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Thanks! I will admit, I was very frightened of vectors at first, and I will further admit that I still don't know how to "properly" vector. These are not actually "vectors" in the literal sense, since they were made in Photoshop with the pen tool. They can't be sized up like true vectors can, but for my uses I don't need them to do that. You might try doing it that way if you're a Photoshop user. This method is one I've used for ages, but I used this tutorial to get a better grasp on using it for ponies. It can get a bit tedious at times (especially hooves!) but it's also a lot of fun to do.

I'm glad! I was holding off on redesigning her mane as I was hoping that colour would resolve the Trixie similarity. I'll mess with the eyebrows a bit. Hindlegs I might leave as is, only because with the way I make these vectors, something like that'd be difficult to adjust. The spike of hair I'll admit was kind of an afterthought, I added it to make her mane even more unique from Trixie's. I might modify it or cut it off if it starts to bug me. The eyes were traced directly from Rarity's eyes, but the stray eyelash isn't essential so I probably will nix it (plus adds uniqueness). Yup, starved for colour is the idea with her, she's meant to be as drab and grey a pony as they come, like an old photo come to life. Her whole body (minus the head, which is Rarity's) was traced from a screen of Twilight (as the sketch proved unsuitable for vectoring). The legs I'll see what I can do but they suffer from the limitations I mentioned above. The armband and eyebrows I can mess with. The eyes here were modified from the Rarity face I used as a base but their sizes are like that in the original (it's hard to tell but her head is bit tilted) but I'll see what I can do on those. The neck is actually what I most wanted to hear about. The Twilight pic I used had the neck that thick, and once I saw the finished pic it did look off to me (and her mane exacerbates it), but I opted to leave it as is and change it later. That I should be able to fix relatively painlessly, so I'll be messing with it a bit and get it thinned out.

Thanks! Sadly, as much as I'd like to take requests (good for practise), I'm afraid I can't, at least for the moment, as I'd have no time to fill them all. Agreed on the eye lines, they were bugging me a bit too and you gave me the push I needed to fix it. They're a bit thicker now (matched to Rainbow Dash's eyelines), though granted the helmet covers most of it (I really should do a no-helmet version of her... hmm..). As for the leg, I see what you mean. I filled in an originally empty part under her leg by her chest, which hopefully makes the leg look a bit more 'complete', let me know what you reckon. Thanks for that! I was worried his overall lines might not be so show-like given his different design. Good call on the hoof/boot, I went back and rounded/thickened it up and I like it much better, makes him look bulkier which I want for him. Interesting thing about the ear, after reading your post I went to see how I could best fix it, so I looked up generic "base" vectors for stallions to see how the ear should go with no mane, and pretty much NOBODY bothers to draw the ear that's (normally) hidden by the mane. So I had to do a bit of guesswork on where to best reposition it. I think it looks about right now, but do let me know if it could be better. I've updated the first post with the new versions for Fallout and Short Fuse. Cheers for the constructive crits, mate! NEW POST: And the next in line to get vectored up is Baton Bleu. She was probably the most labour-intensive one so far, mostly because of the hat, and the fact I kept modifying her design whilst vectoring her. Her manestyle is different than her original sketch. Like with Short Fuse, I wanted to trade sketch-accuracy for show accuracy, and so Rarity provided her modelling services for BB's head and face (which I was pleased to see were already surprisingly close to the sketch), as well as her right front leg (simply because I preferred that pose to the original one). She wasn't easy, but I'm very happy with the way she came out. Aaaagh, I hate double posting... x___x I swear the next one is always more labour-intensive than the one before. Anyway I did a vector for Nurse Ironcross now. Also my first go at doing the unicorn "magicky" effect around the horn. I was going to vector up her syringe (the reason for the magic effect), but I was feeling really tired/lazy after vectoring her and decided not to. Might do one up later. As always, commentary is appreciated and welcomed.

Well, the Japanese is... forgiven. The drawing itself, however, is fantastic. I love the style you used on this and their expressions are adorable~ Also love the effect on the necklace/collar things. I do love shiny things. Keep up the good work!

I twist the two halves apart, making sure all the cream stays on one cookie, then I eat the non-cream half, followed by the cream half. If milk is available, there will be dunking.

