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 [Read more] 142 replies and 91 files omitted.
>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