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Published: 2012-01-18 22:14:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 48092; Favourites: 525; Downloads: 688
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Here is a transition comic between the Tub time comics and my upcoming magic practice the series. This is intended as a scene setter for the following comics.Thanks to with help on the captions, and everyone else who commented... those were fun to read, and helped me with my writers block
Previous comics in the series:
Magic practice:
Tub time:
The backgrounds used in this are available for anyone's use:
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It is continued in Magic practice: Basic Telekenesis. As for Twilight continuing to process what happened... I will get back to it eventually
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Back you perverted trollnies, BACK I SAY! Rarity loves her secret stash of personal diamonds! WAT WERE U THINKIN? O_o
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Ok, your stuff is starting to amaze me. You weren't very good to begin with, but you've gotten a lot better as time goes on, and you're starting to build a bit of a backstory. It might be a good idea, if you're going to continue with all of this backstory, to go and actually make this a webcomic. I think you've got potential, and might make it.
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Thank you very much for your kind words. I am honestly as surprised as anyone I have come this far in my comics and artwork. I was just a boring old naval officer before this...
It's funny, there have been several times in my comics where I thought "there is no way I am ever going to beat this one", then I some how manage. I attribute the increasingly large following I am getting on deviantART
There are many watchers who provide me with a lot of feed back, and plenty of ideas. I see my work as a community effort. the more watchers I had, the more ideas I was getting, which lead to better comics, which got more followers...
and luckily, my artwork has kept up with the ideas.
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This is brilliant. And directed me to the full Tub Time set (I'd only read the first one before).
Out of interest; were you going to do more backgrounds? I was thinking of making a short Trixie comic where she goes back to her parents' house (to complain about her Ponyville experience 
So if you ever felt like doing a "anyone's use" background of a young middle class pony's bedroom let me know. 
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Thanks, that was the culmination of about 4 months of futzing with comics. I have finally got my art style down where I can make more elaborate comics with a reasonable investment in time.
I get inklings from time to time to do backgrounds, generally when my comics demand it, or I am at a loss for other stuff to do. they are generally colossal inputs of time from me, taking between 6 and 10 hours to do (i am such a perfectionist some times). that is why my environs for my comics tend to be fairly limited...
I am about to move overseas, so a background project is not in the immediate horizon, though I think I will do one once I get to Australia as a warm up
Converting a night time palette to a day time is not difficult. I figured how the show goes from day to night, so reversing the process is not too difficult, just a little time consuming.
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Okay. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
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I'm not sure what program you use, but if you make a 30% transparency layer of color R:0 G:0 B:127, any color underneath that layer is converted to night-time palette. to reverse the process take some trial and error, by dropping colors you think are close under the semi transparent layer, and looking at the result.
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The Potters should have used Sweety Belle.
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Oh Please, it obviuosly contain her news and super Secret desingns... IT DOES, STAND BACK YOU PERVERTS
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lol, I always seem to get a chuckle out of the fanon that Rarity likes to... *pauses for a child appropriate description* ...play with toys in secret. 83
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I don't think I've ever specified whats in the box, other than Rarity's venture into fiction... Though, a lot of people seem to have that interpretation
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For some reason I was just incredibly captivated by the arrow protruding from the bee nest.
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The aftermath of Mythbuckers 2.
and yes. very captivating, that's why I keep it there, because, who would consider removing an arrow from an active beehive?
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i hope sweetie belle doesn't get into any "funny" business withe magic!
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AWESOME! 
And to Sweetiebell - (Twilight is soooo screwed xD)
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Dear sweet celestia. All I can think is, "What the buck does Rarity have in the box that's so interesting?"
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There are some hints in the early classroom follies comics, but it is topic definately to be explored further.
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LOL. Twilight is great when she's awkward and even though I dont like Molestia/Trollestia, I can always get a good chuckle out of those alter egos.
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I'm not a huge fan of trolestia or Molestia either, but I like poking fun at pony memes in my art.
My latest was poking fun at wet manes by doing a wet mane granny smith... (old granny smith)
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Yes. You and I will get along swimmingly!
That's the fun I like :3
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given things sweeties found under rarity's bed before (*COUGH* the book *COUGH*) im not going to ask whats in the box. i like that about your comics. you leave a good punchline that gives off mystery.
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Thanks, I always like stories that required my imagination to fill in the missing details.
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Have you ever read The Sweetie Chronicles: Fragments by Wanderer D?
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No, I haven't. What's it about?
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Its about Sweetie Belle traveling around the multiverse Quantum Leap stile. The reason I brought it up was, the story starts out with Sweetie taking magic lessons from from Twilight.
Its an amazing story, and I highly recommend it, if your interested, it can be found here: [link]
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I'll add it to my pony reading list while I am moving, and can't draw.
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The whole thing is just priceless I'd love to see were all this is going XD
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secret box? What secret box?
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Ahaha, though I'm not generally a fan of the whole Trollestia thing, this comic was quite amusing! Good job!
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Thanks! I tried to keep the Trolestia mild enough to appeal to a wide audience
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Well, you did quite a fantastic job at it!
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ah and forgot can u give me some advice for mane and tail, cant draw them
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u cheated u cope paste sweetiebell 
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I draw all of my character poses separate from the back ground, so I can re-use them when I can.
since I am in such a show accurate style, my character drawing are a significant investment of time. each one is about an hour and a half of effort.
I have to keep a fine balance between time spent on the comic, and the message I am trying to get across.
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hell yes thats was to epic to discribe, only the canterlotcaps is a little wired as luna was in the frame.
can u give me some advice to draw mane and tails?
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Manes and tails... Practice Practice Practice...
When I do a character sketch, or in fact the digital drawing, I do the mane and tail after I finish the body outline. that way I have the body shape to help guide the shape and scale of the mane and tail.
I frequently have a reference of the basic shape I want used up on the screen when I am sketching, so I can refer back to shape and scale.
when sketching, start really light, so you can erase easily, (because you will, a lot), and don't darken in the lines until you are happy with the general shape.
And experiment, I am using my wet mane series of pictures to improve.
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That was so epic. Celestia being able to troll on the fly like that was awesome.
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