100 Followers! Thank y‘all so much! Today also marks the Discount Pony Emporium’s one year tumblrversary, so this is a double milestone. So, double thanks for all of y’all’s love and support this past year. Now, we party!
On a side note, this is the first animation I’ve ever done. I’m quite proud of all two frames. Professional grade work, if I do say so myself.
So I hear that it’s Sunset Shimmer Day. I am utterly crap at drawing humans, and yet here she is. Not bad for a first try, only took me a couple of hours.
ATG Day 30: Congratulations, cadets! Welcome to the Wonderbolt Reserves!
Wait a sec, one of those pegasi looks suspicious…
And with this, Equestria Daily’s Newbie Artist Training Grounds VI draws to a close. I’m glad I got to participate this year. The entire experience was fun; I got a ton of art done, became familiar with quite a few other fledgling artists like myself, and even encouraged a number of friends to participate, even if they could only do a few.
I set a personal goal to do every single prompt, excluding makeup days (burnout is real, gotta take a break now and then), and to never repeat characters. 30 unique prompts, 30+ unique ponies (and Spike). I’m happy I was able to stick with it, I count it as a personal victory towards my growth as an artist.
I’m hoping this entire affair granted me a bit more exposure. I noticed I picked up a fair number of new followers over the past month, so thanks to all of y’all. Glad you liked what you saw enough to click that follow button. :3 Here’s to another year of pony endeavors! (Tell your friends!)
Cutie marks were borrowed from this: http://fav.me/d6yuhnx. Click through to see the vector artists involved, credit given where it’s due. I normally draw all my own, but my hand was starting to cramp.
So guys, I have a problem - and I’m sure many of you do too. Many of my favorite pony Tumblrs havestoppedupdating - and it seems like it’s getting harder and harder for new pony Tumblrs to get followers. Let’s fix this! Please reblog this post with your favorite MLP Tumblrs that still update on a regular basis. I’ll start us off!
I’ll look through all the reblogs on this post and if I like what I see, I’ll follow the blog and reblog a post by that tumblr to this account, showing off their work to over 11,000 bronies who follow this account.
Don’t be shy about promoting your own work or the work of your friends with this - I wanna see your awesome creativity! Also, if a link is nsfw please make sure to mark it as such. Thanks guys!
Transcribing for cello isn’t exactly easy, especially when it’s from Vinyl’s chicken scratch hoofwriting. But the performance is tomorrow, and the audience doesn’t want to hear excuses. Hang in there, Octavia.
I finally got a copy of Clip Studio Paint Pro. Two of my favorite artists @ncmares and @marble-pie were pretty big proponents, and it was on sale, so I couldn’t pass it up. (Thanks again for commissioning me, @shipping-is-magic. You’re awesome.) EQD’s Newbie Artist Training Grounds is almost over, after which I’d like to dive into learning all the ins and outs of the new software. I’ve got a lot of stuff to work on, and assuming I finally hear back from some potential employers, I want to do all I can before I lose the free time I currently have.
Also, thanks Calpain! I appreciate any exposure I get over in my little corner of the internet, and being on the front page of Equestria Daily is a huge honor, even if it doesn’t seem like much to some. The Discount Pony Emporium’s 1st birthday is coming up on 8/23 (the anniversary of my first post), and we’re SO CLOSE to 100 followers. How awesome would it be to hit the century mark by then? SO awesome, that’s how awesome. (I probably would have hit it sooner, but I’ve blocked a fair amount of porn bots. I try to keep it honest.) So spread the word, tell your friends, let’s make it happen!
Special thanks to my BT family (WAY too many to list), my actual family, and @notenoughapples for all being so supportive. Oh yeah, and every single one of y’all that follow me, like, and reblog my art, of course. You obviously all have excellent taste and smell pleasant. My people are the best. <3
This is starting to sound like an Oscars speech, so I’ll stop now. I’ve got another daily prompt to work on, after all.