My Little Pony IX: The Best Thread Ever

[Mystic Muse]

Why have you cast a de-aging spell on Siuis?

Because I can.

*Genderbends Raz_Fox*

I like the new OP picture.

*Genderbends Thanqol*

[Trixie]

Isn't that Spitfire in the background too?

Nope, it's male with plain red mane, who appeared in Ep 3. Spitfire has red/yellow, is female, and besides, she has the Shadowbolt body model, being a recolor of one (the leader)

[Kris Strife]

Nope, it's male with plain red mane, who appeared in Ep 3. Spitfire has red/yellow, is female, and besides, she has the Shadowbolt body model, being a recolor of one (the leader)

Do you mean The Ticketmaster or Applebuck Season?

[EsperDerek]

Because I can.

*Genderbends Raz_Fox*

I like the new OP picture.

*Genderbends Thanqol*

And this, folks, is the reason for the saying 'Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'.

[Gamerlord]

Remember kids: With great power comes great irresponsibility!
And great insanity.

[Mystic Muse]

And this, folks, is the reason for the saying 'Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'.

Hey, I'm not corrupted, I'm just having fun.

*Hugs EsperDerek*

*Hugs Trixie*

[PhoeKun]

Do you have a link to the source for that one? That needs to go in my D'awww folder.

I'm not quite sure why you need the source to save it, but here you go. This person has been doing some consistently amazing work for the Artist Training Grounds lo these past six days, but this one just blew everything else out of the water. I've gone back to look at it so many times I lost count, and every time it puts a goofy smile on my face and tears in my eyes. "Blehhhh alfalfa monster!"

This is why Trollestia and Iron Hoof will never be anything more than a background joke. Also, as long as we're on the subject of training grounds stuff... image dump!

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I need to figure out a theme that will cause nothing but Lyra pictures without outright making the theme "draw Lyra"...

[Trixie]

If someone would be kind enough to take the time to run through my eye tutorials and point out any weak spots, that'd be great. Even though Phoe gave me a bit of pre-exposure on the Training Grounds, I want to make sure they're high-quality stuff before putting them up on DA and sending them in to ED's collection of tutorials. Parts One, Two, and Three.

*looks at OP*

*notes how empty appropriate section is*

*sighs how unloved it is :P *

Do you mean The Ticketmaster or Applebuck Season?

Ticket Master, in RDash's dream. It was first and only appearance of Wonderbolts in the first 10 episodes (though, arguably, Spitfire appearing as Shadowbolt Leader was second, earlier one...).

*Hugs Trixie*

*hugs* ^^"

*considers testing genderbend spell on her, but eventually decides against it*

[Lix Lorn]

I... may need some reference material. I mean, on Shimmer, or whichever pony you want as the focus.

And it's time to go mythology trawling again! I mean, I kind of want to throw a Kappa in there, for no reason. But maybe not.

So, the sword of bondage, famed weapon of the bondage queen...
I'm sure you know who should be-I mean, MUST be the original wielder.

Oh, thank goodness for that. For a second there the skies were turning red and the lake I live near was starting to turn to blood. Unholy spirits were starting to emerge from rents that formed in the ground. Also, some voice claiming something about the final seal being broken.

I AM FREE ONCE MORE.

[Kyouhen]

I need to figure out a theme that will cause nothing but Lyra pictures without outright making the theme "draw Lyra"...

Draw ponies sitting? Of course the problem is as soon as you declare a theme that's going to result in nothing but Lyra everyone's going to go off and draw something else because they're so clever.

I have no idea how clipping layers work (hooray for being self-taught), but the only thing I can think of is to have a gradient on the iris.

I've been making them go from color to white (usually top to bottom), but I think it's supposed to be black to color to white (or at least darker and lighter shades towards the top and bottom).

Yeah, the actual ponies all have gradients on the iris and the changes to your tutorial are minimal. Though mine have only had two of the solid coloured strips in the iris instead of three. I swear some ponies look like they have three instead of two, but I'm happy with the two.

Also the gradients I use are just dark colour to light colour. I was basing it entirely off what I could find in screencaps, and haven't seen any outright black or white, so that's what I've been doing.

[TheAmishPirate]

I need to figure out a theme that will cause nothing but Lyra pictures without outright making the theme "draw Lyra"...

Draw a pony with a stringed instrument smaller than a double bass.

this may be the most cute, heartwarming and heartbreaking thing I have ever laid eyes on...

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If you'll excuse me, I need to go hug some puppies while bawling uncontrollably.

Which reminds me, I've only seen maybe one fanart of young Luna/Celestia where their parents explicitly weren't dead/missing. Maybe they just retired and are living a peaceful life in a quiet home out in the country? Ever think about that? I mean, it's well established that the two of them are either immortal or extremely long-lived, but I don't see why that means their parents are gone.

