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  2. [River] A Watery Predicament [Closed]

    in Greater Equestria

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    Granola ran to the fountain near the center of the town. She found water, but she was a little stumped on how she was going to get the water from the fountain to a parched Aqua. Granola pictured Aqua in her thoughts gasping for a breathe of water, panting, and dying. Her frantic eyes glanced by the local flower shoppe. "Aha!" Granola hurried into the shoppe and walked up to the closest plant specimen. With her hooves, she pulled the plant, roots, and soil out of the pot that it was in. The shoppe owner grew spontaneously disgruntled.

    "Hey what are you doing!?"

    "Don't worry, I'll explain later." Granola grabbed the dirty flower pot with her mouth and ran outside back towards the fountain. She dipped the pot into the water, filling it to the brim with fresh cool water. Granola galloped quickly back to where Aqua was, but not too fast as to spill the life-saving water due to jostling.

    It was then that she realized the apparent size of the pot she grabbed. It was particularly small. She could have grabbed a bigger one, but didn't. Oh, well, she thought to herself, this will just have to do. Granola pictured Aqua in her thoughts again, crinkling up and suffering. She could see her scaly skin dried up and peeling from her body. Granola hoped it wasn't too late.

    She ran up to Aqua with urgency and tipped the pot upside-down at her head. Instead of a flushing flow of water splashing Aqua in the face, a single drop of water fell from the brim of the pot onto Aqua's cute snout. Granola's eyes grew huge with shock. "What?! I filled it up!" Granola looked into the pot with one eye to find a drainage hole the pot had at the bottom--a typical style of flowerpots. Granola grew so disappointed and angry. So much so that she threw the pot down smashing it to pieces. She screwed up again.

    She was so focused on what to do next, that she wasn't hearing any of the opinions of others that were trying to educate her properly of the situation. Granola facehoofed her head over and over. "Come on, Granola, think, THINK!"

    Granola reopened her eyes with confidence. "I got it, don't you move around too much in the dry air, I'll be right back with more water." Granola galloped away again, this time in a different direction.

  3. What do you want in Canterlot.com?

    in Chit Chat

    Posted

    Members Gallery and/or FanFic repository.

    I like this idea on principle, but it have to be subdivided in some way so pony's art or stories are not lost in a seas of work on one very long thread.

    No no... a separate system, not just somewhere to post threads on the forum.

    More along the lines of... our own Deviant Art.

    I wasn't sure at first what the difference was between a FanFic repository and what we already have in the creativity forums, but that actually makes more sense. Having a portfolio of arts done by users with thumbnails and the such. It would make it much easier to navigate and find old arts that we have done or seen here in the past. Fan art moves quickly.

  7. a Request~

    in Request Area

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    I have been working on your request.

    However, forgive me, cuz I'm not an artist. I decided to mess around with some templates and screen shots and found that your description isn't too far off from Prince Blueblood. Here's what I have so far:

    http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/708/bluebloodtemp.png

    I wasn't sure how to do his eyes. What kind of mood do you suppose he's in? It would be more helpful if I knew what kind of background this character is supposed to have. It is a persona?

  8. Need a reference pic

    in Request Area

    Posted

    I've also seen Rainbow with her wings up and at one pose, you can see the feather lines, and then another (almost the same) pose you can't see them. You can see this all during the scene where Rainbow tries to talk Pinkie out of "Creepy Town".

  9. Jonagold's looking for flightless ponies to pal around with

    in Out of Character Discussion

    Posted

    As we have talked about, Arrow Plain is totally in on this group!

    She goes by Arpy by everypony except her foster parents. I don't necessarily know if she would pass as a tomboy, but she is a troublemaker and can be easily talked into doing adventures. Like Jona, Arpy reaches for the skies, quite literally. She believes her parents are pegasus ponies that live in the clouds and hopes to see them some day. He cutie mark represents her destiny to eventually fly (somehow) and explore the skies. She received her cutie mark when she was saved by a Wonderbolt.

