First attempt ever

[Felrora 55]

EDIT : Dont forget to scroll down and turn the page. I posted some pictures along the thread!

 

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Uh...erm. Hey there....

I'm not an artist, but since I've been watching all kinds of brony arts for the last 5 months, I decided that at least I had to try to give something back to this amazing fandom. So I just bought a Bamboo tablet and tried doing somthing with it. I've never really drawn anything in my life, but at least I'm a fast learner concerning pc programs. So I downloaded photoshop, played a little around and this is what came out :/

 

Since I'm not used to pony anatomy (yet) I captured the position from a scene in an episode.

Soooo, yeah...any thoughts / tips for beginners?

 

 

/) Felrora

 

 

tw2.bmp

Edited December 14, 2013 by Felrora

[That One Techpriest You Used To Know 2,286]

For a first attempt, this was amazing!

 

The only thing that I see wrong with it is that Twi's coat is a lavender more than a purple... but it's amazing! I especially like how you used the shadows.

 

Keep up the good work!

[Felrora 55]

Thanks alot good sir

I gotta admit, I kinda cheated a bit with the shadows. The main reason I made a shining crystal in front of her is that it made the shadows easier to put ;P

[Felrora 55]

If I had to pick 1 favorite out of all the mlp inspired fanart there is,  including music, artwork and writing, it would be this one:

"It's a dangerous business going out your door" by Sethisto. If you havent read it yet, go for it!

 

I tried another painting inspired by this story showing rainbow dash.

Any critics?

I know I'm not really good yet, but I am trying to improve!

 

-Felrora

 

[Aerodynas 439]

@@Felrora,

 

Holy cow! This is amazing! Even better than my first go by far!

 

The way you used color fad and differentiated with shading is truly remarkable. Are you sure you aren't an artist?

 

With critique, I would only agree with Magos: the color is off just slightly but tremendous job! I will definitely look forward to seeing more work from you  

[lomk 20,666]

First attempt? That's pretty damn good for a first attempt!

[Felrora 55]

Thank you

 

ah the second onedidnt upload...

how can i upload it so that its automatically shown and not like in my first post?

[Sn0wblind 78]

Dude, for a first attempt, you got mad skillz. If this is the first step, you are on a dang good path. 

 

Keep it up!

[lomk 20,666]

ah the second onedidnt upload...

how can i upload it so that its automatically shown and not like in my first post?

 

When you upload the picture, on the right where it shows where you uploaded it, you'll see a button that says, "Add to post." If you click that, you should see some text in your post but if you preview it, you ought to see your picture. Sorry if that's kinda vague lol 

[Slice0Pie 815]

First... TRY?!
I FEEL SO TALENTLESS DKSHUIGDAU

anyways

this is amazing for a first try! My first try was stupid

10/10

it

is

so

bootyfull

[Felrora 55]

Thx for the tip

trying to upload.....

 

edit: It worked!

Uh maybe i should have scaled it down a bit...

 

 

 

 

If I had to pick 1 favorite out of all the mlp inspired fanart there is, including music, artwork and writing, it would be this one: "It's a dangerous business going out your door" by Sethisto. If you havent read it yet, go for it! I tried another painting inspired by this story showing rainbow dash. Any critics? I know I'm not really good yet, but I am trying to improve! -Felrora

Edited December 5, 2013 by Felrora

[lomk 20,666]

Thx for the tip

 

No problem!

 

 

Uh maybe i should have scaled it down a bit...

 

Yeah there's not a lot you can do on that lol It's gonna be whatever size it decides it'll be. Maybe if you reduce the resolution it'll fit better but I'm using an 11 inch laptop and it looks great to me. 

 

Keep it up! You're very talented!

[Aerodynas 439]

...dang...even better than the first...

[Felrora 55]

Thank you so much for the positive critics guys

 

 

 

Yeah there's not a lot you can do on that lol It's gonna be whatever size it decides it'll be. Maybe if you reduce the resolution it'll fit better but I'm using an 11 inch laptop and it looks great to me. 

 

 

Ill try to do that in my future posts.
you can manually scale down your browser window using ctrl+scroll in that case I guess...
 

[Aerodynas 439]

@@Felrora,

Ever thought about doing commissions? Your art is definitely already capable of such

[Surface 115]

I can't see the first one on my GamePad Wii U because it's not an image file, but the second one was good!

Oh, and I don't think Door was made by Sethisto. xD

Edited December 5, 2013 by Tromino

[Felrora 55]

@@Felrora,

Ever thought about doing commissions? Your art is definitely already capable of such

Eh, uh...

sure!

feel free to ask for anything I'm usually out of ideas anyways ;P

Just don't expect too much^^

I didnt expect that to be asked as I use photoshop for only 4 days now...

I can't see the first one on my GamePad Wii U because it's not an image file, but the second one was good!

Oh, and I don't think Door was made by Sethisto. xD

thank you

the first one is my avatar picture in big.

oh yeah it's made by Jetfire, my bad...it's 3:15 in the morning here

Edited December 5, 2013 by Felrora

[Aerodynas 439]

 

 

Eh, uh... sure! feel free to ask for anything I'm usually out of ideas anyways ;P Just don't expect too much^^ I didnt expect that to be asked as I use photoshop for only 4 days now...

 

 

Heh of course. And don't be so modest. Your art is very good

I'm not going to bother you with commissions though unless you're definite that you wouldn't mind. But all the same, keep at it! You're doin a great job

Edited December 5, 2013 by Aerodynas

[Surface 115]

the first one is my avatar picture in big.

When I fullscreen your profile picture it's blurry.

Can you make your first image a PNG?

Edited December 5, 2013 by Tromino

[Felrora 55]

When I fullscreen your profile picture it's blurry.

Can you make your first image a PNG?

Here you go

I reuploaded as jpeg just like the second pic.

Edited December 5, 2013 by Felrora

[Surface 115]

I good way to make glowing is right click the layer, click alpha to selection/select pixels/what it is in your application, then make a new layer under the image, use the fill tool with a color, then use the blur tool. When that's how I do it.

[Felrora 55]

I good way to make glowing is right click the layer, click alpha to selection/select pixels/what it is in your application, then make a new layer under the image, use the fill tool with a color, then use the blur tool. When that's how I do it.

Yeah I'm still figuring out the different options. I used an extra layer for all shadows and lightnings as well. And I used the blur tool alot too =)

[Felrora 55]

Hello there!

I tried another picture showing my favorite alicorn (twilight not counting)
Guess I'm kinda alone with that...

Anyways, I hope you enjoy

 

 

 

Any thoughts?

 

PS: After drawing went surprisingly well, I thought why not trying making music too?^^

So I got FLS and tried doing something with it...

Wtf this was HARD, considering I cant even read notes...

Anyways here is the melody I had in mind while drawing this.

http://mlpforums.com/topic/81539-first-attempt-ever/

 

Guess I'll stick to drawing

Edited December 8, 2013 by Felrora

[Star-Gazer 202]

"First attempt ever"...

Seeing this... My life is meaningless.   

Seriously, though, keep it up! This is amazing!

[Scratched Disk 48]

I'm liking how they are turning out! as far as getting the body right, there are plenty of tutorials, both photos and videos to watch.