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kindheart525 — How to Make a Good Fanfoal

Published: 2017-05-29 12:53:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 7223; Favourites: 125; Downloads: 19
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Description Inspired  by  srbarker and Strawberry-Spritz

The Don'ts:

-Literally all of the colors and even the hairstyle are copy-pasted from her parents.
-Full-rainbow manes are a really lazy way to handle Rainbow Dash fanfoals; very few IF ANY can make it work.
-Heterochromia; very few make it work and for those who don't it's just lazy, in my opinion.
-The cutie mark is super generic; it's literally the Wonderbolts symbol with Dash's colors slapped on.
-Way too many SoarinDash foals have a generic personality, like "they're is a fast flier like their parents and they want to be a Wonderbolt".

The Dos: 

-The colors are more original and the hairstyle is unique while still staying true to her parents.  
-Instead of a copy-pasted light blue coat, she inherited a deeper purple from her grandfather.  Inheritance from other family members always makes the fanfoal more original!
-Instead of a full rainbow, her hair is made up of only a few select colors (in this case it's the primary colors).
-Both eyes are the same color; somewhat of a variation of her dad's. Also notice that she has a unique eye shape.
-The cutie mark is less cliche and so is the talent behind it. How many SoarinDash foals are good at things OTHER than flying and athletics?
-She has a well-thought out and unique personality/backstory that sharply deviates from most Rainbow Dash foals.

Keep this in mind when designing a fanfoal of your own! Most of these tips apply to all fanfoals and not just SoarinDash kids. Don't be afraid to deviate from the norm a little and just remember (well-thought-out and realistic) constructive criticism is your friend!
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Neon----Night [2019-10-16 23:21:40 +0000 UTC]

IDK if you still reply to comments on this post, but I think of it every time I create a new Next Gen, and I was curious of what you think of my RainbowSoarin Next Gens. This is only 2 out of 3 of them (I need to update their other sisters design)

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Ch3rry-C0ke [2019-10-14 04:09:12 +0000 UTC]

How's this gal?

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TravelerAoi [2019-10-09 09:11:33 +0000 UTC]

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LeKewlCheese [2019-08-28 22:57:54 +0000 UTC]

People really need to take notes on this; you know how many Flashlight kids I have seen that have the EXACT same hair style, color palette, and cutie mark? It's just pitiful at this point.

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BatMuties [2019-08-28 20:43:58 +0000 UTC]

My TwiPest girl is isn't into magic or being a Royal Guard, she likes to blow stuff up. 

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Hepoxni In reply to BatMuties [2020-02-22 14:14:01 +0000 UTC]

Lol

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TigeressBird324 [2019-08-28 20:38:28 +0000 UTC]

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QueenOfTheSnailsUwU [2019-08-28 20:32:19 +0000 UTC]

Vary helpful XDD even tho I now don't copy the parents colors anymore XD my mext gens don't look no where near to the parent's rip XDD they look like something else XD


But this is helpful for lots of people :3

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cmara [2019-08-28 20:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Interesting.

And yeah, some people do take the lazy way of making kids like clones of their parents sometimes .3.

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InkedEspeon [2019-08-28 20:25:38 +0000 UTC]

 Daughter of Twilight Sparkle x Luna

 Son of Applejack x Limestone

 Daughter of Sunburst x Flash Sentry

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Pyreice [2019-08-27 18:19:28 +0000 UTC]

Could you check out the kids from my side-nextgen?

The personalities listed arn't really they're full personalities,i haven't finished figuring them out aside from Party Popper and Sunbeam.

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ColorPowder [2019-04-01 21:54:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the advice! 
dis advice helped me change my soarindash kid! do more like dis
 

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SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 11:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Good advice. So let me here you opinion on my fanfoals. Heres...
 Twiburst Son Solar Spell
 Raripants daughter Divine Diamon
Sugarmac daughter Sweet Pie

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kindheart525 In reply to SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 14:30:13 +0000 UTC]

The colors look pretty much copied from their parents; especially the RariPants kid. Maybe try using colors from other family members as well? And make the RariPants kid’s coat not white, it’ll be more original.

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SwiftgaiatheBrony In reply to kindheart525 [2019-03-23 15:14:07 +0000 UTC]

So you think they all look bad and not original?

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kindheart525 In reply to SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 15:19:05 +0000 UTC]

I never said they looked bad, they could just use work yknow? I was in the same situation once, it’s not just you. If you want, I could play around with the designs for you.

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SwiftgaiatheBrony In reply to kindheart525 [2019-03-23 15:20:08 +0000 UTC]

I understand. Dont their manes look original though?

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kindheart525 In reply to SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 16:19:06 +0000 UTC]

Not really, they’re pretty generic 

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SwiftgaiatheBrony In reply to kindheart525 [2019-03-23 16:28:15 +0000 UTC]

Okay I guess

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SwiftgaiatheBrony In reply to kindheart525 [2019-03-23 14:54:34 +0000 UTC]

But all of Raritys family coats are white!

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kindheart525 In reply to SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 15:00:14 +0000 UTC]

Not her mom.

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SwiftgaiatheBrony In reply to kindheart525 [2019-03-23 15:01:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah. Thanks for the advice and maybe ill do it. But I prefer kids that are easy to tell they are a mix of their parents.

