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Urgh. All these pony drawing guides seem to assume some pre-existing basic level of artistic competence. Does anypony have one that's more at the level of "draw two circles, HERE IS HOW TO DRAW A CIRCLE, now draw a line between them" with pictures of every step?
Sunday, 21-Aug-11 20:17:42 UTC from web-
@starshine Is it even possible to draw ponies without basic artistic competence?
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@redenchilada I have seen all sorts of "how to draw" guides in bookstores that are at the level I'm looking for. None of those, of course, have anything to do with ponies.
Sunday, 21-Aug-11 20:20:19 UTC from web
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@starshine: You don't have to draw the circle perfectly. It's a guideline. But if you want it perfect, put a coin on the paper, and trace the coin. Though it might be more efficient to take a picture close to what you want, trace it, take other pictures with other aspects you like, and add those to what you've drawn.
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@retl I'm using a tablet. If I'd been using paper, I would have gone through about six reams by now already with the amount of use that the undo button is getting.
Sunday, 21-Aug-11 20:21:21 UTC from web-
@starshine If you're using something like Photoshop or GIMP, then there should be a tool to either draw a circle, or select a circle. MyPaint will not help you draw a circle. You'll just have to make a close approximation. Another suggestion which I personally tend to use is pick a tool that you can set to use a low alpha/opaquency, and draw a bunch of circles on top of the circle until it looks kinda like a circle, and then later erase the part that isn't a part of the pony when I'm done. If you look at the hair in this image, you can probably see where I was lazy about erasing the bunch-of-circle-ish-circles because I thought it looked fine and because I was lazy. http://windstone.travisuped.com/index.php?q=/image/2102.png I can't draw a perfect circle.
Sunday, 21-Aug-11 20:35:46 UTC from web-
@retl Gimp, yeah. But I'm more whining about the lack of tutorials on ponies than about how I suck at circles.
Sunday, 21-Aug-11 20:38:02 UTC from web
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@starshine Hm... I think I saw one that was kinda like that a while back, but I'm afraid I've lost it. :/
Sunday, 21-Aug-11 20:20:17 UTC from web
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