#mlp drawing tutorial

[abbidavisart]

Nice, I like how you pony's, can you make a tutorial?

[itsraininghorses]

Someone on Reddit asked me for chest fluff tips, so here's a little drawing tutorial!

[wingsforthewicked]

Woe, my passion project be upon ye-

And that's it! For Now!!

Thank you so much for reading and i hope it comes in handy for any of your wingies needs :3 This took me... a While, more than it should've, but is finally here! And maybe i've been slacking a little on the tagging for this blog specifically, but i recommend besides reading all of this, to go check my Guides tag, as i'm missing a few little things here and there that i couldn't for the life of me find a way to explain, and i've already re-done this Way too much for my liking o(-(

But you can also just go around this blog to get some inspiration :o I got a Lot of different wing styles here, and again i gotta go back to tagging (and fix my blog web theme, don't worry about it—) but other than that, you're free to explore this lil blog of mine

Two last things—First, i did all of this for free, i want it to reach as many people as possible (which is why soon-ish i'll translate the entirety of it to spanish and add image descriptions to both versions, i need a break....), but if you liked this enough and would like to leave a lil' tip on my kofi (@/rainbowpinyata), i would appreciate it a lot... Second, my inbox is always open if you or someone you know is in need of a more in-dept explanation on any of the parts of this, as i had to resume most of the info, or just needs a little bit of advice. I'm gonna explain wings Much more than i already have on the next part, but that... is going to take a bit, so...

Anyways, many thanks to my friends for always being there for me, i don't think i would've gone past the first draft or the many others after that without their encouragement, suggestions and general help with keeping me going. It means everything to me.

Also, click for better quality pls, the pages are pretty big but... this site....

[dogsarec00l]

Again with this villain Chloe AU, I've been working on this AU for a while now and it's a very special AU for me.

This AU is set 16-18 years after the end of season 5. With some changes that I'll discuss later. Changes not just in the ending but in the story of the show in general.

Chloe is around 32-34 years old and is working with Lila (chlolila), but she isn't really trying to hurt anyone. Besides herself.

How does she have the Bee Miraculous? Well, I'll reveal that later. Maybe in another post or in a comic, who knows. Just know that it will be painful.

[i-am-cholera]

[madisockz]

I like how you draw pony's, can you make a tutorial on how? Please and thank you

Yes absolutely! I've never been asked to make a tutorial so I hope this is ok (⌯˃̶᷄ ﹏ ˂̶᷄⌯)ﾟI hope to make another tutorial or two to explain how I draw the rest of the body and maybe something for how I draw a little more realistically with my Bella Sara fanarts! Thank you so much for asking!

[lemon-sugarcoats-nothing]

How do you decide what to draw, and when it's done?

Text: "This is a great question! I usually "wing it" when it comes to deciding when my drawing is done. (More below)" "Finding ideas...? It kind of depends! Sometimes I'll get a strong picture form in my head while I'm doing something else. Other times I just sit and draw whatever."

Now to elaborate on my process for deciding when to stop, how far to go with shading, etc. Most of it has to do with how I feel about drawing something, but also to do with keeping things visually appealing. Here I've laid out each general step of my drawing process from start to finish:

1. Sketch, Meant to be quick and generally convey the subject. I will sometimes draw and post things just as cleaned up sketches if just adding visuals to a text post, for shit-posting, or just if I'm not too interested in what I'm drawing.

2. Line art, I almost never post *just* line art, but i will occasionally post line art with one color to fill in the silhouette to help with contrast and character recognizability.

3. Flat color, I often post ask responses at this stage (maybe with simple hard-edged shadows here or there), but outside of ask responses I only leave character reference art at this stage just because the colors are purest for the character. I don't usually leave it without simple shading because it can be hard to read the subject's form, and its not my cup of tea. I lightly airbrush a warm color over the line art so that the harsh black doesn't contrast too much with the bright colors.

4. Shaded, a step up from simple hard edge shading I'll layer more than one shading color (layer set to multiply and lowered opacity) and blend out the edges in some places to soften the form. Then I add lighting and highlights - first using a textured soft airbrush over a large area, then use a round airbrush with hard edges for the highlights, blending out the edges in some areas to soften the form. This is usually where i stop for simpler character pieces, either for ask responses or for personal art. (Highlight layers are set to "add-glow")

5. Atmosphere, or adding additional shading elements to engage the subject with an environment or specific lighting condition. Here I've done a sunset lighting condition - I put a purple color over the whole subject set to multiply and opacity lowered, then airbrushed a reddish orange tone (on a separate layer, set to add-glow and opacity lowered) over the highlighted areas to bring warmth back to the lit spots. Then deepened the shadows using the hard edge airbrush again, a dark blue color (multiply layer, lower opacity), and then blending some of the edges out to show the form better. This is where I'll merge the line-art layer with what i now have of the coloring and shading, if i didn't already do so prior. Last I went back over the highlights with the orangey color (add glow, lower opacity). Once I get to rendering like this, I don't often stop here because by this point I'm likely hyper fixated and will keep pushing the values and adding details until I get to 6.

