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Postby Applepie (?) » Fri Jun 02, 2017 9:10 pm

So word got out to the university newspaper that I had put a few ponies in my office: http://omnibus.au.dk/arkiv/vis/artikel/ ... of-bouvin/ (sorry, text in Danish, though the pictures should speak for themselves


I also put ponies in my office here in Denmark.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:52 pm

Something Positive poster? I knew Niels had good taste. :vogue:
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:54 am

The Danish have an awful amount of office freedom.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sat Jun 03, 2017 6:43 am

Europe is magic I guess?
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Postby PhoolCat (?) » Sat Jun 03, 2017 9:19 am

Captain Rufus wrote:Europe is magic I guess?
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Postby Niels Olof (?) » Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:22 pm

One of my friends gave me a round of his Google workplace in Zürich, Switzerland, a few years back. The locals had run a 'decorate your cubicle' competition, and we saw the winner's office: They had covered the inside walls of their cubicle with rough hewn timber, added a stag's head for dramatic purposes, and had in effect recreated a log hut or hunting lodge.

While impressive, I'm thankful that my office has actual walls (and a door).
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:55 am

My office has no doors or walls. Well, there is a chain link fence about 30 feet from it, that might count. My office is just a wobbly desk in the middle of a warehouse. But it does have a little tray to hold papers on it.
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And I did draw a pony on it, Twilight Sparkle.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:32 am

In the pony comic issue #51, was Applejack about to cuss before she got interrupted? I tried to look for the relevant tread but couldn't find it.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:49 am

So for those who don't know, there's a :ponydrugs: reference in Injustice 2 (Tara Strong voicing Harley Quinn of course):

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Postby Aramek (?) » Sat Jun 17, 2017 5:26 pm

It's so blatant I can't help but laugh out loud.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Jun 18, 2017 5:59 am

Nice find. /)
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:27 am

You know what, fuck this fandom sometime. Just fuck this fandom sometimes.... :unenthused:

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Postby Aramek (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:52 am

His art is the absolute fuckin' cutest too! :psygum:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:13 am

He's a tremendous artist, whose Pony art reminds me of Chuck Jones. :allears:
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:13 am

Fandoms suck because fandoms are made of people and people are THE WORST.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:53 am

Aramek wrote:His art is the absolute fuckin' cutest too! :psygum:

Agreed. He's by far my favorite comic artist. His Friends Forever issues are super adorable. :3:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:56 am

There's some truly pathetic people in this fandom.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:41 am

Honestly, the issues there have been as far as inconsistency between Fosgitt's art and established stuff on the show feel a lot like they're more the fault of poor editing. Fosgitt's first issue caught hell for his depictions of Ponyville and Cloudsdale, but from the stories I heard, apparently he was given no references for either of those environments and his editors at IDW and Hasbro happily signed off on what he did draw. I guess Fosgitt is just the one who gets blamed since what he draws is far more visible than the work of Bobby Curnow or whoever it is at Hasbro that oversees issues of the comics.
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Postby adiwan (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:26 pm

He still deserves also a bunch of the blame. In the last issue he copy-pasted the same heap of animals into three panels without any alterations.
At first his art was different but not awfully bad and drowned by laziness. The cutie mark copy-pasting of the show's style cutie mark vector files (or rasterized versions) don't suit his style well. I would say that simple color blobs would look more fitting into his style. I also noticed that he mostly draws the characters in such a way that the pony flanks are covered or faced away from the viewer.
Also a pet peeve of mine: For some reason his ponies walk a lot on their hind legs. It's just weird.
Evey time a new Fosgitt comic is announced I dread it every time.

Comics aren't cheap. People pay 4 bucks for each issue. At least they deserve some competent art for their money.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:58 pm

To be fair sometimes IDW does seem to rush their artists. One of their regular TF book guys really gets hit by this. Livio Ramondelli
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:08 pm

adiwan wrote:He still deserves also a bunch of the blame. In the last issue he copy-pasted the same heap of animals into three panels without any alterations.
At first his art was different but not awfully bad and drowned by laziness. The cutie mark copy-pasting of the show's style cutie mark vector files (or rasterized versions) don't suit his style well. I would say that simple color blobs would look more fitting into his style. I also noticed that he mostly draws the characters in such a way that the pony flanks are covered or faced away from the viewer.
Also a pet peeve of mine: For some reason his ponies walk a lot on their hind legs. It's just weird.
Evey time a new Fosgitt comic is announced I dread it every time.

Comics aren't cheap. People pay 4 bucks for each issue. At least they deserve some competent art for their money.


It's one thing to criticize, it's another to hassle the guy on social media.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:45 pm

adiwan wrote:Also a pet peeve of mine: For some reason his ponies walk a lot on their hind legs. It's just weird.

I figure this has more to do with his style (i.e. a conscious design choice because he thinks it looks good) than to production circumstances. I remember Agnes Garbowska doing this a fair amount in at least some of her issues, too.

To give my perspective, in my art I've often felt like I can make pegasi who are "standing" upright in midair be more expressive than I can with earth ponies or unicorns, who generally can't use both their forelegs for something unless they're sitting down. I'm sure there's folks who find that an interesting limitation, but I find it a bit dull to keep these magical cartoon animals always walking on at least three legs.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:50 pm

I incredibly disagree with all your points, Adi.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:55 am

I thought the fandom moved past petty things like this. I guess there was always darkness inside.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:59 am

I find Fosgitt's art to be really adorable, especially with Pegasus ponies.

