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Submitted: November 15, 2012
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Wayell Howdehby ~pocketbee

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I've been looking at animation blogs full of concept art and character design in this coloring style...then I saw how well ~hyamei and *nicholaskole pull it off and I was inspired to try. I doodle western animation designs a lot but...I'm way too meticulous to do this "simple" coloring style

Like, people that do it well make it look so effortless and quick, and it comes out beautifully. It seems like they can just make perfect strokes in one try ;_;

I have to draw everything out and spend way too long making the shaded shapes (like in her hair) just right. I hate it lol. I spend waaaaay longer on art than I should. At a brief art school portfolio review they said I was too meticulous and tight on detail and I need to be "looser", and I agree. I hope one day I'll be able to leave detail alone so I can get better at this animation style, cuz I love it a lot

Overall I didn't spend TOO much more time than needed on Applejack. Her right arm is weird though. I draw human ponies when I just wanna do a "quick" filler picture because I don't want to spend time making my own characters lol;