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[Sean Mirrsen]

Yeah, probably.

In the meantime, after all the talk about emotional pieces and me being unable to grasp the concepts necessary for their production, I decided to try and prove myself... well, something. Either right or wrong will do. Just an experiment, essentially. So I set about trying to design some kind of scene that'd work. Unfortunately, with Skyrim cutting into my time, I only managed a few teeny tiny sketches, only one of which turned out in any way "nice".

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FD, you might recognize where that is from.

[Armok]

... am I detecting sarcasm in the filter jargoon? *brohoof*

@getting good at art: Actually, keep doing exactly what you're doing now for a few years: watch, study, discus existing works from varied sources (the styles are actually quite varied even thou it's all pony related). And draw a lot, which you seems to be doing for the fic.

/missingthepoint

[Jimmy]

As for drawing hair and whatnot, having the tools (eg. Wacom tablet, Photoshop etc) is the first step, practice is the second, and research is the third. Try finding vids on youtube of artists who record themselves creating a full piece in photoshop. "Speedpaint" is a good keyword search.

AppleJack Speedpaint/Recording

[Flying Dice]

Yeah, probably.

In the meantime, after all the talk about emotional pieces and me being unable to grasp the concepts necessary for their production, I decided to try and prove myself... well, something. Either right or wrong will do. Just an experiment, essentially. So I set about trying to design some kind of scene that'd work. Unfortunately, with Skyrim cutting into my time, I only managed a few teeny tiny sketches, only one of which turned out in any way "nice".

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FD, you might recognize where that is from.

Needs to be done! 

Actually, I've been thinking. Since we're doing gdocs, we can imbed images in the text. You know what that means: your art is going to be in every chapter, making this even better!

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And honestly, if they reject us/toss the fic after the gore gets posted, I suggest that we email them and mention both that we have (we can write it) a replacement for the gore chapter that cuts it down to acceptable levels, and that we're working on continuing it into a proper fic. That way we can have the best of both worlds: a feature on EqD, and the original gore chapter on fimfic.

[Sean Mirrsen]

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Well, that's what I've been trying to do, essentially. If I didn't have that plan in mind, I'd never even care enough to read the more normal sections of the second part, let alone TBP's. I don't have any actual drafts yet, but I've already figured out a few things we can do to turn FiN into something genuinely readable. I might start writing them down once I'm done illustating.

Also, hell yes to embedded illustations.

But you know, it won't be fair to leave half of the fic as bare text. :evilgrin:

[Flying Dice]

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Well, that's what I've been trying to do, essentially. If I didn't have that plan in mind, I'd never even care enough to read the more normal sections of the second part, let alone TBP's. I don't have any actual drafts yet, but I've already figured out a few things we can do to turn FiN into something genuinely readable. I might start writing them down once I'm done illustating.

Also, hell yes to embedded illustations.

But you know, it won't be fair to leave half of the fic as bare text. :evilgrin:

If you do that, you will win the internets. All of them. 

[MC Dirty]

BTW, is the fanfiction already posted somewhere?

Also, how are you organizing that sequel thing? Solely through PMs or is there a thread somewhere?

[Sean Mirrsen]

PMs and the google doc (which is 80% deranged RP at the moment). We don't want to discuss it in the open until the entirety of the first fic is up.

[Armok]

Please save the all the deranged RP somewhere even if you're not going to end up using all of it.

[Dsarker]

Armok, all I know is that I got linked to that stuff by a page on Facebook.

[MC Dirty]

Please save the all the deranged RP somewhere even if you're not going to end up using all of it.

Totally seconded. The Fniff x Pinkie Pie RP was... strange, but fun to read nonetheless. And it probably isn't the only RP you have done or will do that will probably not have a place in the story, so it's a shame if those all went to waste.

[Dsarker]

It is.

[Zangi]

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The genetics of pony type always made most sense to me like this:

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AA=unicorn
aa=pegasus
Aa=earth pony
aA=earth pony

So:
unicorn + unicorn = always unicorn
pegasus + pegasus = always pegasus
unicorn + pegasus = always earth pony
earth pony + earth pony = 1/4 unicorn, 1/4pegasus, 1/2 earth pony
unicorn + earth pony = 1/2 unicorn, 1/2 earth pony
pegasus + earth pony = 1/2 pegasus, 1/2 earth pony

Allicorn requires some kind of rare chromosomal mutation/powerful magic, and are sterile as a result. Or all alicorns always existed and can never be created or destroyed. Either of those work.

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Interesting interpretation, for reference on Alicorns...

He's the great great great great great great great great great great great (and probably even more greats) nephew on Celestia's and Luna's mother's side, about 52 times removed, roughly speaking. I would have preferred to call him a Duke, but someone in the approval process thought kids wouldn't know what a Duke is. Luna and Celestia have no siblings and no children. Also that's a fan name, he has no official name on the show.

Here is some guess work with Alicorn in the equation with yours as the basis.

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Alicorn + Earth Pony = 1/8 Unicorn, 1/8 Pegasus, 2/8 Earth pony, 4/8 Alicorn
Alicorn + Unicorn = 1/4 Unicorn, 3/4 Alicorn
Alicorn + Pegasus = 1/4 Pegasus, 3/4 Alicorn
Alicorn + Alicorn = Always Alicorn

[Flying Dice]

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The genetics of pony type always made most sense to me like this:

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AA=unicorn
aa=pegasus
Aa=earth pony
aA=earth pony

So:
unicorn + unicorn = always unicorn
pegasus + pegasus = always pegasus
unicorn + pegasus = always earth pony
earth pony + earth pony = 1/4 unicorn, 1/4pegasus, 1/2 earth pony
unicorn + earth pony = 1/2 unicorn, 1/2 earth pony
pegasus + earth pony = 1/2 pegasus, 1/2 earth pony

Allicorn requires some kind of rare chromosomal mutation/powerful magic, and are sterile as a result. Or all alicorns always existed and can never be created or destroyed. Either of those work.

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Interesting interpretation, for reference on Alicorns...

He's the great great great great great great great great great great great (and probably even more greats) nephew on Celestia's and Luna's mother's side, about 52 times removed, roughly speaking. I would have preferred to call him a Duke, but someone in the approval process thought kids wouldn't know what a Duke is. Luna and Celestia have no siblings and no children. Also that's a fan name, he has no official name on the show.

Here is some guess work with Alicorn in the equation with yours as the basis.

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Alicorn + Earth Pony = 1/8 Unicorn, 1/8 Pegasus, 2/8 Earth pony, 4/8 Alicorn
Alicorn + Unicorn = 1/4 Unicorn, 3/4 Alicorn
Alicorn + Pegasus = 1/4 Pegasus, 3/4 Alicorn
Alicorn + Alicorn = Always Alicorn

I've always thought that was strange. I knew what a Duke was (at least in the general sense of being in the upper tier of nobility) when I was six.

[Fniff]

We may or may not do another deranged RP set in the castle Amnesia The Dark Descent was set in.