Most of workload is done so I can get back to updating APA at it's usual rate.
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Fuck off
>>29526189
yawn
>>29526165
I'll be honest, this comic has lost its appeal.
It's going all over the place, with random ass shots just for the sake of it.
Anon's not even the main focus anymore.
>>29526165
>that wall of text
Dude, I know that you want to turn this into a manga, but this is fucking ridiculous. Try to get a better writer for this comic.
>>29526165
you forgot your trip
nice page and Im glad you have more time for it. if you are real Penvils that is
>>29526238
>reading is hard
what a faggot
>>29526241
whoops.
>>29526165
>more OCs
>walls of text
>same old "ponies are silly" flavor of jokes #414
>more story elements to convolute it even harder
>giant ponies in the second to last panel
I can't even care anymore
>>29526256
Reading a comic with the plot "anon need to get the horsepussy to survive" don't need to pretend to be dense and boring.
>>29526270
would you rather have all that information spread out to 2 pages and wait even longer for the story to progress?
>>29526268
then fuck off to your favourite general please
>>29526275
Wait for quality?
Yes
>>29526281
>fuck off from my general because this is my echo chamber and I don't want my Pencils dicksucking interrupted
Tough luck. It's about time you learned that not always will everyone agree with you.
>>29526165
>Lemme Smash Plz: The Comic
>>29526227
Still better than IDW's comic though.
>>29526321
Only in art style right now, even some OOC fest is better than this.
But at least this comic will never be worst than the Bulls arc or the dragons live matter FF comic
Dun-dun-DUUUUUNNNN!!!
>>29526165
Who is this semen demon?
>>29526374
Probably some paid OC.
I need the source too, maybe she have porn
>>29526227
This. I used to like this comic, but now it's unreadable. I just stick around for some of the visuals (scenery, not pony butt).
>Too many subplots
>Too many characters
>Shitty shoehorned OCs further convolute the story
>Seemingly-important plot points and characters are forgotten within a couple pages
>>29526268
I don't think the OC is a giant pony. She's just elevated above Fluttershy.
>>29526385
please never respond to my posts, sudaca
>>29526394
[(you) in spanish]
>>29526392
I know how it's supposed to look like, but the cliff tricks my eyes into thinking that both of them are just fucking huge. Like the cliff is several meters high. It's composed weirdly and it fucks with me.
>>29526227
i have to agree with this. it feels like the story hasnt moved in ages. should have offered people commissions instead of a spot in the story, or just stuck them in the background instead of it having to distract from the plot everytime one of them make an appearance. ive been following this thing since before conception and i honestly couldnt even tell you what its about anymore. every page feels the same.
>24 replies
>most negatives
>check the number of IPs
>only 13
Nice show samefag
>>29526487
dont damage control. it makes you look petty.
besides, it seems like you could chalk that up to the defense fag who has taken it upon himself to reply to every negative post.
>>29526392
>scenary, no pony butt
you turned gay, anon?
>>29526262
>>29526165
I honestly wouldn't mind less backgrounds and color in exchange for faster pages.
I love the story so far and that's mostly what I'm here for.
>>29526165
That Flutterass tho
>>29526519
Im here because I know in the end Anon has to bone a pony. my bookmaker told me Limestone is a save bet
>>29526519
Well, we are closing in to last chapter at a relatively high pace so I don't think there's need to rush it anymore.
>>29526560
Spoil me please:
What does the cult even worship?
That Dio-looking guy?
>>29526560
what are your plans for after this comic?
>>29526571
Can't do that, it's too important to the plot.
>>29526587
When the hell is anon gonna fuck a pony, that's the only reason I had interest in this in the first place.
>>29526587
do you plan alternative endings for your comic after you finished the official last chapter? you know: to please everyone
>>29526625
No, there will be only one ending and it will please no-one!
>>29526571
>What does the cult even worship?
Pone butts, hopefully.
>>29526627
you dont know me. Im sure it will please me. the more drama the better
>>29526627
>anon explodes, creating a new universe
>our current shitty earth was created by the big bang of anon
>>29526469
Le ebin story was changed to fit ocs maymay
No fuck you regardless of what you think of the current state of the story those same amount of characters would have appeared with or without the oc auction.
spongebobd
>>29526227
I've been loving this comic up until about the celestia and luna churches showed up.
It's getting harder to follow with all of the new characters and story elements.
I just wanted a nice simple story with anon living with ponies and occasional lewd but it quickly became apparent that the author had bigger plans.
So instead of being a quick comic to digest whenever it updated I now have to wait for bits and pieces of an evolving story.
Maybe I'll love the comic when the story is finished so I don't have to keep wondering what's going on but that may take a long time.
Also doesn't help that Flutteryshy and Trixie's anti-adventure comics have stopped.
