I've tried using the pen tool several times in the past, and got to the point where I can usually make it do what I want, but it rarely seems worth the amount of effort it takes me, especially after I got a tablet.
The pen tool is best-used for creating a masking layer or creating a selection of an area where you want nice, clean, rounded lines for extracting something from an image.
To be honest, it usually doesn't see a ton of usage in Photoshop but it's the backbone of Illustrator.
I've tried using the pen tool several times in the past, and got to the point where I can usually make it do what I want, but it rarely seems worth the amount of effort it takes me, especially after I got a tablet.
The pen tool is best-used for creating a masking layer or creating a selection of an area where you want nice, clean, rounded lines for extracting something from an image.
To be honest, it usually doesn't see a ton of usage in Photoshop but it's the backbone of Illustrator.
Has anyone made a tutorial for GIMP? I'd like to draw a pony or two, but I refuse to buy/pirate PS or Illustrator...
Wow, I'm amazed at just how MUCH the blue pony looks like that guy in Pokemon. I didn't even watch Pokemon that much, I can't readily identify who that was in the show, but the minute I saw the comic my mind immediately went, "Oh hey, it's Pokemon Guy."
I'm contemplating how to pony-up my workspace too! I have to share a cubicle with three people (fortunately it's a large cubicle) so my wall space is limited . . . So far I just have three little blind-bag ponies on my desk.
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What happens if a pony Pokemon trainer encounters a Ponyta/Rapidash or Blitzle/Zebstrika?
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"That man is playing Galaga! He thought we wouldn't notice. But we did."
What happens if a pony Pokemon trainer encounters a Ponyta/Rapidash or Blitzle/Zebstrika?
The same thing that happens when a human being encounters Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Machop/Machoke/Machamp, Medicham, Mewtwo, or any of the other pokémon that are basically just mutant people.
When I lived in Japan, I was a big fan of voice acting. In 1995, I had a chance to meet Chisa Yokoyama at a voice acting get-together in Kanagawa. Chisa is best known in the video game world as a voice in the "Sakura Taisen" game series. I told her that my dream was to be a Japanese voice actor and did some Japanese Announcer/DJ/Commercial voices for her. She nearly doubled over laughing out of surprise. She told me I was kind of on the right track as voice acting isn't all video games and cartoons. I asked for her autograph and she signed her name in a voice acting book I had. (The doodle is her name, you can see it in an interview here at the bottom of the page). Written along the top in Japanese is "Ganbare!" (Good Luck!). It's my motivation to do the best I can even when I have strange, wacky, and unattainable dreams.
Somewhere in the basement I've still got Sakura Taisen 1, 2, and Hanagumi Columns for the Saturn stored away. 1 through 4 and Hanagumi Columns 2 for the Dreamcast might be in the attic or basement, I'm not sure which. And I've got some assortment of ST5s across Wii and PS2 in Japanese, Korean, and English versions.
Cross Sakura over with Pretty Sammy and she could totally pull off a Haja Kensei Coquettish Bomber.
I've started rewatching FiM (I know, what took me so long?), this time paying more attention to background ponies and facial expressions and such. I already enjoyed the show for it's positive messages, fantastic voice acting, music, ponyisms and usually fluid animation (cyclops pony...), but the little things I never noticed really elevate it for me. Reoccuring background characters, the attention to detail on the little things they're doing, how accurate the expressions are not just on the mane 6, but everypony, in every situation.
My roommates watched Dragonshy with me and couldn't figure out what was so great about it. In the end they were angry at Fluttershy for being so timid. Perhaps I should've started them on a better episode?
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My roommates watched Dragonshy with me and couldn't figure out what was so great about it. In the end they were angry at Fluttershy for being so timid. Perhaps I should've started them on a better episode?
edit: no wait, that's a little mean. lemme try again
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personally, I started my roommate on Winter Wrap-up. then we slowly progressed through the entire season, giving him time to digest what he'd seen, over the course of a couple months or so. We just finished last night, and for the last few days he's been considering a pony related minecraft project.
