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• Do you want to create a Pony OC, but you're not sure how?


• Do you already have a Pony OC, but you wish it looked more unique?


• Maybe you just want your Pony to look its very best!?

Well look no further than this thread!

I'm not much of a writer or anything, so at the moment we're just gonna focus on the looks of a Pony. I know looks aren't everything, but intentionally designing a character to look a certain way can leave a strong first impression! :) But enough of my babbling, lets dive right in!

Color!!
I don't even need to explain this one. Y'all know your colors. But how familiar are you with the Color Wheel? or Color Theory? Well don't worry, your ol' pal Mizuki has got you covered! Behold!

• Color Scheme Designer (http://colorschemedesigner.com/) Helps you figure out what colors go well together


• Colour Pod (http://www.colourpod.com/) One of many "Color Palette" blogs on tumblr


• Color Palette Generator (http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/) Extracts 5 dull and 5 vibrant colors from an existing image. You'll see when you get there, though I mostly recommend using it as a starting point.

This next one sort of falls somewhere between "Color" and "everything else", but here ya are anyway!

• Character Design Tips (http://purplekecleon.deviantart.com/art/Character-design-tips-184090593/) (I've seen a lot of OC's fall in similar traps, so I think it can be applied to Ponies too~)

A good "Rule of Thumb" is to pick 3 basic colors (any colors your little heart desires! <3) and find a way to make it work.

For example, colors like Pink and Yellow don't really "match up" on the color wheel...

...but if you add a third color; like the color blue (or in this case, Teal. What? It's a type of blue) then suddenly it's a bit more interesting!

From there, you can expand upon it, like so:


This Yellow/Blue/Pink combination works for both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, so if you're worried about being "stuck with just three colors", just remember that there's all kinds of different shades and hues out there to play with!  ^-^

Of course, not everyone follows this "rule of 3"; (Hello Rainbow Dash! lol) but if you look carefully at Rainbow's mane, you'll notice that she has 3 colors in her fringes (red, yellow, & orange) and 3 colors in the back (green, blue, purple) so in a way...she kind of does! Not to mention her solid coat (a light shade of blue) and her simple cutie mark (just ONE thunder cloud/bolt thing)  all help her achieve a more "balanced" look.

Colors can even be symbolic, and while this varies heavily from culture to culture, I still think it's something worth sharing here:

• Color Symbolism #1 (http://webdesign.about.com/od/color/a/bl_colorculture.htm/)


• Color Symbolism #2 (http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/cultural-color.html)

Speaking of symbolism...

Cutie Marks!!
Okay so you're starting to get your hooves wet in terms of color (or maybe you're already an expert) and that is awesome! Thankfully, cutie marks are a little bit easier to wrap your head around (It's an object on your flank. Doesn't get much simpler than that, folks!) However, there some things you may wanna keep in mind.

✰Rule of Odds!✰

• Basically, this is where that whole "rule of 3" thing I mentioned before actually comes from. It's an unofficial rule that "odd numbers are more aesthetically pleasing" design-wise. (They "look pretty" for some reason. Don't ask me what the science behind it is, I'm sure it's math-related though) I mean you've noticed it too, right? Big Macintosh has one Apple on his flank. Rarity has three gems on her flank. Twilight Sparkle has five little white stars (plus one big star) on her flank. So y'know, something to think about!  O:
  

✰Symbolism!✰

• Sometimes cutie marks can be pretty self-explanatory. (APPLES!! CARROTS!! BEES!!) But sometimes a cutie mark can have a hidden meaning. Take Cheerilee for example: You'd think because she has happy flowers on her flank, her talent would be garden-related, but nope! The Flowers represent the knowledge blooming in the minds of her students, and the smiles represent the "cheer" she'd bring to them as they're learning. That's some pretty deep stuff!


• If I had to interpret Twilight Sparkle's cutie mark in such a way, I'd say the five little stars represent the elements of harmony, where as the big star represents the sixth element: Magic. All together you have the most powerful magic of all: friendship! Hence why her talent really is magic, but also friendship. (I still think the 6th element should have been called "friendship", but since friendship IS magic, then technically Twilight's "element of magic" isn't exactly "wrong", either)

Overall, just keep the cutie mark fairly simple in terms of design. Less is more! That's about it!

