The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent
vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums
here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules
document is now in effect.
PonyThread Q: To Be Continued...
Posts
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