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Comic Trivia #26

Cross-hatching is a technique of creating graded shading.  It can be used to conv...

A Storm's Lullaby Page 68 Inks [OLD NUMERATION]

Yes, it was all a bad dream.

This page took much longer to sketch & ink for some reason.  One of those days when I feel like I have forgotten how to draw :/

A Storm's Lullaby Page 67 [REVISED]

Lulu fights back. 

(previous Page 67 is now Page 68) 

Comic Trivia #25

Colour can be used to focus reader's eye on the important elements of the story. 

Traditionally a colour wheel is split between warm and cool colours: 2020-01-22 07:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post

A Storm's Lullaby Page 67 Inks [OLD NUMERATION]

Suffering.

A Storm's Lullaby Page 66 [REVISED]

Choices.

(previous Page 66 is now Page 65) 

A Storm's Lullaby Page 66 Inks [OLD NUMERATION]

Well then.

Comic Trivia #24

Those black lines under Tempest's chin are known as the feathering. It's main purpose ...

A Storm's Lullaby Page 65 [REVISED]

Strange days.

 (previous Page 65 is now Page 67) !

IDW Cover HiRes

Image attached. Enjoy! ^_^

IDW Cover Final

Final version! What do you think? :-) 

(I'll be uploading HiRes version for $8 Tier shortly!)

Comic Trivia #23

An image is visually divided into planes: 1. foreground 2. middle-ground 3. background  

The planes are then separated from each other using saturation, brigthness, choi...

A Storm's Lullaby Page 65 Inks [OLD NUMERATION]

Lulu fights back.

A Storm's Lullaby Page 64

Foalnapping.  You done goofed , ladies.

IDW Cover WiP 4

Changing the outline colours & adding more details! Next step is going to be adding shadows and finally some soft light before making final touches.

Comic Trivia #22

Focal point is the element of each panel that  attracts the viewer’s eyes first -- very often it's head, hand or eye. 

Placing F...

A Storm's Lullaby Page 64 Inks

Foalnapping. Will be adding lots of action lines in this one!

A Storm's Lullaby Page 63

A continuation of the conversation from Page 06!

IDW Cover WiP 3

 Flat colors! Love Zephyr's colour palette.

New Patreon Rewards Coming Soon

I have run a quick poll on DA to see what *additional* rewards would lure more people here. The results are in and they confirm what I pretty much wanted to do:  BONUS art (for $3) an...

A Storm's Lullaby Page 63 Inks

A quick conversation about the original plan,

A Storm's Lullaby Page 62

It was great to rest a bit and take care of other things -- but the time has come to start posting A Storm's Lullaby again!

IDW Cover WiP 2

Hasbro has selected this one for the cover illustration. Here's new work-in-progress version, with neatly tapered lines and more details added :) Will be posting more WIPs soon!

Comic Trivia #21

When we look at distant objects, they became increasingly purple or blue-ish and brighter due to dust and vapor particles causeing the light to scatter. This effect is known as  atmospheric pe...

A Storm's Lullaby Page 62 Inks

Aaaand I'm back! Ready to start 2020 with a new inked page. 

Hope you had fun yesterday. My idea of fun is staying at home ;-) Anyway, in Scotland the last day of the year is known as "H...

Second Kiss HR

Forgot to post this panel ^_^

RI Cover #3

Finally my last concept for IDW is Fluttershy and Zephyr Breeze. I wanted to include one cover that would be "neutral" (the previous two include rare/future characters ) -- and this one is also edi...

Comic Trivia #20

The last transition is called non-sequitur and  provides no logical connection between panels. Here's an example borrowed from McCloud:

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Season's Greetings

I am not very good at writing these, but I would like to thank you for your continued support and wish you all Happy Holidays and Happy New Year ^_^ We will  soon be living in...

RI Cover #2

 My second concept for the cover is S9 Pinkie Pie with her foal, Li'l Cheese ^^