MANES/TAILS!!
I'll probably/definitely put up more visual aids tomorrow, but it's getting late in my time zone and I kinda wanna hit "post" before I lose everything I've written so far.

Basically, you want your character to have a strong Silhouette.

Lets try this for example:


My, won't you look at all of that poofy hair, and such a care-free pose! Just the mane and tail alone sure says a lot about this little pony! I bet they're just as bouncy as those curly locks of theirs! (I wonder who it could be? :D )

Sometimes you can get an idea of what kind of hair they have based on a character's life style. Rarity is a prim and proper lady who takes much pride in her outward appearance, so her mane has to be perfectly coiffed at all times. Applejack on the other hoof doesn't bother fussing with her hair all that much. Sure, she'll tie it back to get it out of the way, but it's mostly out of necessity than it is a fashion statement.

I could go on and on about the mane six's hair, but I think you guys get the point by now  ;)

Pony hair doesn't grow the same way as people-hair does, but have some hair-drawing references anyway!

• Hair Tutorials #1 (http://helpyoudraw.tumblr.com/tagged/realistichair/)


• Hair Tutorials #2 (http://helpyoudraw.tumblr.com/tagged/animehair)


• Hair Tutorials #3 (http://helpyoudraw.tumblr.com/tagged/cartoonhair)

Well it's been fun, but I think I'll stop there for now! Sorry if this was TL;DR!!

Remember, you can completely disregard this information if you want to! Or maybe this is all stuff you already knew!! However, I thought it'd be fun to have a bunch of resources all in one place! Just in case! X3

Feel free to share your own thoughts/opinions/ideas/resources!!

Woohoo DESIGNING PARTY man I LOVE designing new ponies and I love reading stuff like this  :D
I will add some stuffs too.

Oh my gosh those tutorials are SO AWESOME!!  :3

Don't forget to link your sources!

EDIT: I got impatient and added the sources for you, I hope you don't mind~  <3

For the short version I point out that the ponies are generally 'pastel' colored.  So things like bright red and neon green aren't viable colors.

That's a good point!

Though male ponies have a tenancy to use more earthy tones, and there are plenty who aren't pastel (Twilight, Rarity & Pinkie Pie all have pretty dark manes)

ah then again even earthy tones can be pastel :o

I'll make a note of it!

One thing I'v noticed is that Pegasi tent to be skyish colors like blues or greys or something.

We'v seen Rainbow Dash, she's blue, then Cloud Chaser and Flitter are kinda a grey blue, then Thunder Lane is black like the night sky...

Now of course some aren't any skyish colors...like Flutter Shy but it's just something I'v realized and thought I'd share!
I don't know if this's helped but hope it did! ;)

Quote from: Mizuki on 2014 Feb 20, 23:36:52
That's a good point!

Though male ponies have a tenancy to use more earthy tones, and there are plenty who aren't pastel (Twilight, Rarity & Pinkie Pie all have pretty dark manes)

ah then again even earthy tones can be pastel :o

I'll make a note of it!

Pastel is more of a texture to me than a specific color.  A dull like appearance that is in no way shiny or overly bright.  It's hard to explain it I guess.

Dark and light colors work well together, e.g. if you make your pony's mane dark and its coat light and looked at just its head, its coat would stand out.

While I have no trouble developing a personality and a backstory for ponies, I always seem to get stuck when trying to give OCs a visual appearance. I always seem to make something generic or let pony creator make something for me. It's the hair, really. Every time I try to add something different, it makes it look wierd.

But then again, simple is best. I'll figure out how to also make them unquie after some practice.

And those hair tutorials only showed me that everyone but me knows how to make manes >.<

Quote from: Gracie Sky on 2014 Feb 21, 17:10:27
While I have no trouble developing a personality and a backstory for ponies, I always seem to get stuck when trying to give OCs a visual appearance. I always seem to make something generic or let pony creator make something for me. It's the hair, really. Every time I try to add something different, it makes it look wierd.

