Poster Progress (Patreon)

A poster for Whinny City Pony Con. I loved drawing this! I actually had to pose for the photo myself because I couldn't find enough references online. "Fieldwork" is always entertaining, especially when you have to translate your own pose into a pony!

Tip! There's a trick I like to call the "slinky trick" (I just looked it up - there's a cool video called "How to Draw: Foreshortening with the Coil Technique" that explains it.) Basically, you can draw spirals to indicate any cylindrical object, such as your arms, legs, or in this case, the pony's horn.

I did not know where exactly to point it, since this is such an odd angle, so I drew a circle where the base of her horn would be, and started doodling a spiral that formed the shape and path of where her horn would go. It took me a few tries, but this really helps find a perspective on how to make objects look realistic and 3-D. It even helps find the exact path for the little ringlets around her horn!