StoryTail 103 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 (edited) I worked hard on making my pony. More specifically, I was struggling to come up with her color scheme until I got some help from someone on here. (Thank you!) Wasn't able to get the outlining as thick as how MLP does cuz I don't have a steady hand to trace over my original sketch. Did this all on Gimp! Anyway! Her name is Story Tail, she's very imaginative and tells stories to young fillies and critters. She's a somewhat shy pony, but not like Fluttershy. She's meek, calm, and very friendly. She can come up with stories on the fly but she's a bit timid to write them down as she's afraid someone could steal her stories. I'm thinking of making an alicorn version of her for an RP that involves a lot of alicorns. I don't plan to use her alicorn version much outside of that though, lol. Edited September 28, 2014 by StoryTail 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arican 100 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 (edited) Wow awesome art! I really like her mane colors, they really fit with her name ^>^You did this all on gimp? Wow! I can't do jack on gimp, that's really impressive Best thing I can do on gimp is make backgrounds so that just makes this drawing look even better to me! Edited September 28, 2014 by Arican Darysa When in doubt, Burn it. When not in doubt, Burn it anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryTail 103 September 28, 2014 Author Share September 28, 2014 (edited) Haha! Thanks! Yeah, the colors were the most struggle for me. Second was drawing out the mane and tail because they wouldn't come out as I pictured (I had to modify the bangs from what I originally pictured cuz I just couldn't do it and it didn't look right). Also drawing the visible hooves were a tiny bit of a pain... Other than that, the body was pretty simple to draw when you know the basic shapes to do it. I'd recommend looking at some of the popular tutorials on Youtube. And the mane colors fit really well with her name? Wouldn't have thought of that, lol. I just pictured a simply pony with a sort of golden look to her. I originally imagined her quite simple but added more colors and themes to her in the end! I pictured her with a long, sweeping tail and mane (I wanted it slightly longer than Fluttershy's) that she uses to wrap around critters and children while she tells stories to them. (She'd do that more to her siblings, lol). Edit: When you've taken several classes for Photoshop, it's pretty simple to adjust to Gimp. Any experience in there? Edited September 28, 2014 by StoryTail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arican 100 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 -snip- Edit: When you've taken several classes for Photoshop, it's pretty simple to adjust to Gimp. Any experience in there? No no experience in photoshop, I'm pretty new to digital art :comeatus: When in doubt, Burn it. When not in doubt, Burn it anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryTail 103 September 28, 2014 Author Share September 28, 2014 (edited) Luckily, there's a lot of online tutorials for using Gimp! You should try them out! http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials.php http://www.gimpology.com/ I'd link some project tutorials but all the ones I've learned from are from Photoshop. Edited September 28, 2014 by StoryTail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaritySparkleArtist 1,244 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 goood, i liked your Oc my friend xD Pills <3 Kelly - The true nature, is one that warms the soul - Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrbrunoh1 2,990 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 Good art, i liked, continue with this xD 1 My Ocs: Violet Margaret , Violet Niwy I'm a Illustrator...SPITFIRE IS THE BEST PONY Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryTail 103 September 28, 2014 Author Share September 28, 2014 Thanks! xD Worked hard on her! I'll try doing her alicorn version next. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrbrunoh1 2,990 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 @@StoryTail, No problem, its simple but is your style, is like me xD 1 My Ocs: Violet Margaret , Violet Niwy I'm a Illustrator...SPITFIRE IS THE BEST PONY Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryTail 103 September 28, 2014 Author Share September 28, 2014 lol, well I do follow the basic MLP style cuz it's so easy to do! Even though I was an artist when I was younger, I've constantly got frustrated with how I drew and didn't really develop my skills. Was kinda lazy and too much of a perfectionist, lol. I'd get so frustrated that I'd just give up and not continue my drawing, lol, cuz I wanted it to be perfect and didn't want my image ruined. I got frustrated not getting the character to look like how I imagined, but managed to finish this somehow, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrbrunoh1 2,990 September 28, 2014 Share September 28, 2014 @@StoryTail, I was like that too, and went through the same problems, so you will continue to improve 1 My Ocs: Violet Margaret , Violet Niwy I'm a Illustrator...SPITFIRE IS THE BEST PONY Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryTail 103 September 28, 2014 Author Share September 28, 2014 Yeah, I use to be a manga artist. ;( I was very frustrated with how I drew my characters. Unfortunately, I don't think I have much time to draw now. I'm focused on video games, college, and just doing well in life. But ponies in the FiM style is pretty easy for me to do.... I just suck at choosing their color schemes, lol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryTail 103 September 29, 2014 Author Share September 29, 2014 Cinnamon cake, huh? Lol, dang it! xD I just want a gold pony!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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