But then again, simple is best. I'll figure out how to also make them unquie after some practice.

And those hair tutorials only showed me that everyone but me knows how to make manes >.<

Aww don't feel bad :( I'm not exactly great at designing manes, either.

I guess if you just think of certain adjectives; like spiky, wavy, poofy, curly, straight, round, swirly, that kind of thing...

Also Short, long, or medium length!

Also remember that most pony-hair is made up of both "fringes" and "the rest of it". Fluttershy for the most part has her hair all the same length, so her fringes would be long, but so is the rest of her mane :)

I'll try to post some more visual aids whenever I can, but please don't get discouraged! The only way to learn more is to keep practicing!  <3

http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/interests-unplugged.htm
http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/character-skills.htm
http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/quick-character-kit.htm
Not really designing but it can help when making new characters!

interesting! thanks for sharing that! :)

I find it helpful to run it through this to test the base design before creating the final, you probably have seen it tons of times, but if not you may find it useful, at least to visualize it, while it doesn't have everything it does have a bit more variety then others I've seen

http://www.starsue.net/game/Pony_Maker.html

Oh that's cool :)

I always preferred this pony creator over the one on deviantart. It seems more on-model to me

INformation overlordd...! till processiong. This is GREAT!!!  :D  he ovO  he ovO  he ovO

Time to design a perfect race of ponies...  :]

This is helping me out alot for designing my main OC, but i've bin running into some problems on his coloring.
Here's the color scheme i had in mind and keep in mind that he is supposed to be dark colored.
black coat, and a purple (dark purple) mane and tail. his eye color though is a light purple kinda like Red-Violet...
Any thoughts on this?

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 Apr 25, 10:06:02
This is helping me out alot for designing my main OC, but i've bin running into some problems on his coloring.
Here's the color scheme i had in mind and keep in mind that he is supposed to be dark colored.
black coat, and a purple (dark purple) mane and tail. his eye color though is a light purple kinda like Red-Violet...
Any thoughts on this?

Well, a black coat is a rather cliche' choice...

I mean, don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with choosing it. It's just that a lot of pony OCs tend to have a black coat, so choosing one just like they did would make it feel a bit... 'Meh'.

Perhaps it could be a darker version of some other colour? Red or blue, perhaps? Eh, it's up to you, really.

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 Apr 25, 10:06:02
This is helping me out alot for designing my main OC, but i've bin running into some problems on his coloring.
Here's the color scheme i had in mind and keep in mind that he is supposed to be dark colored.
black coat, and a purple (dark purple) mane and tail. his eye color though is a light purple kinda like Red-Violet...
Any thoughts on this?

You could always go with a nice, satiny black coat (39, 37, 59). Looks very... attractive ja? ;)

Better than plain solid black by far...  :nod:

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 Apr 25, 10:06:02
This is helping me out alot for designing my main OC, but i've bin running into some problems on his coloring.
Here's the color scheme i had in mind and keep in mind that he is supposed to be dark colored.
black coat, and a purple (dark purple) mane and tail. his eye color though is a light purple kinda like Red-Violet...
Any thoughts on this?

You could give him like a purple or blue coat, that turns to almost black in the shadow since he's a prince.. of shadows.. and stuff...

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 Apr 25, 10:06:02
This is helping me out alot for designing my main OC, but i've bin running into some problems on his coloring.
Here's the color scheme i had in mind and keep in mind that he is supposed to be dark colored.
black coat, and a purple (dark purple) mane and tail. his eye color though is a light purple kinda like Red-Violet...
Any thoughts on this?

I've seen a lot of black/purple OC's, but when you said red-violet eyes, I was like
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m89txuJhAC1r4q5hc.gif)

Idea!

So here's what I came up with; excuse the crummy/rushed doodles, but I wanted to put an emphasis on color!
(http://i.imgur.com/MaUhX3z.png)

I would have made his mane a darker purple, but seeing as how his coat was already gonna be black, I wanted to create some visual interest/contrast.

His eyes may be a little too saturated (I kinda wanted them to "pop" or stand out) so I gave some alternatives in that little box over there.

