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I'm Not Dead
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Hello dA,
Been forever, right? Feels like it. Do I have anything to show for my absence? Nope. Any excuses? Nope. Just haven't been feeling it. Still completely without ideas and unmotivated to do anything about it. It's weird. I want to get back into drawing, but I just can't seem to do it. I have several theories, none of which will be easy problems to resolve. School is beating the crap out of me, which isn't helping. This is the only free weekend I've had since August. I haven't even been able to keep up with fandom news until recently. I was playing on a Minecraft server I enjoy recently and someone asked about Button Mash's mom or something. Had no clue who Button Mash was let alone his mom. I feel I should have known that one better since I learned it came out like the 15th of August or something, but I may have been at my uncle's house at the time and just didn't notice it or forgot about it since viewing it.
So I learned today that I passed 100 watchers...a while ago. I feel as though I should do something as a thank you. Any thoughts? I'm wide open to suggestions. I'd probably still be up for requests if you like my style enough. I still doodle ponies on my notebooks so I'm not that rusty, it's just none of them are worth posting anywhere. Well, peace out for now. Hope to be back and active at some point.
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It's That Time Again...
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That's right: the Pony-less drought is upon us. And now that I've finally "quit" WoW for a while, I think it's time to make something. I mean it's only been, what, 5 months? Boy I've been slacking. The difference this time is that I've done a few successful OC requests. I haven't rusted too much in that department.
I've also learned something from this most recent experience of simply doodling in notebooks and the recent thingies (debating uploading those since one of them is...something. Boy is that OC something,) is that outlines work. Well. They define and separate layers a lot better than my weaksauce attempts in the past. I won't take those experiments down since I need to be reminded of the importance of outlines, but I will have you know I am slightly ashamed of them.
To get me off my butt and drawing again, I am going to take requests/commissions (probably points)/whatever. Just drop a note or profile comment, and we'll work something out. The style will be fairly show accurate, sort of like this:
I've also learned something from this most recent experience of simply doodling in notebooks and the recent thingies (debating uploading those since one of them is...something. Boy is that OC something,) is that outlines work. Well. They define and separate layers a lot better than my weaksauce attempts in the past. I won't take those experiments down since I need to be reminded of the importance of outlines, but I will have you know I am slightly ashamed of them.
To get me off my butt and drawing again, I am going to take requests/commissions (probably points)/whatever. Just drop a note or profile comment, and we'll work something out. The style will be fairly show accurate, sort of like this:
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This journal shall be nothing but spoilers about the newest episode. To get some filler though, I'll talk about personal stuff for a moment. The car is running again, a project was handed in on time, I was told I did very well on my history class mid-term exam and my essay was asked to be transcribed as an example of a great essay for the professor's future classes, and I EFFING DESTROYED a chem. eng. test last week. Things are totally looking up. I'm totally going to draw something for the new episode. I'll try to keep spoilers down.
Okay has this been enough space? I hope it has. If it wasn't enough space on the preview, just move along if you don't want to see spoilers.
You could even just close the journal now. I can wait. I have all day to talk spoilers.
You have been thoroughly warned.
Okay, so this episode actually helped me wrap my head around the nature of cutie marks. Since the other mane 6 had their destinies swapped, their cutie marks changed. HOWEVER, their true natures were not changed. It seems that the cutie mark is more like a function of their destiny, but is truly defined by their nature. This make sense in the canon since ponies can have similar cutie marks but execute them in different manners.
The nature of Star Swirl the Bearded's spell seemed pretty weak. I mean sure it was powerful enough to alter the destiny of other ponies, but it was undone simply by reintroducing the pony into her proper environment. I guess incomplete spells have a tenuous lasting effect or something. That seemed kind of weak and would have preferred seeing this stretched out over two episodes so they'd have a chance to really develop the seriousness of the situation or come up with a more satisfying solution to the problem. I mean Discord's episode 1 had far more serious consequences and real danger than Twilight's spell cast.
I also knew coming in the episode that Twilight becoming a princess was going to be more permanent than this one episode. There was a lot of marketing for this long before the event, the live event existed at all (could have done without Miss America,) and you could sort of see this coming a mile away since Twilight's element of harmony manifested as a tiara (which is what princesses wears.) I mean sure she is supposed to have the most powerful element, but still it could have simply been a more elaborate necklace. I mean they could have pulled like a Green Beast Naruto in the Ultimate Ninja games and be like an on-going joke even though he literally had like 4 seconds of air time as a day dream, but that doesn't seem to be the way Hasbro's marketing team rolls.
I feel overall it was an acceptable albeit lacking episode. Twilight singing was fine, could have done without the singing between the other mane six though. I'm not quite at perfectly accepting of Twilicorn yet, but after seeing RD happy about a new flying buddy and Pinkie throwing an alicorn party (alicorn is canon btw) I think I'm getting there. The series may have to take a slightly new direction from now on, but I'm confident that they aren't going to ruin it. Even if they do ruin it, we'll always have the good old days of two unicorns, two earth ponies, and two pegasi to watch. Or we'll abandon it and move on with our lives. Your choice.
Okay has this been enough space? I hope it has. If it wasn't enough space on the preview, just move along if you don't want to see spoilers.
You could even just close the journal now. I can wait. I have all day to talk spoilers.
You have been thoroughly warned.
Okay, so this episode actually helped me wrap my head around the nature of cutie marks. Since the other mane 6 had their destinies swapped, their cutie marks changed. HOWEVER, their true natures were not changed. It seems that the cutie mark is more like a function of their destiny, but is truly defined by their nature. This make sense in the canon since ponies can have similar cutie marks but execute them in different manners.
