Shrineheart

Luvmysub.png I was so hungry, and then my mom showed up with random subs. SoHappy. Scuse' me guys, I'll just be nomming this while you hug, and AB plushie attacks my head. Aha! I was the booth right next to this one. I remember seeing you guys take this photo!

I work on commission so...their money? Just kidding, I promise. Though selling art to bronies has been helping me pay the bills which I much appreciate! I just think that it's a really nice environment, moreso in person than online. Bronycon was wonderful, everyone was polite and nice and just really awesome! Tonight I talked to a brony and I was anxious because we have different political views in some ways but after like, a half hour and a game of cards we were laughing and joking around back and forth and talking about these things without raging. THAT kind of thing is just great. I mean being able to chat about things we disagree on without having a problem is wonderful.

Personally I have no issue with Cloppers so long as they're not shoving it on people? Like I've seen a shirt that had something along the lines of a rape allusion with MLP characters on tumblr and to me, that's not cool. But I mean if you ship and you like to draw it and write about it and stuff and you're not insisting everyone enjoy it then it's like, okay cool you do that bro. One thing about the fandom at large... Why so much grimdark and why so much "there was a WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR" type stuff? Like, both of those things aren't so bad at all times but it seems like I come across a lot of it. It just seems very overdone and sounds like repetitions of the same old thing. The two things I tend to have issues with are over zealous bronies that turn people off from the show and bronies that don't understand what is wrong with certain kinds of behaviors? Like, I come across "Nice Guy" bronies online at times that complain about friendzoning and such and I can't help but wonder how they behave around females. There's also a few that act like women are some mysterious other species or something. I just feel like a lot of folks in the fandom, given the young age (I'm anywhere from 5-10 years older than a lot of ones I've met) don't have enough experience to understand to reign themselves back a bit and that what they say/do can be problematic and can scare people off. Getting to go to Bronycon and meeting a lot of awesome bronies, seeing a lot of girls and kids there rekindled my faith in the fandom though, I have to say. It was a really good environment with a lot of really nice people.

Okay so, I love your points here! Physical mental disabilities etc is the BIGGEST thing for me. My fiance has a blind pegasus (he's an interpretation of a human character we have in another project) and he's not helpless, he might need an assist while flying but he's just your average pony. I also tend to dislike "They're just crazy/homocidal/etc". I have no problems if a pony oc has a mental issue be that mental disorder, disability, etc. But do your research on the topic if you're going to take it seriously. Personally the extreme introvert is kind of up in the air for me. I have a character who is like that but we found a way to work him into the roleplay and it wasn't an issue. It all comes down to how you play the character and how the character interacts. Death of parents is usually more of a problem for me when it's like "Oh yeah parents are dead" with NO explanation about it. Just they're dead because it's convenient. I've seen people who pull off characters being related to or knowing the mane cast really well but it tends to be rare. If I were going to do it personally it would be in a rather 3rd party sort of way? Someone buying a dress from Rarity, someone talking about the new Alicorn princess, etc. If I was going to choose someone to be related to one of the cast members it would be part of the Apple Family because good god there are so many it would be believable if they had someone from their extended family show up. Color palettes and designs usually do need work. One thing I try to take into account with ALL OC ponies is that most of them are first timer's attempts at making a character. It's their first time being creative. If people ask for feedback I hand it to them if not them I don't bother. I actually do commissions of various characters for folks and there's a lot that could use some work design wise but might have great backstory and vice versa. To add to the list of things that bug me about OCs? Overly. Complicated. Cutie Marks. Ohmygod. Personally, my OCs just sort of come about based on ideas I have about the world and personalities I enjoy. Topline, one of my OCs, does dressage which in our headcanon is a form of dancing (since dressage is an actual equestrian sport IRL) his cutie mark is two hoof marks and a top hat. Simmer Down is a food vendor and enjoys cooking. Her mark is a frying pan. Cutie marks don't need to be overly complicated to get the point across, even nebulous concepts can be portrayed well in the show style. People who are just making OCs tend to do everything to the extremes. They want the character to be cool and flashy and well known. But in doing so they often toss out what makes characters seem real, relateable and believable. For me, I'm much more inclined to love a character if that character seems to have a real personality to me. If a character is all flash and no substance I'm not really interested.

I was a vendor at Bronycon this year! And oh my god it was only my second con and it was fabulous. I literally spent the whole time chained to the vendor hall BUT highlights include: - Sold a lot of prints and passed out a lot of business cards, also spent a lot of money (between three people). Got to meet a lot of nice artists and collect some nice con swag. -Met the artist behind Ask Crayon. She's adorable, British, can do the voice of just about all girl ponies, and was cosplaying Doctor Whooves. It was her birthday so we gave her a free copy of my Filly in the Fireplace print. She teared up. -We bought a Rarity and Applejack plush from Walmart on day two. A little girl passed by our booth and her father asked if the Applejack was for sale. We had hunted -everywhere- for ours but after a bit of discussion Rattles grinned and said "I'll tell you what. $15 and you get her and two Applejack prints." The guy looked so happy. He ran off the ATM, came back and bought them and we got to see the happiest little girl in the whole con hugging her plushie as they left the booth. It was adorable. -There was a really nice Elusive cosplayer running around. Turns out he cosplayed as Elusive because he was a Diamond sponsor for the con so, since Rarity/Elusive's cutie mark is gems he thought it would be appropriate. I offered to send him free prints post con. -Ran into three guys at the closing ceremony that were really excited to meet artists from the vendors hall. They took pictures with us, they recorded us, we arranged to send them prints. -Had several people see our work and go "Why HAVEN'T I heard of you before?" -Met some awesome military bronies (about 2-3 groups of them!) might be helping them out by offering art services for their projects. -Met Kilt Man and talked to his girlfriend online who was trying to get people to take pictures of him at the con in exchange for sketches of ponies. Passed out the information to people secretly since we were down about two booths from the booth he was working at. He had no idea what the pictures were for it was great. -Had three fellas from Oklahoma, two ladies from New York, a dude and lady from Louisiana, and a fellow from Pennsylvania staying with us for the duration of the con. Eight people in addition to our three. So it was a packed house and it was nice to hang out with them! I also learned, never say fun. Never. Pinkie Pies will descend upon you in a herd.

Earth pony because I identify with Applejack. Earth ponies generally seem more grounded and such which suits me. I'm scared of heights and I just don't consider myself particularly magical. Though if sea ponies were around that would have been an alternate because I love the water.