Feel free to use the eye-dropper tool and see what works for you! ^-^

Everyone else feel free to throw in your two cents. Which of the three ponies do you like more? Also do you have any alternatives that you would like to share?

I like the second one  ^-^

Quote from: Mizuki on 2014 Apr 28, 05:19:13So here's what I came up with; excuse the crummy/rushed doodles, but I wanted to put an emphasis on color!I would have made his mane a darker purple, but seeing as how his coat was already gonna be black, I wanted to create some visual interest/contrast.

Spoiler: show

So here's what I came up with; excuse the crummy/rushed doodles, but I wanted to put an emphasis on color!
(http://i.imgur.com/MaUhX3z.png)

#3 is a solid nogo, his coat is too dark. To normal people it might look a little off but to me it screams not enough contrast! O:

So it's down to #1 or #2 depending on the eye color and what would go well with it in my opinion.

Quote from: Mizuki on 2014 Apr 28, 05:19:13Everyone else feel free to throw in your two cents. Which of the three ponies do you like more? Also do you have any alternatives that you would like to share?

Ohohoho with some permission I could have a lot of fun with this fella. I would start by using bright anime purple for his eyes. :P


Of course I'm no artist, I usually just look up rgb values and then modify them by typing in individual numbers instead of using sliders (which are horridly inaccurate). Then, input into pony creator, picture creator, or flash animator annnnnd *pop* a pony is made! :D


Then another and another and another.... ovO

Quote from: S_Realm on 2014 Apr 28, 09:12:05#3 is a solid nogo, his coat is too dark. To normal people it might look a little off but to me it screams not enough contrast! O:

So it's down to #1 or #2 depending on the eye color and what would go well with it in my opinion.

True, I figured I'd include #3 anyway in case the greyish coat wasn't "dark" enough, but it is my least favorite of the three :s

I'm kinda leaning towards #1 myself, 'cause the dark lines in #2's mane SOMEHOW make everything look too dark. Some kind of optical illusion, maybe.

Come to think of it, maybe I should have made the mane and the alternative eye colors even lighter? To contrast such a dark coat I mean :nod:

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 Apr 28, 07:57:27
I like the second one  ^-^

This is why I included more than one option, since people would have varying opinions! 0:)

Now we just gotta wait and see what Prince Dark Shadow thinks!

well i have read all the comments and i liked S_Realms idea for the eyes "Ohohoho with some permission I could have a lot of fun with this fella. I would start by using bright anime purple for his eyes. :P "
Also it would help if i could see more pics of your guys/gals ideas. All of you are helping me alot cuz i have been having artist block on this main O.C of mine, but have been making plenty of other O.Cs, so yes thank you all :D

This thread is still alive? XD

Whadya need help with? Just let me know!

i was also thinking that the neon purple eyes are great, and have thought of using a purple mane/tail that kinda glows, and use that different black that i can't find his name. i also have made my cutie mark (in my head) and it is a circle (purple outline) with 4 purple colored spikes on the top bottom left an right parts of the circle, and it has a dark purple shaded part in the bottom left part of the circle that transitions into black near the top. his mane it short and spiky/wavey and his tail is almost the same as Princess Luna's.


now all i need is someone to create the pony for me please :D

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 May 21, 10:10:54
i was also thinking that the neon purple eyes are great, and have thought of using a purple mane/tail that kinda glows, and use that different black that i can't find his name. i also have made my cutie mark (in my head) and it is a circle (purple outline) with 4 purple colored spikes on the top bottom left an right parts of the circle, and it has a dark purple shaded part in the bottom left part of the circle that transitions into black near the top. his mane it short and spiky/wavey and his tail is almost the same as Princess Luna's.


now all i need is someone to create the pony for me please :D

It doesn't work like that... Could you at least make something in the pony creator first? And hexcodes for the colors are very helpful.

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 May 21, 10:10:54
now all i need is someone to create the pony for me please :D

What did you think of the colors I came up with earlier? o A o did 1, 2 or 3 seem anywhere close to what you wanted? Or was I way off track?

