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Practice: Pony Drawing (Milestone)

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Okay, NOW I think I'm ready to do more actual drawings and finished pieces. Over the past couple of days I've been re-training myself to draw faster AND more accurately. Depending on complexity, I can now get a drawing out in 5-15 minutes with basic coloring and value taking about the same time if not slightly more. I still see some issues with these drawings, but they're not bad; I can work with them and improve them.

For inspiration, I've been watching the Season 4 animatic of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic that was shown at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. What's really nice about it, besides being pony-related of course, is that the work that was shown was done by different storyboard artists. I got to see different styles and different approaches to accomplishing the same general result. I still want to draw faster, but this isn't too bad; it's at least to the point where I can jump into drawing and stop doing so many practice pieces like this. I still like drawing in this grid style though. It's a good way to practice and get ideas for potential future pieces down; so I'll still do these every so often. I've also got a general coloring method all set, values included. That still needs some work too, but I was going for a combination of speed and accuracy here, with speed taking a higher priority.

In short, this is a milestone because I've finally reached a point where I can draw and color fairly quickly, AND have the results be nicer to look at than some of my previous stuff. I've found a balance between speed and accuracy at last, minus drawing 3. I'll make it up to you Pinkie! :iconcutepinkiepieplz: Now to fine tune my skills by doing some actual drawings. The next piece I post won't be a practice one like this. Promise. :icontwilighteyerollplz:

So, back to drawing! :iconepicgrouphugplz:
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