dollars.
>>93>Been aimlessly wandering the net for weeks without /mlp>ya'll been here since the site went downFuck man I've missed so much of bale. Feels good to see the thread again.
>>4592I love filly!^^
>>4622I have a story in the works, knowing me it will never see the daylight, about how nightmares being a thing (that I have built bunch or lore around so it's a huge tangent) but they rule the baps underneath Canterlot, or used to. So I too like them bat ponies.
Sick drawing. Could be in the show, except for the last one.^^
>>5157Ahh, I see the outlines of a chair. Neat. I like her and her cutie mark. Good one.^^
>>5309Did you pain that? I could see myself buying it, or well, I wouldn't because if I were to start down that road of buying paintings that I liked then my walls would be completely cluttered up.
>>5325Watchya doin' there, Aryanne? ^^
She has a friendly smile. <3
>>5385Welcome.^^
>>4706How did you develop your drawing skill? This question extends to any drawfag in the thread who wish to add their perspective btw, like I have skills I developed in the past that I no longer remember how I did it. Specifically, I wonder if you're process was mostly for fun or if you engaged in more "study" of drawing to get where you are now. Maybe a bit of both? Maybe this is a false dilemma kinda of question too, I'm certain but what I mean is that doodling can be fun, and something like outlining perspectives and drawing from them can be hard="boring". But maybe you found the harder parts fun too?
>>5399>my walls would be completely cluttered upThese are 3x3 inch canvases. You could stack it on a shelf.
Celly Imposed tariffs on the drawthread.
>>4439Beautiful Island mare Scandi! Nice fish also.
>>4622Cutie mares, gotta get on that second pen2pone too.
>>5157Blessed Wine mare!
>>5309Would 100% buy em both for atleast 10 dollars each anon
>>5443>NyxThanks for reminding me, cunt.
>>5443>Would 100% buy em both for atleast 10 dollars each anonI wouldn't. 3 dollars is really fair I think. But what is not fair, the left was stolen, kinda. Anyone could take whatever they want from the table and someone took it when I was away getting fresh water. I wanted to keep it for myself.
>>5445No problem anon <3
>>5475Damn that sucks, really liked that one too. What a dickhead that stole it. I'd would still pay you more than 3 dollares though.
>>5475So what you're saying is "Thieving niggers,"?
Am sorry you got ganked tho
>>5399when I first started drawing I had near boundless motivation and inspiration to draw so I dove in balls deep with a mix of studying and winging the total fuck out of it. My initial style was very show based because I studied the absolute fucking goddamn shit out of show screencaps by breaking them down into their most fundamental shapes, ie circles, then went from their studying the shapes, profiles, and faces from the show. I had fun with it though because I take a lot of joy from drawing ponies, drawing backgrounds is my main weakness I don't enjoy it nearly as much. don't shy away from studying by the way it can be fun you just gotta find the right guidance and artists to study. it needn't be a slog fest, if it is try being more loose with your references and applying basic construction to your piece and go from there, feel it out try it, fail, and learn from your mistakes and don't be scare of legitimate criticism. in my first year alone I drew 238 images, in the subsequent year I drew 269 images, drawing that much alone will make you improve substantially. I also switched styles about three times before coming to where I fall now. by the way I have aphantasia.
TL:DR draw nigga draw! just look at the show and copy that till you understand it then make adjustments and changes from there taking inspiration from artist's you like.
>>5443how dare she put a 500% tariff on me the fucking cunt. thanks brother brother \oco/ iceland a cute
>>5399Maybe not a great story, but I just got gud at it. I don't draw that often, it was never fun to draw, nor I studied it hard. It takes time, but I get the results I want.
>>5417Don't know if someone is gonna care but wanted to tell that this took me like almost nine hours to be done and I feel like I'm fucking slow to get an average or mid result. Wanted to ask other more experienced drawfrens how long would take to make something like this. Also I developed a way to work that is making a rough version of the idea, resize when is necessary, create a new layer with more refined details, repeat two times and it's done. Do you think is a shitty way to create something or is somehow normal and with time it's gonna get easier and quicker?
>>6090Braided anonfilly my beloved
some rough sketches that i did in this mounth ( i will never finish them or something else lol)
>>93Anyone have any good guides on teats? I don't get how crotch tits work...
>>4457landing on this hair color, seems to fit better
>>6170>I don't get how crotch tits work...Careful, you might trigger the crotchboob autist
>>6090super cute bro
>>6662I like this one good stuff
>>6722this may be a red board but spoiler that shit
How to improve mare? Tail looks bad and I'm not sure about body length and neck. Left legs are missing somewhat intentionally.
ive been practicing vector art to make stickers to give away at mare fair, i also did a couple others like an aryanne and a celestia
>>7070while i am retarded, i figured itd be good to share my aryanne sticker design on the site, and since i was here id do the stickers i received today as well. but yeah, im gonna get back on that break
I do quick sketches on break at work, or when I go in before my shift starts. I do most of these in 10 minutes or less, and from memory, so they're not entirely on model. The first one here has forelegs which are too long for example lmao. But, when i really like one, I'll clean it up and finish it digitally. I've animated 2 of these, and posted them in the drawfriend thread lol
>>7084thank you anon, very kind! I have a few more
Don't mind my silly little chudjak-ish OC (her name is Bitter Bale lmao)
Mares love hayburgers. Slowly but surely chipping away at this request, having fun though.
>>6662Only for mares, cute glimmy running.
>>6722Bro made peak yet again
>>6858Mare doing forenics being cute all the while
>>7001I'd put the tail more upwards on the butt, for the proportions I suggest looking at some references and break em down. Mares are usually two heads long when standing but that can change depending on style and the size of the pone.
>>7061Nice stickers and a noble cause for making em
>>7077>>7105Man I love these sketches anon, especially great flutters. Also saw your animations and thought they were really well made!
>>7183thank you! Shy gets my best sketches because she's my favorite pony tbh lmao.
Some old stuff I don't know if I've ever posted anywhere else lol.
Colored in one of drawings I did from my drawing challenge.
>4chan captcha says "See you soon!" instead of loading
DAMNIT
Don't think this one came out great, but still kinda cute lol idk. I may or may not fix this one up digitally sometime later, not sure.
>>7837Flawless r63? Didn't expect that
rough attempt at using blender's grease pencil tool to draw a cute fluttershy
>>8384greenish eye was purposefully done?
>>8384i have drawn your drawing
>>8495I think I like the way you did her front legs more than the way I did them lol. Nice job anon! Also the way she tilts her head toward the viewer, slightly less shy but much more cute and inviting. Very good redraw
>>8431if You meant the sclera not being white, yeah, I was gonna get a bit more wild with the colors and the shading but then I got very sleepy so I called it there lol. If you mean the iris, I just grabbed some color between green and blue to very roughly match the proper teal. this was drawn from memory lol
>>8528
I can't deny this post cuz sweetie belle
<3
extremely rough little work doodle
>>8517This put a smile on my face. ^^
attempting to draw in the physical realm
>>8901There's no attempt. You drew, and well at that.
>>8890The lyrant meme has spread to other ponies, soon we're going to have a colony
>>8907bon went from lyranteater to honeypot lyrant convert....
>>8903>There is no try, only doVery true, thanks. Have another sporkle
>>8901>>8933Fatlight taking up the whole page!