Welcome to Thread: Equestrian/Musicians/Poets/Other, T:EM/P/O, or Tempo.A conglomerate of content creators since we couldn't keep our own threads up alone. If you're working on something, be it musicfagging, writefagging, drawfagging, poetfagging, craftfagging, or game-devfagging come by and post for some feedback or give some of your own. If you want to start content creating why not start today?Previous Thread:>>39537647Resource Bin:https://ponepaste.org/2348Tempo Music Archive:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GrDEeCc9B7mAkQWAx_eoRdw4bF_W-5bsaAm4otvjfWE/edit?usp=sharingDrawing Rooms:https://aggie.io/tempohttps://ponepaste.org/6806/bale/ thread:>>39639442PPP thread has resources on pony voice generation as well as a MEGA full of clean show audio:>>39623147
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Can I have a minuette numget pls
>>39674288>88This is now an aryanne thread
>>39674563Would love to make you one! It will be part of Numget 3 collection. An Aryanne numget too?So I'm working on a Rainbow Dash animation artpack collection with writing by a good writer and I'm going to shove it into Ren'Py for presentation. Currently called Touchy Touchy Pony Go Kissu (Legend of the Saiyan Hero) I thought about having a color picker for Anon but the animations will most likely be PNG sequences of going into a hundred frames or more. Is it worth putting Anon on a separate layer or several layers for this single convenience? Or perhaps I should make Anon a grey silhouette in animations only and use the layers in CGs? Thanks for reading, please reply with any feelings either way. I'm making Anon a pegasus and it takes place in Cloudsdale. I don't have an alpha yet but I'll probably have one soonish, especially if I use some placeholder art. Vectoring show Cloudsdale backgrounds are kind of complicated and that's what I'm doing today. Other things are ear flops for Rainbow Dash's first loop and I think I have that loop mostly done. I'll put in on catbox soon to get feedback.
>>39674288>TEMPO thread 88>88 dubs
Key rebinding – not a very sexy feature, but necessary nonetheless. In your opinion, what are the 'right' key inputs to use in top down games?
>>39674288Oh shit I'm feeling itHell yeah, fuck yeah, I feel like killing it
>>39674288This clay figurine makes me angy with jealousy. I wish I could fucking sculpt like that. Mine looked so lumpy! How big is it? It's only like 4 or 5 inches, right?Here's the loop: https://files.catbox.moe/cqvz44.webm What kind of software makes OGV files? That's the one Ren'Py recommends. Also, I'm doing a shitty workaround of recording my screen with my Flash Player playing a couple loops so getting it seamless might be a matter of trial and error, depending on which subanimations are going at the time. I don't know a good fix for that. It's still possible to export the game as an .exe but then I need a visual novel framework that works in ActionScript 3.
>>39674870Looks all good to me, except I would personally rebind walk to c and talk to e or something
>>39674975Looks like .ogv is ogg video so ffmpeg or handbrake should probably do it
We wiped the canvas while the tempo thread was between reposts.(As always, all links are uncensored.)PNG: https://files.catbox.moe/101z4d.pngPSD: https://files.catbox.moe/3a37im.psdFeel free to come join us and draw ponies, all skill levels welcome!https://aggie.io/pe1o9x6bi6
>>39674975I played a bit with renpy. Webm works fine with recent versions. You can do some hacky stuff and play them on different layers too.
>>39675410Huh, do webms or OGV do transparency? That would be the time where I'd think layers would come in handy..
Day 15 of mare mode. I got distracted and caught up with things the past two months. In honor of my soon to be 3rd year of drawing, I'm going to try to finish my Luna painting, which I haven't touched since May of last year. I don't need to do a whole lot today. I'm just happy I've even started back on it. I need to do some prep work to render the background anyways, so I'll just be touching it up with my newfound knowledge. I feel like I could cry. I hope I finish it, and I hope I can get that anon's attention again.
>>39675699Webm's do. >Pic relatedthough renpy doesn't completely support videos with alpha channels out of the box. You need to use the side_mask function.Documentation here: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/movie.htmlA video here where it's being used for sprites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tNE5fRhIzM
>>39675748huh looks like alpha channel borked on the webm. If another Anon who as the webm with it working can you post it?
/bale/ streams are starting back up again this week! Have some fresh copypasta:https://cytu be/r/BaleShackannouncing Season 3 of the /bale/ shack!Streams start this Thursday! Here's the first batch:>Thursday, March 2nd, 7pm EST: Thinkin' Pink with LegendOfLinklearn all about how to draw pinkie pie from the resident ponkschizo>Thursday, March 9th, 5pm EST: Expressions and the mane 6 with Batsybasically what it says, I couldn't come up with a clever name for this one lolfrom what I gather it'll be mostly expressions with a bit of mane 6 practice thrown in>Date/time TBA: More facial expressions and beating art block with Rocket-LawnChairRocket-LawnChair has some cool exercises to share with us that he uses to decide what to draw when his head is empty, if you've ever had to deal with that, come on downif you haven't had to deal with that, either you don't draw enough or you need to share your secretsand if any of you tempo bros are down to teach something for a /bale/ stream, please let me know! I'll be on the lookout for streams to run after these threedoesn't necessarily have to be
>>39675748Shoot, this doesn't work in Firefox apparently. Also, I didn't even know this was possible, thanks!I don't understand the documentation code, though.ffmpeg -i original.mov -filter:v alphaextract mask.movffmpeg -i original.mov -i mask.mov -filter_complex "hstack" -codec:v vp8 -crf 10 output.webmOkay, so they're using ffmpeg which probably comes bundled with Ren'Py and a mov file. How is the mask.mov generated? What's filter_complex? I also don't understand what codec v vp8 means either... I tried googling it and the top result was the Movie documentation. Ooof.>>39675841That beating art block one sounds good, hope RocketLawnChair picks a date. Also looking forward to my fave board artist Batsy making an appearance.
