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I present:The Fourth Comic in the series, a collaboration with . This is a spin-off of his Classroom Follies series of comics.
Manehattan Project 1: [link]
Manehattan Project 2: [link]
Manehattan Project 3: [link]
Manehattan Project 4: Here.
Manehattan Project 5: [link]
Manehattan Project 6: [link]
Done in Inkscape: [link]
Individual text-free hi-res panels available in this gallery: [link]
Close up of the fake ID: [link]
Speed Draw [link] 8:16
MLP:FiM Β© Hasbro
Since so many people have asked...
References:
Why lemons are an age-restricted item: [link]
Scootaloo's Rainbow Dash disguise: [link] and [link]
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Comments: 183
Thanks for the feedback.
Tonight I realized that I misspelled "Flier." Then I looked it up, and "flyer" is a valid alternative form. [link] Haha! I was probably distracted by license not looking right no matter how I spelled it.
I'm having a really good time doing this series. I wish I was better at getting them out in a timely manner. I worked on getting the speed draw videos up tonight. I've been really tired. 
That list in the clubhouse was all *Birdco . It was so awesome.
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Very clever (as usual!), the driving licence is probably the highlight, well drawn and cleverly detailed. The backgrounds are great (and in general they're really one of your strong points).
Scootaloo's disguise works well (well enough to fool the salespony and several commenters!) and I especially like the use of the speech box colouring to suggest she's disguising her voice too. It also had a few second look moments like her hair poking through from under the wig, which I did enjoy.
There's two places where I'd like to nitpick. Scootaloo's legs look a little fat and her ear slightly too small (compared with the previous MHP comics and show artwork to which you're generally very faithful). I have been vectoring Scootaloo myself and looking at a lot of reference screen grabs so this is possibly the reason this jumped out at me.
Secondly, trying to look objectively (cause I really do like the MHP series so am biased towards it e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
I hope this helps. I'm rather wary of commenting on work that is way better than mine!
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you like the disguise and the ID.
I actually pulled and modified Scootaloo from strip 2, and she was vectored from a screenshot. Maybe the trench coat and sunglasses in that strip disguised how oddly proportioned she is. I think you're right, though, after looking at her gallery over on the MLP wiki. I'll be able to make them look better in the next strip.
Yeah, I did get a lot of comments wondering why lemons are age-restricted and not realizing it was Scootaloo in disguise. I ended up putting reference links in the description.
I really appreciate you taking the time to critique.
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Help will always be given on DeviantArt to those who ask for it.
Seriously, its no problem. I've spent three years editing and commenting on academic chemistry publications so it was good to be able to do it for something a bit more fun!
And I've since seen that her ID was even cleverer than I first thought, I'd never have thought to try reading the barcode... Good job!
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I like it, good job Mandy Dax, i like how you added the portal 2 quote in there XD, anyways, I really injoyed seeing Scootaloo dresses up like Rainbow dash, and I like how it's still very identifiable too, what i mean is that you can still see part of her tail and mane, also the paint around the eyes, what i'm also trying to say is, good job on the picture, heck, i mean the whole darn story!
There is only one gripe that i had... And that's how the "salesmare" said "Seems legit"... It's still commonly used to much... but, yet again, That's just my opinion. God I hate hipsters! -.-
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Yeah, we went pretty heavy on the pop culture references in this one.
I hated hipsters befo- oh, nevermind.
Thanks for the critique.
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What exactly happend that requires I.D. for lemon purchase?
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Combustible lemons are not to be in the possession of minors...
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I spy a superbad reference ^.^
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Peters Street is a nod to Scootaloo's voice actress, Madeline Peters. Β
Nice McLovin' reference!
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Seems legit
And the constant Cave Johnson references
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I don't want you Damn Lemons Mandydax! What am I suppose' to do with these? I demand to see life's manger! Get angry! I'm going to get my engineers to create a combustible Lemon grenade to BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN! All jokes aside, I bought 13 Billion dollhairs worth in Moon Rocks, Pure poison.
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Shouldn't the E under City be a P? If not, what does the E stand for?
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I think it was CounTrY: Equestria or something. It's been a while.
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At least they're not trying to engineer flammable lemons or something similar...
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McDashin'?!?!
.....cant find an icon for a "seems legit" rageface soo...heres one i see as close enough.
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Lol I was kinda looking at Whooves in the background for some reason
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Wonder what he was selling
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Maybe some timey wimey...stuff
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And the Doctor does absolutely nothing about it.
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Sometimes you just have to let history play out.
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Wonder if at the end its like a little PORTAL 2 reference:
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life, take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
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Cave Johnson reference? Building a combustible lemon to BURN LIFE'S HOUSE DOWN! or something.
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"McDASHIN? Why the buck wouldn't you just pick a normal name like a normal pony?!"
"It was either that, and Muhammane."
But seriously, I busted out laughing when I scrolled down to that fake ID.
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There's not even a first and last name it just says McDashin!
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Where we're going, we won't need first names.
Oh, wait, wrong movie...
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Equestrya is a contry not a city,still,awesome art.
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Nope. I wouldn't mind living there, especially during the harsh midwestern winters.
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wait a minute scootaloo is in a rainbow dash costume
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Not scootaloo Itβs Rainbow Dash
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