#scribbly's scribbles

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I gave her to @tambelon a few minutes ago wheeze, I’m really happy with how she came out?? This makes me wish my pony commissions were selling, I really miss designing and drawing ponies lol

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PHEW- my half of an art trade with the ever so lovely @princessmuse is complete! Took a little while since I have officially settled into my apartment and I’m looking for a job, but I’m really happy with how it came out, and I adore Pastel Pumpkin’s colors so much! Hope you enjoy~!

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How does Dolly deal with bad thoughts?

Not good yet.. Dolly is a very emotional little filly, who can’t often get a grasp of her emotions alone, and often has to be calmed before the inevitable happens. Like… In her first depicted episode in the blog, her bad thoughts were amplified when people started to shout at her that she was a donkey rather than a filly, to which those who supported her beliefs began to argue back saying she could be whatever she wanted. She may have trouble remembering most things, but that doesn’t mask the inner conflicts, such as that, she seems to have. There’s many times where she’ll just break down quietly by herself, and if emotions get overwhelming enough, she can easily throw herself into another episode. She’s still learning how to control these bad thoughts, but it hasn’t been revealed yet as to why she has certain thoughts period.

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do you hate kids why are they all trapped?!?!?!

No- No I could never hate these kiddos, I love them all so much! The most obvious answer is that, with the exception of Clippity Clop, they were captured by the Mountain Hounds and put to work accordingly; however, story wise I put a lot of thought into using kiddos to help Dolly’s story progress over time.

Yes they’re all young, but when I first conceived Dolly’s story I wanted the world to be seen from a child’s perspective, one who may seem helpless in a scenario like this, but who also possesses a unique outlook on what’s happening. These kids aren’t the strongest or wisest, but they are each growing with the world presented to them and for some, their maturity is either higher or lower as a result. I put them in this world because I wanted to push the limits of what “filly-blog” could be. Not just some other cutesy Q&A thing (which isn’t bad btw), but something with real struggle, real grit to it! I promise the kiddos will get better someday, but this is essential for each of their character developments, now that they’re a team uwu

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Hrm not sure about specific questions, but if you could just talk generally about the development process for your characters, either character-wise or design-wise (esp. the newer kiddos!)

Hmm… This is a bit tricky for me to explain, but I always have to feel out the character before I fully commit to something.Sometimes its immediate, sometimes it takes months, but what I like to do is push them in certain scenarios. It’s an old writing trick I learned in middle school: if you are making a character you have no personal experience with, do your research and then work on how they would act in certain scenarios based on those things you want to incorporate. I haven’t needed to do it in a long time, but it really helps when you’re stuck, and it helped me a lot when I first made Dolly!

She started off… Pretty oblivious. No Psychogenic Amnesia, no harsh strikes of shyness or even personality at the time, she was just a kid kinda floating along with her parents crazy scenarios. Never meant to develop her much at the time cause my mind said “ey, it’s a kid, who pays attention to those?“ But the more I drew and wrote in private of her, the more I realized there was more potential. Started off small, listing off my interests and what I thought could make a good story, and just worked hard from there… Took me almost a full year to finally start Dolly’s blog as a result, but in the end I had created a full backstory for her, enough of a skeleton to still let her grow narratively, and to me, a relatable enough personality that would make either people lover her or find similar traits in her. Heh, sorry this one got lengthy again, but I put a lot of deep, deep thought into developing a character, studying where I can be it online or people watching, and I go from there. It’s the funnest part of making stories for me! But makes the suspense all the worse on my end cause I wanna do nothing but share all my juicy bits of story wheeze…

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Hey draw some Cadance shamelessly eating a tub of ice cream with no hecks given

Sometimes you just need to practice self love

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Happy birthday to one of the most dedicated artists and friends I’ve got, @ask-wiggles ! Hush this ain’t late what u talkin bout?

Now, I know ya said there’s a chance the blog may not come back, but I know how much love and thought you put into each of these guys, and I think you deserve a big group shot with all of them together ;w;

Everyone was so damn fun to draw and I just needed to spend a little more time to make sure I did em justice wheeze. But happy birthday to you Wiggles! I’m so honored to have you as a friend and you inspire me to be the best artist I can be every day. Hope you had an amazing day! <3