Only time I've been iffy on his art are when he draws Celestia and Luna. I don't think the cartoony look fits them as well. With their longer limbs, they sometimes look more like a person in a fursuit costume.
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Postby adiwan (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:19 am

Aramek wrote:I incredibly disagree with all your points, Adi.

That's OK.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:58 am

adiwan wrote:He still deserves also a bunch of the blame.


Yeah, no. Me not liking somebody's artwork doesn't entitle me to harass them on social media. If you have complaints with a product like a comic book, you send that feedback via the appropriate channels (i.e. through the publisher), you don't hunt down the artist and send them nasty messages, no matter how poor you feel the art is.

If people have an issue with the quality of the books, they should take that criticism to the higher ups, i.e. the people who view and approve the work of artists like Fosgitt. Or just not buy them in future.
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Postby adiwan (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:06 am

Oh, I sense a bit of misunderstanding. I'm totally against harassment.
With "blame" I mean interchangeably the word "responsibility" for the quality of the work presented in his comics.
Directing the critique to the proper authorities (publisher) is definitely the best way here. IDW's higher-ups can handle better the direction and filter out personal opinions.
However I can see that going directly to the artist is the easiest to do for most people and the go-to method. The name of the artist is written on the cover and most people have an easily accessible social media account and get almost instantly an unfiltered response. Artists aren't necessarily good in public relations due to a number of factors like the artist's personality, stress, general mood, hug-box mentality etc. It can backfire super quickly as this shows. There are plenty of artists who are better dealing with social media than others, so the result of this kind of interaction can vary vastly.

I give Fosgitt the credit that he delivers a better work than Thomas Zahler on Micro-Series #1 (Twilight Sparkle) and Carla Speed McNeil on Friends Forever #1.
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Postby VGAddict (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:55 pm

Alright, now that the mid-season finale has aired, it's time to rank the episodes so far, and give your thoughts on the season as a whole.
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:05 pm

All in all this season has been one with a near even amount of good, alright, and bad episodes.

I'm more surprised my favorites this season have been a Discord episode and a Flurry Heart episode

Good
-Fluttershy Leans In
-A Flurry of Emotions
-Discordant Harmony
- The Perfect Pear

Alright
-Forever Filly
-Parental Glidence
-Celestial Advice
-Rock Solid Friendship
-Hard to Say Anything

Bad
-All Bottled Up
A Royal Problem
-Not Asking For Trouble
-Honest Apple
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:15 pm

:prettywings: Tier
Parental Glideance
The Perfect Pear


:awesomedash: Tier
Fluttershy Leans In
Discordant Harmony
Hard to Say Anything

:allears: Tier
Celestial Advice
Rock Solid Friendship
All Bottled Up
Forever Filly

:pinkieshrug: Tier
Not Asking for Trouble
A Flurry of Emotions

:gonkity: Tier
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:39 pm

5 favorites

1. A Flurry of Emotions
2. A Royal Problem
3. Forever Filly
4. Parental Glideance
5. Celestial Advice
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:18 pm

:ponydrugs:
Parental Glideance
A Royal Problem
The Perfect Pear

:allears:
Celestial Advice
All Bottled Up
Fluttershy Leans In

:pinkieshrug:
A Flurry of Emotions
Rock Solid Friendship
Hard to Say Anything
Not Asking for Trouble
Discordant Harmony

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Forever Filly
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Postby Auxiliatrix (?) » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:00 pm

:shenanigans:
The Perfect Pear
Parental Glideance
Celestial Advice

:-P
Forever Filly
All Bottled Up
A Flurry of Emotions
Rock Solid Friendship

:pinkieshrug:
Hard to Say Anything (maybe; to be honest I do like this episode. This has been a good season so far, in my opinion!)

:icky:
Fluttershy Leans In

And I still have yet to see:

A Royal Problem
Not Asking for Trouble
Discordant Harmony
Honest Apple
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Jun 28, 2017 4:34 am

Applepie wrote:5 favorites

1. A Flurry of Emotions
2. A Royal Problem
3. Forever Filly
4. Parental Glideance
5. Celestial Adviuce

Have you not seen A Prefect Pair yet?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:49 am

It's not out in non-Australia yet.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:40 am

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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:43 am

FiM Season 6 won the Ursa Major Award for "Best Dramatic Series or Short Work"

For those who don't know, Ursa Major Award is basically the Oscars of Furry community. It was announced on Friday at Anthrocon.

Although it should be noted FiM has won the award in that category every year since 2011 (except 2014, when it lost to a series called "Furry Force")
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Postby Applepie (?) » Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:10 am

My top 7

1. A Flurry of Emotions
2. A Royal Problem
3. Forever Filly
4. Parental Glideance
5. Celestial Advice
6. The Perfect Pear
7. Not asking for trouble
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:23 pm

Mr. Big wrote:FiM Season 6 won the Ursa Major Award for "Best Dramatic Series or Short Work"

For those who don't know, Ursa Major Award is basically the Oscars of Furry community. It was announced on Friday at Anthrocon.

Although it should be noted FiM has won the award in that category every year since 2011 (except 2014, when it lost to a series called "Furry Force")

I'm not sure how to feel about this.
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It is a nice award, but how creditable is it? Like will it even get a mention on the Wiki page? Will anyone put that on their resume? I'm sure it is better then a internet polling award but not sure how much better.
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