Soney's Ponies

any/all • 20s • minors DNI • i'm sona, and i'm just a pony making some art. oh yeah, i like splatoon too. and play euphonium.

[sonasartstuff]

As of late, I've been learning more about myself, and trying to be true and honest about who I am. Especially with the new year, I think it's time for me to start being more open and stop being afraid of expressing myself for being me. After some thought and experimentation, I feel that any/all pronouns suit me best atm. Who knows if this will be permanent, but it's the next step in finding myself and being me :3

[sonasartstuff]

I'm trying to draw my new OC thing and it just looks like ampharos

[sonasartstuff]

Time for a new OC!!! This is FST-FWD (pronounced fast-forward), and they're... well, a pony-shaped, fully functional, fully sentient video tape player! It's also extremely impatient, so when asked its name for the first time, it wrote down "FST-FWD" in hopes to make the conversation go faster (this was unsuccessful). To most of its friends, it just goes by FF.

FF can indeed speak, but has no internal speakers, so it must be plugged into a speaker or a television with speakers to be heard. They DO have their own portable speaker they were gifted for this reason, but most of the time just leave it at home as lugging a heavy speaker around slows them down.

It's taken up a hobby in repairing broken tapes, and trying to revive physical forms of media. In this realm, it gets along great with Liminal, who's an active vinyl and cassette enthusiast and has been trying to get Sona interested in both for some time now.

[sonasartstuff]

In preparation for my upcoming YCH, decided to give the first option a go with my sweet, sweet pony, Sona. This was a great way to practice, and to give you an example of what you might be getting.

I even experimented around with a new brush for lineart, and I'm so happy with how he turned out :3

Anyways, have a wonderful day :)

[sonasartstuff]

I've talked forever about doing a YCH, but never made it actually happen. I think... it's time I work on making it a reality!

I've got some ideas in the works, and... my art style continues to fluctuate but meh, I like trying new things based off of people who inspire me. Anyways, I've got some ideas in the works-- I'll leave you what I've got so far for a couple options!

The biggest thing for me, and the reason it's not happened sooner is honestly just sorting through how I want to set things up. I want to be able to offer you something that you're gonna want, and something that both you and me will be happy with the finished quality of. I'd also love to find a long-term medium for a shop/way for me to offer art to supplement my income while doing what I love, but setting that up is a bit daunting. I'm gonna be doing a lot of research. I want to find something that's gonna work well, and be both easy and safe for both of us.

This would be a great step in me being able to devote more time and effort to my art, and justify making it a bigger part of my day/week, which is an opportunity I'd love to take. Maybe it's also a start to me being able to continue to expand what I offer, and hopefully be able to make more cool stuff. Or at least more stuff. I guess you can decide if you think it's cool. I think it will be, personally.

Ideally, mid-March or at least by the end of it I'll have things ready to launch. As long as I keep my focus on point, and don't let myself get too distracted with everything else in my life. For now, I'll leave you with the thoughts I've written that have been in my brain, and these, a couple of the options I'll probably offer:

[sonasartstuff]

Wow, there's a third option? Maybe even a bundle deal if you want all three!!!

Had some hiccups which have made me push back my planned release a bit, but don't worry, hopefully I can make this worth your wait X3

[sonasartstuff]

I've talked forever about doing a YCH, but never made it actually happen. I think... it's time I work on making it a reality!

I've got some ideas in the works, and... my art style continues to fluctuate but meh, I like trying new things based off of people who inspire me. Anyways, I've got some ideas in the works-- I'll leave you what I've got so far for a couple options!

The biggest thing for me, and the reason it's not happened sooner is honestly just sorting through how I want to set things up. I want to be able to offer you something that you're gonna want, and something that both you and me will be happy with the finished quality of. I'd also love to find a long-term medium for a shop/way for me to offer art to supplement my income while doing what I love, but setting that up is a bit daunting. I'm gonna be doing a lot of research. I want to find something that's gonna work well, and be both easy and safe for both of us.

This would be a great step in me being able to devote more time and effort to my art, and justify making it a bigger part of my day/week, which is an opportunity I'd love to take. Maybe it's also a start to me being able to continue to expand what I offer, and hopefully be able to make more cool stuff. Or at least more stuff. I guess you can decide if you think it's cool. I think it will be, personally.

Ideally, mid-March or at least by the end of it I'll have things ready to launch. As long as I keep my focus on point, and don't let myself get too distracted with everything else in my life. For now, I'll leave you with the thoughts I've written that have been in my brain, and these, a couple of the options I'll probably offer:

[sonasartstuff]

Might possibly start streaming again so made a goofy lil pngtuber on the off chance that actually happens

Look at em, just a goofy lil fella

[sonasartstuff]

Happy New Year's!!!

Hey hey!

It feels like every time I post, it's an "I'm sorry its been forever since my last post" so yeah... sorry bout that being the case yet again xD. Been busy! Graduated from uni, looking for jobs and stuff, and just been learning more about myself as a person :)) Also been taking some time to just relax and get a breather after the busiest semester of uni ever lol

Hopefully, HOPEFULLY I'll finally be able to make some more regular posts moving forward! Looking forward to having more time to focus on my art again. Here's a Sona for your patience <3

And finally, a Happy New Year's! You're all so amazing, and I hope 2024 is a great year for you <3

[sonasartstuff]

Long time no see, friends :)

Things have been so busy lately, I've been stuck in this nonstop whirlwind of busyness, stress and just everything. Through it all, I've had a lot of opportunities to learn and grow as a pony, which I'm so grateful for.

