The Other Side

Hi, my alias is Flaff and I'm an engineer...in training. I fell in love with colour pencils recently and I love MLP.

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After a long time, here's a sad pinkie pie. I've been busy with school, polymers are not forgiving chemicals. But, I've been drawing a whole bunch of random stuff, from the nightshade flower to the McGriddle, trying a whole bunch of stuff. :D I should really stick to my goal of posting stuff at least once a week to keep track of progress, regardless of how little. Hope you have a better day than pinkie above!

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Still practicing posture, I think I need to draw the back legs more exaggerated for applejack to look distressed. Also, drew this entirely from memory. Need to learn to ride a bike without training wheels.

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Here's Apple Bumpkin taken from the first episode I think. Anyhow, still practicing on posture and confidence in line drawing. I think the chin is too big, giving her a masculine look. Oh, by line drawing I mean drawing once and not shading the shape and then erasing later :p

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I think I'm trying to learn too many things about drawing at once and never really learn anything well because my attention is too divided. So, I decided to focus on just learning about posture today. The above practice drawings are taken from a wonderful guide by Psychoon who shows the parallel between MLP and "real" cartoon horses. http://psychoon.deviantart.com/art/what-about-anatomy-504586848

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Here's a picture of Dilarus' OC Raspberry and Cinnamon Swirl. He's been running a nice comic series "SBAJ" for a while now and does a hella good job. He asked if anyone would draw his OC's so here I did. :D

Well, I tried a lot of color mixing here, I think I need to work on choosing colors that distinguish the main characters more and also those that give a deeper contour. Tried using all the styles of shading, not all turned out well. :p Also spilled ink, remember not to shake pen without cap. Also, perhaps invest in scanner/camera in the future.

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So, my brother bought this incredibly cute soft toy that I just had to draw. HOW CAN SOMETHING BE SO CUTE?!? Anyhow, thank you whoever designed this soft toy, you made like, my month! 

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Time Shock

School started recently and then it happened again. I was shocked to realize that today was the 27th of January! I swear to God the last time I checked it was the 20th. Where did time go? How does it fly by so fast?

The interesting thing is, this "phenomenon" is happening more frequently. I seem to be zoning out unintentionally in my life. Perhaps I am just having a severe case of "senioritis" as they call it. I just hope this doesn't continue, last thing I want is to be 60 saying "what happened?" Well, if that does happen, at least I'll die laughing at myself. 

I need to be more conscious of what's happening... or perhaps I don't? Anyhow, I'm still shocked at my sudden realization of time. o.o    

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Spent the entire winter holidays thinking about stuff, didn't really do much in reality. But, a friend of mine drew Pinkie holding a rock guitar playing metal, and so I kinda doodled and drew a metal Pinkamena. Sorry if the background is dirty and colours are rough, drew this on a sheet of bad quality paper. Think you're metal enough? Think again...

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Here's Pinkie Pie building a giant gingerbread house thinking, "I'll show them a REAL gingerbread house!" 

For this one, I tried a whole bunch of different stuff. Tried replicating human facial expressions onto Pinkie but let's just say I'm not good with my people drawing either. Tried a new hue for Pinkie's hair, thought of matching her with a more mischievous sort of color but it doesn't seem to sit right. Tried being very careful with my shading but still feel very afraid to darken areas that need to be darkened. Perhaps I should try coloring less? Not too sure, my nerd self is already begging to go to some art library and dig out some books on coloured pencil artists. 

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My entry for Newbie Artist Training Grounds Day 5. I wonder how strong Fluttershy actually is to hold a rake in her mouth like that. XD I tried drawing it to be the end of fall by showing that most of the leaves on the tree have already dropped. Comments are welcome!

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In a real bind today, so just gonna upload this for the Newbie Artist Training Grounds Day 4. 

So, I wanted to draw a cutiemarkless Flutterhsy looking down at the earth, away from her hometown of Cloudsdale. I kinda imagine Fluttershy to be from a rich conservative family who have unreasonably high demands of her. She's become a gentle spirit entrapped within the strict regalia of her family, unable to find her freedom in the vast earth below her.

First time drawing Fluttershy and I can't quite figure what colours to use on her. I used cream for her coat but am sooo afraid to apply green for the shades. Still working on a right colour code for her. I'll post the finished one later when I'm done.

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Pinkie Pie in a Santa-ish suit? XD I tried drawing snow, but obviously my plan failed, miserably. Although, Pinkie did turn out better than expected, considering I didn't use any guides this time and just went with the feel. Don't even begin to ask me how she's holding a bell with her hoof.

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After all the labs, finally decided to not give a shit and draw Rainbow Dash flying freely.

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Here's Pinkie Pie again, still exploring using markers, shading, burnishing (which I don't get) and staying relatively safe with the color mixing. If you have a bad day, Pinkie will make it go away! XD

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This scene is from "The Ticket Master" and just cracks me up. I tried a whole bunch of stuff in this picture. Pretty sure I screwed myself over by trying to learn so many things all at once. But it was real fun though, and I'd do it again any day.

I originally didn't want to include Spike in there due to an unexplained dislike for the character. But when I read that Lauren Faust's purpose for Spike was to feel like an outsider that doesn't quite fit in, I finally realized why I don't like Spike. I'm a third culture kid, so pretty much I move on before I can get accustomed to a place, and I hated it. Seeing Spike reminds me of myself and my ever changing circumstance so I put him there. Anyhow, hope an oblivious Rainbow Dash makes you smile! 

Credits to Hasbro for the wonderful characters, can never thank them enough XD

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This picture is taken from the episode Applebuck Season. Applejack," what if I do this?" Big Mac,"Ooohhh!" Applejack,"How bout this, and this and how aboout THIS?" Big Mac,"Ouch, ArGH, OOOMMPH." Faints. Cheers me up every time. 

Oh, and credit to Hasbro for the wonderful characters.

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Rainbow Dash hoofwrasslin' Applejack in the episode Fall Weather friends. I didn't check if my white had stains on it and thus Rainbow Dash has bloodshot eyes, probably from what she's been doing in the rainbow factory.