Welcome back to tonight’s performance where I attempt to make a new comic for each new episode of Friendship is Magic’s 8th season! …And I’ve got some explaining to do. I feel like it’s taken a while for me to submit a pretty simple attempt for this episode. For one thing, I was pretty busy with homework this weekend, finishing up assignments before final exams next week. After that was all taken care of, I started working on an episode comic involving Princess Luna talking to Fancy Pants and Fleur De Lis… and two panels in, I just was not satisfied with how it was turning out artistically. Ponies like Luna and Fleur have these crazy proportions compared to most ponies, and it was really throwing me off for some reason. Their mouths were looking weird while talking, their eyes weren’t expressing appropriately or they were positioned wonkily, it was a mess. I know my art’s not the best in the fandom, but I feel like I should be able to make my characters look better than that one Twilight Sparkle vector with the stretched-out muzzle.

I may need to try a different approach to drawing characters like that in general. I may come back to that comic at some point, but at the moment I was just tired of all the work and fails and putting in double-time on the comics last week. So I shifted focus, made a comic based on a smaller, sillier joke I had thought of as a backup, condensed the workload to 2 panels instead of 5, and switched to a simpler art style I was much less likely to screw up. I actually think the characters look more appealing when I draw them this way that when I draw them normally, but I don’t know how well it would be received making ALL my work look like this, plus I won’t be getting better at drawing show-model horses if I’m not drawing show-model horses, y’know?

Anyway, yeah, this week’s comic is based on Horse Play. Loved the episode. Fluttershy really is a great pony to call upon to fill a role like that, and I understand Celestia’s decision and direction… but when Fluttershy showed up on stage in that Celestia costume, all I could think of was this. So here’s a nice, silly bit of continuity for you all. At least it’s something.

It’s time! For! A new! Day in! Equestri! …A! Looking forward to the next episode! Hopefully I’ll be able to actually draw next week.

Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Princess Celestia, and My Little Pony belong to Hasbro and DHX.