>>39675763I can't actually tell if it's working because all my programs' backgrounds are black lol. 4chan tells me the file is a duplicate of yours though so I guess I don't have the proper one either although I thought I did, maybe the site changed something.>>39675941If you want to understand those commands, read the ffmpeg documentationhttps://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/VP8https://ffmpeg.org/documentation.htmlHowever, those commands look well-formed to me, so you don't need to know what they do and just run them. As an attempt at an explanation, mask.mov is generated from the first command, filter_complex lets you combine filters IIRC and is necessary for some more complicated filters (filters being special commands to operate on whatever you're running through ffmpeg), codec:v vp8 tells ffmpeg to encode the output file as a vp8 webm (old, use vp9 instead).
>>39675735Oops. I forgot to shill my stream. I won't forget next time.
>>39674288Seedling Pipe #1 was going quite well until I screwed the pooch at the lest second by stupidly widening the hole for the stem instead of shrinking the tenon. Now I’m in damage control mode with wood filler but I don’t have a lot of faith, so Seedling pipe #3 (We don’t talk about #2. Or its two stems.) is being undertaken with a preponderance of deliberation and precision and, thus far, is going quite well, which is good because that is the very last of my apple wood. And you would not believe how hard it is to get a carving blank of apple wood. I can literally go by mulched chunks of it at the store for grilling, but getting an actual sawn and treated blank? I have to order that shit from across the goddang ocean.
It was too hard to do what I was doing so I decided to do this instead.Daisieshttps://files.catbox.moe/6yy6qt.mp3https://ponepaste.org/8681
>>39676080Hey. That looks great so far!
>>39677524Absolutely correct verbiage.
Finally, the battle mechanic is nearly done. Manage to optimize the tile set down to 24 tiles (Though that's including tile swapping on the fly). For instance, each dice is a duplicate and the attack animations use the same 13 tiles, just flipped either vertically or horizontally. For those who are interested In quick tile swapping, there are around 56 tiles.There is more I can do to optimize it even more, such as the scripts. There is a weird bug in GB studio where you cannot generate a random number between a number and a variable, I have a feeling its something to do with how it handles integers so at the moment I brute force it by creating multiple RNG scripts within a switch. I need to find a better way as it wastes the memory that I desperately need.TO DO:-Need to copy across the script for each dice, (so far it's only luck is working) and have another script to change the variables. So when you choose Awareness it uses your Awareness Stat to calculate the damage. -Script the "FLEE" function where you have to roll to escape.-Script what happens if your Sanity meter falls to zero. Probably have it so it rolls another dice from your choosing.-Script the fear meter so it gains points instead of decreasing. Planning to have fear points increase the attack points of the ghost and max fear will enter a Panic mode where all you can do is try and flee.Also, you can't tell on the webm, placing down runes/salt will affect the battle. Eg, make the ghost's attacks weaker. Without prepping for the fight to finally rid the spirit will more than likely end in a game over. Each spirit will start with a maximum of 10 attack points (rolls a d10) But placing the right kind of runes before the fight, depending on your Skill level can massively decrease to the point where it could be rolling a d2
>>39674563I made one for (You)
BUMP BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP
>>39679334Numguette
Trying to learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhICCnKfgG0 [Embed] but it's surprisingly hard. Check out that massive stretch at the end
>>39679141ooo can't wait to see where this goes
What's the longest you think you could tolerate one of the AI voices? Thinking of doing some sort of video essay, but I'm unsure if people will tolerate 30+ minutes of AI Twiggles sperging out even if I do use one of the better models.
>>39681516Depends how well it's done I suppose.
>>39681516A long time ago, the rewatch stream has watched plenty of videos with 30 minutes of AI voice, and that was back when they weren't nearly as good. Those videos had gamplay in them or were fan made episodes with lots of work put into them. As long as the voices are done well, you'll be fine
I need some help posing the legs and how the horsecock connects to the tummy on this sketch.https://files.catbox.moe/0as97o.png
>>39675841ponk stream starting now btwhttps://cytu be/r/BaleShack
>>39682311>>39682495Would one of the reference input models like TalkNet or So-Vits-SVC work well or would I be better off with the more traditional text input ones. I've only used the latter before, but the others intrigue me as potentially easier to use.
So the wood filler does seem to have worked pretty well so far. I redrilled it today to fit the stem again. Now letting it dry some more to make sure it gets nice and set. But I still don’t love the fit, so I’m continuing to put my eggs in my other basket here. Basic shaping is done. Next I’ll carve in the seedling decoration, then lots of smooth sanding, then finishing and then one last try at getting a nice autumnal stem.
>>39675841>>39682787ponk stream was gud, have some pie sisters and a link to to the vodhttps://pony.tube/w/qDGcMtnNntT7XBbbK8ZuoE
Went and found out where this old fucking thing was in my Pony folder. Any idea if/where I should upload it?Vocals done by an unknown Anon. If you're still around, cheers for singing garbage lyrics I'd be reworking if it meant anything 10 years later.https://voca.ro/1e4JGZsGNEWi>inb4 Youtube
>>39683568Thanks
>>39676874>https://files.catbox.moe/6yy6qt.mp3Nice.>what I was doingWhat was it?
Smooch amres!
>>39683339Be careful with both of those, they can be really good, but you need to make sure you have figured out how to use them. Try practicing with different pitches and volumes, and make sure you avoid mic clipping.
