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So... yeah... There are a few reasons I'm posting this. 1) to help out the members in so that they can always post the best characters they can, and 2) because the amount of Mary Sues that exist in the MLP FIM community is getting waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of hand.Now to be fair, there was a tutorial like this that I saw a while back, but I haven't been able to find it since. So I decided to make my own :3
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oh well, i see that my idea to post that on TP was quite nice. c:
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Nice tutorial, also the example pony here is pretty uvu great job~
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Would a satyr be a good concept for a pony oc?
tori-the-eevee1234.deviantart.β¦ This is actually the only picture I have of her by herself. She isn't actually part human.
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I think this is a great concept for an OC. Do whatever you want with her, the concept of making OCs are for fun. I do like her face markings, if you want to know. The color scheme is just AWESOME, but not blinding.
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I think Syndrome said it best: youtu.be/A8I9pYCl9AQ?t=8s
Alicorns having any relation to an OC in any way is a bad idea. The three pony tribes are all amazing already! Learn to love them. <3
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Thank you, jesus christ this is the best.
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I agree with everything you've mention though when it comes to cutie mark, well sure a cresent moon and an abv talent in fencing are...off to say the least, but I believe a CM can also reflect the personality and be somewhat related to the proffession. FiM narrowed the whole idea of marks a bit down. Say, your pony is good at mixing drinks and a splendid bartender but also is a dynamic and cheerful character? Ok, but a CM representing a glass of martini is limiting, I say, people creating pony OCs should keep the talent and personality in mind and build around these two important factors.
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Actually I think the best characters are created when they are based around some simple idea.
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BLANK FLANK!
But seriously, this is a fantastic tutorial. It covers all the common problems that arise when people create OCs, and does so in a humorous way. And yes, a pony losing her mind is always the best part. That's where I agree with you totally.
By the way, did you come up with this "fabulous" alicorn OC yourself, or did you find her somewhere?
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Hey Artnyte here go to this website and read the journal on the right --->Β artnyte.deviantart.com/
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please don't advertise on my art.
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I'm just wondering but...
Since you clearly know what you're doing.
Do you mind giving your opinion on these to OCs?
chocolatechipfrappe.deviantart⦠and sta.sh/0r9ritr4k91 .
I understand if you don't.
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Oi, I better keep that in mind because I'm making a prototype fan character. Not finished, more like a sketch.
Thanks for the tutorial.
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I cannot even begin to tell you how much I agree with the alicorn thing...
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YES!
SO MUCH YES IN THIS DEVIATION!!
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Okay, this pisses me off. This makes it sound like your pony has to stick EXACTLY TO CANON or else they'll get rejected no matter what. Here you're discouraging people from making alicorns (which are actually perfectly fine mind you), using any wings other than the canon feathered wings, or giving them a cutie mark other than one that directly relates to a talent that may not even be decided yet. For this, I'll repost a rant I've used many times in the past.
It's called FANDOM.
The fandom is NOT restricted to canon. It's not like there's a chain connecting us or something. We're not Faust or anyone special like that. We're just silly little fans that like to change things if we need/want to. Sure, changes that are really major are inexcusable, unless it's an AU (which, mind you, DO EXIST). However, complaining about and discouraging something as minor and trivial as ponies having two different eye colors, non-feathered wings, or anything else like so? That's plain silly, and can even be rude sometimes.
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dude they're just saying that if you make your character a little mary-sue or garry-stue then it gets under people's skin. Plus it was kinda made for their deviant-group-thingy so its meant to stick to cannon-ish things :/
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It's a tutorial based on my own personal opinion as both a fan and someone who has dealt quite a lot with character creation (ie: a published author). If you want to disregard it, I have no problem with that. It was created, originally, to help submissions for a group I run here on deviantART. This is for people who want to stick within the cannon of the original show. There are certainly more options for creative fans, and my suggestions are not mandated to them.
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Wait, what about cheerilees cutie mark directly relates to teaching? Just wondering
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she explained it. the flowers were about how she wanted to see her students grow, and the smiles were how she wanted to bring them happiness.
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I know, but its not direct about it.
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In Japan, teachers often mark well done tests with a smiley flower face. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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you don't have to be direct, but there must be a connection.
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ah.
sorry, I was trying to clarify
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Thanks, this taught me a lot.
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what font did you use ? I've seen the same kind of type around on comics so it's probably a font... am I right ? :'D
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it's an anime/manga font. i forgot the name of it, but i use it for my web comic.
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its name is comic sans
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actually, it's an anime font. can't remember the exact name. It's not comic sans.
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This is really helpful! Thank you!
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holy crap everytime i read these i've been getting better at creating more oc's and i changed some parts of my ponysona nico as well thank you so much ^^
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but what about flutter and sea ponies? sure they're not in fim but they're still cannon as mlp species .w.
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Show this to instagram! They almost ALL have alicorns!
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Thanks fo the advice! ^^ This is very helpful, actually.
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Why do feel like the only with a normal unicorn Sona?
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You're not alone! *points to usericon*
Sues will forever plague fandoms. If I ever figure out why, I will consider that to be wisdom indeed.
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Truthfully, you cant really say Alicorns are"Rare". Now this is just my personal opinion, Untill the very end of the MLP:FIM final episode, not one would really ever know if Luna, Celestia, and Candance are the only Alicorns. BUT, the Loop hold is Candance, because of her wouldnt that mean the Celestia and luna have a brother or another sister? and if they do, could it be possible they have more relitives? So, really ppl saying that"your Oc cant be daughter/son/niece/nephew/relative to celestia" are wrong on all counts. and also...Who really cares if a persons PERSONAL OC is an Alicorn, also time i check its THEIR CHARACTER not someone else's which means, no one really has a right to tell them to change it or to bad mouth them it just rude. Remeber this is my personal opinion, ill respect your of you respect mine~ Thank you!
( yes i do have characters that are Alicorn of my own, and i wouldnt change them even if all of DA yelled at me)
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Well I'm not saying you have to change your character at all. This tutorial is for people who want to make their OCs stronger as characters. From a writing and creative stand point. Not to say alicorns aren't creative. If written well, they can be very interesting characters. But, speaking as a professional author, this is my take on pony character creation. You can chose to follow it or chose not to. It's all a matter of opinion.
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You have your Opinion and i have mine, im just a lil tired of ppl bad mouth some of my friends who have Alicorn Ocs or say their char. is the daughter of Celestia.
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Natural 20 is an alicorn, but is a weak flier. She's decent at magic, and her special talent is working with Tabletop games (though some would argue being lucky), however she can also make images with her horn, this is connected to her gaming talent, as she can progect images of what's going on in the adventure at the moment.
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my ponysona is an Alicorn, she has Wings, she just can't fly very well,she isn't related to the princesses at all, she was told at a very young age that she was a very special pony, her mother explained to her that Alicorns are very very rare, but that it does happen on occasion, she also had a illness when she was a foal, causing her left hooves not to work as well. but she met her best friend, Braveheart (my best friend's pony oc) at flight camp and braveheart helped Creative Canvas get her Cutie mark. her special talent ranges from drawing to painting. here's the link to my ponysona [link] , but i give full credit to for vectoring my oc.
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My OC is an alicorn, i didn't even come up with a name for him, i have trouble explaining his backstory, and i also have trouble explaining his cutie mark because he is actually part of some race that no one knows about blah blah blah some one just buck me in the face already!
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