>>29526560
>six chapters of building up several conflicts and storylines all over the place
>last chapter is just a rushed resolution and closure
Those are some show-tier pacing issues
>>29526645
>the choosing stone creates an exact copy of anon to ensure total destruction
>the only hope is hot and passionate brotherly wrestling of lust and love
>'no homo' whispered anon
>'for equestria' answered anon
>>29526675
>Also doesn't help that Flutteryshy and Trixie's anti-adventure comics have stopped.
Come on, those comic are literally yawnfest. The new one is vastly better
>>29526704
this
I miss the cute style but this one is more my humor
more Coco is always better
>>29526661
So... the OCs would derail the comic anyway?
This is jeremy whitley writing tier
>>29526165
Oh hey it's another irrelevant and forced OC. It's good Pencils don't push any character that might actually solve something, like Discord or Starlight Glimmer
>>29526723
>Discord or Starshit Glimmer
Get out Haber
>>29526723
>Starlight Glimmer
Nice try Glim Glam
>>29526675
The comic should be wrapped up by summer.
>>29526677
Sure, it's not like it all can be wrapped up at once due to all being related.
>>29526723
We have three princesses who can solve this all just fine if you give it a bit of time, no need to pull out any more deus ex here with three demigods in play.
>>29526723
or Nyx. right?
>>29526675
I lost it after Katrina and minotaurs. And barely understood why Mascara is even there. The comic is all over the place. And a lot of pages have non dynamic characters just staying in one place and spewing wall texts of exposition.
No wonder IDW didn't wan't him for comics.
>>29526165
Honestly? I feel like RD is out of character in this. You've written her as if she were Fluttershy. Dash is a brave pony when it comes to fighting monsters and saving her friends.
>>29526754
I didn't offer myself to them as a writer though.
>>29526742
>three demigods in play.
Who are they?
>>29526769
Celestia, Luna and Ponka.
>>29526742
>>29526729
At least the show explains why Discord or X doesn't appear to solve the problem. In this story we just have Fluttershy not even caring about the possibility that perhaps Discord can snap fingers to heal Anon or teleport him to whatever plave he need to be or him teleporting to the source of his magic. Fluttershy is in this comic just to show more buttcracks. She pointless and useless.
>>29526776
Uhh, I'll give you pinkie, but celestia and Luna sure fail to fit that bill other than being old n shit
>>29526742
Don't pretent that Princesses can do ANYTHING. They can't even fight with plants, clouds, or changeling drones.
>>29526766
Dude, read
>a lot of pages have non dynamic characters just staying in one place and spewing wall texts of exposition
That is your job to make them look dynamic and not statues, not the writer.
>>29526784
If he considers their butts to be godly, I'll allow it
>>29526776
>Ponka
>Not Twiggles the literal element of magic
SHIGGY
DIGGY
DO
>>29526793
She was given everything and is better than most at magic. That doesn't make her a demigod, unless you factor in the autism
>>29526777
showing butt is the highest level of usefulness
>>29526507
t. samefag
>>29526793
>losing to UNICORN Starlight
She's as shit as other Princesses. None of them know any more spells than shitty laser beam. Only Starlight and Discord shown any sort of creativity and power and they both will now never appear in adventure episode because of their op powers. They are already out of MLP Movie.become defeated by mana drain.
>>29526165
Bottom-centre panel without text?
>>29526776
Pinkie's shenanigans don't make her a demigod, or else she could solve every problem on her own. Her only real ability is the pinkie sense.
>>29526787
Ah, well, criticism is valid then, I'll work on that.
>>29526833
Ponk is like an Old One from Lovecraft stories
she has the power to solve the problem but it requires her to use logic and thats not possible with her mindset (and no fun)
>>29526165
This page is what Curnow would describe as "needing to work on page overlay " Lot's of faces, every panel with one character saying some long sentences. If I hacen't seen the last page i would even know which of the bottom down OC's just appeared for the first time and which is following them.
Pencils need to learn something from Fleece or Price when it comes to making the comic more dynamic. He would never fit any 10 page story script in just 22 pages with this kind of page overlay, His page here is boring, confusing and tiring.
>>29526865
Ponks comedic powers can't do anything in troubled times, her only actual power really is the pinkie sense
>>29526915
what about pulling out items out of fucking nowhere
>>29526927
Most of them do that
>>29526880
Actually Pencils job would be only the lineart. No colors or texts
That means that pencils should make something like pic related.
All the dialog globes will be the work of another persons.
That mean that Pencils should make 22 pages of lineart that should work both with the colorist and the letter guy.
>>29526979
Pencils art style would be amazing for the future covers of legends of magic, but he need a lot of experience to really work in the comic staff
>>29526742
>The comic should be wrapped up by summer.
Take as much as time as you need to finish.
I just had different expectations for the comic when it first started.
>>29526704
>those comic are literally yawnfest
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH
>>29527002
I would be happy if he could replace Fosshit
>>29526821
>hasbro changed the perception of twilight from "master of solving problems, only character who can do anything meaningful" to "completely inept" in less than 2 seasons
based jim
>>29527002
I am drawing this comic to get the experience. And many others I've undertaken recently, so the feedback I get is essential. Though most of the criticism is "it's shit" without anything constructive added so the few morses of actual criticism is worth google shares to me.