6. Details and bounce light. I texture-airbrushed a blue bounce light color, erased some hard edges in using that hard edged airbrush and then blending some of the edges out. This then gave me a guide to add in bounce-highlights with a hard pen, that i blended out in some places. I then further pushed the main highlights using a hard pen and again, blended out the edges. All layers set to add glow and opacity lowered. This is where I'll usually stop for finished rendered pieces, because I struggle to find other things to add or change, and the hyperfixation is thinning out and caving into my hunger/sleepiness. Might add hard white highlight details, but those are the finishing touches.

7. Wtf details. Added in hair strand details and fly-aways, blades of grass, I'm up way too late and struggling to end the drawing process - Or im just enjoying rendering the hair. I almost never add in stray hairs like this, but it's something i enjoy visually.

Again, a lot of where I stop comes down to my energy, time, and the vibes I'm going for. Hope this answers your question!

[vaudeville-moggie]

two-frame animation tutorial

as per @belovedrat 's request So!! I use firealpaca for this because it has the animation mode. you CAN use your normal software, it just requires a little more opacity adjusting to check your work. anywoozle, step 1: sketch

(ignore how i put the ref in the layers instead of opening a reference window first up, and how I forgot platelet's horn) your sketch should be for both frames, and keep in mind what is and isn't in each frame when you do line art. turn on animation mode, under 'animation'.

also turn on "always display the first frame" (your sketch) this is so you can keep some consistency between frames.

I prefer hand drawing each frame rather than copying lineart and just changing what moves (or in this case, what speech bubble is visible). this gives it a kind of shakey look which I think gives that little more life instead of looking stiff. next it's folder time!

~ you can name them or not hehe firealpaca animation mode treats folders and everything in them as separate frames, so you can check how your animation looks using the "autoplay" feature (in the animation menu) and now you can colour!

I like to do the colours on one frame and then copy the layer into the other frame, fixing it up.

it's helpful to put in a black or grey background to spot the colour bleeding outside the lines. you can turn animation mode off also if it helps, you should also turn it off for the next step:

if you want a transparent background*, it helps to have a white outline, and adding drips is a personal thing I like to do :3

don't forget to hide the folders and fill it in also remember to add your artist tag at some point (I forgot initially oops) *if you don't want a transparent background, firealpaca has a built-in export as gif feature that makes the steps below unnecessary.

you can now hide the background and export one frame at a time (remember to save as transparent and name them the same thing with frame 1 and frame 2 respectively)

and then you can go to a website like ezgif, upload your files, recommended settings:

then click 'make a gif!' and save the resulting image.

boom! donezo! Platelet can now infodump about the immune system all he wants!!!

(you can totally add more frames by the way, just makes exporting them a pain and you probably want to make a folder.)

[vomiting-rainbows]

fuck i forgot to post this old canvas that i found with a bunch of old doodles, decided to draw and fill w some new doodles a bit, the designs i made for human!twilight and human!pinkie are my favs they so precious 🥹🥹

[fruixtii]

help it’s been so long since i’ve drawn ponies

[deathdetermineslife]

fun things you can do when you have an f/o!

print out pictures of them to hang up on your wall!

if they wear jewelry, make it!

make stickers of them! (there's tutorials on youtube of how to make stickers at home, or, you can get sticker paper on amazon for pretty cheap, mine was $6!)

if you do make stickers, put them on your sketchbook, journal, laptop, or whatever you feel like putting them on!

make a google slides presentation on them! alternatively, you could also write an essay about them.

if they don't have a canonical style of handwriting, find or try to write in a way they would write!

if they do, try making your own font of their handwriting that you can download and use. or, try to learn how to write similarly to them, maybe write letters to yourself from their perspective.

if they have a birthday or there's a holiday coming up (irl or canonical), make a card for them!

make them in the sims, or some other character creation making game. or, make a minecraft skin of them.

draw them as a character from another source. for example, draw them as a pony from mlp, or draw them as a character from smiling friends!

make a playlist of youtube videos you'd think they'd enjoy watching, and perhaps watch them again and pretend like you're watching them with your f/o.

make food they canonically like, or you'd think they'd like!

make a tier list as if they were making it! like a fruit tier list, for example.

if I think of anything else, I'll make a part 2!