    We need at least one more RPer to join this group, cuz best things come in threes!!

  10. Hit me!

    in Request Area

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    Im almost done taking my favorite screen shots of the show. When I'm done, they will serve a great desktop background purpose, but also a good reference for great pony faces and reactions of our favorite pony characters. I'll hit you an IM when it's done. I'll try to megaupload it, but I might also use Utorrent.

  13. Need a reference pic

    in Request Area

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    Well, we know that sometimes they derp and don't give wings on pegasi, even on proper perspectives. Face and body forward perspectives tend to leave them out, probably cuz it's easier on the animators. A folded wing would just give the illusion that they have a wider body frame, anyways, i think.

    heres two more interesting looks:

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    Wings out is obvious, but even when she is flying, the point where the wings would fold next to the body really isn't visible past the wide shoulders of the ponies.

  15. [River] A Watery Predicament [Closed]

    in Greater Equestria

    Posted

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    As Tempest left her well-introduced friend, Granola, who was still nearby, smiled in harmony with joyous moment of meeting somepony new. New in more ways than one.

    It suddenly dawned on her. Granola, noticing Aqua's fish-like features, suggested to herself in her mind that this hippocamp might need some water for survival purposes. "Oh My Gosh!! You need water don't you!!?" Without giving any time for a response from Aqua, Granola gave a quick panicky tip toe and ran away shouting, "Don't worry I'll be right back!"

  18. [Canterlot] One is the Loneliest Number[ENDED]

    in Greater Equestria

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    Granola stared. And stared some more.

    To the other ponies, all they could see was a brown earth pony making a fool of herself. Her ears were folded cowardly back and her eyes were severely dilated. She saw Luna look at her and say something. And behind her, she saw Tempest speak many words as well, with a gleeful look on the pegasus' face.

    Granola could hear nothing though. Her ear drums were shocked by fear flowing through her brain and her thoughts. She froze her entire body. All she could see or imagine is what they would do to her after Luna ordered the guards to arrest her for misconduct. She could picture herself in a dungeon where Luna banished her to: a dark and lonely place where only the bones of ancient prison ponies reside. Suddenly, Granola's desire to see the garden had quickly evolved into a plea for forgiveness.

    But instead, the silly pony would fumble her words once again. And after seeing the surrounding ponies stare at her and watching their lips stop moving for a response, she decided to gain just enough composure to attempt to speak casually. She picked herself up from the dusted ground and began to stutter, "S- sorry, Princess L-Luna. It's nice to meet you?" She didn't really intend to say it as a question. She just wasn't sure if Luna felt the same way. Granola decided to try to relate with Luna with her small talk, so she blurted out the first thing that came to her mind. "What's the moon like?"

    Sixteen one-thousandths of a second later, Granola Gracie cupped her front hooves over her mouth and began to cry. Why must her mouth always be the one thing that keeps her from making friends.

  21. Filling requests for avies, sigs, and now BANNERS!

    in Request Area

    Posted

    Here is a straight shot of it:

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    http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l585/riverhippo269/rarityspook1-1.gif

    Tried to loop a continuous shot of her using a reverse method, and this is what I ended up with:

    rarityspook2-1.gif

    http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l585/riverhippo269/rarityspook2-1.gif

    The tranfering of data fro a .png to a .gif distorts it slightly. In this case, white dots can be seen near rarity's horn. Looks like magic.

    If they are sped up too fast (for whatever reason) I can make it slower if you want.

  22. Miracle

    in Original Characters

    Posted

    [ Pony Related Character ]

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    Name: Miracle

    Sex: Female

    Age: Filly

    Species: Unicorn

    Pelt Color: Dark Gray

    Mane/Tail Color & Style: Lighter Gray with yellow tint, kind of silver-looking

    Eye Color: Yellow-orange

    Cutie Mark: Red upside-down horseshoe

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    Physique: Chubby, and short for her age

    Residence: Canterlot

    Occupation: Currently looking for a job. She has had work before, but hasn't been able to keep a job for more than a week before something bad happens.

