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It'd be really awkward if a topic about this had 0 replies Well, the title plays a big role in getting people to "open link in new tab" when they refresh the mane page and see the new topic list. Granted, the person creating the topic is also a factor, and someone who is more well known will probably get replies faster. Generally, people will tend to reply to a topic only if they can directly relate to the subject matter, since the 100 char minimum more or less denies the possibility of any one-liner 'cool.' kind of replies. Sometimes something has already been said by the first or second reply-er so you'll get situations where there's 1 reply and a couple of brohoofs and then the topic dies down after that. Only to be revived weeks later by an enthusiastic new member Ahahaha I love this forum

known for being a great writer and having interesting OCs

"It's time to get serious now"

I'm sad, no doubt. But I am able to carry on with my life with the knowledge that they managed to complete Company of Heroes 2 before going bankrupt

Your art is nothing short of amazing Finally, another person who uses Illustrator! I was beginning to think no one else used it >_<

By the time I got to the bottom of the post, I was genuinely hungry. True story

Summed it up perfectly right there (y).

I just realized I forgot to draw in his freckles, there, all fixed now Obsessive compulsive akita-ken is obsessive hahaha

Yeah so I go around helping random ponies with their OCs This took longer than I expected, but I'm finally done. Here is @Kolth's other OC "Jabbermouth" . I tried to draw him using SAI at first, but it didn't turn out too well so I went back to Illustrator and redrew it again there

Spike actually looks pretty cool as a pony As always, loving your style Crackle was the derpy dragon that they mistook Twilight, RD and Rarity for when they dressed up in the dragon costume

"This is.. disturbing.. what is this.. I don't even.. have I lost my touch? WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS STORY I MUST KNOW"

Aww you're too kind I always enjoy explaining stuff to people, because when I learnt these things I had no one to explain to me Thanks! :3 She's a bartender all right! At least that's what I can gather from the RP character page that @Kolth has on her http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/lingo-cider-r2141 Sometimes I like to lurk around the RP forums to read up on the interesting stuff that people come up with It's fun to see characters that I've drawn come to life :3

Essay time! Well there are basically two types of graphics out there: vector and raster. The type of program you use will determine whether your art is vector or raster. The main difference is in how the computer handles the lines that you draw. In a vector art program as you draw a line, the program will construct your line using 'points' (think of it like those connect-the-dots art books you had as kid). After the line is drawn, the collection of 'points' that make up that line is considered as a single 'path', meaning it's like an object you can move around freely, and it is independent from all the other lines. this means that if you drew a line and it came out all crooked, or not to your liking, you could either draw over it again to make it change slightly, or you can use your mouse to manually select the points and move them about. Of course because everything is essentially just a collection of 'points', this means that vectors can be resized to *any* size with no loss of quality whatsoever. (If I wanted to make a building-sized poster of Lingo Cider here, I could technically just export a 10 meter by 10 meter version of it and it'll look the same as it is now ) The downside of vector art is that because everything is made out of 'points', it's very difficult to just use a brush tool or something to 'shade' an object, because it'll just come out as a bunch of messy lines that overlap one another. In fact, I don't even have stuff like an airbrush tool, blur tool, smudge tool, or options for fading and all that. What you see as colour on the pony is essentially an outline of a 'pony-shaped object' with a colour fill Illustrator, Flash and Inkscape (which is free) are examples of vector art programs. From the outset I've been going for show accurate, which is why I chose to train myself in vector art, because MLP is animated in Flash Raster art programs however, are more like proper pen and paper. The moment you draw a line, it's set in stone already. There's no such thing as going back to select the line and adjusting it. If you drew it wrong the only thing you can do is either undo it or erase part of it and try to fix it. The upside of this however, is that you can do a lot of great things with airbrushes and pen tools and blur tools and all that good stuff, that's why raster artists tend to generate pieces that have great shading and shadows and all that. This is the reason why I have a great respect for artists who use raster programs but yet are able to make vector-quality artwork, because the sheer amount of precision required is just amazing to me. The majority of the programs out there are raster, Paint Tool SAI, CorelDraw, Photoshop, GIMP and MSPaint are all raster. I have Paint Tool SAI, but have not figured out how to use it yet