[foleys-help-blog]

Fun Selfshipping Activities!

Print out pictures of them to hang up on your wall!

If they wear jewelry, make it!

Make stickers of them! (There's tutorials on youtube of how to make stickers at home, or, you can get sticker paper on amazon for pretty cheap!)

If you do make stickers, put them on your sketchbook, journal, laptop, or whatever you feel like putting them on!

Make a google slides presentation on them! Alternatively, you could also write an essay about them.

If they don't have a canonical style of handwriting, find or try to write in a way they would write!

If they do, try making your own font of their handwriting that you can download and use. Or, try to learn how to write similarly to them, maybe write letters to yourself from their perspective.

If they have a birthday or there's a holiday coming up (irl or canonical), make a card for them!

Make them in the sims, or some other character creation making game. Or you could make a Minecraft skin of them.

Draw them as a character from another source. For example, draw them as a pony from MLP, or draw them in the style of a cartoon you like!

Make a playlist of Youtube videos you'd think they'd enjoy watching, and perhaps watch them again and pretend like you're watching them with your f/o.

Make food they canonically like, or you'd think they'd like!

Make a tier list as if they were making it! Like a fruit tier list, for example.

Compile an Amazon list or Pinterest board of clothes they would wear!

If you're able, buy snacks you think they would enjoy!

Name a stuffed animal after them or name a stuffed animal something you think they would name it.

Make yourself a sticky note as if they made it (like a doodle, a simple 'I love you', or something silly!)

If your f/o has a particular interest, look into it! Study it even, if you'd like!

Take quizzes as if you were them. Could be something serious, or something silly you find on uquiz.

If your f/o is romantic and you would want to have children with them, pick out baby names! Compile a pinterest board of baby clothes or toys you and your f/o would purchase together.

Build you and your f/os dream home in a building game (like Minecraft or The Sims)

Plan out a vacation of somewhere you'd want to go with your f/o. Maybe you could make a Google slides "brochure" to convince them to go.

If your f/o has a canon perfume or cologne they wear, or alternatively, their source created one for them (primaniacs website has a long list of series they've made scents for!) put the scent notes into fragranticas "search by notes" feature to find a dupe, or make one yourself you think they'd wear!

Compile a list of flowers you think (or know) your f/o likes, make them into a bouquet and maybe look up the meanings for each flower.

Compile a list of candles or body lotions your f/o would buy!

[snowlily123]

A bunch of my ROTTMNT headcanons:

- Donnie listens to a lot of 80s songs.

- Leo is a Leo in astrology because yes.

- Raph likes family dynamic tv shows.

- Mikey has or had a hyperfixation on architecture.

- Donnie took dance classes (or watched dance tutorials online) as a kid and Mikey joined him specifically for ballet.

- The boys will shout memes at each other at 3am.

- Sometime the TNMT boys will just start singing a song randomly.

- Draxum was forced by Raph to watch MLP after his redemption arc.

- Donnie had a hyperfixation on demonology at one point.

- Leo likes to watch Hairspray and sings along to all the songs.

- Leo is terrible at making simple dishes but compacted dishes are his thing.

- Mikey learned to make food specifically so he didn't have to eat Splinter's cooking but then it developed into a full grown hobby.

- Raph likes to knit.

- Raph knitted everyone their sweaters and beanies during the Christmas episode.

- Donnie's shell armor started out as just a pillow and a belt.

- Raph took sewing classes and made Donnie his purple hoodie for a Christmas or birthday gift.

- Draxum and Splinter still get at each other's throats but Mikey brings out Dr. Feelings to get them to stop.

- April was adopted by Splinter.

- Donnie has had the intrusive thoughts about testing his tech on his brothers a lot.

- Leo has intrusive thoughts about biting Donnie's head. And he used to do it all the time as a kid.

- Donnie had a gap in his front teeth.

- Donnie had to wear glasses as a kid but ended up not needing them as he got older.

- Raph got his snaggle tooth caught on a lot of fabric he tried eating as a kid.

- Raph has that scar on his eye after the movie and so his brothers gave him a special eyepatch with a funny googly eye on the front of it.

- Raph has stuffed turtle dolls with his brothers’ corresponding bandana wrapped around their head that he sleeps with.

- Raph is really good at crocheting.

