[SFW] Artist's Group Chat

tehwatever
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
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Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
Artist -
Ten years of changes - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of MLP:FiM!
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2019) - Celebrated Derpibooru's seventh year anniversary with friends.

Work in progress.  
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Idea came up after seeing someone yawn, then I remember those cartoons where characters would raise their arms up as they get up from bed.  
Drawing the interlocking hands was the tougher part.  
Also this pic got me slightly excited.
GreenLinzerd
An Artist Who Rocks - 100+ images under their artist tag
Artist -

Bung a rock at it!
Mama mia. Got you excited, huh. Can’t say I’m surprised. :P
 
I usually draw the basic shape of the body before adding clothes… assuming I intend to add clothes. Then I figure out the details at the same time as drawing said clothes. Because you know, one’s, ahem, bust will be a different shape if one is wearing a bra and/or shirt. That being said, I still sometimes find myself guilty of not getting the body shape down before drawing the clothes, and messing myself up as a result, so it’s probably still a good idea…
tehwatever
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
Artist -
Ten years of changes - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of MLP:FiM!
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2019) - Celebrated Derpibooru's seventh year anniversary with friends.

@GreenLinzerd  
Yeap. I do the boobs on a different layer and like you, I figure the shape out as I put clothes on her.
 
Drawing boobs is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Boobs don’t have bones nor points of articulation. They are bags of fat attached by some muscles. Its deformation is simultaneously simple to figure out and very tough to draw on paper. You somehow need to make sure the boobs don’t defy gravity (well, you CAN actually, why not.) and keep the same volume throughout.
TheHappySpaceman
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Artist -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

Sweet F.A.
@Panko Pai  
@tehwatever  
Like, I created a robot girl recently and was about to go public with her, but then one of my friends pointed out that she looks a lot like Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion, which I’ve never seen. So now I have to revise her design.
 
Another character I have is Al, my chick with purple hair, whom people keep mistaking for Noodle from Gorillaz.  
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Hell, even with my pony OC character, some people have said that she looks like Mina from My Hero Academia.  

 
Why does this keep happening?!
GreenLinzerd
An Artist Who Rocks - 100+ images under their artist tag
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Bung a rock at it!
@TheHappySpaceman  
I don’t think I’ve ever had that problem with OCs looking like pre-existing characters… I have an inkling that it may have happened once, but I’m not sure. What I do know, is that I have a fox dude who looks kind of generic, and two dragon girls who look kind of similar to each other. Not sure what I’m doing that you’re not, because that… doesn’t hugely look like Noodle, lol. (EDIT: And that honestly doesn’t look like Mina either, now I’ve looked her up.)
deactivated103f39d

Work in progress.
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Idea came up after seeing someone yawn, then I remember those cartoons where characters would raise their arms up as they get up from bed.
Drawing the interlocking hands was the tougher part.
Also this pic got me slightly excited.
 
My pony would date her.
GreenLinzerd
An Artist Who Rocks - 100+ images under their artist tag
Artist -

Bung a rock at it!
Actually, having thought about it, I guess complexity in the design is part of it. The two OCs shown take an elegance-in-simplicity approach to their design, so I guess there’s more of a risk that they’ll bear a resemblance to another character; if they have a relatively small number of defining features then it’s statistically more likely that some other character out there will share some or most of those features.
LightningBolt
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Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Hero - Went above and beyond in the name of Lunar freedom, they will be remembered in legends and folklore as paragons of heroism for generations (April Fools 2023).
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Chaotic Little Trees - 1000+ images under their artist tag
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!

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Undead inside
I’m having trouble focusing on things to…focus on. Can anyone direct me in any one of these directions?
 
EQG stuff, designing (new or EQG) characters, pony stuff. Safe or NSFW of any of those.
 
Very vague and broad topics, yes, but I just want a push in any direction so I can focus better.
deactivated103f39d

Actually, having thought about it, I guess complexity in the design is part of it. The two OCs shown take an elegance-in-simplicity approach to their design, so I guess there’s more of a risk that they’ll bear a resemblance to another character; if they have a relatively small number of defining features then it’s statistically more likely that some other character out there will share some or most of those features.
 
Are you talking about my OC and Tehwatever’s?
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