StrawberryBlossom Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. ^^My only attempt at FiM thus far is my profile pic for Strawberry Blossom, whipped up in... I guess an hour?I'd like any style pointers y'all have to offer. For practice I will take limited... very limited... requests. (Limited because I am slow, easily distracted, and work two jobs. X3) To keep myself from getting overwhelmed, I would appreciate it if you guys limit it to one request at a time; once I post one request, I'll be ready to take the next.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianblackberry Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. ^^My only attempt at FiM thus far is my profile pic for Strawberry Blossom, whipped up in... I guess an hour?I'd like any style pointers y'all have to offer. For practice I will take limited... very limited... requests. (Limited because I am slow, easily distracted, and work two jobs. X3) To keep myself from getting overwhelmed, I would appreciate it if you guys limit it to one request at a time; once I post one request, I'll be ready to take the next.Thanks!Well what I used to get started when drawing ponies is this list of guides, which as since grown.Also thisthat Aquadrop found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 WIP for trying to put Seaponies in FiM... ish... style. This foal, Wave Chaser, was a character I was going to apply for until discovering Seaponies are not allowed. I really hope they appear in the show soon so I can play her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Boomer Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 XD Ohgawd. I'm so glad I'm not the only person that envisioned sea ponies scooching around on the ground like that.She's adorable. ^_^ I was expecting her to be pink. XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 I never even thought of pink! I was going for watery colors; I have a tendency toward cool colors in general, Strawberry Blossom was a bit of a fluke. XDThough now I wonder how she would look with a pale pink main mane instead of white. Might be an overload, but wouldn't hurt to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Boomer Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 XD I was only picturing pink because of This Gal. I guess there was also a baby later with the same name that was blue with purple hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowWisp Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hah, I love the one of her in the little tub as an "exchange student." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 XD I was only picturing pink because of This Gal. I guess there was also a baby later with the same name that was blue with purple hair.I forgot that was her name! I only had Sealight as a kid.Hah, I love the one of her in the little tub as an "exchange student."Thanks. XD I had a lot of fun mental images with this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Gave Wave Chaser some colors - lightened her green at a few people's suggestion.she is my lil Colgatehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Boomer Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 XD She is even more cute colored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Thank you. At the very least I think I did slightly better with the look of the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowWisp Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 You know what would make her super cute, some little scales placed like freckles. Just like, a couple on her cheeks. I just keep mentally seeing it and it makes me go "dawwww" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holypony20 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 She is so much cuter when she is colored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Rose Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I just squee at the 'inchy squinchy!' that she keeps saying. *^_^* And the exchange student one is adorable!Strawberry certainly looks *big*. Which is, of course, the point! One suggestion I would make is to remember that they have manes, not hair - so *usually* (there are exceptions) they have the mane-style only on one side of their head, and coming from the center of their head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 You know what would make her super cute, some little scales placed like freckles. Just like, a couple on her cheeks. I just keep mentally seeing it and it makes me go "dawwww"...that is genius. I will add those in a bit. You are a genius. XDShe is so much cuter when she is colored.Thanks. Color (almost) always makes it better!I just squee at the 'inchy squinchy!' that she keeps saying. *^_^* And the exchange student one is adorable!Strawberry certainly looks *big*. Which is, of course, the point! One suggestion I would make is to remember that they have manes, not hair - so *usually* (there are exceptions) they have the mane-style only on one side of their head, and coming from the center of their head.Thanks. X3 I'm glad people seem to enjoy her, and will have fun with her on the Crossover board if nothing else!As for Strawberry's hair, I keep arguing with myself on that. She has pigtails, so her hair would naturally pull forward on both sides; I'm just having a hard time pegging it (and the show tends to show pigtailed ponies in profile only). Gonna keep trying though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Rose Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 True, pigtailed ponies are one of the big exceptions with that, but the big way to help with that is probably the front of her hair - not the pigtails themselves. The front of her hair - her bangs - looks like it's coming from a horizontal line across her forehead, instead of a vertical line up the middle of her forehead, or 'thrown forward' from between the ears. I'd imagine that's probably the key to making it look more like a mane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Somehow I guess I overlooked this thread!That Sea Pony looks so cute! Great art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowWisp Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Let me show you a little sketch I did, I was tackling pigtales myself. I think they read more like pigtales when you make them stick out a bit from the pony's head. Especially from the front.Does that help? I thought a visual might give you and idea. Even on a horribly rough sketch like this. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 It did indeed! Though Strawberry's pigtails are a bit longer, I imitated slightly for some doodles.And now. Horribly rough roughs. I don't like working in pen because I am bad at it and can't erase and it is scary, and I love working in pen because I can't erase so it just forces me to go with it without getting nitpicky, you know? These were done at work on sad, wrinkly receipt paper, but I'm happy I got the ideas down.Rough for Rough'n'Ready: Got his basic look, just working on the 'still fit but getting thicker with age' thing. Also, it was surprisingly hard to draw a male muzzle thanks to habits learned for female.Rough for Raspberry Blossom: Again a basic look. Need to make her head bigger and perhaps her back shorter, but this is why Celestia gave us SAI.Aaaaaand working on Strawberry Blossom, specifically her forelock. |DOriginal concept was the forelock through forward: , like this handsome fellow here.Working on Bramble's suggestions for a more manelike look, I tried this - not quite right, but not terrible.Tried again with the simple solution of a central part. I don't like it, but am showing in the interest of full disclosure (and drawn more carefully it might look okay for another pony, but not Strawberry.)So I went back to the second one and replicated it with less... emphasis on the central tuft. Need to tweak the fall a little more, but it looks cute and is something I can easily cheat for best look in 3/4 or profile view. Might be on to something with this one!And thus ends a boring look at process. Thanks to Bramble and Willow Wisp for tips!(And thank you too, Tales. ^^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudalyn Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Oh Strawwwwberry! I remember you before talking to me about Seaponies...A day or so I found in Ponibooru, a female sea pony template someone made. It's in the MLP: FiM style, and it seems to have Rarity's eyes, but I thought it would help you out Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 What a cutie! I love the little backfin - I hadn't drawn Wave Chaser with one but I might need to now. |3Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 New one! I have... no idea what drove me to this. XDSnout is off, though... still working with the head shape, particularly for foals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 New one! I have... no idea what drove me to this. XDSnout is off, though... still working with the head shape, particularly for foals.*Cough*Reminds me of Astro Boy*Cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlossom Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 New one! I have... no idea what drove me to this. XDSnout is off, though... still working with the head shape, particularly for foals.*Cough*Reminds me of Astro Boy*Cough**gasp* Oh noes! What shall I do?! ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 New one! I have... no idea what drove me to this. XDSnout is off, though... still working with the head shape, particularly for foals.*Cough*Reminds me of Astro Boy*Cough**gasp* Oh noes! What shall I do?! ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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