- Raph likes to make little crocheted animals that he keeps on a shelf in his room.

- Raph hangs out with Cassandra all the time as sparing partners.

- Raph has a special spot in the lair for when he gets too mad.

- Raph can’t cook for jack, except for sweets.

- Raph constantly trips due to his size.

- Raph definitely likes his sleep but is more of a morning person.

- Donnie and Leo have their own person YouTube channels and also a shared one.

- Donnie focuses on the analytical side of the channel while Leo is more focused on the video ideas.

- Mikey is aro/ace.

- Donnie is demiromantic with no lean.

- Raph is biromantic with a gay lean.

- Leo is gay but we already know this.

- Raph listens to music and writes in a journal to calm himself when he’s angry.

- Mikey helps Raph find new coping mechanisms and breathing techniques every therapy session.

- Donnie is much more flexible than his brothers because he’s a soft shell turtle.

- Donnie likes to do yoga.

- Donnie is overstimulated by too many loud noises.

- Raph likes to play pretend still even though many people tell him that “it’s weird that he still likes to play pretend at his age” and/or make fun of him for it.

- Mikey likes to play pretend with Raph.

- Donnie watches Monster High and collects all the dolls for each of the characters.

- Donnie has an entire wall in his lab specifically used to display all of the drawings Mikey has made and given to him throughout the years.

- Donnie cosplays Tinkywinky in his spare time. /hj

- Leo and Raph both crossdress, Leo does it because he finds it hilarious and Raph does it because he just genuinely enjoys wearing pretty dresses sometimes.

- Mikey definitely stole the ice cream kitty statue in that one episode.

- Leo is trans masc

[maplewozapi]

Ahahaha I followed originally because of your native ocs tutorial, which I actually read while learning about eagle feather practices. I'm graduating with my associates degree this year and I told my mom about it, she got in touch with our tribe and we're going to try and get me an eagle feather for graduation (our native family unfortunately isn't in the picture, so we have to figure things out ourselves.)

Anyhoo, just saw your most recent ask about MLP. That post blew my mind as a kid!! I was way into the MLP fandom in middle school and after watching the buffalo episode I didn't know how to mix a buffalo and a pony to represent myself, since I am mixed. The idea that main characters could be native like me was crazy awesome and mega inspiring to me, most of my OCS are native on some level now.

Very cool to see you again, I think I originally saw the image on Pinterest, so nice to meet you too! I love your work. Thanks for having such an impact on my life.

IM SO GLAD I WASNT THE ONLY ONE! I am mixed too and was so so confused about if I should make a buffalo pony hybrid but it felt wrong, forcing myself to draw feathers and war paint. I just want to give my little self a hug! Also I made it on Pinterest 😳 now I can brag. I feel like people don’t even know how tenuous it is to even get a eagle feather legally, my great grandpa had found a dead eagle long time ago thankfully and registered it so we don’t necessarily need to go through the process of waiting to even get one. I also saw your repost it’s a joke! I’ve met a couple people at say Yaateeh and kola despite being different languages and being used in the wrong context. People use kola too personally, it’s reserved for your male bestie "brother from another mother" basically, I’ve had a couple gal pals say kola and I’m like GIRL WE ARENT BROS😡 we’re maške 🥰.

This made my day thank you🥺💕🍇💝🌸

[fleouriarts]

january 2024 doodle dump

descriptions and such below

1: middle school me as my fursona. i realized that i could draw myself with baby tapir spots and i was like 'well holy shit i have to do it now'. also featuring jeff the killer as an opossum

2: my ocs sam and julian based on this post. hopefully this will be the year of me drawing my ocs more LOL i obviously like drawing hivemind but i want to actually Do Something with my ocs this year at some point

3. saw a post that said january 16th is "appreciate a dragon day" so i doodled this of my dragonsona at mach speed before i went to bed

4: i drew this as part of a tutorial thing to help a friend out with drawing from reference without going crazy. however i do not feel like posting the whole tutorial. just enjoy long(er) hair hatless riley

5: riley's fursona except i drew the pic from 2018 where he has the exact same hair as sunset shimmer from mlp

6: i loved dignan's matching hat and sweater in the recent best tweets video so of course i drew him as a furry in it

[blueskittlesart]

Sideview tutorial?? I try so hard and it still looks either flat faced or like a weird mlp-

I always feel like my written tutorials suck shit so i tried just filming myself drawing a very quick side profile lol. this is in 2x speed but i go over like. the basic proportions that will make ur face look like a face lol! i hope this is somewhat helpful sorry im bad at explaining my process