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flutterguy317

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  • Mar 17
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  • Deviant for 13 years
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Hi Everypony!

I'm flutterguy317, vector artist and creator of Ponyscape, vector art creation software based on Inkscape! I create vector artwork of ponies from the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and sometimes dabble in creating vector art of old Disney shows. My gallery consists of show-accurate art, which is meant to be a resource to the community to be used in any type of projects, and more stylized art which I use to try to push my artistic ability. I have been branching out into adding new features to my vectors, such as lighting, shading, and textures, and I hope to improve as an artist in general.

For creating my art, I currently use a desktop running Arch Linux, and I use Ponyscape for vectoring, Krita for drawing, Darktable for Photography, and The Gimp for occasionally patching things up. I work as a software engineer for a company that makes laser-cutting machines, so I have put my vectoring to use and created some pretty neat marked-metal ponies and microphone flags for the CAC.

I worked on developing a derivative of Inkscape called Ponyscape, which used the latest Inkscape base (at the time) and adds some useful features! The Inkscape team has started working to put some of these new features into their software, which will hopefully happen soon. You can find out about the latest version of Ponyscape in the Ponyscape-Vectors group. After working on Ponyscape I started working on a new vector suite, however I have taken a hiatus from working on it for a while mostly due to the fact that working on Ponyscape burnt me out. I will probably start up this project again in the near future (and hopefully avoid burning myself out this time around), so stay tuned for that!

I'm also a co-host (along with RainbowPlasma, Bernd01, and Atmospark) of an awesome podcast/radiocast which airs on the Everfree Network called Cutie Art Crusaders! We discuss different MLP fan artwork or have a special guest artist on each week. It's been a ton of fun, and we've gotten to spotlight art from all reaches of the fandom and meet some pretty amazing artists! More info can be found on our deviantart page: :iconcutieartcrusaders:


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You are free to use any of my vectors in other works, but please make sure to give me credit and let me know that you're using it. You don't need my permission, but I'd love to be able to see what you create!
Thank you all so much for all of the favs, comments, and watches! I can't get around to responding to everypony, but I do really appreciate them!

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Thank you!! I definitely intend to keep creating vectors in this style, it's a lot of fun and really stretches my artistic ability :p

With the mane, I tried to stay as close to the original sketch as possible, but I can totally see how the spikes on top of her head can be distracting. I did kinda rushed the stars/sparkles, so they do look a bit like snowflakes... I might try and change them and then re-upload if I find time. The steam coming from her nostrils was something I also was a little unsure about... I might go back and revisit the styling of it a bit. I was trying for a more realistic effect rather than show-accurate, but I think it could definitely use a bit of tweaking.

Thanks for the constructive critique and the kind words!! :D
To The Moon!!
Thank you so much!!! :D I did try to keep the background very simple so that the piece was focused on AJ, but taking your suggestion into consideration and adding background ponies as streaks of color or slightly ghosted, such as you'd find in a photo with low shutter speed, would work really nicely :) All things for me to keep in mind for my next one!
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Hmm, that's a tough question!  I think either Is This A Microphone I See Before Me? by flutterguy317  or Theory And Practice by flutterguy317  is probably the artwork that I'm most proud of, just because I really like how they turned out.  I think Theory And Practice might take the cake though considering I experimented a lot with that piece (and had a ton of fun making it).
Haha, I actually avoided most Volpina spoilers, so I didn't know what to expect going into the episode, but man they did a fantastic job on that episode and on her character.  That would be totally awesome if you got around to drawing her!  I'll probably start dabbling in some Miraculous sketching over the weekend :)
OMG the latest episodes were amazing, I really can't wait for season 2!!!  They did suuuch a good job with the origins episodes, and that ending to the finale was magnificent.  I definitely think I want to start drawing some Miraculous art, just have to find time to practice :)