The nature of Star Swirl the Bearded's spell seemed pretty weak. I mean sure it was powerful enough to alter the destiny of other ponies, but it was undone simply by reintroducing the pony into her proper environment. I guess incomplete spells have a tenuous lasting effect or something. That seemed kind of weak and would have preferred seeing this stretched out over two episodes so they'd have a chance to really develop the seriousness of the situation or come up with a more satisfying solution to the problem. I mean Discord's episode 1 had far more serious consequences and real danger than Twilight's spell cast.
I also knew coming in the episode that Twilight becoming a princess was going to be more permanent than this one episode. There was a lot of marketing for this long before the event, the live event existed at all (could have done without Miss America,) and you could sort of see this coming a mile away since Twilight's element of harmony manifested as a tiara (which is what princesses wears.) I mean sure she is supposed to have the most powerful element, but still it could have simply been a more elaborate necklace. I mean they could have pulled like a Green Beast Naruto in the Ultimate Ninja games and be like an on-going joke even though he literally had like 4 seconds of air time as a day dream, but that doesn't seem to be the way Hasbro's marketing team rolls.
I feel overall it was an acceptable albeit lacking episode. Twilight singing was fine, could have done without the singing between the other mane six though. I'm not quite at perfectly accepting of Twilicorn yet, but after seeing RD happy about a new flying buddy and Pinkie throwing an alicorn party (alicorn is canon btw) I think I'm getting there. The series may have to take a slightly new direction from now on, but I'm confident that they aren't going to ruin it. Even if they do ruin it, we'll always have the good old days of two unicorns, two earth ponies, and two pegasi to watch. Or we'll abandon it and move on with our lives. Your choice.
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Welp!
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School is back and being completely unforgiving. I don't know what's going on with me this term, but something isn't quite clicking. I'm not in any trouble with my grades (yet), but for someone who spent his time in high school pulling off a B+ average while playing more WoW than was good for him it's very stressful. I don't even game as much as I used to! My professors are great! I even understand almost all of the material! Ugh...
Anyway, I've had a few ideas rolling around that seemed like fun things to draw. I still doodle far more than I should be in my notebooks during lectures, but I think putting a few ideas on actual paper and coloring them will put that to bed for a while. Or send me on a path to my utter demise as I get lost trying to draw and color better and better. We'll see.
On a side note, did anyone else breathe a sigh of relief after seeing these on EQD? www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02… www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02… I know I did! Man, I really hope that this season ends on a good note. I'm not saying this season of MLP sucked, but it does't quite compare to the first two. I can only hope this means they're pooling resources for something epic...
UPDATE! - 2/10/2013, 9:51 PM (EST): Umm...I learned on Saturday (after the sidewalks were cleared enough) that my car died...again. I'm fairly certain this is for a different reason than the last time it died, but dealing with that on top of a project deadline on Friday and just stress from roommates and life in general virtually shattered any focus I had on drawing. I haven't even seen this week's episode of MLP. I probably really should given how crappy I feel, but moping has been so much more appealing. Given that I finally had the drive to actually get this off my chest in the form of a dA journal I think I'm now in a position to begin fixing this. See y'all again after I put this proverbial fire out.
Anyway, I've had a few ideas rolling around that seemed like fun things to draw. I still doodle far more than I should be in my notebooks during lectures, but I think putting a few ideas on actual paper and coloring them will put that to bed for a while. Or send me on a path to my utter demise as I get lost trying to draw and color better and better. We'll see.
On a side note, did anyone else breathe a sigh of relief after seeing these on EQD? www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02… www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02… I know I did! Man, I really hope that this season ends on a good note. I'm not saying this season of MLP sucked, but it does't quite compare to the first two. I can only hope this means they're pooling resources for something epic...
UPDATE! - 2/10/2013, 9:51 PM (EST): Umm...I learned on Saturday (after the sidewalks were cleared enough) that my car died...again. I'm fairly certain this is for a different reason than the last time it died, but dealing with that on top of a project deadline on Friday and just stress from roommates and life in general virtually shattered any focus I had on drawing. I haven't even seen this week's episode of MLP. I probably really should given how crappy I feel, but moping has been so much more appealing. Given that I finally had the drive to actually get this off my chest in the form of a dA journal I think I'm now in a position to begin fixing this. See y'all again after I put this proverbial fire out.
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Where to Begin...
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Howdy, everyone. It's been a while. School's been on break for like a week and a half now. Not going to lie, it's pretty great actually having a moment to do fun stuff. Unfortunately, that fun stuff hasn't included drawing and uploading to dA. In my spare time, I have managed to get stuff around the house done, straighten out my music library, learn to draw people a bit better, effectively draw with a mouse without using the god awful path tool in GIMP, and beat Halo 4 on solo legendary.
I'd like to say that was all worth it, but I really wish I had something to draw that I could also upload. I haven't had any ideas as of late that are worth putting up here. I'd ask if anyone of my watchers or anyone unfortunate enough to stumble on my tiny corner of the dA community wants to see me draw something, but I feel I still I don't have a unique style to my art for you to feel confident in knowing what you're getting. Been several months and I still don't know how I want to draw things. Kinda funny if you think about it.
In case I don't do anything about it later, happy holidays and happy New Year. If you don't celebrate either one of those things, than I hope you're at least enjoying the weather where you live.
I'd like to say that was all worth it, but I really wish I had something to draw that I could also upload. I haven't had any ideas as of late that are worth putting up here. I'd ask if anyone of my watchers or anyone unfortunate enough to stumble on my tiny corner of the dA community wants to see me draw something, but I feel I still I don't have a unique style to my art for you to feel confident in knowing what you're getting. Been several months and I still don't know how I want to draw things. Kinda funny if you think about it.
In case I don't do anything about it later, happy holidays and happy New Year. If you don't celebrate either one of those things, than I hope you're at least enjoying the weather where you live.
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