EDIT: Also a little tidbit for lulz, the guy in the left of The Economy vid was the dude responsible for the hilarity that happened at PAX East 2010 with Tycho and Gabe. ACTIOOOOOOOOOOOOOON CAAAAAASTLEEEEE
I really dislike people that take up that much time at Q&A's. And the guy has his own panel yet he attention grabs at the Q&A. Yes it was funny and entertaining. I still hate when people pull things like that at Q&A's.
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as to the guy Blendtec started, I'd suggest either starting now with the pilot onwards, or trying winter wrap-up. but don't use anything involving freak-outs, because the average new person won't have the background in understanding the characters to really get why the episode is good.
My roommates watched Dragonshy with me and couldn't figure out what was so great about it. In the end they were angry at Fluttershy for being so timid. Perhaps I should've started them on a better episode?
edit: no wait, that's a little mean. lemme try again
Now I'm curious what you originally said. But yeah, they were apparently angry at Fluttershy because she was being super timid. This in turn made me angry at them, which rather defeats the point of the show I suppose. I tried to explain to them that'd be like getting angry at Courage the Cowardly Dog for being scared of the Farmer's mask, but to no avail.
My roommates watched Dragonshy with me and couldn't figure out what was so great about it. In the end they were angry at Fluttershy for being so timid. Perhaps I should've started them on a better episode?
edit: no wait, that's a little mean. lemme try again
Now I'm curious what you originally said. But yeah, they were apparently angry at Fluttershy because she was being super timid. This in turn made me angry at them, which rather defeats the point of the show I suppose. I tried to explain to them that'd be like getting angry at Courage the Cowardly Dog for being scared of the Farmer's mask, but to no avail.
I actually think that the very first episode (Friendship is Magic, Part I) should be the introductory episode for new viewers. It's the best introduction to everyone's personalities and Part II can be ignored (Poor Luna).
They weren't mad at her for being timid. They were mad at her because she couldn't keep up and they had to slow down to a crawl to avoid leaving her behind.
Also, I think the pilot episodes are probably the weakest ones in the season. I'm not sure they're the best ones for introducing someone to the show.
They weren't mad at her for being timid. They were mad at her because she couldn't keep up and they had to slow down to a crawl to avoid leaving her behind.
I suppose that had something to do with it too. How did you know?!?
I think you should just watch the episodes in order. I didn't really care for Winter Wrap-Up and I could see it putting some people off. It's mostly just a musical number, and not particularly humorous or clever like, say, Art of the Dress. Compared to some of the other episodes, it's rather tame, not particularly clever or surprising, and the premise is mundane (basically an episode about spring-cleaning). It's a well-done, certainly, but it's exactly the sort of episode someone would expect for a girl's cartoon.
I think the first episode is a great place to start because Twilight is just as skeptical and prone to sarcasm as the viewer probably is about this "magical pony friendship" business.
My roommates watched Dragonshy with me and couldn't figure out what was so great about it. In the end they were angry at Fluttershy for being so timid. Perhaps I should've started them on a better episode?
edit: no wait, that's a little mean. lemme try again
Now I'm curious what you originally said. But yeah, they were apparently angry at Fluttershy because she was being super timid. This in turn made me angry at them, which rather defeats the point of the show I suppose. I tried to explain to them that'd be like getting angry at Courage the Cowardly Dog for being scared of the Farmer's mask, but to no avail.
as someone who regularly wants to beat the weak out of Fluttershy but loves Courage the Cowardly Dog, the main difference is that while Courage is afraid of everything, 1: it's for good reason and 2: he sucks it up and goes out and gets shit done anyway. I can think of 52 episodes where Courage sacked up and did what he had to do to saved his loved ones even though he's afraid of everything, whereas I can think of one episode where Fluttershy sorta helped her friends after being nothing but a hindrance for 17 minutes of airtime.
She did, but the point of that episode was not "Fluttershy is so scared of everything" but instead "Fluttershy is kind of a cocky pony who thinks that just because she gets along with animals she can babysit three small fillies". Stare Master and Bird in the Hoof and the Grand Galloping Gala are all sort of smuggershy episodes unlike Dragonshy.
It's also kind of dumb to point out how many more episodes involve Courage sucking it up, when the entire premise of the show is Courage standing up to the monster of the week.
My Little Pony is not even really an action series, nor does it really have much confrontation for the most part. You're comparing apples and oranges.