Oh, and have you condidered giving him special traits since hes a prince? You could make his hair dark purple, but in the light of the sun or the moon it becomes light purple? Like the feathers of some birds

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 May 22, 02:46:58
Oh, and have you condidered giving him special traits since hes a prince? You could make his hair dark purple, but in the light of the sun or the moon it becomes light purple? Like the feathers of some birds

yes thats actually what i was thinking cuz it will be light purple but also with a bit of transparency in the mane an tail, but his mane is medium in length yet wavy. And his tail is a little shorter than Luna's yet the same.

Quote from: Mizuki on 2014 May 21, 19:55:37

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 May 21, 10:10:54
now all i need is someone to create the pony for me please :D

What did you think of the colors I came up with earlier? o A o did 1, 2 or 3 seem anywhere close to what you wanted? Or was I way off track?

No you are kinda on track its just that i think that what im asking is to much, because i have not gave a big example and typed up description on him.

Quote from: S_Realm on 2014 May 21, 12:19:56

Quote from: PrinceDarkShadow on 2014 May 21, 10:10:54
i was also thinking that the neon purple eyes are great, and have thought of using a purple mane/tail that kinda glows, and use that different black that i can't find his name. i also have made my cutie mark (in my head) and it is a circle (purple outline) with 4 purple colored spikes on the top bottom left an right parts of the circle, and it has a dark purple shaded part in the bottom left part of the circle that transitions into black near the top. his mane it short and spiky/wavey and his tail is almost the same as Princess Luna's.


now all i need is someone to create the pony for me please :D

It doesn't work like that... Could you at least make something in the pony creator first? And hexcodes for the colors are very helpful.

i might do that, and i have before, 4 times and i can't find anything that will work... i can find different mane an tail thats what i want, and is already made. and for the eyes i want the color to be Fuchsia
RGB color code
Red: 255
Green: 0
Blue: 255
hexcode
#FF00FF

Hey, I'm colorblind and the color scheme is difficult for me to use. Would any of you have any tips on what to do in y situation? It's hard to tell what colors complement each other. :/

You can try using a monochromatic color scheme, e.g. pick a color for the body, use the same color but darker on the mane and pick a random color for the eyes.
Or you can use a random color with white. White goes with everything x3

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 Aug 11, 03:02:17
You can try using a monochromatic color scheme, e.g. pick a color for the body, use the same color but darker on the mane and pick a random color for the eyes.
Or you can use a random color with white. White goes with everything x3

Well thanks! I'll try that  ^-^

Quote from: CapnAnderp on 2014 Aug 11, 04:44:44

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 Aug 11, 03:02:17
You can try using a monochromatic color scheme, e.g. pick a color for the body, use the same color but darker on the mane and pick a random color for the eyes.
Or you can use a random color with white. White goes with everything x3

Well thanks! I'll try that  ^-^

If you really want a color set that's pleasant try looking up color-palettes. Interior design isn't just for houses ya know? Depending on where you look you'll find the hexcode values or the RGB values. In either case, you can just use a online converter to convert between the two.

Quote from: S_Realm on 2014 Aug 11, 10:35:16

Quote from: CapnAnderp on 2014 Aug 11, 04:44:44

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 Aug 11, 03:02:17
You can try using a monochromatic color scheme, e.g. pick a color for the body, use the same color but darker on the mane and pick a random color for the eyes.
Or you can use a random color with white. White goes with everything x3

Well thanks! I'll try that  ^-^

If you really want a color set that's pleasant try looking up color-palettes. Interior design isn't just for houses ya know? Depending on where you look you'll find the hexcode values or the RGB values. In either case, you can just use a online converter to convert between the two.

Well it looks like I'm off to Home Depot!

[glow=red,2,300][/glow]I really am having trouble with manes, and I was hoping for a little help...?[glow=red,2,300][/glow]

Sure, I love designing manes! Just tell me what kind of style you'd like (wavy, curly, straight, spiky), length and if you want bangs.
Also the gender (duh).  ^-^

Arm.. Hi everybody?  X3

Sometimes I wonder why the show artists haven't tried to make a paint pony coat for some BG ponies. Sometimes a little texturing can make something look interesting but with 99% of the ponies having one single shade of color for their coat it would stand out a bit though Zecora looks fine just the way she is but she's a Zebra so that's a given. But I also like paint patterned horses. x3 But yeah sometimes a paint horse can look fine and not be too far off for OC designs you really do have to make sure you balance the colors though in it's design more so than a single shade coat.

