The Royal Sketchbook

Sketches following the day-to-day lives of Equestria's Royal Family Click here for the OTHER Royal Sketchbook full of safe, shippy goodness.

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September commissions are open!

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I live!

Important things first: If we talked about work, either at Bronycon or online, let me know. I'll be opening general commissions soon and want to know how much I can take on. I was more burnt out after BronyCon than I realized so I kinda just disconnected for the entire month, other than some work on Moonset. But I can't keep that up forever, no matter how loudly Warcraft Classic is calling. So commissions will open soon. The amount of slots depends on how much I owe that my goldfish brain forgot about.

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Bronycon Traditional Coms Presale

“Bronycon Traditional Coms! I'm opening up traditional coms to be picked up at Bronycon. Done on 6x9" Bristol cropped to fit. Def. do this if you know you want a com from me as I won't be a sleepy zombie AND they're ~25% cheaper. Pre-sale prices in orange vs on-site”

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Its been a while since I’ve checked in with the MLP Show’s canon. Is the small bat pone canon for the show or just canon for this blog?

just for this little blog. He’s the adopted son of Luna and Twilight.

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This is your life now, Twi. Your kid is being weird and you just have to deal with it. Welcome to parenthood.

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Something I've wondered - those prices say for a 'full' character, does that mean those are fullbody prices? Are headshots less?

That’s right. Headshots/busts are way easier so they’d be probably 1/2 -2/3 the full body price.

As a relevant side note, commissions are still open.

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Yes, Tempest, it is.

I’m finally stating an age for him. I was kinda nebulous about it before in the Other Royal Sketchbook. I think I had him at about 2-3 when adopted before but I felt it just worked better if he was more aware of what all is happening.

And for the record, Starlight and Tempest are just friends/sorta-roommates, bonded over being reformed and taken in by Twilight. I also have no idea what Tempest’s cutie mark should be. I’ve used fireworks before but I’m not sold on it. 

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And here come the experts on acting out.

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Twi probably has a book or 6 on all the possible reasons Pterus would start biting when he’s too old for teething. Whether or not they’ll help is another matter entirely. 

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Someone asked if Luna’s mane glows. Yes, and Twi has a hard time finding the dimmer switch. 

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Pterus and Flurry aren't related by blood, and they both know that. So,uh... as they get older, does some form of chemistry happen between them, or do they stay in the "we're just cousins" mindset?

To them, they’re just cousins. They grew up around each other, seeing each other very often when their parents wanted to hang out or had to work together. Them technically not being blood related doesn’t change their familial bond. 

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He can certainly out-fly his cousin. Especially when she won’t grow into her wings for many years.

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What did Pterus do in that Mother's Day picture to get Twilight to give him the side-eye?

He knows what he did...

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Call your mom/mother-figure if you can.

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Have some Pterus/grandparents bonding, sharing some of that family history that he’s now a part of.

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He certainly likes his younger cousin so far.

Just something quick for now. A lot of junk happened at once and kept me from drawing much at all.

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Like stealing apples, hiding away someplace high up and making high-pitched bat noises? Yeah.