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It should be in a FAQ for when people first join. That would be very handy. But a reason? Because it's extremely convenient to see without it ever being in the way. And it looks really nice. Did you see the pic up above from Jokuc? That's just perfect! It's exactly what could be done without really needing to do much. It's just a circle that would be activated from neutral grey to green depending on the status of who's online/offline.

DEAR GOD YES! YES! THAT'S PERFECT! WHY ISN'T THAT IN ALREADY?!?!?! Okay, now that I am done spazzing out... That would be PERFECT to see the online status of people. I'm not gonna lie, I thought I was being an inattentive idiot when I saw your post and that was there all along. That's how well it looked, I thought it was originally a part of the website when I saw those pics. Seriously, Feld0 should do that. It doesn't take up any space and it looks really well.

I know people are entitled to their opinions, and I will respect that. But out of all the countless fanfics, why those three? They're the ones that everyone knows just because they're over-hyped so much. Cupcakes and Sweet Apple Massacre are not very good stories in my opinion. The characters are OOC and it doesn't set it's story up very strongly. I just wrote a good post about Cupcakes in a reply right here - http://mlpforums.com/topic/49673-a-fanfic-suggestion/ As for My Little Dashie, that story is also over-hyped. It's a fairly average story to read. Not bad, but not great. Just average in my opinion. I like stories that really flesh out things or make the reader want even more. That's what I do when I write my own stories and I keep by that. Here's a story I would strongly recommend, especially if you like comedy - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30661/letters-from-a-disgruntled-friendship-student Synopsis: Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's most prized and faithful student, is being sent to Ponyville to learn about the magic of friendship. And she's not happy about it.

I hope you mean canon... Also, I've read Cupcakes and I have to say... it's not very good. It's a story written with the purpose of being dark and edgy with absolutely no sense as to why any of this is happening in the first place. Why did Pinkie start making cupcakes? How in the **** does she get away with this for so long? What would drive her to do such a thing in the first place? How in the **** did she get Apple Bloom in this? This story winds up answering little in the end and leaving nothing but questions. This only came about because of that episode where Pinkie goes nuts. It just wasn't all that enjoyable of a read and I'm not even sure why people still showboat it around getting others to read it. As to what you're saying up above, just why would any of them even agree to this in the first place? Pinkie's attempts at getting other ponies to automatically turn from their moral beliefs with the flick of a switch just doesn't make sense. Twilight being convinced because Pinkie said she's a horrible student? What evidence does she have for this? Twilight's a fairly smart character and she'd immediately be on guard with that. Rarity being convinced because Pinkie says her clothing sucks? Why would Rarity believe that? Pinkie isn't a fashioner of clothing so her opinion isn't really a strong point to use convincing her to kill other ponies. I could give you other reasons as to why it would be silly and strange for the others to just breakdown or go along with this, but I don't think it would really matter. You'll either take what I said and disregard it entirely (especially since it seems you're a fan of Cupcakes) or you'll actually listen and think about what I said. I like writing stories. I like reading stories. But I don't like reading a story written up with no reason other than to be dark and edgy, especially if it's not a very strong story to start with.

I wrote that title on purpose. It's supposed to point out something that I feel could be added, making this site a little bit more easy to use. In the threads when people reply to others or when someones just talking, I never know if I'm talking to someone that's already offline and won't be replying for a good while. I can't be the only one here that is just a bit peeved at this. If anyway possible, can there be a online/offline thing added around the persons avatar and name? Yes, I know if you hover your mouse pointer over a name it'll show that, but do others even know that? I didn't for the longest time.

A fanfic talking thread, eh? Interesting. Well, I do write some stuff myself. I'll write any genre so long as I'm in the mood for it (though I usually stick to comedy) My main story is An Alien Walks Amongst Us. Here's the synopsis for it: Lyra, a simple pony with simple dreams. Dreams involving aliens, that is. Her fascination with them even got her a job dealing with them, though no one takes it seriously. Lyra hopes to one day be able to meet one, she just needs to believe. In comes a human, whom mysteriously gets transported to Equestria. It's up to Lyra to show the alien the ways of her people! The power of friendship, magic, and hugs await her on this strange adventure. X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X It's a comedic adventure that's pretty long so far. I also write a few other one shots, such as Day Intolerance In Equestria, Please Proof Me!, and another one I shall not put here because it's too adult. Most of my stories DO involve a human most of the time so some people may not like it. It's too bad some people won't even give it a shot because of different things I do from others. If you like comedy, I would strongly recommend at least trying Day Intolerance In Equestria in my FimFic account. It's in my signature down below where it says story, below my pictures. Does anyone here like comedy in general? I'm curious to know who does.