98% of the radio stations round my area are complete rubbish (to me). A huge portion of them are Christian stations, and no offence meant to the religious among us, but it's not my personal cup of tea. Another massive portion consists of Latino/Hispanic music which I really don't particularly care for. The remaining tiny percentage plays mostly popular music, but nothing I really care to listen to. There's a few smooth jazz stations I might hit up if I'm desperate but I tend to be very picky with jazz. There are only a few relative oases in this useless radio catalogue. One is the classical music station, which is publicly-funded and has no ads. The other is a classic rock station with a pretty OK selection. The last is my most frequented station, an alternative rock station that's run by a local university. The only ads are occasional government PSA's, and they have some pretty decent alternative and punk songs circulating. Only problems are that sometimes they postpone the music to air town-hall meetings and such, and the selection can be pretty hit-and-miss sometimes as well. But the biggest problem is their DISMAL reception, and the station is often very staticky and often gets intercut with a (you guessed it) religious station. But it's the best of the slim pickings when I want rock, so I stick to that one most. To answer the question: Most of the radio - 1 out of 10 Classic rock station - 6 out of 10 Classical music station - 9 out of 10 Alternative station - 6-8 out of 10 (depending on reception that day)

Been meaning to make a thread like this so I stop cluttering up the forum with so many threads whenever I make something new. I could've used my original thread, but I wanted to start clean. So basically, in here I will put all my pony drawings, vectors, OC's, and everything else pony-related I make. I will be updating it any time I make something new, so some double-posting is to be expected (I hope that's OK in this case!) I'll start by posting the latest thing I made, which is a vector in my ongoing trek to vector all my OC's. This time Short Fuse gets the treatment. She's probably the OC vector I'm happiest with so far. I wanted to make her more show-accurate so I borrowed Twilight's snout and Dashie's wing rather than vectoring them off my original sketch. Everything else is off the old sketch. And for completion's sake, I'm also reposting the vectors for Wind Shear and Fallout: More to follow~ EDIT: Newer version of these vectors uploaded.

I wouldn't change my username, because I find it makes things confusing, and as I'm still fairly new here, I'm sure most people whould have no idea who I was if I changed it. Plus this username is a modification of the username that's stuck with me for many years now. As for avatars, I change those more often than some people change their socks. I'm usually making avatars/signatures if I'm bored and so I tend to have a list of new ones to use. It's actually kind of strange for me that I've kept this one for so long. I've been wanting to change it but don't have the heart to, mostly because I've gotten a lot of compliments on it, and I mean come on, it's TACO BELLE!

I've only stood up to a bully once, but it hardly counts as we were in primary school and kids push each other constantly there. After that, my own weakness caught up to me and I couldn't keep up in the arms race. I am not at all physically fit, and I am most certainly not what one would ever consider as imposing or threatening in any way. Basically, I am like that one weak-looking antelope that all the lions go for. Easy prey. So naturally I was bullied constantly. I had no choice but to take it, as most of these kids were older, bigger, or otherwise far more physically superior to me (hell, some of the younger kids were actually stronger than me). It was a choice between taking some verbal abuse, or taking a beating, so I opted for the former and just gritted my teeth and took the abuse until they went away. The few times I was pushed far enough to try violence ended badly for me, so eventually I learned fighting back just wasn't an option, and verbal retaliation would also just get me a black eye or worse, so I just withdrew, pushed the anger down, and waited until they got bored and left. Sometimes easier said than done. To this day I am still not out of the woods. I am every bit the harmless-looking weakling I always was, so even though the bullies are largely a thing of the past, I still have to watch my back and make sure I never, EVER get into a physical confrontation or any other situation where I might have to defend myself. Subsequently that means being a very big doormat. Eh, you get used to it... (kinda) What I do now is try my best to get on (and stay on) everyone's good side early on if I know I'm going to be interacting with them constantly; or in the case of random strangers, just stay out of sight and out of the way.

So now that I've vectored one of my OC's, it's time to vector another one. Next in the series is Fallout. He was actually more difficult than I'd anticipated given his relatively simple design, but much easier and faster than Wind Shear was. There may be a some things I can improve upon, but I'm pretty much happy with how he came out. And now you know what colour he is.