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    Day 578: Centaur

    To be honest, this topic was why I picked up the Monster Manual challenge in the first place.

    Centaurs! Still plenty of work to be done here but no more time left today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thanqol View Post
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    To be honest, this topic was why I picked up the Monster Manual challenge in the first place.

    Centaurs! Still plenty of work to be done here but no more time left today.

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    And so all things return to pony. Kind of.

    Looks good, although the arms might be a hair large.
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    Quote Originally Posted by the_druid_droid View Post
    And so all things return to pony. Kind of.

    Looks good, although the arms might be a hair large.
    *Nod*

    Day 579: Ultra Fast Pony

    Slammed this out in 20 minutes to impress some kids. It's not all it could be. Probably going to do more stuff today.

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    ...but why does she look so mean~?!

    ...this person is once again impressed by Thanqol's abilities with sketches and paints.

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    ...but why does she look so mean~?!

    ...this person is once again impressed by Thanqol's abilities with sketches and paints.
    And now for something with actual effort put in!

    Day 580: Cleans Up Real Nice

    Stephanie Khoyshekh does not do formal willingly.

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    Day 580: Cleans Up Real Nice
    ...improvement. Much closer to Thanqol's best works. The shadows are placed very well. Some of them are a bit more...thick or dark than perhaps they should be. Not sure which at the moment. The lines are neat and smooth. The reflection of light in the eyes is always welcome to see. Good job there.

    The expression on the face... Well... Choice of style, I guess. Not all characters can be calm at all moments, I suppose.

    ...still kind of entranced by orange irises~...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Story Time View Post
    ...improvement. Much closer to Thanqol's best works. The shadows are placed very well. Some of them are a bit more...thick or dark than perhaps they should be. Not sure which at the moment. The lines are neat and smooth. The reflection of light in the eyes is always welcome to see. Good job there.

    The expression on the face... Well... Choice of style, I guess. Not all characters can be calm at all moments, I suppose.

    ...still kind of entranced by orange irises~...

    Glad it was a good one!

    Day 580a: RaMen

    Because I didn't have time to finish this really cool idea I had yet. Barely worth clicking on, just uploading this for my own psychological stability.

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    Day 581: Marchande's Mask

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    Say, Thanqol, my boy, is there a special reason none of their mouths are actually where a mouth should be? (Horizontal on the lower half of the face, yo.)

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    Sweet Child o' Mine? Well, that's not music I'd ever associated with Marchande - and now I can't help but wonder if there's some hidden symbolism there, or if you just sat down and said, "I'm listening to this tonight, and no one can stop me, ahahahahahahaha!"

    Since I haven't made an OOC post yet, let me just say that you made her youthful, and this surprised me right up until I realized you had her right, and the visage of the saluki was making me imagine her mask older than it has any right to be. It's an excellent adaptation artist who sees things that the original creators do not.

    Also, I spirited your burnt offering up to Olympus, greatly pleased by your piety. Only, in this case, the picture is the burnt offering, and Olympus is my picture folder.

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    Since you are in a pony-drawing mood, I believe that I will take you up on that offer of an avatar. I would really like to see a Rarity, Twilight, or Celestia avatar, in a style reflecting my inner Razocity. Razinity? Razanity? Maybe Noir Rarity, I dunno. Rarity is the best pony, Twilight is, like, my pony zodiac sign, and Celestia is the best princess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Domochevsky View Post
    Say, Thanqol, my boy, is there a special reason none of their mouths are actually where a mouth should be? (Horizontal on the lower half of the face, yo.)

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    I don't fully understand what you're saying here?

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    Sweet Child o' Mine? Well, that's not music I'd ever associated with Marchande - and now I can't help but wonder if there's some hidden symbolism there, or if you just sat down and said, "I'm listening to this tonight, and no one can stop me, ahahahahahahaha!"
    That's how I pick all my Learns to Draw music.

