#arc light

On this day in 1965, the U.S. Air Force launched its first B-52 Arc Light bombing missions in Vietnam. Massive Stratofortress strikes hit Viet Cong targets in Binh Duong Province — part of Operation Arc Light that delivered overwhelming American airpower from high altitude.

Over 126,000 B-52 sorties flew in Southeast Asia, showcasing U.S. technological might and support for ground forces. Strength and resolve. 🇺🇸 #ThisDayInHistory #USAF

it took me a long while! I figured out some tricks a while ago when I was trying to Actually Draw Horses for some semi-serious art. The real trick is that the cartoon designs are made of some really simple shapes!

My big tip is to stop thinking about them as real-life horses and start thinking of them as shapes that can bend and stretch and squash. The ponies in MLP look nothing like actual real horses; they're more like quadruped short-necked rainbow giraffes! Once I gave up on the fear of them looking anatomically incorrect and started looking for the specific "shapes" the art style was built out of, I had a much easier time. This can even work for more serious art!

(these are a little old and from when I was first trying to learn how to draw pony-type fellas from last year, but I think the principles still stand!)

"here take this ring and put it on, from this day forward you are my husband, I won't take no for answer, I refuse to lose to these hussies"

Persona

Operation Arc Light B-52F

James Maslow and Gabriela Lopez at the Terminal Premiere at ArcLight Theatre in Hollywood