Gonna to throw more examples of line arts
>>29527099
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>>29527143
Those muscly man-arms on that spider throw me off so bad.
>>29526704
>"My cutie mark is for pleasing mares"
>>29527161
Draw a comic about UNdertale
>>29526777
>At least the show explains why Discord or X doesn't appear to solve the problem.
It does?
>>29526165
Is it already decided who will win the anon bowl
>>29527419
Pencils already said nobody will like the ending so its obvious satyr Mascara who will turn >no hooves forever
>>29527532
Pinky will win the Anonbowl.
>>29527532
>Pencils already said nobody will like the ending
[citation needed]
>>29527532
>Pencils already said nobody will like the ending
>Anon fucks the Minotaur king
>>29527609
Ponk is Bensls waifu. cucking yourself in your own comic story is something humanity has never seen before
>>29527532
>>29527609
it will be worstanon returns to eaarth, to live a shitty life earning minimum wage until he dies of cancer alone
>>29527617
here >>29526627
>>29527639
He's just being hyperbolic
>>29527419
who and why?
>>29527639
Anon's gonna fall for cat tits, you'll see!
>>29526627
the butthurt will please me. do your worst
Hey pencils, would you draw shadowlock from the comic doing something inoffensive but in a really edgy way at the same time.
Just remember that this character is the edge incarnate, even any silly action would be really edgy
>>29527052
I think everyone can agree that your artstyle and art quality is pretty much on point.
Your main issue seems to be with story writing.
>>29526165
This second panel is a clusterfuck.
The rock thing in the background is almost as tall as the giant mountain in the distance, and it's really screwing with the sense of scale. The bricks are overly detailed, and it's drawing all the attention to them. You did the same thing with the little outcropping in the second to last panel, which is why everyone thinks they look giant. In this case, though, it might be a good thing to draw attention away, given how screwy Maud looks. Her snout's crooked, and her right (our left) eye is....I don't even know what it's doing. Floating out there in space?
>>29528749
>The rock thing in the background is almost as tall as the giant mountain in the distance, and it's really screwing with the sense of scale
Do you not have depth perception? Things appear smaller at farther distances
What the hell is everybody complaining about with scale? I saw it and immediately thought it was just a small hill and a bit of uneven land, not a fucking tiny mountain or anything like that.
>>29528886
>everybody
>>29526793
>not knowing Ponka is an Equestrian-born eldritch abomination
>the entirety of Equestria is literally a dream she's having
ISHYGDDT
>>29528994
Ponk is pony Brahma?
>>29527161
you're chillin at the bar and that spider slaps your Ponka's ass, what do?
>>29527532
I already know who's gonna win the Anonbowl.
Nobody.
It's really obvious.
>>29529035
>Nobody.
It's literally the point of this comic
>>29529035
>you're chillin at the bar and that spider slaps your Ponka's ass, what do?
Have a dick measuring contest, like every male fighting for dominance.
>>29526227
At least it's converging the main plot with the subplot. Frankly, I think the last page is an improvement because we can now focus on the one story and we know that Pencils is at least going to close this story (which is 90% better than most webcomics that drag a story on FOREVER).
>>29526227
>people can't follow the simplest of subplots
My only complaint is OC, but again, I don't know any comic that didn't do that.
>>29526723
You made me retract my unfavourable stance on his OCs.
>>29526165
Remove OC and wall of text, faggot.
>>29528884
>Do you not have depth perception?
No, I don't have depth perception that works when looking at a two dimensional image on a computer monitor. Penciils asked for critique that was more than just "u suck lol' so I gave him some. The little hugbox you're trying to surround him with is going to make it harder for him to improve.
>>29529946
Being criticized for retarded opinions doesn't make it a hugbox, retard
>>29529760
>Remove OC
and replace with what? I don't see what the big deal is. As long as they are only used when they are relevant (when they need a non show character to move the plot) I don't see why people start bawling their eyes out.
bbump
>>29528994
Azathoth is dreaming of being a cute pink pony
>>29528749
Yeah, the scale on the second and second to last panel is fucked. Maud's head shape is weird (too wide?) and her eyes are derpy.
>>29531965
I dont see it but Mascara looks very small
>>29532010
Anon is 2 meters tall, Mascara is 148 cm, there's a substantial height difference between them.
As a basic outline of what's wrong with Pencils' comic:
*He opened with a simple premise, Anon in Equestria, but then quickly devolved into what all long-running AiE fics do. A ton of unrelated bullshit started happening as soon as Anon's novelty began to wear off.
*Instead of pacing out the unrelated bullshit, the story starts jumping around. The cast of the comic wound up divided into multiple groups, but the comic isn't written like a mystery show. We didn't learn new things from each new group but rather...
*We learn almost everything from exposition. It's like Pencils gets impatient. Had this comic focused on Anon alone, learning the fate of humanity and the process of obtaining that info should have been its own arc, but instead it became an exposition spot. "Oh, yes, I read it at the library in a book."