>>39683339They're different. You spent A LOT less time regenerating the same lines to get them to sound good (because they're deterministic), but you need to prepare nice, clean reference audio. Possibly a couple takes for the more difficult lines if the first output sounds bad. Check out BGM's talknet tutorial, a lot of it applies to so-vits, too: https://youtu.be/F9PdoJ9zmrwSo-vits is the new hot thing and it's really impressive, but it works best if you can mimic the target character's way of speaking.
>>39685420>but it works best if you can mimic the target character's way of speakingUh oh, does that include pitch? I have a pretty deep voice.
>>39686129I think that should be fine (emphasis on /think/, I haven't gotten around to using so-vits myself), it's more about trying to fake the chosen pony's accent and speech quirks.
>>39686146Okay, I'll probably learn the most by actually experimenting with it instead of just asking around. Thanks!
>>39684274I wanted to make something in the style of TOOL>>39686155IME some characters are easier to do than others (YMMV). For me Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are virtually impossible to get right with my raw voice alone; I had to feed thru TalkNet first. However I'm training models for so-vits-svc 4.0 which seem to be performing much better in that regard.
Day 16 of mare mode. I changed some values around with Luna. I'm going to work on Rarity some more then Luna's dress. I should get a little bit of time to figure out how to make the background look comfy. I'm an hour late, but that's ok. I can't believe I'm starting up again, much less working on that old painting some more.https://piczel.tv/watch/LibraryLonging
>>39683363That's honestly pretty good, Anon. I love the little design.
https://youtu.be/BIcJmGnVNjYI've done nothing productive in a month and had zero ideas, have a rehashed content
>>39682717https://files.catbox.moe/igeewq.jpg
>>39687928That's a really big horsecock.
Been working on transcribing cute mare song into musescore, as practice for myself. Flutter on the piano, Rainbow on the harpsichord.
>>39687928Those are some sexy hindlegs
>>39687928yeah that looks good thanks anon
Yay Scene but every pixel is a frame from Sonic Rainboom https://files.catbox.moe/alo7bl.mp4
>>39688735pony hind legs are usually unf
>>396890374k version with more pixels https://files.catbox.moe/m7kaw8.mp4
>>39689037Sonic Rainboom but every pixel is a frame from Sonic Rainboom when
>>39689354>.mp4
>>39689930?
>>39689839in 5 hours
>>39689839https://litter.catbox.moe/oeq916.mp4
>>39692273It's like watching a very pixelated version but it has a lot of pixels
>>39692273>video can't be played because the file is corruptIs this a Firefox thing?
That canvas seemed to go by in a flash, here's the finished result!(As always, all links are uncensored.)PNG: https://files.catbox.moe/kqe36z.pngPSD: https://files.catbox.moe/m1a3b5.psdFeel free to come join us and draw ponies, all skill levels welcome!https://aggie.io/pe1o9x6bi6
>>39692485Full image
>>39692466re-encoding now
>>39689037Aw someone beat me to it. Good work.
I never do 'draw this again' but this time I felt like it. after seeing the old version posted around enough.
>>39693185beautiful!
>>39674288Well, I was going to make a post about how I was taking my time, going slowly and precisely and making sure that I wasn’t going to mess up another stem, that I was going to go as far as using gimlets instead of a hand drill, but then the gimlet snapped off inside of the bore and literally at the last step in the project.This was after a couple hours of shaping mind you. I tried drilling it out with a slightly oversized bit, but it was in there good and when I moved to desperation trying to hammer it out I just snapped the acrylic. I’m now too embarrassed to get another one from woodcraft and had to order online.
>>39693185She’s so pretty!
>>39693695>those colorswhy'd you squish a parakeet into an acrylic rod, monster
>>39693716You don’t like it? It’s called Desert Cactus, but I thought it was a nice autumnal mix for the Great Seedling. That’s the one I ordered more of.I have an orange and a green one too that I guess I could use. (And of course, THIS time I learned my lesson and made sure that it fits premade black stems.)Also, just in case it makes anyone smile, the blends of choice are from a local tobacconist and are called Twilight and Hoof Hearted. Hoof Hearted is especially nice with the apple flavoring on these pipes.
>>39674288>>39636795all the crazy intricate detail, and then you ruin it with a mane that ends like a stump. what the FUCK were you thinking.
>>39692466>>39692571https://litter.catbox.moe/npoi4q.webm
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>>39648491New softbody system is nearing completion.Only need to decide on how the fuck I will handle having a billion materials that will need to either use the new (slightly expensive) shader all the time, or make some spagetti code to change shaders on the fly when softbody stuff is needed.https://files.catbox.moe/ut7ng8.mp4
Been polishing the graphics.Got the actual gameplay working. It's actually fun to hunt down placing runes and looking for the ghost.I've made the ghost battle harder, if the player does not prepare for the fight then they'll have a bad time. With that I've changed the menu, selecting runes to place and selecting equipment is a lot faster. I'm still working out how salt could be placed. I'm thinking it can be placed across doors so the ghost cannot escape the room.Another feature I've added is to invoke the ghost by cursing at it. Finally got a gameplay loop going. So far it is.>1 Enter the building, and make a "base camp". It'll always be the room with the biggest table.>2 Use Ki-meter to investigate the house. Any spikes in readings could indicate the ghost is nearby.>3Gather information from readings to work out what kind of ghost is it. Or explore more to find more information.>4Draw appropriate runes in the room to weaken ghost>5If the correct runes are placed, or the ghost is enraged by other means (eg. cursing at the ghost, or entering a room that it doesn't want you in) it will attack.>6Either fight or attempt contact with the ghost. If successful, then the ghost crosses over to the other side and that part of the game is complete. If fail then you are "KO'd" and returned to base camp then proceed to try again. (If it ends up being your Fate, then its a game over)Outside of ghost hunting, the main base is nearly fully explorable. Here you can chat with the rest of your unit.Probably won't be too much gameplay here, other than storytelling. Though I'll be adding books around the place for the player to find. I have anidea for the book to give the player to research before the next mission. I've made one book so far, and it ends up being 18kb big. So I need a way of programming it to be half that size.