I know a lot of people don't like multicolored manes on original ponies (especially if it's more than 3) but I think it looks good and makes some ponies look better but only if you use similar colors like red orange and gold or colors that go together well like light blue light pink and light orange. So you can pick  colors close together on the color wheel or colors that share an attribute like pastel colors, dark colors, light colors, earthy colors, faded colors...
Like for my pony I used brown, gray purple and gray green, it looks good because all the colors are grayish and neutral
see (also note how I'm standing on the moon) or this pony
I would post more buz I can't find any.
Also don't go overboard with random patterns like this thing here.

 Is their a my equestria that is not a virus? :s :/

Quote from: floragirl16 on 2014 Nov 03, 21:38:11
Is their a my equestria that is not a virus? :s :/

I'm not sure what you mean :O

Quote from: Mami on 2014 Nov 15, 04:35:23

Quote from: floragirl16 on 2014 Nov 03, 21:38:11
Is their a my equestria that is not a virus? :s :/

I'm not sure what you mean :O

Bah ignore them, it's just another disoriented noob. I bet they figured it out by now, ps. what happened to your name?

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 Nov 15, 15:54:36

Quote from: Mami on 2014 Nov 15, 04:35:23

Quote from: floragirl16 on 2014 Nov 03, 21:38:11
Is their a my equestria that is not a virus? :s :/

I'm not sure what you mean :O

Bah ignore them, it's just another disoriented noob. I bet they figured it out by now, ps. what happened to your name?

Oh don't worry! I only changed it temporary. Perry wanted me & the other mods to reference Madoka Magica just to have some fun in the chat box.

I switched my name back! I'm keeping the icon for now though because I'm lazy plus it just looks nice lol

lol ok. The powers of the mods are infinite...

But you said it's impossible for a mod to change people's names!

Quote from: Yellowpikmin476 on 2014 Nov 16, 15:05:52
But you said it's impossible for a mod to change people's names!

Administrators aren't mods silly.  :]

Quote from: Yellowpikmin476 on 2014 Nov 16, 15:05:52
But you said it's impossible for a mod to change people's names!

I can change my display name, but not my forum name. Also I just found out I could do this recently O.o I don't think other people have this power though...

But anyway back on topic! Does anyone know of any other cool drawing tutorials that one could use?

I don't know any drawing tutorials, the best tutorials are 1. drawing from a picture of from nature 2. examining other people's artwork and 3. practicing.
I was however planning on posting a list of cool words for pony names. I've been having lots of problems trying to figure my pony's name, and while searching for words I found lots of cool ones.
Let's see...


In my opinion you can get the best results by mixing common words with odd words, e.g. Pearl Luster.
If you want to use a complex word as a name you can change it, e.g. Earthquake can be Moonquake.
If you need a mysterious, odd or special character, use two odd words, e.g. Terracotta Citadel.
I might add more words later, but don't take my word for it.

My character looks like marionette from fnaf but heres a link can you send me a picture you can try to make him look a little pink streak with pinkies poofed up hair but mostly purple hair
and then also make him like 4 inches taller heres a link ---> http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/315/3/0/3038d0393345efba08e3eb42e96890b9-d862ufj.png and a unicorn

Quote from: Ramisha on 2014 Apr 28, 07:57:27
I like the second one  ^-^

aww look I'm popular someone quoted me

I have had in my mind a oc pony who would be perfect for me, but I just simply don't know how to create it in... well, anywhere. Could maybe someone help me? I do have drawing skills but not on computer... So I'm kind of in a trouble here.  D: If someone could help me, I would totally appreciate it. X3

hey i would like help,finding a good generator, or if someone could even make me one with an idea i give them i would greatly appreciate it. thanks everyone, have enjoyed the show for a while and am fairly new to the fandom.