*The reliance on exposition has given Pencils an excuse to do anything. Why did we even go to that town? I don't see what the characters gained. I feel like we left the town because "Wait everyone, I just realized the next plot point!"
I'm still reading the comic, but whatever direction Pencils takes this thing isn't going to be well served by OCs monologueing all the answers. I kind of get the feeling that's our next stop, though. Either a cultist, or the Choosing Stone, or the Dio Angel, or Katrina, or somebody is going to say, "Here's all the answers, in case you wanted to know." And right now I guess that's okay, but only because there are so many free-wheeling plot points that I'm happier seeing some of them wrapped up and cut out of this than I am with seeing them resolved appropriately.
The comic really should have stayed focused on its main problem and solved everything in due order, and without characters knowing unreasonable tomes of information about impossibly obscure animals from before the birth time of ponies. It's starting to feel like I'm watching Superman, where everyone has Kryptonite and it's everywhere in spite of its rarity.
>>29532135
why dont you write a book about it
So when is Nyx gonna be canon? You don't want to commission her in so clearly you don't want to scam people out when you'll include her anyway.
>>29532711
add Coco and the Fluttershy-tri is complete
>>29526165
Pencils is a furfag
Daily reminder that Pencils' most vocal and toxic critics turned out to be two mentally crippled Derpibooru users.
Literally 2 poorfag retards known to have serious rage and depression issues, more broken than the 10 commandements, with this sick obsession to turn EVERYTHING all about themselves and having a very vocal grudge against 4chan and anything/anyone related to it.
>>29533040
>his own comic doesn't look nearly as good as that single page he drew
what did he mean by this
>>29527052
Crap, Pencils. I wish I had even an ounce of your talent. If anything just so I could convey my thoughts on your work properly.
The pony forelegs just seem weird to me. Too scrawny maybe? Particularly, RD in 3rd panel. One too thin in than the other?
I like the attempt at environmental shading. For example, Limestone in the 4th panel. Helps give the sense we're looking at characters in their 3D world. Perhaps some kind of gradient here and there instead of all sharp edges might pick it up a notch?
Anyway, not that I would be able to do better. Like I said I don't have the talent for drawing but I do appreciate your work.
>>29533040
>He doesn't realise how autistic it is to take a screenshot from derpibooru and post it on /mlp/
wew
>>29533093
It means he's complaining about his free entertainment.
At the same time he is a rabid defender of Jay Fosgitt's art and constantly tries to bait people who dislikes it to try getting them banned.
>>29526704
>not wanting to watch Trixie and Fluttershy's Secret Cabaret
Screw you, pal
>>29526238
Aw man, good memories. Medaka Box was great, despite its flaws.
>>29532711
Both taken and in love with either Big Mac and Discord
Turkleton
>>29527143
>"The secret art of web-making has been passed down through the spider family line for generations!"
>>29526587
There's a plot? I forgot what everyone is doing
>>29533870
Everypony is lusting after monkey dick
>>29533877
too bad anon is too beta to give it to them
everyone here would have fucked at least Mascara, Limey and Maud by now. maybe Twoiloit, too
Stream is live.
>>29534271
noice
I cant watch stream right now. can some anon spoiler some screenshots?
>>29534602
Just a reminder that Jay Fosfitt is going to draw 2 out of 6 new IDW comics
>>29534096
>>29534271
>tfw picarto makes my computer spaz out like a tourettes suffering epileptic at a rave
>>29534719
Have you tried streamlink?
>>29534719
Picarto stream is kinda shitty. Firefox uses 20% of my cpu because of it. Unless you're interested in the chat, vlc is the way. Or ffmpeg through command line if you're feeling masochistic.
>>29534839
>Unless you're interested in the chat
>-THAT- chat.
God fucking Lord no, I cannot stand those faggots in that chat. Jesus it's almost unbearable
>>29534657
Just a reminder that Fosgitt's comics were the first ones to fall under the 10K sales mark.
>>29534657
>>29534602
>>29534602
>>29534657
More like one third of one new comic.
More precisely 16 pages of a 48 page book.
>>29535306
Now its just getting weird
Do poners dream of boners?
>>29535401
the most perverted, i thinkso it's marbles, obviously. followed by maud
>>29527137
>that little rat dab in the last panel
I kek'd a little.
>>29535363
Faggots/normies take pictures of their food.
Artist just draw it
>>29526165
Aand there s another oc, can i REEE now?
>>29536950
You can back on REEEEddit
>>29530379
It look like recolored edgier Trixie
>>29526165
>Pencils made Mascara with that carrot hoping somoene would latch onto her looking like doing a blowjob
>no one gave a fuck about the no hooves and theres no art of her
>>29537036
his own fault
>>29537036
https://derpibooru.org/1196873
https://derpibooru.org/1278150
https://derpibooru.org/1290392
vs
https://derpibooru.org/search?q=oc%3Amascara+maroon%2C-artist%3Apencils%2C+-satyr
To be honest, nobody give a fuck about an OC of a fan comic.