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kindheart525 In reply to SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 15:05:13 +0000 UTC]

   

These two don’t have white coats, yet it’s pretty obvious they’re both RariPants kids. Also, there’s a difference between looking like a mix of their parents and just being unoriginal.

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SwiftgaiatheBrony In reply to kindheart525 [2019-03-23 15:08:42 +0000 UTC]

I was original with their manes at least. And I tried making the other 2 coats somewhat mix of both their parents colors.
Anyway I appreciate the advice and Ill remember it next time Im making an Oc. Thank you.

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kindheart525 In reply to SwiftgaiatheBrony [2019-03-23 16:21:48 +0000 UTC]

Even then they weren’t original. There are many fanfoals with the same parents who look like that.
Of course! Just trying to help

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xXRiverDreamXx [2017-08-28 12:20:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for uploading this, it was really helpful! But I have a question. Do you think my SoarinDash foals look like the Do or the Don't? You can criticize them, because I'm kinda new to this 'making a fanfoal' thing and I want to improve!

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kindheart525 In reply to xXRiverDreamXx [2017-08-28 12:56:30 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you found it helpful! ^u^ I'll find your SoarinDash kids in your gallery and post a critique there, if you don't mind I'll help you whenever you need it!

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xXRiverDreamXx In reply to kindheart525 [2017-08-28 14:08:11 +0000 UTC]

Okay, I don't mind ^^ And thanks!

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Nautilus18 [2017-07-02 14:53:00 +0000 UTC]

Wait, so we don't do any of this?

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kindheart525 In reply to Nautilus18 [2017-07-02 16:07:53 +0000 UTC]

What do you mean?

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Nautilus18 In reply to kindheart525 [2017-07-02 16:41:40 +0000 UTC]

I was just messing with you.

Don't            Do

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rosiepie15 [2017-06-12 04:36:41 +0000 UTC]

I don't ship Soarin and Rainbow Dash and all, but you've got a point when making a fan foal!

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kindheart525 In reply to rosiepie15 [2017-06-12 10:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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rosiepie15 In reply to kindheart525 [2017-06-12 12:50:09 +0000 UTC]

You are very much welcome!

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BrandonTheUnicorn [2017-06-04 02:35:03 +0000 UTC]

If you don't mind, I'd like to use the DO Foal as a Reference for one of my MLP Mane 6 NextGens. I won't make it look like an exact copy of yours, don't worry! I'll just give it my own twist! This advice is really helpful!

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kindheart525 In reply to BrandonTheUnicorn [2017-06-04 03:18:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Go ahead as long as you send me a link when you're done~

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BrandonTheUnicorn In reply to kindheart525 [2017-06-04 06:26:28 +0000 UTC]

I let my amazing friend and super talented artist make it, and I posted it! Here ya go! 

PS: Her Manestyle is similar to her Grandmother's Manestyle, because she was inspired by her Grandmother, and thought her Mane looked really pretty and would suit her sweet girl personality very well.

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kindheart525 In reply to BrandonTheUnicorn [2017-06-05 19:53:36 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I like how she turned out!

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BrandonTheUnicorn In reply to kindheart525 [2017-06-29 19:49:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!! You inspired me to redesign my BranStar nextgens, the foals of MeXStarlight Glimmer! Because, all the things you said not to do, I did DX So I'm going to redesign them! Thanks a bunch for the inspiration!!!

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CrystalPastelKitty [2017-05-29 20:41:00 +0000 UTC]

No offense [I feel like I have to start a comment with those two words all the time now... ;-;] but, while I understand the whole thing and I plan to make improvements to my OCs anyway, this kinda makes me feel bad. I like it though and I beg you PLEASE don't take it the wrong way like everyone does to me... Ugh, copy and pasted colors for the foal is a bit lazy... O-O I can obviously agree to that.

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Cinnamon-Swirls [2017-05-29 18:15:35 +0000 UTC]

If I were to do one, which ship would you suggest?

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kindheart525 In reply to Cinnamon-Swirls [2017-05-29 18:18:41 +0000 UTC]

Do one of the super popular M6 ships

-SoarinDash
-CheesePie
-Fluttercord (or draconequi/Discord kids in general)
-RariPants

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Firefly-Frost [2017-05-29 16:55:35 +0000 UTC]

I WOULD do one of these but I'm not in the writing mood atm 

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kindheart525 In reply to Firefly-Frost [2017-05-29 17:03:26 +0000 UTC]

If you draw it I could always write the description for you (I respect your choice tho ewe)

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Firefly-Frost In reply to kindheart525 [2017-05-29 17:04:32 +0000 UTC]

Plz 

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kindheart525 In reply to Firefly-Frost [2017-05-29 17:17:49 +0000 UTC]

Who will you use as example(s)?

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Firefly-Frost In reply to kindheart525 [2017-05-29 17:19:26 +0000 UTC]

I'm doing Flashlight with Eros 

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kindheart525 In reply to Firefly-Frost [2017-05-29 17:24:11 +0000 UTC]

Eros?

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Firefly-Frost In reply to kindheart525 [2017-05-29 17:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Disliked Ships Adopts 7/8

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kindheart525 In reply to Firefly-Frost [2017-05-29 17:30:48 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah XD

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