    Since I haven't made an OOC post yet, let me just say that you made her youthful, and this surprised me right up until I realized you had her right, and the visage of the saluki was making me imagine her mask older than it has any right to be. It's an excellent adaptation artist who sees things that the original creators do not.

    Also, I spirited your burnt offering up to Olympus, greatly pleased by your piety. Only, in this case, the picture is the burnt offering, and Olympus is my picture folder.
    Welcome!

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    Since you are in a pony-drawing mood, I believe that I will take you up on that offer of an avatar. I would really like to see a Rarity, Twilight, or Celestia avatar, in a style reflecting my inner Razocity. Razinity? Razanity? Maybe Noir Rarity, I dunno. Rarity is the best pony, Twilight is, like, my pony zodiac sign, and Celestia is the best princess.

    Is that too open-ended?
    Noir Rarity. I'll see what I can do.

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    I don't fully understand what you're saying here?
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    Lemme illustrate: Image

    Don't do the Penny Arcade thing where their mouths are constantly dislodged from their proper position and crammed into the top left of their faces, is what i'm saying. Keep your proportions proper.

    (I continue to follow your progress from the shadows, even if i don't post here often. ;P )
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    Quote Originally Posted by Domochevsky View Post
    Lemme illustrate: Image

    Don't do the Penny Arcade thing where their mouths are constantly dislodged from their proper position and crammed into the top left of their faces, is what i'm saying. Keep your proportions proper.

    (I continue to follow your progress from the shadows, even if i don't post here often. ;P )
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    That doesn't look right at all.

    I'll give you the suit collar/sizes, I strayed a bit far from my sketch there. But the mouth change puts it straight into the uncanny valley.

    The ear was deliberately meant to hidden; it was in the reference shot I used.

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    ...the original image is not a straight-on, level, shot. The face, but not the head, appears to be tilted which justifies the original position of the mouth. Associated to that are the discrepancies in eye ball sizes and shape. What's happening is that changing one, and not the other, makes the image look odd.

    Still, I also noted that the top line of the mouth in the original image seemed...hm...a little more flat than perhaps it should... A person's smile isn't parallel with its-self.

    ...but then again what do I know? It's better than some others I could name...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Story Time View Post
    ...the original image is not a straight-on, level, shot. The face, but not the head, appears to be tilted which justifies the original position of the mouth. Associated to that are the discrepancies in eye ball sizes and shape. What's happening is that changing one, and not the other, makes the image look odd.

    Still, I also noted that the top line of the mouth in the original image seemed...hm...a little more flat than perhaps it should... A person's smile isn't parallel with its-self.

    ...but then again what do I know? It's better than some others I could name...
    *Nod nod* I'll try to keep this in mind.

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    Instantly I knew it was my duty to create my own version of it.

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    Instantly I knew it was my duty to create my own version of it.
    I'm sorry... I can't resist...

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    That doesn't look right at all.

    I'll give you the suit collar/sizes, I strayed a bit far from my sketch there. But the mouth change puts it straight into the uncanny valley.

    The ear was deliberately meant to hidden; it was in the reference shot I used.
    You're right, that doesn't look right at all. You did it wrong by extending the lower lip too hard and not taking the head tilt into account. (Also, the ear is not fully hidden, given its location.)

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    Side note: Those eyes are of significantly different size... you only make the eye that's further away thinner, not generally smaller. It becoming shorter is a matter of distance, which is usually not that high on a face.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Domochevsky View Post
    You're right, that doesn't look right at all. You did it wrong by extending the lower lip too hard and not taking the head tilt into account. (Also, the ear is not fully hidden, given its location.)

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    That looks EVEN CREEPIER

    Side note: Those eyes are of significantly different size... you only make the eye that's further away thinner, not generally smaller. It becoming shorter is a matter of distance, which is usually not that high on a face.
    Oooooh.

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    Day 583: Celestira

    Experimental thing. Some fundamental design aspects were incorrect and tweaking got me nowhere so I'm shelving this today and will come back tomorrow.

