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I got some awesome news several days ago. Unfortunately, this was just as ATG started, so I've been a bit slow to pass it on. Let's fix that, shall we?
A few months ago,
approached me and asked permission to translate one of my earliest popular comics, Spikes Fortune, into Polish.
I'll admit, it's been long enough since I drew it that parts of the art on that comic give me a major cringe fit, but people seem to like it well enough regardless. If a group of translators feel it's worth spending their time to inflict it on their countrymen, I'm certainly not going to tell them "no".
It took a little while, but the translation group K-Archiwa-Canterlotu (I'm told the name means "Royal Canterlot Archives") has finally completed work on the comic. You can find the results of their efforts here:
I'm honored these guys felt that my comic was worth their efforts to translate. That said, I don't read Polish so if you, dear reader, can read it and the translation is actually an elaborate ruse to make me link to a comic insulting your dear mother, feel free to give me a heads up.
A few months ago,
approached me and asked permission to translate one of my earliest popular comics, Spikes Fortune, into Polish.I'll admit, it's been long enough since I drew it that parts of the art on that comic give me a major cringe fit, but people seem to like it well enough regardless. If a group of translators feel it's worth spending their time to inflict it on their countrymen, I'm certainly not going to tell them "no".
It took a little while, but the translation group K-Archiwa-Canterlotu (I'm told the name means "Royal Canterlot Archives") has finally completed work on the comic. You can find the results of their efforts here:
I'm honored these guys felt that my comic was worth their efforts to translate. That said, I don't read Polish so if you, dear reader, can read it and the translation is actually an elaborate ruse to make me link to a comic insulting your dear mother, feel free to give me a heads up.
A New Year- A New Personal Challenge
Some of you undoubtedly took note of the presence of a drafting table in the background of my last ATG Alumni submission and possibly noticed my comment to ~ABronyAccount (https://www.deviantart.com/abronyaccount) that I had just set it up that day. An enquiring mind might wonder upon seeing it- just what does a digital artist need with a fancy-schmancy drafting table, anyway? There's no need to spell it out, I suppose. The answer is obvious. How else was I going to set up the shot for that submission?
j/k
No. The real reason I bought the table was, for a very long time, I've wanted to branch out into more traditional media. Until now, I've simply not had any good place to do s
Confession of an ex-Pokehater
I have something I feel I need to get off my chest:
I have never liked Pokémon.
I know some of you will probably need a moment to recover from such blasphemy, but before you pick up your pitchforks and torches, please take a deep breath and hear me out.
All calm? Ok.
So here's the thing. By most objective standards, I'm a fairly young guy. I've yet to hit middle age, I've only recently begun to wear glasses occasionally, and I can still remember quite clearly how much being a kid stunk at times.
But, in terms of the Brony demographic (as reported by herdcensus.com), I'm way over the hill and nearly at the bottom of the other side:
Where to Find the Rest of My Stuff
Hey all, I hope you'll forgive me a moment of cross-promotion, but it occurs to me that some of my followers here on DA may not be aware that I also run a Tumblr blog with additional content.
"HalflingPony's Art and Musings" is where I post quick and silly sketches, links, occasional late night ramblings and "behind the scenes" previews of more involved work.
Currently I'm running a blow-by-blow journal of the next digital painting I'm working on. The series is titled "From Sketch to Finish" and can be read from the beginning here. Think of it as an art Livestream, just without the audio. Or a video stream. Or the "live" bit.
Ok, so it's n
Mannequins: Incredibly Useful Until They're Not
Drawing mannequins are a wonderful artist’s tool. Having trouble figuring out what a given pose would look like from an odd angle? No little brother around to tie up into the pose you want? Just break out the mannequin, set it up and take a good long look at it until you’ve got a firm grasp on the position.
The one I have works great for bipeds or even silly ponies acting like bipeds. It’s not quite as helpful with quadrupedal positions. So, when I found myself running into a brick wall trying to visualize the pose of one of the characters in my next drawing, I was seriously tempted to go on Amazon and shell out $50 for a c
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