Next time, could you please quote whoever you're talking to? It would make it easier so those people will know they were responded to instead of never knowing. Also, I'd advise trying to make sure that your story is more fleshed out. Make it a good story that people will want to recommend and really enjoy. You could just post as it is and possibly get a good amount of people interested. But there will be people that would have wanted more. Let me say it like this: There are people that usually write small little bits at a time, never writing more than is ever needed to get their story across as hors d'oeuvres. That only leaves the reader with a small bite size snack that their eyes can feast upon which helps feed their minds. But they're never fully fed, always wanting more to satiate their reading hunger. If you're willing to write in the first place, why not go for a full course meal instead?

It was fairly short so I gave it a go. First off, your character is extremely depressed all the time but you never give us a reason as to why exactly he is. Yes, people can be depressed just because. It just feels like there wasn't any attention brought to that, like it was an add on to make the character like that for no reason. I had a hard time continuing on because of that one thing. You have some writing redundancy errors that pop up from time to time. For instance - The first thing that I do in the morning is take a shower, and considering that this is a normal morning I went to take a shower. You've already stated that he takes a shower in the morning, why state it again if it adds nothing at all? Also, you use absolutely no descriptive details in your story whatsoever. You move the scene by the characters thoughts and never his actions. While not a bad thing to do this, you should keep the reader engrossed into your story with how you paint your world. I sat on my bed watching my alarm clock. I set it to 6:30, but yet again I have beaten my clock. I always wake up before it goes off. I don't even know why I have it. I suppose for those mornings that it actually does work, but that hasn't happened in a long time. Instead of sitting on the bed like a sloth I decided to turn my alarm clock off ten minutes early and put an early start on my day. The first thing that I do in the morning is take a shower, and considering that this is a normal morning I went to take a shower. I love taking showers in the morning it helps me wake up and gives me time to think about what I am going to do today. However, today was different. I was left alone with my sorrowful thoughts. The shower's warm water feels like a blanket on my bare skin. The kind my mother used to make. You would think that would get rid of my troubles, but all that it did was bring back bad memories. Terrible memories. I hate being alone with my thoughts. Here's an example of what could be done with that first paragraph. I sat on my bed watching the alarm clock. The light of the clock was the only thing illuminating the room with it's eery green glow. I have a tendency of waking up earlier than when I set my clock. I'm not even sure why I go through with the effort of setting it. It's six twenty; ten whole minutes before I need to wake up. "Screw this," I say, before grabbing the clock to turn the alarm off. "I may as well start my day now." First thing to do on my repetitive routine: take a shower. Getting up from my bed, I slowly make my way over to the bathroom. A shower usually has me feeling very good and getting me pumped up for the day to come. Not today. For some reason, I just felt really... off. My thoughts kept going into a depressive streak as I stood there in the shower. It's going to be one of those days, I think to myself as I stood there thinking about the day to come. I hate being alone in my own thoughts. That's just one way that it could be taken. Other than that, there are some errors here or there. Another thing that popped up was those cloaked men. It felt weird, like your character didn't even care that they were following him at all until he decided to confront them. And just when did they start following him? From how it came off, I thought it started at the school. I suppose just try to think of things to add in that could make your story flow better and keep the reader attentive and wanting more.

You know, when someone posts a link to a story to someplace else, I do hope that you would've kept the story there instead of just deleting it, or making it so it wasn't public. I'm guessing you either felt it wasn't any good, or that people were ragging on you in the comments section on that site. Why not try posting it here? You may get some people that are interested in reading it, and possibly even giving you some good, constructive criticism to help you. Also, you don't need sex (clop) to make a good romance story. That's just a bonus to a story if you ever felt like writing it, but be warned: that stuff is difficult to write and make convincing.

Well... crap. I was hoping to write a story based around this idea, but it seems you beat me to the punch. I may still do it though, with my own spin on it. I felt it was a bit short on details and you moved too fast here, but I'm guessing this is only a rough draft of what you'll be writing. I always liked the idea of crossovers, but people always want to go with adding characters to their stories with no rhyme or reason. This idea though, it has so much potential for a really good ponies in Earth story. I actually know a group that write those types of stories that would love to see this kind of stuff, but seeing as what else is on that site, I can not tell you where it is without being warned from doing so. I hope you improve this so I can see where it goes, and to give you better criticism on your writing. I'm enjoying it so far, I just wish it was fleshed out more.

Just the outline? You must be talking about the bottom image, the finished one should be at the top. Now I DID add in a slight bit more eyeliner to that one and tipped the horn, fattened it up a little, and readjusted the ear and hair. But I still agree with your previous assessment. If you're still having trouble, here's the link to the image here - http://hazardus-havard.deviantart.com/art/Rarity-353031071 Or optionally, you could just click the link in my signature that leads you straight to my Deviant Art account. You will also see a Rainbow Dash image and an OC I did in this style I am currently using, and will most likely stick with for future work.

