Naturally I went with the scene in "Princess Promenade" where Wysteria meets the weed! ...With just a little exaggeration. Perhaps from her side of the story.
Boy do I wish I had the time and motivation to animate my own G3 music video to "We Need A Little Christmas", possibly a cover of the Percy Faith version with voices as close to the characters' voices as possible.
Weird question, but does anybody remember the MLP artist "Baby Blue Bell"? I used to LOVE her art, but one day she totally disappeared. Her DA account was deleted and all of her art was scrubbed from the internet.
The only evidence she ever existed (besides random sprites popping up from a neopets-like game I remember she worked on) is this audio story she illustrated, and she made a few pony dollmakers too:
This was LONG before Cancel Culture was ever a thing (the last time I remember seeing her work fresh was about 2014) so I wouldn't imagine she had done something to be chased off the internet.
I've been wondering for years what happened to her, why she disappeared, and where she is now. Does she have a new identity or did she quit art completely?
Just LOOK at these pictures of Sunny Daze! They have SO much character! I'm already working on another drawing of her (my fave overlooked pony) but Oh man. I HAVE to draw these in my own style.
I love G3's look as it turned out, but I can't help but wonder how much more amazing the series would have been if this studio had been the one to animate all of the movies.
Have you heard of the new show Wild Manes? What's your opinion about it?
I have been watching it!
I find it very pleasant and I enjoy it. In fact, the show feels like it would fit perfectly alongside shows from the 2003-2008 era, like Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Horseland, and of course G3 MLP.
And I for one, love that. It's nostalgic even though it's brand new, and I've been wishing so hard to see shows appear that make that happen. It's like that feeling we all wish we could have again of watching our favorite childhood shows for the first time.
I've been sitting with the popcorn watching the mixed reactions from Bronies. The consensus is that G5 is a total flop and we're all craving something better to fill the void. I've seen about 75% of videos hyping it up "Will this be the NEW MLP???" and the rest calling it "Bootleg Ripoff" and at worst just hating on it for all the same reasons they blasted G3.
Wild Manes is a comfort show. Not something action-packed and profound with deep lore like G4 was, and it shouldn't be compared as such. These other shows I mentioned above have an audience of an entirely different set of people that Bronies often refuse to accept exist.
We do also love profound shows like G4, but the kinds of people who exclusively like G4-type shows have a hard time accepting different genres if they're not exactly the same... and tend to shame the people who have different tastes as if everything else is objectively "bad".
Imagine a person who refuses to eat anything but chicken tenders getting on a high horse and insulting a foodie for enjoying more foods than just chicken tenders.
As for my review of the show so far:
They're doing VERY well with storytelling for being limited to a 5-minute runtime, and if they ever get the chance to do more, I think they have great potential to have amazing stories. The "You're probably wondering how we ended up here" gimmick at the beginning of each episode, which is jarring to some people, would be way more enjoyable with a full 20-minute episode. In fact, it's VERY refreshing to see a cartoon doing something different for once.
As I said, I love how the show makes me feel. The art style is great. The background art is great. There's no villains or monsters or world-ending scenarios at stake, which is again, refreshing.
(Another thing Bronies tend to not realize is some people just don't want to watch characters fighting 24-7. High-stakes episodes are enjoyable once in a while, but how can it be special if that's how things just are all the time? I don't know about anyone else, but big battles to save the world are a lot more meaningful to me when we've spent some time living happily in that world to sympathize and understand why it's worth defending.)
And sometimes, I just want to watch cute characters have fun and live life, where the worst of the problems is a minor disagreement with your friend that gets worked out in the end. A world I can wish I lived in.
My only biggest complaint so far is that I wish the hair moved. You'd think with such a focus on hair, they'd have some real physics in the animation.
But again, they're just starting out. Surely things will improve if it takes off.
Hate to say it, but I feel like it's risky having G3 designs on my TeePublic store. Not only now that I'm an official business, but also seeing MLP pushing older generation merch in recent years would suggest they want to keep up with it. When the recruiter for TeePublic first contacted me, they assured me it would be fine, but I don't trust that I wouldn't get a C&D if Hasbro found out about it.
It's sad, because they're pretty much the only things people buy (even though it's not a lot), but I think for my safety and integrity, I should take them down.
However... that doesn't mean I can't remake them without using the copyrighted characters! My skills have grown a lot since 2015 anyway. I think this is the best thing to do. If bootleggers can get away with recoloring show art on packaging, there's no reason I can't continue drawing ambiguous OCs in G3 style and still sell them.
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