Artisan Ponies

I can't draw horses. At all. They look different every time I try. Photo reference would help, but where's the fun in that? I do a lot of drawing, and the good stuff is over at benchilada.net, but these are my ponies. Submissions welcome. All ponies must be drawn in pen with no photo reference. Send them to [email protected]

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Look at that. No photo reference, no tools, just a pencil. NAILED IT. Submissions accepted and happily posted with credit. Draw a pony with no photo reference. Send it to me.

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Man, even the ponies are mocking me...although I’m not sure if it’s because I haven’t finished it or because I’m going to. Sorry, mutant ponies, but you’re gonna get some new friends. And I’ve found the remaining Guest Ponies that people drew for me in a folder on my laptop, so they’ll be going up too.

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My friend Scott pointed out that this pony looks like one of those “overweight dogs laying down” photos. Also, given its giant head, I assumed it was a super-smart genius and therefore gave it super-smart genius glasses.

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S’up. I’m back for a bit it seems. This pony has water on every knee.

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I’ve been off the ponies for a few days. Thankfully it didn’t keep. As a means of apology, have both a Special Limited Edition Artisan Pony Incident and a Guest Pony by Erin Heinemeyer. Sometimes I think that people cheat on the Pony Rules…then I remember that some people can draw.

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Today's Guest Pony is Fancy As Fuck and was illustrated by the Pigeon Queen, Nina Dorries. Today's non-guest pony is surprisingly acceptable to me.

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WOOO HOOO! I got another guest pony for you freaks. It's by Kari Anderson and it's got the keys to your truck. Even if you don't own a truck. As for my pony, somebody's been putting the legs on while drunk again.

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Today's artisan pony was drawn with pencil instead of pen because they're my rules and I can wipe my nose on them if I so choose.

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Today's Guest Pony is by Kathie Veach, and I really gotta say that I love the various non-Euclidean properties that it has. Lovecraft would be proud. As for my pony, its given name is Swayback Thunderthighs.

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Some days you start drawing, contemplate starting over, keep going, make it worse, and end up crying.

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Today's guest pony is by the imminently awesome Cindy Westfall. The non-guest pony has had a butt-lift and a neck-tuck.

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This is ridiculous. Ponies can't open mailboxes. I hope they just leave the package on the front steps.

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Today's guest Artisan Pony is by my stepfather, The Nate Prime. My pony has water on the knees and sharpie on the face.

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Can't tell if this pony has a tiny Batman mask on its nose or if its nose is borrowed from Peter Porker: Spider-Ham

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WTF nostril?

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Today's guest art is by Bri Bolin. BB: "Not sure if the pony is pooping or swatting away a snowball, although I suspect it's the latter." Me: "Juggling an egg." BB: "Playing with its lost ear." As for my pony for the day, it's okay to laugh even if you see me crying.

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Shhhhhh. Sleep now.