The Pony Maker Full Version and Pony Maker v3 are the standard ones, though I do suggest only using a Pony Maker image for your OC temporarily and either making an picture yourself (I'm horrid at art and used vectors, examples on my OC pages linked to in my signature) or getting someone else to do so.

Welp if only I could get my profile pic up but yeah I have my OC here and I don't know how to attach files or images  :P

The code for the images is this (without the periods): [img.]post url here[/img.]
You can also use the button second from the left on the second column above the pictures of the ponies in the posting user interface. This will place the code for you, but you still need the url for the picture.

Quote from: Mizuki on 2014 Nov 17, 07:25:15
I can change my display name, but not my forum name. Also I just found out I could do this recently O.o I don't think other people have this power though...

But anyway back on topic! Does anyone know of any other cool drawing tutorials that one could use?

Do you mind helping me make a new oc sorta like sylveon? or something like that, hang on... brb...

I have a my OC in my head, only thing is I can't draw for squat not sure if I want to pay for a commission that may not come out right. Not to mention I can't find many artists that draw such a dark OC. DD:

Hello? This thing still alive?

Anyways. Need a bit of help designing/drawing an OC. I can't even draw a leaf without screwing up five times.
I have an OC in mind, but I think it might need a bit of refining.

I hand drew mine shes a princess she has a cutie mark that shows several talents and shes very cool can i post that

Quote from: Mizuki on 2014 Feb 19, 04:58:32
It's an unofficial rule that "odd numbers are more aesthetically pleasing" design-wise. (They "look pretty" for some reason. Don't ask me what the science behind it is, I'm sure it's math-related though)

Actually, it is a math-related thing!

Well, not necessarily all even numbers.

It's actually a Fibonacci thing. Basically all numbers found in nature are in the Fibonacci Sequence. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc. As you can see, the vast majority of those low numbers are odd. But you will occasionally see an 8-petal flower. And a lot of things have 2-fold symmetry.

But that is a good guideline for creating anything you want to look "natural".

Also, if you want to design proportions, using the Golden Rectangle (another thing related to the Fibonacci Sequence) is a good idea.

Um so what if by chance you kind of umm... cant draw?
Im asking for a friend of course...  X3

I used to dang ky 3g vinaphone (http://dangky3gvina.com/cach-dang-ky-3g-vinaphone.html) to design photoshop online

my oc is a daughter of Celestia cousin of discord she is loved by everyone and is friends with all the main six oh and don't forget the overly bright neon colors and let's not forget the unnecessarily long name to make sure it REALLY stands out i mean unique? pff who want's that nowadays? earth ponies are too mainstream anyway *puts on hipster glasses*

My oc WAS a green dragon, but now, she is a daughter of a bat and pegasus, younger sister of a bat pony, friends with all kinds of creatures(including Star, a siren), and is very unique herself(most of these perks came from Lightning Bliss). She is a yellow earth pony, with an orange/blue mane, orange and blue gloves, orange and blue eyes, a griffion tail, a rainbow dash styled mane, she has water and fire powers(don't question my logic, though I'd question it, myself.), and half a fireball, half a waterdroplet as a cutiemark.

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And all that came from ONE drawing at school.

 B) this is my OC (http://myPony.png) if you can't see it he is an alicorn brown mane and eyes white body with light gray hooves same name as my account he plays lots of games.

were do play the role playing game? P.S i am on a laptop.

Quote from: Master Masher on 2017 Sep 27, 15:27:18were do play the role playing game? P.S i am on a laptop.

Hi :) You should be able to download the game by clicking the "downloads" button on the LoE homepage.

(https://i.imgur.com/daUWoEZ.png)
It should take you to the right page. Then you just have to download the right one. I went with the "launcher" one, since I use Windows. If you need to know anything, I'll do my best to help. But I'm still fairly new around here myself, so I don't know how much I can help with ^^;

Hello, my name is Star Treasure!

sadly my laptop won't load the game. :c   i will see if my mom's laptop works hopefully it does :D

 :3  :3  :3  :3