>>29537027
Alright, and? That doesn't really answer the question.
>>29537398
You're lucky that gookmoot won't allow me to post smug ponies en masse.
>>29537398
I'm going to still whining because i'm enjoying my useless anger
>>29526787
>Dynamic
Fucking Troll! You either got shit for taste or just rant on everything, hoping your own turds will rise to the top as a result.
Dynamics comes from changes. You can't have IDW style sprawling poses all over and think it's dynamic. The raising of an eye-brow isn't dynamic to someone in a constant epileptic seizure.
Compare it to music where everyone bangs wildly on the instruments for 30 minutes. Dynamic? According to idiots like you it is.
>>29537398
>haha stupid autists, how dare you criticise with valid points!
>>29535363
thats a nice ponut.
Pencils should become a prom artist
>>29537897
> valid points
Okay.
>>29535363
topkek. I should check out the stream more often. Chat is cancer tho
>>29526509
I like the butt, but that isn't enough to keep me interested in the comic
>>29537897
>valid
>>29537036
She's a pure maiden, you sick fuck.
>>29538393
And that's why she should win the Anon bowl.
>>29526165
The only issue I can take with this is that it feels like every panel is trying to do too much work. I really like the characterization of Limey here but there's so much packed in a small space.
But I guess we're now in the sprint to the finish >>29526560 and some of the peanut gallery is already getting unruly with the current pace of the comic, so I can see why you're doing it.
This is all a setup for the choosing stone to reveal Marble is the one and Anon has to save her now, isn't it?
>>29538414
I really miss pony Mascara. Her character was developed quite well in the first chapters, before the rainbow cum guzzling accident.
elctrocuting
boop
>>29539025
I like both versions.
>>29539025
Every comic need a "CUTE CUTE"moe bait and satyr mascara is the perfect character for that. Better ruin an OC than a canon character of the show
>>29539649
but I liked this oc
why didnt he ruin Marble or some other character nobody cares about
he also said its not forever, but we are near the end of the story now. will the satyr transformation even have a purpose
>>29537036
>>no one gave a fuck about the no hooves
I do
>>29537897
Except you ARE autistic for real, and too stupid to have friends/a job/a family that would feel proud of you.
Now crawl back to derpibooru where you belong.
>>29541623
Here s something for (You)
Not because you deserve but i m feeling generous tonight
>>29542864
generosity is jewish
>>29542864
>generous
>posts whore
>>>/trash/
>>29542107
cute. Marble pretends to be angry
>>29542969
>>29543385
>Gives out a (You)
>Gets two back
We truly are the nicest board
>>29538292
>>29541033
>>29541623
>EQG faggots without brain and shilling the comics and human Mascara without any critical thought
Makes you think.
>>29539638
chestboobs and horsepussy, really the best of two worlds combined
>>29545333
trips of truth
Ultrasounder
>>29545148
I know. I've got enough (You)'s from you faggots to keep my family warm for a week.
Next week, my little brother will be coming to 4chan. He too will become part of this (You)conomy.
What a great time to be alive.
yeet
boop
Limstone > Maud > Marble > Pronk
>>29548068
4/4 correct good taste
>>29548068
correct
There's a sad lack of pie stories on fimfiction/pastebin
>>29548112
>you will never force Limey to marry you because of a stupid pact or lost bet
Night bump
>>29548351
>implying she would need to be forced
>implying the lost bet wouldn't be an excuse for her to do what she secretly wanted to do
>>29548068
i can't find any flaws
>>29526165
Since you claim to enjoy feedback, I'm adding some as well.
This in regard to drawing style.
(And I love the story and how the events unfolds so no comments there.
Why do APA threads always turn into thinly veiled Limestone waifu threads?
>>29549867
The only one I can see any issue with in your examples is Maud. The rest seem fine to me.
>>29549867
thats some well done feedback
>>29548068
Yes, this is correct. Good taste.
>>29549867
I actually prefer Pencil's leg anatomy expression over the show's marshmallow spaghetti legs.
The reason the show uses solid joints or spaghetti legs the majority of the time is simply animation budgeting. If they had to carefully articulate and animate even the simplest leg movements for every character, animation would take much longer and the show would be ridiculously expensive to make. When you see complex joint positioning in the show, it's almost always a static pose with minimal animation.
In other words, comics don't need to be animated, so you can get away with a lot more complex posing, and you require on this complex posing to make scenes look dynamic and fluid. Otherwise it would literally look like a bunch of pony statues vomiting out dialogue.
>>29549867
>>29551616
whats the story of this?
cardboard
>>29552574
No idea, and the source is not around so I can ask.
>>29549867
>>29550482
(My opinion, everyone has their own.)
Dash lifts her leg as she's climbing a ladder. Not even in piaffe the knee is raised that high.
If that pose is used for walking, it can't be used for ladders or to show with body language that you want to keep your distance without overdoing it.