    Motivation: Miracle sticks to things she knows. She is slow to learn not because she is less talented than other ponies, but because her unfortunate experiences give her fear of something bad happening every time she does something out her regular routine. She is often seen performing superstitious rituals like counting her steps and making hoof-motions before attempting risky tasks. Her main goal in life is to live like a regular pony without looking stupid. Her primary talent is detected when danger is coming or if something bad is going to happen. This 'sixth sense', however, is not nearly as accurate as she thinks.

    Likes: The same things over and over. She loves repetition, like square dancing and eating the same things for her meals. She is overweight because she loves food. She likes to take walks through Canterlot, but only at the same places at precisely the same time every day.

    Dislikes: New things. Special events, for fear of something bad happening. Storms and unusual weather.

    Character Summary: Miracle has lived in Canterlot her entire life. And although Canterlot is a city filled with sophistication and glamor, Miracle's parents lived a rather simple life and only worked for the things they needed. When Miracle's mother was pregnant with her, trouble seemed to shroud the happy couple. They lost work, experienced strange weather and droughts, and ran out of money. However, they were resilient and never even considered their pre-born foal was to blame.

    After she was born, her mother grew very sick, and needed serious medical attention. When her parents went to the local doctor to check on her mother, the lack of attention they gave their newborn pony caused her to wander off to a local violent river. The foal fell in and swept her downstream.

    Alarmed, the parents looked frantically everywhere for their little baby. Eventually, after getting the locals involved in a city-wide search, she was found resting on a river bank a couple miles downstream from where she fell in. She was unharmed. Her parents, who were emotionally drained by all of the stresses they had dealt with recently was erased by the sheer joy that their baby was alive and well. In fact, her mother's sickness left her starting that day. It was then her parents gave her the name they believed she best represented: Miracle.

    Miracle's first day of school was challenging for her. She had very few friends and everypony made fun of her for her strange behaviors. On one particular day, she was more jumpy than usual and warned everypony that lightning was going to hit them if they went outside during recess. Everypony laughed, because it was very sunny outside. When they came back inside, Miracle stayed standing as everypony took their seats. When asked, she said she was afraid her desk would collapse if she sat in it. Everypony laughed, and some snickered at her larger-than-average figure. Later, she would refuse to ring the school bell at the end of the day, for fear that it would fall and crash on her from above. Everypony laughed, as another pony volunteered to ring it. As all of the school fillys and colts ran out of the building, they chanted "scaredy-pony, scaredy-pony" at Miracle.

    That night, a horrific storm passed through most of Canterlot. The weather ponies made a scheduling error, having more ponies move clouds through the mountain range than normal. It scared Miracle to the bone.

    Eventually, the next day would come, and the weather ponies had already began fixing the mistake they made, removing struck tree branches and draining the water where it was still standing. The schoolhouse was in mint condition, fortunately, and nothing seemed to be wrong with it. When school started, everypony seemed to be late. The teacher apologized to the foals because the bell had been inoperable because the wind knocked it down the bell tower. A few foals noticed the coincidence.

    The teacher also apologized that recess would have to be cancelled because the tether ball pole had been struck down by lightning. Everypony began gasping and looking at Miracle freakishly. One of the ponies, a stuck-up filly who received her cutie mark before everyone else, argued that it was all a coincidence, and the fact that somepony could predict the future was just an old mare's tale. Just then, she sat down in her desk at it collapsed on her.

    Everypony was looking at Miracle, and she hated the attention. But they were not looking into her eyes, they were looking at her flank. She looked back to find a cutie mark had appeared: an upside-down horseshoe, representing her ability to detect danger and unfortunate events, while at the same time imply that they may be following her. The ponies who knew her story would take note of her reaction to things. However, when she fears something will happen, it's often turns out to be a false alarm.

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