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Just so you guys know, JTM stands for "Just a Thought in the Morning." It'll be a prefix to any new comics that I'll make containing similar themes to the one above.
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Ahhh! I'm never doing something like this ever again! This comic page is long and cost me too much time to make. I'm usually someone who likes to paint in one sitting because if I stop, I'm probably not gonna come back to it. But I wanted this comic finished (it's been almost 2 years since that Pinkie comic I made and no, it didn't take me 2 years to make this one, that would be CRAZY inefficient!). I just started like 4 or 5 days ago and I knew it would take me a while but man I hated that.
*Side note:
A bunch of people keep taking from the paragraph above that I'm not gonna be doing this anymore. What I meant by the rant above is that I'm not gonna set myself up to render out a comic that is long and heavy on the lighting and mood panel by panel. I'm not that good. But I know I'm stubborn so I might do it anyway.
Anyway, enough of that rant. Above is a concept about Applejack and her... problem. What if she couldn't make babies? I felt she needed more depth because she's kinda flat in the show so I gave her this! Now she has more reason to be so family oriented.
So enjoy the comic guys, or don't. It all depends on what you choose to take in ^_^
If any of you guys haven't seen the last one I made, click HERE to read it.
I have a couple other of these kind of comics in production. I'll probably make one for each of the Mane 6 so stay tuned (hopefully not 2 years worth of waiting this time around, XD)
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And oh, the story was gonna take a different turn before what you've just read. It would have transpired differently but with the same theme and had to do with oranges as you can see here in the conceptual painting of it: The Orange in the Basket
And there was even one where it involved a daisy.
I might post those for you guys to see, or not. Depends whether I'll be lazy to do so. But it was hard to pinpoint how the story would come together in both those so I ditched them.
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Comments: 357
HaloPrime In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 08:15:23 +0000 UTC]
I know, I just found it too darkly hilarious.
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fotland42 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 01:54:09 +0000 UTC]
I can't help but be distracted by wondering why AJ was seeing a doctor about that at all. She's clearly single, so it wouldn't be that she's been trying to have a foal without success. It seems unlikely that infertility would run in the family, given the size of the Apple clan. And so I'm left with no explanation.
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Berzelierg In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 01:42:34 +0000 UTC]
Oh man, i was happy for the new year...
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ColonelYeo In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 01:27:37 +0000 UTC]
Man, Ruffu... ;A;
Really awesome work. I love how you did the perspective on these panels. Especially the last shot.
And those colors and lighting!
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MLPegasis4898 In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 00:53:56 +0000 UTC]
That was... so beautiful!!! And quite sad!!!
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Zalleus In reply to ??? [2014-01-02 00:12:48 +0000 UTC]
I wonder, did the doctor say she can't bear children because she's infertile? or because shippers keep pairing her with other girls.
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D-Rock92 In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 23:31:14 +0000 UTC]
Wow. I have seen documentaries of people who are unable to bear children, and how devastated they were upon learning it. Sad truth, but good to see that AJ is looking at the brighter side of things here.
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Ironlenny In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 21:28:54 +0000 UTC]
Look, if you don't like seedless apples, just buy ones with seeds.
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Ayaminaa In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 21:08:16 +0000 UTC]
Awww... It was absolutely beautiful. You portrayed AJ's relationship with Apple Bloom very well and it was so expressive! I really love your style
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Mini-Wolfsbane In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 20:19:04 +0000 UTC]
I'm not fan of overly serious subject matter in MLP, but this was nicely handled. Good work.
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asdtre In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 20:02:41 +0000 UTC]
HNNNG.. the feels !!!!! this is so sad! PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THIS
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Pony-Berserker In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 19:43:20 +0000 UTC]
Hm, was I supposed to feel sad?
Sorry, I didn't feel anything.
Interesting story, though.
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TheCloudchaser In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 19:30:03 +0000 UTC]
This is very touching, Ruffu, the art and ideas are masterfully executed. Excellent work, really excellent.
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KateSWalker In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 18:49:16 +0000 UTC]
This is very good. There's a lot I could say about it, almost more than I can even think of at the moment.
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mahlielpwnee In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 18:32:11 +0000 UTC]
this dosent make me feel bad cause i know that AJ will always have family.
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zaiali In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 18:21:15 +0000 UTC]
Good thing my tears have been salted.
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Abstract-Spectrum In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 17:53:27 +0000 UTC]
There ain't a dry eye in the house, no sir.
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azulong94 In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 17:43:23 +0000 UTC]
you overloaded my feels.....
damn you
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Neosparx [2014-01-01 17:03:46 +0000 UTC]
This was so touching
I couldn't read the last frame
My eyes were drowned in tears
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aMysticalArtist In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 16:51:32 +0000 UTC]
WHHHHATT?!!!
Nooooooooooooo Nooooooooooooooo
OMG!!!!
WHat the flank?!!!!!!!!
is going on?!!
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M00N-CHASER In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 16:51:23 +0000 UTC]
-,_,- So close to home. The feels.....
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TheVillain117 In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 16:49:13 +0000 UTC]
Okay class we're going on a feel trip!
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tigreanpony [2014-01-01 15:43:58 +0000 UTC]
Daaaw this was heart warming yet so sad I wonder what Apple Bloom will do after seeing the paper, poor Applejack.
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SHADOWtheHEJHOG In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 15:38:21 +0000 UTC]
Woah, that's some strong feels right there.
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DracoBlair In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 15:26:01 +0000 UTC]
Strong stuff. Really strong stuff.. me gusta
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MARoy In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 14:33:05 +0000 UTC]
thats just so sad...will you be doing more
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Ruffu In reply to MARoy [2014-01-01 18:15:43 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, in the description I said that there are more in production. They'll be posted sometime in the future.
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Archideas89 In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 14:13:05 +0000 UTC]
Any chance that you could make a stand alone picture of panel 20? The one where AJ is looking directly at the "camera". It'd make a fantastic avatar.
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Tesla51 In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 14:02:24 +0000 UTC]
*rubs my eyes* It's.... just some dirt or something. Really.
On this topic, I'm hoping for AJ's sake, that "If" isn't an "If" but a "Yes"
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kantayeni [2014-01-01 13:16:48 +0000 UTC]
I adore the title.
It's creative and full of meaning.
Good comic.
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BB-K In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 12:11:11 +0000 UTC]
It's a sad story, imagine some city pony marries a country girl, in the end, the girl moves out.
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HugobertingtonReturn In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 12:06:13 +0000 UTC]
Huh
Common consensus in the fandom was that AJ had the "child bearing hips" apropos all the work put into them. As it were, it probably makes this comic a bigger punch to the gut.
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