>>39696665PLOOTA
>>39696665jello ass
>>39696770so plasmophobia but bettercant wait
>>39694909I'm calling this Neigh-peg artifacting
>>39696665Butts
The only reason I still make pony art is because ponies are more loveable than the fandom is hateable.>captcha: WH0MW2
>>39698492Well said.
Gesture drawings bump
>>39698855cute doodles
>>39674288Bump
>>39697132Pretty much. >>39696770More updates.Rearranged the UI for the battles.Added a salt system.You can lay a salt circle during battle. The number of turns it holds depends on your dice roll. The higher the roll the longer it lasts against the spooker. This adds a fun tactic where you can null the ghost's physical attacks for a few turns while you blast it. Though, sanity and fear attacks will work.
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Bumpa
Live, damn you.
>>39700837Looking great
>>39700837interesting
snowpity study bump
>>39703551She has such a warm and shiny snowpity
>>39703764I agree it's easy to see even in the early stages. I'll keep posting the process so you can join along. Its easier to start with a mid tone background so when you add the lights and darker spots you can really make her shine
>>39703551>>39704297Where?
>>39704519where what?
>>39704607I think he was insinuating that there was no snowpity in the post
>>39704645Not my problem if hes mentally deficient. you guys ask for render/coloring help so I am trying to show the process to get started. Niggers dont know about the hardlight
>>39704670Very pretty! I’m not artsy in a way that allows me to appreciate your technique, but that’s one cute Sunny Bunny.
>>39704895are you just a lurker or do you do other crafts, music, writing, code?
>>39703551>>39704297>>39704670This isn't polite of me, and I apologize, but you're not really showing the process. Can you thoroughly explain some or almost all of the decisions that you've made? Otherwise all I can really see are:>lineart>render the values>add colorThis is about as useful as someone uploading their Photoshop file for their art, and it's like a single layer.For example, here are some of my questions:>>39704297>What made you choose that light direction? >What are you talking about when you mention adding the light and darker spots? Are you talking about changing the values of the background at your will to fit the pony? How critical are the initial values of the background? You can see where the values change clearly if you make the image small. It's not all one single midtone.>>39704670>Why the glow(?)/saturation(?) on her neck as well as other areas? My understanding is that colors don't matter as much as values, and I'm still a huge noob with them, but am I missing something with how shading fundamentally works here?>How do you make the decisions for the background details and colors? Are you adding just random splotches of color/value so long as it doesn't catch the eye too much, or is it more deliberate? I'm referring to the left side of the image. The is part of the process that I get most stumped at. It may be because I've only drawn ponies, of course.>You added more values to the background in this step of the image. Were you just simply shading to keep things realistic, or were you making decisions based on the composition of the image?>How do you deal with and use your brush when rendering? Are the more hard transitions and the more obvious default circle brush just fine? Or are you using other things here along with that to blend stuff together?>Another part of the process I am completely ignorant of, how do you keep the background looking less detailed/blurry? I have found very few useful resources online to keep the background from being distracting, and it's still something that's quite hard for me. Whenever I do something kind of like what you're doing, just using a simple brush to shape up splotches, I have a hard time appreciating it and always think it looks like shit. Even purposefully blurry brushes still look distracting. Your background looks just fine if not amazing for Sunny here.These are, of course, questions I came up with when I'm about to go to sleep. They may be confusing or verbose. I'm sorry for that. Feel free to answer as many or as few as you'd like. I appreciate it either way, thank you. I'll try to follow up if I ever get time throughout the day. I'm likely not until I get off work.
>>39705031Actually, one more question before I go to sleep: Do you have any resources or books you've used on hand for painting/shading to share that I can study?
>>39705031>What made you choose that light direction?I didn't chose it, it's a study of a screencap. It's not 1:1, I changed some things and left some things in but it is still a study trying to use the original as a reference point for lighting, form, color and see why they chose things.G5 screencaps are ideal to study from if you are trying to learn how to render pony because it's already lit 3d scene so it's close to studying from irl pone. However, it might be advanced for someone whos never painted still lifes or done any practice renders for ponies on how to light simple shapes. I've done enough practice lighting that I could handle breaking down the ref to do a more complex study like copying a screencap and pushing it.>What are you talking about when you mention adding the light and darker spots?Adding lights and darks to mid tones as a starting point is something I picked up from industry pros, it's said its easier to get your brain to add light to something, than trying to do it backwards with adding shadows where light doesn't reach first, and I tend to agree. Generally just focus on big shapes of light and work your way from there adding more complexities. For this picture I focused only on lighting Sunny first in isolation before even adding the background.>How critical are the initial values of the background? You can change it, but it's a good way to set your mood and its easier to look at than a stark white blank page for your eyes. Color is relative, the reason you start with a midtone is so you have room to go brighter or darker and neutral colors are easiest to gauge other color changes (brighter or darker). But what you should focus on is a clear value differences of the background vs the character. You can either do big jumps of values first and work more subtle shifts or you can work from subtle shifts and build up that way. I tend to like to work with a bright contrast first.>You can see where the values change clearly if you make the image small. It's not all one single midtone.The reason you see more than one midtones is because of multiple stages of adding light and shadow by eyedropping it and small adjustments to the color to be darker or brighter in grayscale values. I later adjusted the background to be even darker with the shadows under the bridge that was lacking before by adding a multiply layer. But it's mostly all 1 grayscale layer with a couple to change minor details.