Fluttershy is treading very cautiously. Her hind leg looks like she's sliding on ice and her front hoof is carefully brushing at the surface. Again, making this pose unusable when a careful pose like that is actually needed.
An actor can do small details in movements and still have a rich body language. A cartoonist doesn't have that luxury. All small details are lost. That's why famous artists like Carl Barks always had solid balance with all feet on the ground in the basic poses. It allowed him to let Donald Duck jump in the air with all limbs in different direction for a great dynamic effect from what the reader was used to.
Compare Pinkie Pie who does a lot energetic movements. If all ponies did, she wouldn't be special. She would just have a high-pitched voice and nothing else. So I recommend all cartoonists to save all that extra for when it's really needed.
I'm aware that Hasbro didn't allow Celestia the title of Queen and that they pushed for Twilight to become a princess, since they believe that they can read the minds of little girls.
I'm also aware that some people who create comics have the same type of hubris, thinking themselves to be experts on how stuff should be drawn. (If they didn't believe in themselves it would be difficult for them to be assertive in a competitive business.)
All I can say to any artist is that they should sell what the customer wants to buy - but don't for a second believe a guy who titles himself "boss" or "expert" actually has a clue. They rarely do! And if their production is crap, you might want to consider using a pseudonym.
>>29557236
sorry, call me lazy but I can't read past 2nd sentence
>>29557579
>ADHD or maybe just lazy.
It's probably nothing interesting (for you) in that post anyway.
You can consider it an elaborate bump.
Thread was on page 10 when I posted.
>>29557236
>since they believe that they can read the minds of little girls.
Wasn't it because of a history of animation aimed at little girls having evil queens?
>>29558313
>queens are evil
>we'll call our supreme female monarch a princess
>"See? She's not evil because we're not using evil words!"
Sounds like ameritard political logic. Aren't most of the staff cucknadians?
>>29549867
Now give some critique to this chock full of subplots that don't add anything to the story script
>>29558955
pencils is an artist, not a writer
>>29559144
he has a writer who cant do his job afaik
>>29559144
Not to Pencils. I meant to the writer. I didn't elaborate.
up
>>29558862
> Aren't most of the staff cucknadians?
What affect does that have on the decisions made by Hasbro?
>>29559144
Believe me that's -abundantly clear-
>>29560246
Cucknadiens take it up the ass without resistance
infernos
Stream is online.
>>29560741
noice
>>29560741
I came for ponies but I stay for the classy music
>>29561048
Its really freakin comfy
>>29561048
Too bad half of the times the "now playing" thing doesn't work.
>>29526165
>Anon's pie adventure
>Not Tail docks and ass shots the comic
Hurry up bencils I'm impatient
>>29562077
bencils is kill
rip
boop
>>29526227
I agree, it doesn't feel as interesting as it was before the town and the random OC's showing up.
night
Sunday slice joke explanation please.
>>29563432
The joke is that pencils need a better writer
>>29563477
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6V7fUDynG4
>>29563477
I gonna to be honest pencils, return to the anti adventure please. This new comic isn't even funny or comfy like the last one with fluttershy
>>29551616
>what its like to have a tulpa
>>29563432
>>29563477
>>29563498
Greg works on levels of irony that your simple minds can't even begin to comprehend
>>29563490
>>29563477
>>29563432
Common sense and a bit of intelligence.
>>29563432
>>29563477
>>29563490
>>29563498
Just use your fucking brain
>>29563490
>>29563477
>>29563432
>greg isn't funny
kill yourself
>>29563432
>>29563477
>>29563490
>>29563498
I live on another side of Earth ball. Do i fuckin 'now what is 1099-misc and 1040 form? Bit of intelligence get me that knowledge?
>>29563477
...what?
>>29563477
I'm only a normal human being and not very advanced in funny
can someone put red circles around the jokes for me to see?
>>29564181
>DUDE
>TAX FORMS
>LMAO
>>29563477
Maybe making the joke a more visual one with Sweet Dream whipping out a stack of papers for Plaid Stripes to sign, only to be met with the same confused face used in panel 5 would better suit the joke.
If some anons are going to imply that I'm dumb and a faggot for not immediately getting the joke, that's fine. As it is now though, my onions say it lost a bit of clarity from idea to execution.
>>29563432
>>29563477
>>29563762
>>29564490
>plaid stripes confronted with mention of paperwork she doesn't understand
Fire everyone!
>reader confronted with mention of paperwork they don't understand
Fire everyone!
And there's the real joke.
>>29564517
Underrated post
>>29564517
So, the "if i don't understand, fuck everything" kind of jokes.
Huh, don't see much of those these days
>>29564517
>4chan reader confronted with mention of paperwork they don't understand
>their autism would beat it in their brains until they did understand
Maybe we're just not normal enough to get the joke?
I guess that makes us the real joke.
Fuck.
