New art of my fav blondie operator pon! Sitting on an A1 Abrams tank. Ended up much more ambitious than usual but it was certainly worth it. Had plenty of fun multistreaming with friends along the way too. Vacation time is a blessing, where one can finally sit up and draw til 7am again like back during school days. 

I’m so fucking happy with this. Still self aware of my overall needs for improvement but this was hella fun to work on and the result is just cool. I cropped the image beforehand for a ratio fit for a print (got a personal A3 printer I’ll be chugging this one through) and sketched the tank completely within the borders without aimless attempts at filling an empty void with objects. The tank was suggested by @ryanmandraws​ when I were originally just gonna set her on a flat pile of bricks or something. So not all fully planned, but after the tank idea was introduced things went shockingly smooth. 

Those who recognize her from previous images have likely also spotted her outfit has a new addition! Truth is it’s something I made way back as an alternative to this picture I made 10 months ago. I never shared it anywhere publicly, but now that this image has been made I may as well let you guys get hold of it; link.

Sorry to all my stream viewers for being such a slow. 

Once again thanks to @foreling​ for creating such a qt. 

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Enjoy.

Bonus post! After a little consideration I felt I wanted to release the bottomless version of the tank blondie too. Simply because it’s been my design for all previous art of her. And the blush versions I had done during stream because fuck it I want to share them too they’re adorable. 

Also, I always assumed she was without name as the original art featuring her geared up never mentions it. But I recently found out what it was from @foreling​; her name is “Treasure”. 

If you dig deep enough into the other art of her it’s stated in the comments as well, so for being such a fan clearly I’m a terrible researcher and I feel ridiculous. Fml. But now I finally got something to use as a tag on derpi as well as something here that isn’t operator pon. Not that I’ll actually stop tagging that.

I didn’t finish anything like @theomegaridley did during the stream, but at least we got these. The second sketch also got some color during the stream, but didn’t have time to get very far into it. I’m not sure if I’ll actually go through with the color in the end or if I’ll just keep making more sketches next time.

First time I’ve drawn her in full view. Also, while it’s probably impossible to notice, I based the weapon on the L85A2 that somebody asked for way back. Because of the bad view though I’ll give the same gun another go later. 

Blondie operator pon, the pony with no name Foretrekker made related to his Eclipse Wars tumblr blog ages ago. Also the same pony I did a few sketches of not nearly as long ago. I still really like her, felt inspired to draw her again with some thick thighs and I think I overdid it a bit. But at least it's a bit fitting seeing how she operates bipedal. While looking to her original image for reference to what she looks like I also took the liberty to shade a bit differently using the image halfheartedly as a guide. It was quite fun. Also have I made camoflauge patterns before? That especially is oddly satisfying to play with. 

Enjoy

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Inspiration/Tribute sketches for this old goodie, by @foreling/Fore-trekker. Back when I was new to ponies and FoE, before I even had a tumblr, Fore-trekker was one of my inspirations. There’s no doubt his art influenced my artstyle to eventually make it what it is today. I’ve gone back to look occasionally, and this time I got pumped to draw his soldier mare. She doesn’t have a name as far as I know, but she cute.