>>39705031>Why the glow(?)/saturation(?) on her neck as well as other areas? My understanding is that colors don't matter as much as values, and I'm still a huge noob with them, but am I missing something with how shading fundamentally works here?You're right that if your values are wrong, then the form cant be read by your brain. but color and values are fundamentally tied together because thats how light works, we cant see in B&W. What you're seeing in the pic is an exagerated form of hue-shifting which happens when you change the value of the color. If you want to understand why, you should have a grasp of how to use warms and cools because thats ultimately what value shifts are for color. Her coat appears to glow in the sun because of the difference between the hotter yellow vs the orange, even if the orange is bright by itself remember that color is relative and its only after you put it next to the yellow that it looks like the orange is in shadow. Lighting is complex, but once you understand the rules of color shifts it's easier to deal with. Such as the rule that in this scene shadows tend to be cooler because they pick up the ambient sky color and highlights tend to be warmer because its picking up the sun color. All light and shadow are the original colors, just influenced by the environment. >Are you adding just random splotches of color/value so long as it doesn't catch the eye too much, or is it more deliberate?The random blobs of color are NOT in the original screencap, but this is just something for visual interest to bring more life to the dull wall for kicks. As long as the values don't change much, the random blobs of color are OK to your brain. Since I'm working with a process that draws the colors value from the grayscale step I can be more free on what colors I feel like using. >Were you just simply shading to keep things realistic, or were you making decisions based on the composition of the image?Both. I knocked out some details in the bright bridge openeing behind her, but I later adjusted the background to be even darker with the shadows under the bridge that was lacking before by adding a multiply layer. But most of the work is on 1 grayscale layer with some extras to change minor details. This is definitely a composition thing, Sunny should stand out from the background since its about her.
>>39705031>How do you deal with and use your brush when rendering?Unless you know what you're doing with brushes basic hard and soft brushes are key to rendering a base, you can add textured brushes after the fact but texture is just noise in value small shifts, which are minute detail work so keep that limited or towards the end. I use something with a fair amount of hardness, and make broad strokes first then carve up an area. Soft rounds are great for pools of light or shadow, as are radial gradients. You can use a blend brush to keep things clean if your brushwork is sloppy, but if you dont have control you can easily ruin your work overblending. After you have a base then you can do whatever and paint over with fancier brushes, since at that point you're just picking the colors already there and adjusting the complexity by painting with light, mid and shadow values around. >Another part of the process I am completely ignorant of, how do you keep the background looking less detailed/blurry? just detail it less, no mystery skill here. Sunny is what I felt like rendering and the background is more of an afterthought that I cared much less about the bridge. The most basic way of handling it is using softer brushes, blenders or just a blur filter. Whatever is more detailed is where your human eye is focused on, so just remember that and adjust accordinly and keep your focal area sharp. >Actually, one more question before I go to sleep: Do you have any resources or books you've used on hand for painting/shading to share that I can study?There's many books you can find in the drawfag improvement doc. But as for me, I learn from other artists and just doing studies like this. Macro Bucci is definitely someone you should check out, KNKL was solid, CubeBrush is very good. The hardlight method was by someone from russia, and some of the rest of the know how to work was from deconstructing psds
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>>39698492Cute!
>>39705260She’s so pretty I love her.>>39704979Crafts and music mostly. I’m pipe guy, but I’ll have a couple songs for you soon too.
>>39694909That's pretty cool
going live with Batsy for a /bale/ workshop on drawing expressionshttps://cytu be/r/BaleShackget some more details and a template to follow along here >>39706990
Releasing demo.https://aftercase-games.itch.io/fatelocked-prototypeIt's still a little buggy. But it is something.I still need to add items to help with the battle. Depending on what you rolled for your L.A.S.S. it could end up being impossible. I need to do some balancing on the RNG in that regard. How to play. I'm going to spoiler it, due to those who want to explore it yourself.Search for the location of the ghost using your Ki-meter after you can select runes from the rulebook in the equipment menu. Choose the rune you think will being down the dark energies, and draw it by the ghost. The ghost will flee. Place the other runes to corner the ghost. Eventually, it'll try and move away from the runes but cannot, it will attack if it's trapped. If not you can always swear at it, using shift.
>>39674288It's been a hot minute since any updates to the drawthread improvement doc but I'm adding some more sections since the questions ITT are related to rendering ponies and backgrounds.The new sections are about plane shifts, color studies and atmospheric perspective. Might redo some of the other sections, but I think value color and rendering needs the most.
bored, made this.
>>39708404Comfy
>>39708404Top comf
>>39708404>the ending of Hard Reset
https://ponepaste.org/8702So this is what I've got for the lyrics for my industrial song. Any thoughts?
>>39709316thats a happy poner
>>39708210gunna take a bit to update this over the week, thinking about doing more breakdowns and adding direct notes to images
>>39709857neat
>>39708210>>39710692I really appreciate it. This doc means more to me than you could ever imagine. Thank you.>>39705246>>39705260Thank you. I have a lot to take in from thus in the future. I appreciate it.
Here you go, another filled aggie canvas!(As always, all links are uncensored.)PNG: https://files.catbox.moe/ea9o36.pngPSD: https://files.catbox.moe/ukeqr6.psdFeel free to come join us and draw ponies, all skill levels welcome!https://aggie.io/pe1o9x6bi6
Day 17 of mare mode. I missed my schedule last week, but I still drew a little bit. I'm going to work on the Luna painting Sunday, but for today, I just want to draw my wife. I love her so much. I'm currently thinking of how I'd like to draw her.https://piczel.tv/watch/LibraryLonging
Hey metal vocal anon haven't seen you in a while, if you're still hanging around here and still interested in helping with that 'Shadowbolt' Possessed parody, i have everything else recorded and it just needs vocals, so lmk, thanks
A sleet filly song called Rest.https://youtu.be/2jxdad4L2Ds
Forgot to post this here before, made an orchestral interpretation of the Heart Carol with some original stuff thrown inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhpreD7EQAg
>>39713957Beautiful!
drew this Vinyl Scratch
>>39714587She looks very cute, Anon.
a few centuries ago I was vectorizing a screenshot, I think, and this came out of it. I thought it was funny so I took a screenshot. Please have a laugh at it.