Now I'm curious what you originally said. But yeah, they were apparently angry at Fluttershy because she was being super timid. This in turn made me angry at them, which rather defeats the point of the show I suppose. I tried to explain to them that'd be like getting angry at Courage the Cowardly Dog for being scared of the Farmer's mask, but to no avail.
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The pen tool is best-used for creating a masking layer or creating a selection of an area where you want nice, clean, rounded lines for extracting something from an image.
To be honest, it usually doesn't see a ton of usage in Photoshop but it's the backbone of Illustrator.
Has anyone made a tutorial for GIMP? I'd like to draw a pony or two, but I refuse to buy/pirate PS or Illustrator...
I'm contemplating how to pony-up my workspace too! I have to share a cubicle with three people (fortunately it's a large cubicle) so my wall space is limited . . . So far I just have three little blind-bag ponies on my desk.
And yes, the likeness is uncanny!
The same thing that happens when a human being encounters Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Machop/Machoke/Machamp, Medicham, Mewtwo, or any of the other pokémon that are basically just mutant people.
When I lived in Japan, I was a big fan of voice acting. In 1995, I had a chance to meet Chisa Yokoyama at a voice acting get-together in Kanagawa. Chisa is best known in the video game world as a voice in the "Sakura Taisen" game series. I told her that my dream was to be a Japanese voice actor and did some Japanese Announcer/DJ/Commercial voices for her. She nearly doubled over laughing out of surprise. She told me I was kind of on the right track as voice acting isn't all video games and cartoons. I asked for her autograph and she signed her name in a voice acting book I had. (The doodle is her name, you can see it in an interview here at the bottom of the page). Written along the top in Japanese is "Ganbare!" (Good Luck!). It's my motivation to do the best I can even when I have strange, wacky, and unattainable dreams.
It's from XKCD - Here
But Chisa was also Sasami back in the 90s, too.
Yea, Sasami from Tenchi Muyo, Pretty Sammy, and bunches others. She was pretty popular back in the day.
To derail the thread slightly, Here she is singing a techno version of the Sakura Taisen theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by8e4oeC6Mo
Cross Sakura over with Pretty Sammy and she could totally pull off a Haja Kensei Coquettish Bomber.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or7j2RpxhR4
I've actually watched this tape like four times, my friend found it in a bargain bin years and years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjZwgktynlo
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
Check out Colorado Movie Cars! It's amazing!
My roommates watched Dragonshy with me and couldn't figure out what was so great about it. In the end they were angry at Fluttershy for being so timid. Perhaps I should've started them on a better episode?
edit: no wait, that's a little mean. lemme try again
which reminds me, when's the next season due out?
Now I'm curious what you originally said. But yeah, they were apparently angry at Fluttershy because she was being super timid. This in turn made me angry at them, which rather defeats the point of the show I suppose. I tried to explain to them that'd be like getting angry at Courage the Cowardly Dog for being scared of the Farmer's mask, but to no avail.
I actually think that the very first episode (Friendship is Magic, Part I) should be the introductory episode for new viewers. It's the best introduction to everyone's personalities and Part II can be ignored (Poor Luna).
Honestly, how can anyone hate Fluttershy after her intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoJY6V9iuc
Also, I think the pilot episodes are probably the weakest ones in the season. I'm not sure they're the best ones for introducing someone to the show.
I suppose that had something to do with it too. How did you know?!?
I think the first episode is a great place to start because Twilight is just as skeptical and prone to sarcasm as the viewer probably is about this "magical pony friendship" business.
I'm kinda surprised this is the first time I've seen this
Then I wonder if they've been developed with child development psychologists in consultation. And I think: possibly.
as someone who regularly wants to beat the weak out of Fluttershy but loves Courage the Cowardly Dog, the main difference is that while Courage is afraid of everything, 1: it's for good reason and 2: he sucks it up and goes out and gets shit done anyway. I can think of 52 episodes where Courage sacked up and did what he had to do to saved his loved ones even though he's afraid of everything, whereas I can think of one episode where Fluttershy sorta helped her friends after being nothing but a hindrance for 17 minutes of airtime.
My Little Pony is not even really an action series, nor does it really have much confrontation for the most part. You're comparing apples and oranges.
I'm not the one who came up with this comparison in the first place