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Some ponderings on OC design: a history of Tich Pony


Killian Jones

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I believe I've had a pony OC for over a year, and he's been through a lot. And I feel like there is a reason for this. There were some very important stages that helped shaped and some of the mistakes that were made. The big idea is that TichPony was actually a spinoff character. Since Tich is actually a human, this pony should reflect that character. Let us look.

 

1. Overall design

 

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Now there is nothing much wrong here, we see a female pony. Nice looking colours, they don't clash and they complement each other nicely. Not much to say here. However the character was pretty far removed from whom the pony was based off. Let's move on to redesign number one.

 

2. The Orange t-shirt with black sleeves.

 

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There was a time when Tich was always drawn with an orange t-shirt that nobody else bothered with or used. But Tich did. At this stage I had decided, perhaps it was a thing. And maybe it should be. So it become a permanent piece of clothing for this pony. But still keeping all the things from the previous iteration set.

 

3. Becoming more male

 

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One of the most regrettable mistakes was giving this pony too many female features. Most notably eyelashes. Biggest mistake ever really. This would doom my pony for gender confusing for ages. But now it was big more Braeburn-esque. Less eyelashes, still kind of girly, but less.More androgynous was ok. But closer to male than female.

 

4. Becoming more Tich.

 

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The last thing to bother me was the hair. The hair had got to go. Well the hair as it was. This hairstyle far better resembles the hair of Tich. Wavy at the back, the bangs to the side being like Tich. And now finally this pony is far more like Tich, than he ever was. Still quite girly, but a guy, with a long flowing mane.

 

Conclusions and the future

 

Since Tich pony is a lot better now than he's ever been. He can kind of stay, While for now I will be focusing on my human character more, developing his looks and feels. In order to give him some love, Tich pony will stay around. But more in the background, occasionally happening. in group pictures. However, there is some hope for the future, he is getting a similar treatment to Tich. Something I can show off right here. Meet Altich Pony, the alternate universe version of Tich pony. He has the same hairstyle as Altich the human.

 

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Thanks for reading, and have a nice day.

 

Credits

Teech - Pencils

Classy shirt - PeachPalette

Smeel smeel smeel - Laydee Kaze

Wet wet wet - Laydee Kaze

New Tich - Anarchie Mimi

Altich - Anarchie Mimi

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Wait... Tich pony is male?

 

...

 

Goddammit. Now I feel really stupid sad.png

 

It's okay to be gay for Tich, everyone is gay for Tich.

 

But yeah, that is a huge mistake I regret.

 

Consider this, do these look like girls?

 

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I thought not.

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Hah, this is pretty neat! I don't read blog posts that often, but THIS is a blog post that I think is worth reading. :)

Does it have any practical value to me? Erm, eh, I guess not...but that's not the point! :P I think this is a cool way to view the changes over time, almost like time lapse photography. I haven't seen anyone do that yet, and thus, I deem this blog post "cool". XD

I think I liked #4 the best, even though it's still a bit "girly". :3

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