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Concert WIP2

Playing around with color (final version won't be so eye-searing)

tweaked moondancer's face, he's not having a completely awful time

ALSO want some notes on a fictitious Equestria band that has little significance in our story beyond this one story piece

-The band's name is Bewitching Bell, they are a heavy metal group with strong punk rock overtones

-The lead singer is a capricorn (rare sapient magical goat-headed sea-monster, distantly relat...

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Concert WIP

Best buddies at a concert. Moondancer is trying very hard not to call his mom to pick him up.


the lyrics, if you can't make them out

Wicked Father, no warning or sign

Judgement Day and the slaughter arrives

Soak the altar in the blood of pigs

Strike them down and burn the rich

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"Father of Monsters", by Bewitching Bell

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Totally Brutal

quick sloppy concept doodle of metalhead marshmallow

going for that typical incomprehensible metal logo font


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Discussion Post: How to Friendship

Very interesting notes on that last poll y'all, thank you. I've been pondering the friendship between Pandora, Moondancer, and Cupcake. I think I'm guilty of telling, not showing when it comes to these three chums, to the point where I doubt their friendship feels multi-directional and equally reciprocated. We know Pandora and Cupcake care about Moondancer. Cupcake and Pan care about each other. But does Moondancer care about them? The answer is yes, but looking at my gallery right now, I'm n...

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On Cupcake and Moondancer

I think I'll be fleshing out the friendship between Pandora, Cupcake, and Moondancer, back when they were younger and nobody cared about magic or destiny. The bond between Cupcake and Moondancer is especially close, he genuinely trusts Cupcake possibly more than anyone else (save for Maudie). That said, what do y'all think- Should Cupcake know about Moondancer's feelings for Pandora?

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Even More Kitties

Me: hey guys could you maybe give me an idea for one last cat

Y'all: *unleash the creativity floodgates so hard i can't pick just one idea*

I revamped the last Siamese cat's design and changes its name. Kahlua is a big friendly idiot that chirps at house guests and even plays fetch! She often gets the zoomies at 3am. She's the emotional support buddy of Bombon, who is a skittish, spacy oddball.

Bonu...

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Kitties WIP2

more of joe's babies

he has five cats total, so i'm short one kitty. Suggest ideas, if you have em! Breed, personality, and name suggestions for the last cat are all welcome~

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Kitties WIP

warm-up doodle and wip of a project i'll be working on (Illustrating all the pets of my cast)

These are two of Cuppa Joe's beloved, beloved kitties 

Vienna was found as a kitten in the alleyway behind his cafe. She was lost and huddled under a box, mewing in the cold. Joe found her, tucked her into his scarf, and fed her a bit of his sandwich. Vienna has since been forever loyal and loving, and enjoyed many, many more sandwiches.

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Rivals

Belle catches her rival on a bad day. Two minutes later, Magnolia was observed angrily devouring the proffered twisty cone.

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Search Your Feelings


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Big Hair McGee, is what they call Me

Sigh. New nextgen doodle, since so many people wanted to see "Suri Polomare's witch of a daughter", as mentioned in My Better Half

She needs a name! Got any suggestions? Fire away~

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Huh

of course of course

sometimes you fall for a horse

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Huh (WIP)

well well well

what have we here

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Requests Open (?)

I believe tomorrow is gonna be a slow day at work, since all the students have gone home for the thanksgiving holiday weekend. So I'm tentatively opening requests! Stuff for me to doodle in my sketchbook and post later. The theme for these doodles is parents and children, so if you've always wanted to see some of my nextgen interact with their parents, suggest your ideas here! 

(Although the theme is parents and kids, if you have an unrelated idea you'd like to sha...

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My Better Half (Mostly Complete Draft)

Back at it with a (mostly) finished rough draft for that Magnolia/Pandora story. I know this needs some editing, but right now I'm looking for feedback on the story itself. Is it working for you? Too much dialogue or nah? Does it feel like melodrama and if so, which parts? Does anything need to be cut out or expanded on? I'm entirely open to criticism!

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Magnolia May gave a nervous glance to the wall clock. Her gut seemed to be full of twittermites.