Sorry in advance for bringing up a less-friendship based discussion, but it's just been bugging me.

[Kris Strife]

Ticket Master, in RDash's dream. It was first and only appearance of Wonderbolts in the first 10 episodes (though, arguably, Spitfire appearing as Shadowbolt Leader was second, earlier one...).

I've only seen the pilot and Ticket Master so far.

[Trixie]

Draw ponies sitting? Of course the problem is as soon as you declare a theme that's going to result in nothing but Lyra everyone's going to go off and draw something else because they're so clever.

Pony playing harp? :P

Yeah, the actual ponies all have gradients on the iris and the changes to your tutorial are minimal. Though mine have only had two of the solid coloured strips in the iris instead of three. I swear some ponies look like they have three instead of two, but I'm happy with the two.

Actually, I think they all have two. Unless you're special, then you have zero

[Kyouhen]

I've only seen the pilot and Ticket Master so far.

See, this is a problem. Because that means you're spending precious seconds posting that instead of watching more pony.

[EsperDerek]

Hey, I'm not corrupted, I'm just having fun.

*Hugs EsperDerek*

*Hugs Trixie*

Hee hee, I'm just teasing. *hugs!*

I AM FREE ONCE MORE.

Oh god!

[Gamerlord]

I AM FREE ONCE MORE.

Darn it, someone get some holy water and a shovel.

[Mystic Muse]

I AM FREE ONCE MORE.

Oh god!

"Don't worry, I've got this!"

*pushes emergency Sunny Wonders button*

A pegasus filly foal who looks like a recolored Apple Bloom with a grey coat pops out of nowhere on top of Lix and starts hugging her with everything she's got.

"And once you're done there Sunny, I think Trixie could use a few hugs too."

"Yay!"

[Trixie]

*One more thing about eyelashes - male ponies don't have them, and we saw female ponies have artificial - meaning they also don't have them, and you can draw them in any way you want - in fact, I want to test a few alternative ways to draw them I liked. Stay tuned *

[HalfTangible]

Darn it, someone get some holy water and a shovel.

And some cake!

[Kris Strife]

See, this is a problem. Because that means you're spending precious seconds posting that instead of watching more pony.

Blame Hub. Want to watch the episodes in order and on my Hi-Def TV, so I have to wait for them to be aired.

And now for everyone else in the house to go to sleep.

[TheAmishPirate]

Darn it, someone get some holy water and a shovel.

Well, we're fresh out of holy water, but we do have some water that got hit in the last one of the many Orbital Friendship Beam duels. It's probably got some holiness in there somewhere? It's changing colors too fast for me to tell.

[Grif]

Darn it, someone get some holy water and a shovel.

You need garlic too? Maybe these silver bullets as well. Can't go wrong with silver bullets.

Eeyup.

[Gamerlord]

You need garlic too? Maybe these silver bullets as well. Can't go wrong with silver bullets.

Eeyup.

Grab a Chainsaw while your at it. That and the My First Arcane Secrets Book lying around.

[Lix Lorn]

"Don't worry, I've got this!"

*pushes emergency Sunny Wonders button*

A pegasus filly foal who looks like a recolored Apple Bloom with a grey coat pops out of nowhere on top of Lix and starts hugging her with everything she's got.

"And once you're done there Sunny, I think Trixie could use a few hugs too."

"Yay!"

And some cake!

BUH WHA... EH, CAKE AND HUGS! YAY!

[Grif]

Grab a Chainsaw while your at it. That and the My First Arcane Secrets Book lying around.

I called in an expert. She should be here any moment.

[Trixie]

*on a side note, people on reading sprees would be nice if they contributed all better fics/comics found to the OP :P *

Also, it would be nice if the thread helped me review that opening text to something less naive and more factually accurate, but one can only dream about that

[tonberrian]

Argh, there's already a Kingdom Hearts crossover on Equestria Daily! So much for having an original idea on the internet...

[Kris Strife]

Argh, there's already a Kingdom Hearts crossover on Equestria Daily! So much for having an original idea on the internet...

You can have my Megas XLR/MLP crossover idea. I lack the time/drive to use it properly.

[TheAmishPirate]

BUH WHA... EH, CAKE AND HUGS! YAY!

The ApocaLix has been postponed due to friendship and confectioneries. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Gamerlord]

I called in an expert. She should be here any moment.

Uh, you told her to attack JUST the eldritch abomination, right?
Translation: OH CELESTIA SHES ON MY FACE GETITOFFGETITOFFOWOWOWOWOWWOW.