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    I assume it's stained glass?

    A few points to keep in mind..
    Assuming the black lines represent the lead joins, the eye due to the physical properties of glass and how it's crafted make it physically impossible. It would have to be painted on.
    Secondly, large areas are best subdivided into smaller segments as large pieces are almost impossible to make without them shattering. I suggest using thinner lines to do that so as to preserve the image.
    And there was a third point that was supposed to go here... Something to do with colours and how hard it is to do different ones uses natural mineral pigments... But it does pay to mention that the craftsmen tried for vivid colours as that was what the people paying them favoured and it best showed their expertise.
    Finally, a background of either clear glass or blue would be a better choice.

    Of course, if it this isn't supposed to be stained glass and instead something else, then this is completely useless to you.
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    I assume it's stained glass?

    A few points to keep in mind..
    Assuming the black lines represent the lead joins, the eye due to the physical properties of glass and how it's crafted make it physically impossible. It would have to be painted on.
    Secondly, large areas are best subdivided into smaller segments as large pieces are almost impossible to make without them shattering. I suggest using thinner lines to do that so as to preserve the image.
    And there was a third point that was supposed to go here... Something to do with colours and how hard it is to do different ones uses natural mineral pigments... But it does pay to mention that the craftsmen tried for vivid colours as that was what the people paying them favoured and it best showed their expertise.
    Finally, a background of either clear glass or blue would be a better choice.

    Of course, if it this isn't supposed to be stained glass and instead something else, then this is completely useless to you.
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    But, no, seriously, I'm not really getting stained glass from that, necessarily.

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    But, no, seriously, I'm not really getting stained glass from that, necessarily.
    Yes. There is magic in their world. But that's discriminatory against Earth Pony and Pegasus craftsindividuals.

    Also, I know what you mean. But on the off-chance that is was stained glass, I decided to go all in and actually offer advice for once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elemental View Post
    I assume it's stained glass?

    A few points to keep in mind..
    Assuming the black lines represent the lead joins, the eye due to the physical properties of glass and how it's crafted make it physically impossible. It would have to be painted on.
    Secondly, large areas are best subdivided into smaller segments as large pieces are almost impossible to make without them shattering. I suggest using thinner lines to do that so as to preserve the image.
    And there was a third point that was supposed to go here... Something to do with colours and how hard it is to do different ones uses natural mineral pigments... But it does pay to mention that the craftsmen tried for vivid colours as that was what the people paying them favoured and it best showed their expertise.
    Finally, a background of either clear glass or blue would be a better choice.

    Of course, if it this isn't supposed to be stained glass and instead something else, then this is completely useless to you.
    I wasn't actually going for a stained glass piece, but this has made me want to do a stained glass piece! Thanks!

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    I wasn't actually going for a stained glass piece, but this has made me want to do a stained glass piece! Thanks!
    I am not sure if that is sarcastic thanks or sincere thanks.
    I shall assume it is the latter.

    You're welcome.
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    I wasn't actually going for a stained glass piece, but this has made me want to do a stained glass piece! Thanks!

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    I am not sure if that is sarcastic thanks or sincere thanks.
    I shall assume it is the latter.

    You're welcome.
    Sincere!

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    I thank you! It's wonderful and completely unexpected!

    You're awesome!
    I'm very glad you like it =D

    Day 585: Cracklebolt

    What, another ATG already?

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    Day 586: Ponesters

    Drew some ponies!

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    Day 587: Comic Challenge

    Holy sweet gravy, comic composition is way harder than I thought.

    SiuiS challenged me to make a comic. I'm shooting for Dresden Codak style interesting comic layouts, and they're really, really hard. However, I think that in terms of composition this one really works. I'm super glad I didn't do this in grid boxes as was my first instinct. I followed my tutorials and remembered all my framing rules and they paid off huge.

    Don't get too picky on the sketches, it's a first pass and composition focused. Based off a fight scene Stephanie recently had.

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