>>29566863
or maybe some anons are from countries with different buerocarcy bs
bunkbed
>>29568620
i would like mine on the rocksand then she can bring me a drink if she wants
>>29563477
More Plaid Stripes is always nice and from reading through it multiple times, the 4th panel is crucial in understanding the joke.
>>29564517
5 dimensional cosmic chess
>>29568620
Would eat cookies from that ass.
up
Night
>ywn marry Limestone Pie
why live
>>29568620
>Green eyes
Not real Limey, dropped
Why do artists keep doing this?
>>29572079
Autism
If I had any extra money I'd probably throw muh oc in there as well
>make a shitty red and black alicorn OC
>pay top dollar just to see how he fits in the story
>>29572079
colorblindness
>>29564517
b r a v o
>>29572079
Woah, i never notice that
I should check the episode again
boop
Ghostlersh
>>29575344
bencils, wer r u?
Wow a /co/-related general. This one is actually worth endlessly bumping and wasting space at page 0.
>>29576522
stream just started.
>>29576946
yes!
>>29576946
noice
posting link in case people dont know
https://picarto.tv/PencilsCase
>>29563477
>>29563498
>>29563581
>>29563762
>>29563765
Okay. Uh. Perhaps making a joke about taxes wherein a multi-national readership would need to grasp the technical paperwork difference between employment and self-employment in the US was a poor choice on my part.
You see, the joke is that contracted labor doesn't receive the standard W-2 that most employers hand out to their employees. Instead they get a 1099-MISC which summarizes their earnings for the IRS. This is important, because employees don't receive health benefits regardless of how many hours they work, and self-employed individuals need to fill out a form 1040-ES along with filing their own SS/Medicare taxes.
The joke is even FUNNIER when you think about how, because the boutique supplied stripper poles, an IRS audit could argue that the strippers were employees and the entire practice of treating them as contractors was ILLEGAL! Ha ha! The entire operation is a ticking clock and... and... I for some reason hoped this would all fly under the radar and we could laugh about how Plaid Stripes doesn't know how to run the business she interferes with.
I'm sorry, guys.
>>29577376
kys on multiple levels, Sir
>>29577398
I teach you about taxes and this is what you give me, anon.
>>29577439
jokes on you, I learned nothing from this joke
>>29577469
From willful ignorance, or because you already know how taxes work?
>>29577376
Uh, no. It's much simpler than that.
>plaid stripes a shit
>knows shit about running a business
>faced with that reality, she tries to make it go away
That there is any reference to real tax documents is irrelevant. He literally could have made up complete bullshit combinations of numbers and letters and cited nonsensical rules and it changes nothing.
It's not a joke about US tax law. It's a joke about a shitty, meddling boss who has no business making the decisions they're making. Did Plaid freak out because she knows what a 1099-MISC is? Fuck no. She freaked out because she didn't.
>>29564517
Life imitates art.
you know she will winthere is no pony brave enough to stand in her way
>>29577894
Well, there's one, but she chose to drop out of the anonbowl the moment before winning it.
Not pencils but he's streemin
https://picarto.tv/PencilsCase
One more cover to do and I am able to work full time on APA again.
>>29578575
don't kill off anon my soul will be crushed
>>29578575
Why not just levitate the mysterious cloaked pone back to question her? We've seen twilight do it plenty of times, surely one of three princesses would have the idea right?
>>29578575
So your worklog is...cover to cover?
Don't forget the comma before addressing a person in panel 3. Intent is clear enough, but right now it sounds like Maud is referring to the diplomats inside "our party sister."
On a related note, how many diplomats are inside Pinkie Pie right now, and is that why she's starry-eyed with her butt in the air?
>>29578710
>the diplomats inside our party sister.
u-unf
>>29578575
It should be "diplomats inside our party, sister"
>>29578575
>One more cover to do
You're talking about those IDW MLP covers for the comics?
How many?
2 or 3?
>>29578575
>upload the page of the comic to derpibooru because why not
>check the time
>2 hours later
>welp, look like I upload a dupe
>actually be the first one that upload the page
What happen?
Pencils comics usually got uploaded ASAP.
Does derpibooru already get tired of this comic too?
>>29579398
why did you upload the unedited version?
Had a meal, here's the missing comma.
>>29579454
I think it should be
> from A distance
>>29577545
Mostly lack of attention span. it really died on me since most of us arent really the self employed type and lack knowledge of the hurdles you face in the path?
>>29579850
You don't capitalize a, you capitalize I and O
>>29578648
well its not like we would really notice
>>29578575
I like this page very much
your RD is very cute and Limey is extra grumpy
>>29580770
>Limey is extra grumpy
It's all that sexual tension
Why limmy is grumpy all the time
>>29580091
Last panel
>>29580784
She's in heat
>>29580818
all the time?
this cant be healthy
>>29580818
>>29580859
Nah, the problem is she isn't in heat but all the other mares are, so she knows she has no chance of winning.
>>29579454
I see some changes in your style. (Bodylanguage - Leg/Mouth).
I presume you sucking up to DerpiboFags and Fosgitt worshippers?
