Some Character Art I finished

So I did some more pony stuff, I know, it's a shock...but I'm posting it cause I finished it and because I think I did a pretty good job of capturing the look of the show on both pieces.

Shine from Equestria Girls

So if you haven't seen My Little Pony Equestria Girls or Rainbow Rocks you probably won't appreciate this one, but it's basically ponies as humans in a parallel universe. It's silly, but the music is great. Anyway, I made this for my friend Winter and I am thrilled with how it came out. The perspective was tricky because of their shape but I think the result was worth it.

Sapphire Night Classic

Sapphire Night Princess

Now these ones are a little more usual. It's Sapphire Night as a basic Alicorn (if such a thing exists, I guess) and then as a Princess. These ones match the look of the show which is good, but also they're both the same picture. I was able to work with layers and minimal editing to make one picture work for both. There's a reason I needed to do that, but frankly it's not interesting unless you roleplay, so I won't bore you. Suffice to say, it came out quite good, I feel.

Green Week logo

Prizes!

And because I'm super generous, I'm uploading some more straight-up Vector art I did. The first is the logo for Fillydelphia.com's Green Week event, which is basically Splatoon except for ponies. It's a week long event and this year they let me make the logo, which is cool. I also made the prize ribbons (above) which are very similar to the work I've done for MLPNWRP site... To be honest, I'm not in love with these ones, but I had to get them done quickly. I did learn more about Illustrator though, so... thats always a plus.

-Bad Seed, Bad Seed what we gonna do? 

Used my tablet today

Spectral Ponies

I did a little digital work today for New Worlds. Nothing special, but hey, this is my blog where I put my art so that's all the justification I need.

"Oh no! I never should have hung out with the kids by the liquor store." 

Some Randomness

So this was a rather interesting week. Among other things, I actually did some art...I liked it at the time, but obviously that couldn't last long. Still, I'm going to post it because, hey, that's what this blog is all about right? 

Karma sign

The first is a Karma project, well, actually it's for the Karma Connection newsletter that I put together every month. I needed a graphic to go along with an article about our group traveling to Las Vegas this month for the food handout, and so I came up with this:

This is a raster image done in Photoshop over the course of a few hours, not really sure how many cause I didn't keep track, but it wasn't too long. It's mostly just simple vector shapes duplicated and slightly modified to give the illusion of depth with a few badly placed shadows. I had some fun with the neon in this one as well as the textures. You can't tell (much) but every surface on this has a texture. Oh, the background is a stock photo (obviously).

Weather Graphic (with snow) 

The next one is this sign, it's a weather graphic for NewWorlds RP site that will be running a special event through Sunday. Those familiar with the MLP show will know what this represents, but for everyone else it's a yearly event where ponies 'clean up' winter and make it spring.

The chat has a somewhat interactive weather system with graphics, and this will be taking the place of them until the event is done. It's fun.

Whole thing is again vector/raster graphics done in Photoshop and Illustrator. A simple graphic that scaled down surprisingly well. The wood texture is a little better than the last wood signs I did in the same style and isn't too intrusive on the text. It IS a little large for what it was supposed to be, but it came out well. There's also a version without the snow. 

Map to Bitter Springs

Map graphic done to show the general location of Bitter Springs in relation to the train station and Dodge City done with raster graphics in Photoshop. This one took me a little more than an hour because I was trying to match a particular style. 

Sample 1

Sample 2

I think I nailed the look pretty well, without making any custom brushes or anything. 

I'll be honest, I'm thinking about revisiting this one. Obviously it's supposed to be more representational than an actual functional map, but I don't know. It seems very plain. It was just something I've wanted to do for a really long time and so now that I have, I'm posting it. If it gets updated, I'll post the revision here too. 

There were others (I know, can you believe it??) but I can't post them here yet. Not until the things they are attached to are farther along. I'm honestly not sure why I care, as literally no one looks at this, but hey, it's my blog and I'll do what I want. 

"Very well, Bart. I shall send you to HEAVEN...before I send you to HELL." 

-Sideshow Bob

Shine and Cherry, spooked.

This one isn't a big deal, but it's a fun sketch and I like it...and again, art. So up it goes.

It's Shine and Cherry Blossom, two of my friends OC characters being spooked by a 'ghost'.

Spoooooky

Fun sketches are fun.

"Oh ALAN!" 

Bitter Springs Concept Art

This is just going to be a short post - something I've been meaning to put up for awhile now. I did this pencil sketch of a town I created for a game called Bitter Springs. It's a town built on the side of a mountain. I like the sketch quite a bit...it's a little different than I'm used to working, but I hope to get better at it.

Bitter Springs b/w

The town is in a fair state of disrepair, obviously...I think that comes across fairly well. I like the clock tower too... I don't know why, but lately I've just been really enamored with the idea of them. I wish they were more culturally relevant today...

I suppose they'd be more useful if we didn't all have clocks everywhere we went.

Color Treatment.

I'm not gonna lie here. I stumbled pretty bad on the color pass. I was trying a new thing...sort of attempting to mimic water color and I failed pretty spectacularly. It gets the overall mood across, I suppose...in some areas. I don't know. I'll really need to spend some more time messing with the look in the future. Or begin painting with actual paints again.





In the end, I don't hate this piece. It's not one of my strongest in some areas, but in other ways, I think it's quite good. If I could just keep the pencil sketch and have that be useful, I'd be quite happy.

"Hey! Those are street shoes on the gym floor!"  

Major Updates on the way

Hey there folks,

Just a quick update today (and some art) since I'm currently neck deep in work. I just wanted to say that I haven't forgotten about updating the site, it's just had to be put on the back burner because of my current work for HMX Entertainment. New stuff will be coming soon to the website, including a new look for this old blog.

Now, I have been posting these everywhere, but in case you missed them, here's the side work I did yesterday.

one the top, we have Ayame from the Newscast RPG as a pony which is all sorts of adorable, and the other one is a pony from the actual show, but she has some of my sister's accessories (i.e. her Monroe piercing and Jack Sparrow tattoo).

There are probably some of you wondering what is with all the pony art. Well, indoctrinate yourself here. I just love the simplistic style and the cuteness of it all. Also, as the series progresses, it's becoming more and more 'aware' that the people most watching this show are adults which has made for some delightful moments. Lauren Faust, I salute you (even though I hated Foster's)!

"And that little kitten played with that ball of yarn....all through the night."
-Kent Brockman