She'd ...

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Phoenix Palette Test

Phoenix's original color palette is a little too analogous for my liking. She doesn't really read as Rainbow Dash's daughter. I've been wanting to incorporate some blue into her design for a while. Which palette do you like best? Her original color palette is on the left. Alternate suggestions are very welcome!

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Life Update

Howdy all! I wanted to pop in and tell you guys how grateful I am for your support! It means the world to me, and helps me keep my head above water financially. Thank you!

I also wanted to say, regrettably, I think I might need to take a break from art for a few days. Maybe a week. I've been really struggling with that one-two punch of anxiety and depression lately. There's no real cause, my brain chemicals and whatnot are just off balance. I feel ridiculously guilty for not producing c...

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What do you want to see next?

Hey, all! I'm gonna be focusing on knocking out some overdue commissions for a while, but I'll be uploading regular art in between. What do you most want to see next?

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Polychromatic Speedy

rainbow dash completes the set (she wasn't fast enough to avoid getting the standard bucket of glitter dumped on her)

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Henrietta (WIP)

considering a gag where Pandora's beloved pet hen is actually a monstrous cockatrice. Cockatrices can mask their appearance via magic, but Henny just can't seem to help screwing with her owner. Pan, you see, is badly far-sighted (just like Twilight), and needs her reading glasses to view things up close. But being the vain noodle she is, she won't wear them unless absolutely necessary, so Henny can get away with a lot of magic shenanigans right under her owner's nose

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Polychroma WIP

working on the last of the mom six set

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My Better Half (Incomplete Draft)

Howdy, all! I'm sharing the first part of "My Better Half" for feedback and critique. I know the actual writing and transitions right now are clumsy right now, I'd prefer if y'all focused instead on the ideas being presented, what you think of them, and whether or not they work. Luma's a tricky character to nail down. Tell me what you think!

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Magnolia May gave a nervous glance to the wall clock. Her gut churned, like she'd swallowed a whole hive of twittermites....

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HC: Cozy Glow

Finito!

i'm still pondering babie satan, will upload full headcanon when i post this on deviantart

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HC WIP: Cozy Glow

"Golly! I guess I still have a lot to learn about friendship!"

i hate this character. so much. Everything about Cozy Glow, from her conception to her execution, is so bizarre it throws a wrench in the logic of the show. For Cozy Glow to be competent, the other characters get handed the idiot ball. She's a child written like an adult pretending to be a child and that skeeves me out. She is evil for no reason and the writers and animators wank themselves silly over how many evil ...

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My Better Half

magnolia is sensing this date maybe wasn't the best idea

Special thanks to everyone who helped me suss out Luma's color palette! Here's a flat version without a million shading layers


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Babycake

Cupcake: Why is the kitchen on fire?

Pandora: The recipe called for spice!

Cupcake: So you added......arson.

Pandora: Heck yeah I did! Why, is a certain somebody getting a little hot under the collar?

Cupcake: ................Yes.


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silly quickie doodle

headcanon: cupcake is morosexual: exclusively attracted to dumbasses. Everytime Pan does...

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Color Palette HALP

Luma (character on the left) is frustrating the heck out of me. No color palette I pick out for her looks right. I'm going for something simple, yet elegant....her current palette is too busy, yet when I simplify it it looks too bland. I kinda wanna strangle this noodle i've been at this forever

So if y'all have any ideas for a better color palette, I'd sure appreciate it! Just not pure white, it doesn't look good. And not too pretty, if you please- Luma's whole thing is that she's the ...

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Happy Family Combo Meal

luster dawn and her daddos!

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Why not (WIP)

so this little bugger grew on me, i decided to include her in the pandoraverse proper. I can't complain when canon throws me a bone, I did want a Flashburst kiddo.

So anyway, Luster Dawn is the wee beloved daughter of one royal wizard Sunburst and one royal guard Flash Sentry. Though I'm a little torn on how to integrate her....which option do y'all like best?

1.) Luster is Sunburst's and Flash's biological daughter. Flash is a trans stal...

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Old Man

Pan missed her dumb daddo

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