It's comforting to look back and see how much I've grown in the past months, and I'm glad I can express myself through my art, both visual and musical.

Enjoy a bit of a vent piece of mine (I've included the rain and non-rain, thought I'd try something new with the rain). Hope you're doing well, I believe in you and think you're doing great <3

[mieau]

My Merry-Go-Round Artbook comic, about Fluttershy.

(If you have good eyes, it’s readable without zooming.)

[sonasartstuff]

Take some time to love yourself today 💙 you're awesome, be patient with yourself!

Also, Sona's got a fresh new design! Let me know what you think. The redesign is by @/Flixanoa on Twitter, or, X, or, whatever you wanna call it. Go check out his art, he's phenomenal and I was overjoyed to see what he came up with for my sweet boi!!!

One little detail with Sona (one of my favorites to come up with) is that he can control his wings appearing/disappearing, so a lot of the time if he's not flying he tends to make them disappear. But, when he experiences big emotions (in this case happiness and positivity), sometimes his wings uncontrollably appear. Same thing happens if he's angry, gets scared, is sad, etc.

[sonasartstuff]

Comfort sketch from last night, was feelin a bit stressed out so drew Sona getting some pats and being a good boi

[sonasartstuff]

Hello :3

Oh... hello there! My name is Sonata Moonchaser, but you can just call me Sona. I draw ponies. Oh yeah, I play games and stuff too. Check my bio to learn a bit more about me! Feel free to join me as I learn how to draw, and embrace the learning process! Expect a quick flurry of some art soon, as I introduce you to some of my favorite works. And... please bear with me as I sort out how to use a new platform ;-;

[alicornfeathers]

Had to double-take. Our ponysonas look a lot alike.

[punkitt-is-here]

Hey everyone! As MANY of you know following last night...

I am a transgender woman!

Big moment for me! I have been for many years actually, I've been out in my public life offline for quite a while now! But I was always nervous about coming out online, for a myriad of reasons I don't really think I need to get into. But! I'm so glad I could come out in the silliest way possible. I'm super honored by all the sweet messages I've been getting, and it has me incredibly overjoyed that everyone has been so supportive of me. Thank you to everyone who supported me on this silly saga, and I hope it's been worth the wait! It feels REALLY nice to finally be out online, as this was really the last space I wasn't "upfront" about it. As much fun as being a mystery was, I much prefer being explicitly a girl online much like I am in real life.

A couple things!!! I don't want this to be everything about me; it's partially why I didn't come out earlier! I've seen how some audiences make the transness of creators their WHOLE thing, and I'd prefer it not be the thing that defines me. I LOVE being trans, and it's a big part of me, but I'd rather be known as someone who makes really cool art and not "that funny trans woman" (even though I am, hehe). I'm super cool with people talking about my transness, just don't make it the only thing about me!

Two, as fun as the pronoun mystery was, it's officially over! Sorry to the any/all-he/him-they/them punkitt truthers out there, btw. (Excited that my energy really isn't genderable at all, though!) So, even if it was fun that I was a gender mystery, I'd prefer everyone refer to me as she/her exclusively! No he/him, and I'd prefer not to be they/them'd consistently (although I know for some people it's the default and it's fine if it slips, and if someone just doesn't know that's not an issue in the slightest). Even if me being a funny gender wizard is entertaining (and it WAS, lemme tell ya) I want to have my identity respected!

ANYWAY that's all that LAME STUFF out of the way; I want to say thank you to everyone who's helped me along the way and the overwhelming support I've had in the time of me coming out to now. I'm incredibly happy I have an audience of such sweet, caring folks, and I can't wait to make more silly, fun stuff for everyone now that I'm truly allowed to be my silly, fun self online. Have a great one, folks! ❤️

[sonasartstuff]

I've decided I'm gonna do all of the Mane 6 now, so, here's Part 2: Fluttershy! I'll probably go back and clean them all up sometime and put them all in one final piece after I sketch em all out :)

[staff]

tumblr tuesday: prancing ponies

We do love ourselves a good bit of equine-related fun on this here platform. (Context for the new folks—check out horse plinko or the unlikely hero Rich Strike). So it comes as absolutely no surprise, and with a barrow-load of delight, that we have our very own horse derby, courtesy of @aikaikaik. It's also #Junicorn, baby! And there's a lot of good unicorn art out there right now. 

Today, we honor the noble steeds and silly little trotters: a Tuesday for the ponies!

@artofmaquenda:

@theonlyturtleinexistence:

@swollenbabyfat:

@ferrymangraveyard:

@teacupchimera:

@nwmo:

@ormspryde:

@sketch-shepherd-art:

@spunchthegoblin:

[sonasartstuff]

Wow... Tumblr seems a lot more chill than Twitter :)

[sonasartstuff]

Did a Rarity sketch earlier cause I was just thinking about how awesome she is and how underrated she is