I was afraid adding more eyeliner would hurt the image, but I suppose if I draw her again I'll try to add in more. The pupil and iris are there, I just went about it differently. The pupil I went with is just a darkened blue that I used, while the iris is a simple, lighter blue outer ring. I'm still experimenting with drawing eyes in this style, but I'm liking it so far. And as for the horn... yeah, I agree with you there. It could have been a bit more pointed at the tip. There's always next time, I suppose. The next unicorn I draw will most likely be Twilight, so that will be corrected on her image. The next image I will be doing though is another OC for someone I know. It'll be something completely different than what these are, since all he asked was to mix a pony with something else, but it should be an interesting learning experience.

I'm hoping to learn how to do different poses before I move onto more difficult areas, maybe even comics like I originally wanted to do. I had one other person comment to me about that, but they just stated they didn't like it without much of a reason. I'm still developing how my style goes, but I really like how the eyes are being done. Still, there's always room for improvement in future work. Is there anything specific you didn't like about it? Shape, color, style, or just the eyes in general being on Rarity?

I'm still trying to develop my style with every image I draw. It's a difficult process, but I feel it's worth it in the end. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've already done a Rainbow Dash image like this and someones OC as a request. My next project will probably be a friends... weird request and maybe Fluttershy. Still haven't decided on next mane six character.

I'm on another drawing project, this time involving Rarity. I'm using GIMP to start out my sketches, then following that with Adobe Illustrator for a vector base, then follow that up with Photoshop for anything I need to edit in. I'm still touching up on the lineart for the body, but this is how it'll most likely look. If anyone's wondering, I also draw in 3000x2494 for the image so I can get more detail, though the final product will be half that size, 1500x1247. If you want to see another image I did with Rainbow Dash, here's the thread for it - http://mlpforums.com/topic/45624-rainbow-dash/ The Rarity picture I'm doing will most likely come out like this one here. Below are sketches for it and a body lineart that I'll use for my body. Any comments or feedback is appreciated. And here's the finished image of Rarity. If you'll notice, I changed some things like her horn, placement of mane, and the direction her ear was pointed. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.

This is some very good art I'm seeing here. I like that you're using the same programs I am, though I never could get into Manga Studio. I prefer GIMP for sketching, followed by Illustrator for the linart and basic colors and then Photoshop for everything else. Your background presentation to each figure is amazing. Makes me want to try doing that again for my own art. The last time I did it... well, it's not as good as yours, just simple backgrounds. Though please take this here kindly. The last image, it doesn't look like a filly to me (though I could be wrong) but Derpy's missing her cutie mark. It's an easy fix to put on. Or you could, well... go the easy route and claim it as a filly. Heh.

Well... I better change the title so it's stating this is, in fact, NOT Adobe Dreamweaver. I forgot that they made that program... As for the open request thing, I have to put that on hold right now. I'm going to do Fluttershy or Rarity next, depending on who's sketch I finish first, followed by probably Trixie.

Okay then, OC's done now. I guess see how you like it, it'll be on my DA page and posted up above so you can save it or what not for whatever you'll use it for.

Have a new project I'm doing. It's an OC for Snowdream called Dreamweaver. I'll be doing that, then some of the other ponies, probably mane six, afterwards. Here's a sketch of the image as it is now. I'll put a lineart and a finished image here when I get those done. And as always, comments are appreciated. Update - And here's the lineart. I might change some of this around when I go to color it. Update 2 - And here's the final image. Decided to add a light color for the hair to give it a frostier look. I'll probably do some of the mane six again now that I'm done with this.

I usually just use a pencil and some paper. Though I've started using Bristol sketch pads for my work since I can transfer it up on computer someday. I've got a few comics just lying about, waiting to be digitally inked in a nice monochrome look. As for pencils, it's usually plain #2's, or Staedtler for me. I also use micron pens, but I think I have another set that I started using since it worked better with Bristol. I can't remember the name. I was just told a little bit ago that my art was accepted over at Equestria Daily about a week ago, so that's pretty cool to see there. (#12) http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/01/drawfriend-stuff-684.html

Just make sure you send it through PM so I'm sure to get it. If for any reason you are having a hard time getting to me on this site, just find me on the FimFic site and you'll most likely get through to me there.

Yeah, it was my first time shading using Photoshop. It was difficult, since I've never done anything on that program. If I had stuck with AI, it wouldn't have any problems there. But I felt the image could do with the Photoshop touch, and that it would better the image as a whole over me using AI like I usually do. And yes, I noticed some of the light sources to the shading is probably what you were talking about. I goofed a little, and I missed it before posting. Oh well, live and learn I suppose.