>>39715476A very silly pink.
>>39716163
>>39715476:y
>>39714587nice
>>39712402Oh hello, I was just thinking about that project not too long ago. I'm still around.
No stream today because I'm in a call. I promise I'm drawing, though.
Redone the tile sheet for the main character. able to reuse many "tiles" so the total tile count when from 35 down to 25. Should be able to reuse the other tiles for other characters thus saving more memory. Next up is an item system. Which will be fun.
Got in a new flock of parakeets and I am just so sooooooo relieved to have finished drilling this one. I went ridiculously slow on it but success! Now I still need to finish shaping it, so I can’t stop sweating yet, but this hurdle is jumped, and since it has been a real pain in the flank I’m so glad to have it behind me. Also got fancy finishing wax for the bowl, and it looks shiny!Maybe I will soon have a Seedling pipe to be proud of!
>>39719294Can't wait to see the finished product
I will not let my favourite thread die.
>>39717004ah cool, ye if you're still interested i can post the full unmix for you to use as reference
>>39719294>turned another parakeet into a bad dragonwhen will Celestia stop your cruel hands
no drawthread doc update today. had awful sleep, so brain is mush
Linky!
>>39723006It's ok :)>>39718453Looks nice. Walky pone.
>>39722051Post what you got man!
>>39725450https://files.catbox.moe/mvtgdo.wav
Bump with almost donetent. Longer post hopefully in a day or so.
>>39727980ooo
>>39725960oh derp i forgot, bpm 186 and the file starts 1/8 measure before the first beat comes in, to line it up on the grid properly
>>39708210After the Applefag derailed the environment thread I salvaged the pics for more atmospheric perspective breakdowns in the improvement doc.I've gone back and forth on making things bigger or smaller for examples, would like some feedback on the sizes. Lots of time when doing breakdowns videos are preferred method so cramming more examples in makes the doc take longer to get through.
I'm making a LS Dashie now because my last commissioner has not responded in almost a month and I really didn't want to figure out a faux fur braeburn mane.
>>39729569update bump
bumpius
Well, I reckon that’s about as far as I’m taking this one. The stem doesn’t sit perfectly flush, but it’s as close as any I’ve gotten so far, and at this point I’m happy just leaving it alone. Unfortunately, once again, I managed to mess up the fit though. The tenon is a VERY tight fit, so tight, in fact that apparently the act of squishing and screwing it into place has kind of smushed the hole wider, to the extent that it is now a very loose fit for commercial stems, and my goal was really to be able to interchange them. Aside from that, though, pretty happy! Flavored the bowl with apple, so hopefully it’ll have a hint of that when smoked. I’m interested to see how it holds up against the other pipe, which, after only a few smokes, already looks very smoky and discolored, but I’m not sure if that was due to a less thorough finishing process or just what is going to happen with a wood that is lighter colored and just a bit less dense than briar. Anyway, here it is: a very apple apple wood pipe with the great seedling.
>>39733222This looks fantastic, Anon. It was very much worth the effort!
>>39733222Checked and it looks really nice! Good job, anon.
Does anyone know how to write drum solos?
>>39734062Only if they don't have to be played by a real person :)
>>39735108Look at her gooooooooo
>>39735108IWTCIGM
>>39674288the patch i mentioned a couple threads back is finally out! https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/psyop-patch
>>39735540Aw siiiiiick
>>39735540I actually have a jacket this would work on pretty great.
Just wiped the aggie canvas, enjoy!(As always, all links are uncensored.)PNG: https://files.catbox.moe/ehlxj3.pngPSD: https://files.catbox.moe/bxu2s3.psdFeel free to come join us and draw ponies, all skill levels welcome!https://aggie.io/pe1o9x6bi6
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>>39737786Moody noir pony
>>39737786Look at her go!
Boop
>>39735540Nice
>>39713957Nice. Big LoTR vibes
>>39674288Since the CYOA general's often quiet during my hours, I have to ask, would this also be a good place to ask about helping develop the content around my Quest as well?
>>39738805
>>39740518I don't see why not.
>>39737063Thank you
>>39741379Well, since no one objects. I guess I can post it here.I'm working on a Quest called "Tutelage is Magic" (title pending, I might just changed it to Filly in the Ivory Tower or something along those lines), and it's one my few attempts at doing something more board-centric.The base premise is that in each CYOA thread (or thereabouts) Anon basically has several 'tutoring sessions' with Silver Tongue. though these 'sessions' can also occur on Holiday season with potential interacts with the characters or even the town. It's sort of like a Princess Maker type story.There are several story gaps that I need to work on, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on how it looks so far.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FEDQvGckPF7-BOCHQEd21-kJ86rWJMdr7BwZ_UetajI/edit#heading=h.ypqfougx1czn
>>39733222Awesome
Artfags, is listening to music while drawing a bad thing?
It got posted over in the relevant bread but I’m more than willing to come attention whore here as well. Pretty happy with the outcome given I started writing it yesterday morning and published yesterday evening.https://youtu.be/5hDQXVTsFsU
>>39742692No. I always turn on tunes when I feel like getting in the mood. art's pyschological so whatever you put on to relax your brain is good
>>39742791>Wasting effort on trannylife
Haven't been able to write in while because work is trying to kill me, but here's another WIPhttps://files.catbox.moe/rurpj5.wavI think it builds up too much too quickly, but I also don't know where to really develop the melody. fingers crossed I don't abandon it like half my songs
>>39743970Ohhhhh I like it. Maybe try building it around the choire voices.