Remember that style only works if you want a job at IDW. Only use it if they pay you for it or as part of portfolio to them.
Would suck if you ruined your lineart because one fucker posted 200 complaints at various locations (and managed to get some Pencil-hate going at Derpibooru).
It's still only one idiot protecting his IDW friend(s) and not 200 experienced consumers.
>>29580940
maybe its just placebo
>>29578575
>inb4 she actually saw Anon and is gonna warn others
>>29581680
its not like anon is hiding
and what they gonna do about it?
boop
>>29579454
kek, cloister cakes.
>>29533040
Who cares?
understands
Was there a storytime of the Guardians of Harmony book? I want to see if its good before buying it.
>>29577376
Deepest tax lore.
Personally I thought the codes were randomly made up and the freak out was simply because Plaid Stripes realized that being in charge of dancers = a metric fuckton of paperwork, with the joke being the "Oh sweet, I'm in charge! Oh no, responsibilities, fuck this!" juxtaposition.
You have intended to push it way further, but since I'd say nobody even thinks that Plaid Stripes is supposed to know how to operate a business, and because the situation is more confusing than funny, it just wasn't a very good joke.
>>29580940
You are very attentive, I just noticed that the gestures became more deliberate and ostentatious.
>>29582721
Fuck off, nobody care about those shitty comics
>>29579454
>That outfit
up
we need more lewds, Pencils
boop
>>29584320
Don't lewd ponies
>>29584862
Ponies are for lewd.
>literally only Marble r34 that exists is of her x Big Mac
>there aren't even really any cozy pics on derpibooru, just shitty shipping
>>29585252
>all that marblexpie sisters
>several pics of Marble getting fucked by non descript horse cocks
>mountain of Marble with hooves in the air showing offhorse pussy
>handful of Marble x Human
What are you looking for, OC? No shit an excess of BM pics will exist.
>>29585185
prove it
>>29563742
>using a shitty edit of my original
Goddamn Dashfags.
>>29585385
Prove me otherwise faggot.
>>29526227
Whiner. Your problem is how long it takes you to get each page. If it was a completed one-volume book sort of thing, you'd love it.
Of course, the next week you'd be all "Oh, that old thing."
I wonder, why have we never reposted all the earlier pages? I'm kinda surprised nobody's ever fired up an autoposter and uploaded the whole comic to the thread for discussion. At least occasionally.
>>29585627
>poners are for lewd
>don't lewd
>no, they are for lewd
>prove it
>you prove it
All poners have the right to be lewd. Not all poners exercise that right, but it is still a right.
>>29587169
We used to when there was like 10, 15 pages and the thing was still new. No need to do that now that you can get everything on derpi or tumblr, and reposting the 80 pages or how many are there would just be pointless spam at this point.
>>29587169
oh I remember when I first saw this page on /mlp/ and thought some ban avoiding faggot was posting pony manga porn
'any page soon he will bone Morbl' I told to myself
then I was disappointedbut then I liked it very much
>>29585524
The dash edit makes sense if youre imagining RDP Dash which is what i think that anon was aiming at for. Sounds like someone rdp dash would say
>>29587176
They may be for lewd, yes, they re not for sexual thou, only forconsensual snuggling and hoof holding while under a warm blanket in bed
>>29588318
>>29582282
Evidently YOU care, Asspie. Or should I said Austard?
It's difficult to tell both of you apart.
galvanize
>>29589072
>galvanize
wut?
boop
Why don't anons just repost bencil's oneshots?
>>29590157
It's an idiot who bumps the majority of threads, so the few he doesn't like end up in pg10 and he can kill them by making new ones. He's been at it for a while now.
>>29590882
this
bumping with content is better than just
'boops' and 'bumps'
Stream just started.
>>29591236
>batponer again
another OC?
Bencils fix the "now playing" thing in the stream. It's hard enough finding those songs even knowing the titles.
>>29591853
there isn't apps that can find the songs by listen to them?
>>29591914
They don't always work. Sometimes the things he plays are almost impossible to find.
>>29591960
Must be songs from finland.
He should put the name somehow
>>29563477
>>29563432
This seems like a fairly standard bait-and-switch joke.
>>29593646
cute and lewd
Up
>>29592301
Usually the ones hard to find are remixes or covers of already niche stuff. I always end up in some shady russian website clicking stuff in cyrillic left and right. Still no viruses though.
some faggots spams RGRE threads
keep this one alive
>>29590894
Incorrect. I bump 6 generals with specific words that let me easily find where I left off the previous day.
>>29594450
>>29595993
SamefagThat s a good idea actually, i should start doing that
Reminder that limestone pie is the worst pie to creampie
>>29597467
this is a stupid opinion, sir
>>29597467
Correct. That is because she is pure and innocent and will remain that way
boop
>>29593646
Pinkie, stop roleplaying as ice cream. You're already sweet enough as it is.
up
Night
good morning
>>29600895
good day anon
>>29602118
Marble is the other way around
Termination
up
boop