No Contest Creations

This is my third submission for the Artist Training Grounds’ week 17 theme: draw a pony with her favourite toy. Well, this is stretching it a tiny bit, mannequins are typically not toys. But without her favourite mannequin, Rarity wouldn’t be able to toy around with her dresses.

Anyway, there’s a few mess ups here and there, but I got it to look pretty good. Almost no references on Rarity herself, but the hair still gets me a bit, so I had to look that up. Had to reference the mannequin completely, though, as I’d never drawn it before.

Done in roughly 3 hours using my 2H and 2B.

After seeing Twi in what must be the pony equivalent of the fetal position, stroking her tail, something in my mind just went off on a tangent. Like wondering if maybe the fear was more deeply seeded and what the explanation might be for why she decided to comfort herself by stroking her tail.

Anyway, this sketch was a little more involved than usual and took closer to 80 minutes. Done with 2H and level adjusted.

This is one of those ones where I just started sketching whatever and the result was good enough I wanted to shade it. So have Fluttershy being happy and energetic about something. This was done mostly without reference and some things are a tiny bit off.

Done in 3.5 hours with the 2H-HB-2B trio.

Seriously, she just really needs a big hug and a helping hoof.

Anyway, this one took me pretty much an hour. Apparently crazy Twi throws me off enough that I have a tough time drawing her. I didn’t copy the reference exactly, but even though some stuff seems out of alignment, I double checked against the reference and stuff’s pretty much more or less in the right spot. Done with a 2H, level adjusted.

50 minute sketch, done with a 2H, level adjusted.

As soon as I saw this in the S2E3, I knew I wanted to draw it. This is quite possibly one of the most awkward poses I have ever drawn, even outside stuff that I’ve mimicked from reference. Not only is she throwing her chest out, but she’s also stretching upward, something I rarely draw. On top of that, I’ve never drawn her face like that. In fact, I don’t know if there’s anywhere else in the show where her face has had that bizarred an angle. Still, the result is undeniably adorkable.

This is my third submission for the Artist Training Grounds’ week 16 theme: draw a pony from another decade. This time, G4 Dashie has somehow ended up dressed in one of G3 Rainbow Dash’s outfits, specifically the one used in that song about Rainbow Dash always dressing in style. However, everyone has done Dashie hating on that clip, so I thought I’d try a different little twist.

Anyway, 50 minute sketch, drawn with a 2H, level adjusted.

Blah, also just realized I messed up her right eye kind of badly. It’s not supposed to be that wide. -_-