>>39743970Feels like a comfy autumn sunrise in Ponyville. I love it.>>39744660I woulda said the exact opposite. I would take them way further into the background if not cut them entirely. They were the least cohesive part of the piece to me. But I generally think big choir swells in instrumental pieces sound bad, so, whatever.
>>39743970Noice.As the other anon said, the choir feels a bit out of place, mostly because there is barely any buildup, unlike with the string section. I'd move the choir to ~1:40 so that it would get the missing buildup for free. And the strings will be able to get away with repeating the exact same melody twice because it will sound different with the choir supporting it.
Why the fuck there is SS13 sfx in vul's music (specifically the new /tg/ ones)? I'm not a shizoIt drives me crazy, am I the only one who hears it? The dash escape song from povid album has an ejection sound and trouble with trixie includes an extremely distinguishable combat mode sound
>>39746370I used to play it and was briefly working on the /mlp/station codebases when that was still a thing. I figured--why hunt for SFX off of freesound or Splice if I already have samples lying around on my computer?
>>39746459KinoYou release music here and on Odysee, right?
>>39746558Yes
>>39746459Since someone brought up vidya music, is that theme/melody at the start of your Sister Hate remix particularly famous or something?Because to my musiclet ears it sounds eerily similar to Coasting from Transistor. https://youtu.be/9uN3i8s9TL4
>>39747434The rhythm is a very typical guitar rhythm for bossa nova
>>39744660>>39744767Thanks for the feedback! I do plan on expanding the choir sections. I originally had the melody being sung by sopranos, but the shift to the violins allowed for an orchestral crescendo to develop naturally.>>39745521>spoilerI kinda like the choir peek in the beginning. I think i probably overdid it on the swell and should probably continue with less dramatic harmonics with the first introduction of the melody so it doesn't feel so out of place. melody will have some variation, i was just being lazy
>>39732019I'll sew her wings on tomorrow
Checklisthttps://files.catbox.moe/o260ao.mp3https://ponepaste.org/8737
>>39748870ooo
>>39748870Extremely fuckable taildick.
>10
>>39749177Great work!
>>39750634
>>39748870Goddamn, that's a big plushie.
homesick eden,planting memoriesonce inertours —oh, how i miss it allhttps://files.catbox.moe/ooz9s8.wavit can be hard to cope with losing the spark
Boopa
>>39753096This sounds a little nostalgic
>>39753096So many different sounds which go so well together, nice work!
Eh, let’s do a thing.
You stay out of 10 or so help me.
Some real cute ponies got drawn in this canvas! We cannot send help if you get lost in Pinkie's eyes, we're lost too.(As always, all links are uncensored.)PNG: https://files.catbox.moe/urutke.pngPSD: https://files.catbox.moe/kjjv4e.psdFeel free to come join us and draw ponies, all skill levels welcome!https://aggie.io/pe1o9x6bi6
>>39756031What's this?
>>39757442Airship pirates, obviously.
>>39757643Well ackshully…>>39757442It’s my autistic OC airship that delivers royal mail, but yeah basically. I really like the FiM airships and I thought a woodcut project would be fun.
>>39757643sea shanties?
>>39759428I do actually have like a 6 song EP planned for them, yeah. I keep saying that I’ll get to it, but other things keep intervening.
>>39759428>yo ho ho, celestia is a ho
>>39756883Cool!
Boopsmooch
Taking a break on the drawfag improvement document but if there's anything youd like to see added explained better then speak up.
So, as someone who can't draw horses worth shit, how DO you draw them? Because I can draw humans and mechanical stuff just fine, but ponies make me feel like I'm drawing with the wrong hand.
>>39766848>I can draw humans and mechanical stuff just fine, but ponies make me feel like I'm drawing with the wrong hand.prove it
A song about not being able to sleep and dream about ponies like I want to.https://youtu.be/AvpVJwFcfRo
>>39766946The only drawing I have that shows off both that also won't get me banned instantly is like three years old at this point.
>>39767869Pic unrelated, I forgot to remove the embed, but I also drew that.
>>39767869This is a 2d shape nigga.
>>39767886I literally just said I posted the wrong picture.
>>39767895>but I also drew that.
>>39767869Just post a link, Anon.
>>39767906Man, I'm trying to learn how to draw horses, not show off my art.
>>39767947I started with the likes of Petirep's tutorials, my favorite artists' sketches, and the drawfag improvement doc.
Working on a poner model atm. No materials yet
>>39769261Mare's got a massive dome.
>PMVs are never coming backwhy live...
>>39767947>Still nothing postedhow do you expect anyone to gauge your abilities so they can give advice again?
>>39769261Cutie pie
>>39769693Why don't (You) bring them back?
>>39767657This cuts deep into my soul. I've been thinking about it all day. Thanks, Anon.
https://voca.ro/16o9MADbRgNP>Koto ponies bitch I’m tryna cop that>US border put me on a block list>Mares on top, and no one else can stop it>Post some pony music now tempo the top thread>Woah>I will always post the pone>They they say that I’m by myself>Got mares I’m not by my own>I don’t want to seethe tomorrow>So Im gon post ponies tomorrow>Honestly this is just how I cope>They make fun of me they call me a mare psycho>May be hurting me but I don’t really mind tho>Say "he learning" please say that it’s all fine bro>Reply post OP’s a Mare Psycho
>>39771128Wholesome lyrics; love it.
>>39771128OPs a mare psycho.
Had a rough week, so haven’t made good progress, but took a couple hours to get underway.
>>39771128Cool to something from you again>>39771167Nice
>>39771167That's great to see. I need to get off my ass myself.
>>39769693Be the change you want to see in this world, Anon.
