MoongazePonies

Hiya, folks. So I've been pretty into doodling humanized ponies lately, and I've also been looking through a lot of humanized art. And I've noticed a few things about the way people comment on humanizations. Particularly when it comes to the way that artists might interpret a canon pony character's race or nationality. Strap in, this is gonna get rant-y. Ready? Okay. First off: None of the ponies have an assigned human race or design. No fan interpretation is more correct than another. Lauren Faust herself has said that the ponies' fur color has no significance in assigning a human race for them. And of course, the mane six have the exact

How many times have you said to yourself "Man, I really want a show-accurate toy of _____, but there isn't one, and commissioning a sculptor would cost too much." RABIDPEEP AND I HAVE A 3D PRINTER.  WE CAN MAKE TOYS OF ANYTHING.  Want a figure of that one pony in that crazy pose from that one episode?  WE CAN MAKE IT.  ANYPONY. ANY POSE. What the Heck?!  How is this possible? Magic. Okay, okay no.  First I model the pony up in 3DS Max.  That's right, no lifting free models off the internet—we custom-model these toys to order.  I export the model, and then it gets converted into code for the printer.  About eight hours later, we've go

The TL: DR is that Scratch's eyes as seen in the show are the same as Dash's. But here's a wall of text and helpful visual aids to help explain. Magenta is not red (and it's not really violet either). For reference, this is Dash's eye pulled right from the official artwork (and ergo how I made my color guide). The eye gradients are always composed of at least two to three colors, and they all go from a darker to brighter luminance. It never goes dark-light-dark, though it can certainly change hue. I've also included a screengrab of Dash from the show. The flash assets used in the promo sites are the real deal from Studio B, the web people

***UPDATE*** The auction is complete and the sketches raised over $18,000 for the Adams family!!!  I am humbled and inspired by your generosity.  Go Bronies!!!!! ***UPDATE*** check out the auction here! This Thursday, April 5, Bento Box will be hosting a silent art auction at the Animation Guild in Burbank CA to benefit storyboard artist Joey Adams and his family.   I do not yet have the pleasure of knowing Joey, but the Los Angeles animation community is really rallying around him and his family's current crisis trying to save the life of one of their little boys--- only a couple years after tragically losing their 16-month-old daughter to