{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"starlightbolt's status on Friday, 27-May-11 19:50:35 UTC","author_name":"starlightbolt","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/starlightbolt","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/131809","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1502\" class=\"url\" title=\"Jonathan Burgess\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">nvrrmbr<\/span><\/a><\/span> I could through out some crazy art techniques and suggestions... well er... no I can't since I have no formal art knowledge. What I did to get better was redraw already drawn things... pick a simple sketch somepony has down and try to break it down and recreate it. This is how I learned to draw, and in doing so gained the abilty to quickly switch my style and mimic others'"}