>>397696294u
What should I expect as a cost per track for hiring musicians? I want to make a ponegame and need to budget
>>39772700Do you program, anon? Do you need an artist?Since /mlp/con AND Mare Fair threads are dead, I guess I post this here. Will be offered as a sticker at my table and online on my Redbubble shop.>>39771167This looks sick, anon!
>>39772700Don't pay for music lol
>>39772700Have you ever tried making music anon? If you have and it sucks then fair enough but if you haven't and just assume it'd suck then maybe have a go, it might be fun to learn. Apparently the guy who did cave story had never done any music before and that has a pretty iconic soundtrack
>>39773901Yes, I program. I planned on doing all the art as well, as my art is passable. Either way it will probably be at least 6-12 months before I consider bringing anyone else on the team. Before I do I want to reach the point where the engine is almost feature complete and what's missing is content.I'll say hi if I see your table at the fair ^:)>>39773913Why though?>>39774168>Have you ever tried making music anonI've spent a lot of time making music and I know for a fact I could hire someone who could make the kind of thing I wanted better than I could. I'm a lot better of a producer than I am a composer.
The silver on the balloon and finsails is still tacky, but got through some staining and painting today. Trying to decide if I’m just gonna do the ponies as dark silhouettes or give them individual colors. Then gotta set up the backdrop and make a few clouds.
>>39774502Oops, forgot pic.
Whoa there! Get the fuck off page 10!
>page 9don't make me post some bullshit.https://files.catbox.moe/jpn8ib.mp3
>>39774356Okay, very cool! Plus Mare Fair is about 6 months out so you have your deadline anon. I'll see you there.
>>39775507Thats fucking cool
>>39776165
Gettin there.
>>39777637ooo looking forwards to it
>>39777637Looking great anon
My webm vp8 converter is playing up. But here's a preview of what I'm working on.https://files.catbox.moe/nmwef6.webmCoding a player controller for a one-sided billboarded sprite in the 3d environment is hell. But at least I got the camera to flip along with the sprite when turning around to give the paper mario effect. Now I need to add coyote time and a jump buffer.
Almost sad to see this canvas go, but we must make room for more!(As always, all links are uncensored.)PNG: https://files.catbox.moe/7eqe24.pngPSD: https://files.catbox.moe/mpv4jl.psdFeel free to come join us and draw ponies, all skill levels welcome!https://aggie.io/pe1o9x6bi6
>>39748870Done!
>>39780907>futafaggotryI don't think so
>>39781584Beautiful rainbow mare!
>>39781584I want to boop her
>>39779662Why does she have rayman limbs
>>39783155Raymare.
>>39781684I always know when it’s you posting because you literally can’t help but bitch every time something you don’t like happens. It’s all the time with you; you are defined by hating other things and it kind of gets annoying eventually. You know it’s ok sometimes to just ignore things, how can your skin be so thin? I wouldn’t have even known that there was futa stuff in that draw, but now, thanks to you and only you, I am extra aware of whatever it is you wish was going away. This isn’t the opening salvo of a bitchfest, I’m not responding back to whatever frothing counter you have for me. Just maybe be aware that you are allowed to just shut up sometimes.
>>39783493>I wouldn't have ever knownbecause you didn't open it, retard? Or is your brain so dysfunctional you can't see the giant futafagging as clear as day, as soon as the link is opened. Futafags should be exiled, you did the same to fillyfuckers
>>39783534>you did the same to fillyfuckershe did? theyre still there. no exile.
>>39783155She's a glitchy pone. Limbs didn't load correctly. Also added a "flying" mechanic where you can mash jump up to ten times to gain extra air time between platforms. Though the tenth jump causes the wings to bug out and she falls. Had a bit of fun coding the green bar to indicate how many air times she got left. Now I have fun animating it and making it look pretty.
>>39783750that happened in the original aggie threads
>>39783984We are that original aggie, and we never banned filly. A small minority, probably one or two people with alts, caused an uproar because of one canvas that had more filly than usual and it blew out of control. No matter how much we say we didn't ban it, people keep saying we did.
https://files.catbox.moe/edwsvd.wav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5wNKm1pkE
>>39786690This is amazing
>>39786690Fun!
sorry, kind of late notice, but there's a /bale/ stream tonight, we'll be doing some fun exercises to beat art block and doing a deep dive on drawing some expressionsstream starts about an hour after this post in the usual place, see >>39675841. here's a countdown just in casehttps://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/3980503/rlc-bale-stream
I'm working on a snowpone fishing game. The amount of time it's taken to make the little progress I have made really makes it clear just how little I actually know
>>39787934stream live now!https://cytu be/r/BaleShack
Nother animation in the works. It might seem weird how the character rolls over but that's kind of how it looks in the original game art.
>>39785965Should be renamed to "dread"
>>39788498Not bad,
>>39787934Do these get recorded?
>>39788111>The amount of time it's taken to make the little progress I have made really makes it clear just how little I actually knowI know that feel, anon. But hey, it looks like you've got a playable prototype working already.
>>39789306they usually are. i can find most of the streams except anontheanon doing perspective
>>39789800I was more asking if I could get spoonfed the link
>>39789835nice try skynet
>>39789884:(
>>39789306yep, they're all on pony.tube except for a few, I've been getting them all up there over the last few weeks though>>39789835sure thing Stacyhttps://pony.tube/w/8JekVaC6t5jQbQafmTgMF5>>39789800whoops, looks like I forgot to upload that one, here you go https://pony.tube/w/pyKTG4yx26KG53XTrxFqk1
>>39789905>no compatible source found for this video still processing?
>>39789929yep, just uploaded it, give it a few minutes
>>39789932Ah good, now I can see what in the 4 hours broke /bale/
