Konsumo

This is a picture I did quite a while ago for a project in order to get a feel for the character design and personality and change things accordingly. The ponies name is Ink Heart.
I based this picture on a very rough sketch I was given back then.

You can only speak in a posh british way and voice

I totally forgot to share this.

Traditional inking of Princess Luna

I wish My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic dealt with very dark and mature themes like death and other problems that go on in people's lives. There's a lot of kid shows that dealt with very dark and mature themes like "Courage the Cowardly dog" for an example; the show dealt with domestic violence in the episode "The Mask". So if Courage the Cowardly Dog and other kid shows can deal with very dark and mature themes like that, then why can't My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic deal with very dark and mature themes like that?

 

I also wish My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic had way more darker villains that did much more more darker evil things (like murder) than the ones that the series had. I do like most of the villains in the series, but I wish there was a villain in the series that actually murder someone or do something very evil that can't be undone. Most of the evil stuff that the villains did in the series did were undone by the heroes.

 

And I also wish My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic had very complicated storylines in the series that are as complicated as the storylines from the "Kingdom Hearts" video games series. The storylines in the Kingdom Hearts series are very complicated, and that video game series is for kids; so why can't My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic have a very complicated storyline in it?

Well, you can't really compare a 20-minute TV-Show in its usual episodic format to a full blown videogame with a very complex storyline. Some modern TV-shows can manage this sort of thing because the episodes are twice as long (or more) and they are mostly intended to be watched online in bulks.

Shows for kids are even more restricted and MLP did a overarching plot going on in the background for each season. They simply have to work within their limits. You have to keep in mind that there are many TV-stations who only buy the show because of the 20-minute format and often they don't buy the broadcast rights for all seasons. Then the episodes are often aired in another episode-order than the original one. Even double-episodes are problematic and mostly only occur at the beginning or the end of a season.

Regarding mature themes:

- Hasbro wants to sell colorful toys to little kids.

- The tone of the show is bright and positive, arching from the soundtrack, the artstyle, the voice-acting, the themes, etc.

Take your example regarding "Courage the cowardly dog". The artstyle and tone is a lot darker and more gritty, darker themes are hinted at throughout the entire series and the target audience is a different one.

- if the show would aim to change towards much more darker and mature themes, everything would have to develop in that direction. Character design, background art, sound design, voice acting, the color palette used, etc.. In other words. MLP FiM would change so much that it wouldn't be MLP FiM anymore.

TLDR

A 20-minute bright and happy cartoon aimed at kids with the intention to promote toys for young boys and girls (mostly girls) simply has its limitations and boundaries. If they are overstepped too much, it's not that cartoon anymore.

Sorry.. you're mostly asking for an apple to taste more like a blueberry. If it does... it has become a blueberry and ceased to be an apple.

One of the card backs I did a while ago

Polished the artwork a bit recently

Ah well,

Feeling okay I guess.

I hope Christmas passes soon. I'm not really a Christmas-Person.

It may sound a little odd but I get a lot of pleasure out of intially destroying older books. Now hear me out... lay down the pitchforks.. ...I actually get these books from libraries who would just throw them out (because they have newer ones and lack capacity or if the books are doubles) and make little book-compartments out of them with my students. They love making their own secret safe out of the books.

Regarding the reading-aspect.. I only read real books, eBooks are just not for me.

Keep up the great work! I really like your style. The details are wonderful

Thank you! I love putting in details, it's my favorite part of the whole work process.

Next Up: A fearless unicorn explorer in the crystal caves beneath Canterlot

Your art must take some time with such outstanding level of detail, absolutely stunning I have to say. Keep up the stunning work.

Thank you! It normally takes about 15 to 25 hours... some pictures more... some less.

A new one I did recently.

Picture from the front cover:

Someone needs a hug

Zecora took me really long to make and I do like this zebra the most. I only use selfmade pictures for my avatar (not because I'm self-centered, I just think they represent me the most).

Actually, I sometimes switch between

Just a quick one... well quick... took me some hours but mainly because I don't know anything about animating stuff.

It takes a bit to load and you may have to click on the picture to get it to start.

I only have a phone available at the moment, so please understand that my reply is pretty short.

1. Try to push your boundaries, even if it seems uncomfortable. A failed attempt is better than no attempt and especially with creating art, you often have to try and try and try.

2. Comparing yourself to other artists is generally a good thing if handled correctly. Try to focus on a part of their work you admire, small aspects, and ask yourself whether you could take inspiration from that or create something similar.

3. The number of Upvotes, favourites, reblogs or whatever do not necessarily represent quality and shouldn't be a main goal.

A commission I was working on for a few months.

This... was a very very big one...

All traditional, done with 2 pigment markers. Duration: About 35 hours.

I recently (for the first time) mixed traditional inkings I did with digital coloring. I think it turned out really well. This Saddle Arabian is an OC actually - her name is Inaria El Iksier.

They would find a non combat position for me. I would file as a conscientious objector and I'd work on a farm, fix roads or something. Im not afraid of dying in the slightest, but I wont turn against all my principles and take the lives of others away because a bunch of politicians say I have to.

This.

I would gladly help any civilian cause but I would refuse going to war. Most likely scenario... I would leave the country if that option was open.

This one took quite a while to draw them but the picture was successfully auctioned for charity at Galacon 2016. So... mission accomplished . I think I'll continue using marble paper for my traditional works. It really fits my style.

The picture is actually drawn as two separates picture next to eachother (you can still see the line a little bit).

Separate pictures:

Dude... these are incredible! I very much like your art style, it has a very fantasy feel too it. Nice work man

Thank you kindly

My style is often not as quirky or explosive and mostly not very spontaneous. I tend to construct many of my pictures, make sure the perspective is right and work in a lot of Details. The upside is that my pictures can really be explored for little hints, secrets and fun details, the downside is that they can seem a little 'stiff'. I am working on that though.

The announcement that MLP in its entirety is now under a CC license would make me react.... well not this way..

..but I would be excited.

MLP is part of a rather new trend in animated shows. Its toys may be marketed towards a very young audience but the show itself is designed for a far greater audience. Good entertainment does not necessarily need a very narrow target audience.

The basic thought was to create a show for kids (not pre-school) and their parents as well. The culture changes as well. People today are more likely to watch a whole show if they like it rather than an occasional episode on the TV randomly when it’s on.

You can see this change very good if you look at a show like the Powerpuff Girls. The Powerpuff Girls is in many ways similar to MLP (marketed at both children and adults) but never had big arcs over the course of a whole season. Shows like MLP or Gravity Falls can do this because the behavior of its viewers changed in that direction.

I never owned a gaming console until recently but I played some kind of pre-console thing with pong at my cousins place back in my childhood. You hooked it up to the TV, the graphics were extremely basic and the controllers just weird.

When I was at home, I had fun on our C64.

Of course I talk to myself. Most of the time it’s more of a mumble. Especially when working on bigger artworks (30 hours upwards), I even critique my own picture constantly, write down my points and look at them at a later stage.

Next up, an artwork I did a while ago. I reworked some things and put in even more secrets no one will ever look at.

Arriving in Ponyville with the new Canterlot Express.

I don't post often and usually only read the posts made. Simply because I mostly don't have anything meaningful to contribute. I'll never be known here but I'm not here to make my voice heard in the first place. I enjoy browsing and occasionally contributing. The only place I post constantly is my art-thread and between two or three pictures, I'll get a reaction. So yeah, my posts don't matter at all but it would be wrong to get sad and/or upset about it.