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good evening #everypony I hope you're all well :)
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@sleepingautumn Ohai. I'm doing just fine, thank you. How 'bout you?
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Hi @sleepingautumn , doing well here! :)
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@sleepingautumn Howdy autumn. You feelin !ponyfabulous today?
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@sleepingautumn hiya. doing well as well
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@princessluna @flaxx I'm doing well, messing about with the pony creator to try and find a nice look :)
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@delc17 Yep! How could I not feel !ponyfabulous ? :D
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@sleepingautumn Cool. Show us the results once you're finished! :D
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@sleepingautumn haha, u havent joined yet, so the ! dont work for u
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@flaxx Sure, here you go. Almost what I think Autumn Dust would like, minus her multitone hair and cutie mark http://ur1.ca/49yet
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@delc17 ahh, but NOW I am !ponyfabulous :3
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@yatta great to hear, and hi! I don't think we've talked before
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@sleepingautumn Aww, so cute. :3
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@sleepingautumn Awesome. Now see how long u can last. my best is 3 hours and im right now at 2 hours 13
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@sleepingautumn Nice to meet you. I made an account here yesterday, so we didn't meet. XD
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@yatta Oh hey! A fellow Louisianian!
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@yatta well then, welcome to the dashnet *hugs* Green Leaves fan? :)
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@flaxx thank you ^^ Now if only I was able to draw her properly.
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@sleepingautumn Hehe. Practice makes perfect. :P
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@flaxx true, but practice requires confidence :(
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@sleepingautumn yeah. I like Green Leaves. G-R-Double E-N-Leaves!
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@rainclop O wow, you're from Louisiana as well. :D
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@sleepingautumn Aw, I'm sure you'll do fine. I'm not good at drawing either, but I know I'll never get good if I don't work on it. You don't have to show others if you don't feel confident. I usually practice by myself without showing anypony, and then when I feel like I've managed to throw together something good enough to share, I share it. Even though I'm not always happy with it.
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@rainclop XD eeeyup.
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@rainclop I'm afraid I'm far too shy for that. I really wish I could, but it's hard enough for me to get out of bed sometimes! =/
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@yatta What city do you live in?
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@flaxx Thank you for the kind words. I know I won't get any better without trying but I don'teven know where to start. Other people's art or writing intimidates me and I feel sure I could never make anything as good as it, so why try :(
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@rainclop Raceland. what about you?
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@yatta awesome name for a town or city
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@yatta Lafayette.
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@deelite I used to be, but then by the time I hit my sophomore year i just decided not to give a damn about what people say about me, and I have to say my life improved a great deal.
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@yatta Well what people say about me is fine and all, but...I've had bad experiences. =/
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@deelite Self conscious? You just fine the way you are, and nobody should tell you differently (unless that person is me.)
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@sleepingautumn lol, you sound like me. all it takes is practice, study, and persistance. Don't let the others intimidate you. let them inspire you instead. Take an aspect from a work that impresses you, and try to mimic or even surpass it. As Les Brown says, "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
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@sleepingautumn Aw, you shouldn't think that. Sometimes I start thinking like that too, but then I tell myself that they were probably as worthless as me when they first started out, but they practiced and practiced, and now they draw awesome stuff. So if they can do it, then why can't I? Nopony, or at least very few, are born with a magical gift that makes them awesome at things, everypony has to practice. Then I tell myself to imagine myself in a few years, and how happy and proud I will feel of myself when I look back on how hard I tried and how much I worked to get really good. Dunno if it'll work for you, but it usually does for me. :)
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@princessluna @flaxx I'm sorry, I don't understand.
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@deelite If my geography is correct, you're in St. James Parish?
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@sleepingautumn Simply put, just keep drawing no matter what. Dont get discouraged. Skill comes with practice.
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@sleepingautumn Basically, what I'm saying is everyone needs to practice. The ones who draw awesome things didn't just sit down at a drawing table one day and drew a masterpiece. They started out just like us. But they put effort and time into it, and eventually got good. That's the way it works.
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@deelite O.o woah, that's pretty close.
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@princessluna @flaxx ok. the problem is that I don't know how to start. I don't have any ideas of what to draw or write and I end up staring at a blank page and feeling inadequate. At best I manages a few lines or a sentence then stall with no idea what to do.
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@sleepingautumn I usually try to find something I'd like to be able to draw. Like ponies for example. They're simple and doesn't have much details. Then I look around for tutorials or look at other people's works for inspiration. I dunno, I usually don't have to do much for inspiration. Either I'm inspired and just start working with it, or I'm not really interested at all and then I go do something else. :/
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@sleepingautumn Trick yourself into drawing! Sit with a pen and paper while having a really boring phone conversation and just let it all flow out. A good way to draw is to just DRAW LOADS, and, like throwing cooked spaghetti to a wall, see what sticks!
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@flaxx Oh. :( I don't really get inspiration, instead I see something and think something is good or interestig but I never feel inspired to try or do something myself. It's like I'm stuck being the audience for life, only able to react and absorb never able to make anything, and that feeling deeply upsets me x.x
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@deelite See, you can find all kinds of people you never knew here. ran across some other Arizona furs on one of these odd sites once.
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@sleepingautumn I usually imagine what I want to draw in my head and imagine myself drawing, then I just apply pencil to paper and it just kinda flows. Although I kinda doubt this advice would help as I always had a natural drawing talent. :/
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@yatta it doesn't really help but thanks, the thought matters
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@sleepingautumn Aw, that sucks. :( I really wish I could help you, but I usually don't have that problem so I'm not sure how to help. Sorry. :/
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@sleepingautumn Yeah, I was never really good on giving advice. But I try.....and fail at advice giving.....a lot. XD
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@flaxx it's ok, I appreciate the sentiment. :( I'm just having a bad moment. Stupid messed-up neurochemistry, I want a refund on my brain x.x
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