Anyone have a good tutorial on drawing ponies?

[chef sanders 101]

I'm planning on getting a drawing tablet soon, and I was hoping to find some good pony drawing tutorials. If you have or know of a good guide, could you please link it up? Thanks in advance!

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

[Pinkazoid 3,493]

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[Otter 1,942]

Just find some official art and use that as a guideline. If you're a good artist (Which I'll assume you are, seeing as how you're buying a drawing tablet), that should be enough.

[Squeaker 89]

I'm no expert myself, but this is what I recommend. Pull up a picture of a pony in profile, like the picture of Big Mac above or any other pony really, as long as they are not really complicated for whatever reason. Printing it out is best. Trace over the image with a marker or differently colored pencil or whatever so you can see basic shapes, I particularly use circles and rectangles (though with rounded edges typically, though the art style is up to you. ). Then you can either use a sort of lightbox or other tracing device to transfer the circles and copy them on a blank sheet, without all the details of the original. REALLY study what you have now. Look back and forth and back and forth. See how things balance up, how they make it look proportional and whatnot. Work backwards up to here or however far you need to and then work forward again. I really don't know what else to say.

Oh yah. Here's the mod of the Ask Nokia blog's tutorial. http://www.youtube.com/user/tomol6/videos

[Bohtty 1,775]

I'm planning on getting a drawing tablet soon, and I was hoping to find some good pony drawing tutorials. If you have or know of a good guide, could you please link it up? Thanks in advance!

 

first google search results for "mlp drawing tutorial"

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/01/pony-drawing-guides.html

This one is just good:

http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/8102/1/1/how-to-draw-my-little-pony,-friendship-is-magic-style.htm

[Titan Rising 2,156]

This isn't a guide for using a tablet but it should still apply just for drawing ponies. I'm not sure what compelled me to do this, took like 15 minutes total lol. Most of this stuff is really basic anyway, you probably know it all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 16, 2012 by Hollowshield

[Ezynell 2,036]

I'm planning on getting a drawing tablet soon, and I was hoping to find some good pony drawing tutorials. If you have or know of a good guide, could you please link it up? Thanks in advance!

 

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and have gotten some pretty good responses on it. If you end up using it some constructive criticism would be nice also Edited May 16, 2012 by Ezynell

[chef sanders 101]

Sorry for the self-advertising, but

and have gotten some pretty good responses on it. If you end up using it some constructive criticism would be nice also

 

What a weird coincidence, I was just watching that video before you posted it! It's the first video that made things clear to me. Thanks for making it!

[Ezynell 2,036]

What a weird coincidence, I was just watching that video before you posted it! It's the first video that made things clear to me. Thanks for making it!

 

You're really welcome, I hope it helps. Don't forget to post some art that you make!

Edited May 16, 2012 by Ezynell

[chef sanders 101]

Thanks for all the replies guys! I just got my tablet a few hours ago and made a quick test:

Don't like the ears, I need to practice on them; but I really like how the eye turned out

[Artemisia 166]

I was going to ask for a pony drawing tutorial too! but i don't have to now that you did, great answers too!I find that in most of my drawings it helps to have a set of porportions like the hieght of the body being x'times as tall as the head or things like that to give a structure to your drawing, another thing is just go for it and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

[go away seb 367]

I really fail at drawing ponies. I can draw the body just fine, but the head is where I screw up big time. It's either extremely fat or extremely thin.

[Squeaker 89]

Thanks for all the replies guys! I just got my tablet a few hours ago and made a quick test:

Don't like the ears, I need to practice on them; but I really like how the eye turned out

 

To make the ears look good try for a leaf-like shape and just make the tips of 'em point for starters. Looks pretty good though.

[chef sanders 101]

To make the ears look good try for a leaf-like shape and just make the tips of 'em point for starters. Looks pretty good though.

 

Thanks! I took your advice with the ears and applied it to this sketch:

I need to work on hind legs now

[Zhooves 843]

I found this useful.

[Bohtty 1,775]

I found this useful.

 

I already posted that :

[Squeaker 89]

Thanks! I took your advice with the ears and applied it to this sketch:

I need to work on hind legs now

 

For hind legs, the rear-most part under the thigh juts out backward a bit. What's it called. The hock. It doesn't go straight down from the thigh, that makes 'em look puddingy. ^u^

[Zhooves 843]

I already posted that :

 

Oh, sorry!

[In Colour 1]

I need help with that also. This is something i made in cs5 in like 20 min. You tell me.

 

http://browse.devian...ional/#/d51lk1s

 

I know i need help.

file:///C:/Users/black%20pc2/Pictures/Austins/I%20made%20a%20apony.jpg

Edited May 29, 2012 by In Colour

[ErBoi 498]

Here's a couple I've found online that are pretty useful:

 

I have another one but it's huge and I'll have to find a good image host that won't resize it before I can post it.

Just find some official art and use that as a guideline. If you're a good artist (Which I'll assume you are, seeing as how you're buying a drawing tablet), that should be enough.

 

I really don't want to sound condescending but, being an animation graduate, I really do not recommend this.

Actually, I've reconsidered that statement; I still think it's a better idea to go off of model sheets if you're going to want your drawings to look as professional as possible; however, it can also be good practice to look at finished drawings and try to decipher their construction yourself.

EDIT: Aha! Found an image host.

Click on the link to see.

http://postimage.org/image/3xde5961h/

Edited May 29, 2012 by ErBoi

[Otter 1,942]

Here's a couple I've found online that are pretty useful:

 

I have another one but it's huge and I'll have to find a good image host that won't resize it before I can post it.

 

I really don't want to sound condescending but, being an animation graduate, I really do not recommend this.

Actually, I've reconsidered that statement; I still think it's a better idea to go off of model sheets if you're going to want your drawings to look as professional as possible; however, it can also be good practice to look at finished drawings and try to decipher their construction yourself.

EDIT: Aha! Found an image host.

Click on the link to see.

http://postimage.org/image/3xde5961h/

 

I know that drawing tutorials are a terrible idea, but if it can help you start, then I guess they're alright.

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,520]

I have another one but it's huge and I'll have to find a good image host that won't resize it before I can post it.

 

EDIT: Aha! Found an image host.

Click on the link to see.

http://postimage.org/image/3xde5961h/

 

Protip: use our attachment system. Should cover all the bases for hosting images for your posts. Click "More Reply Options" in the editor to access it.