{"id":2924,"date":"2012-08-10T02:44:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T09:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2012-08-10T12:51:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T19:51:40","slug":"my-diminuitive-equus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2924","title":{"rendered":"My Diminuitive Equus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonhohoho\">me on Twitter<\/a>? Occasionally hi-jinx happen there. For example, last week I tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Guys&#8230; am I EVER going to get my <a href=\"http:\/\/mlp.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cutie_mark\">cutie mark<\/a>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And longtime friend of the blog <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaosMonkey\">@ChaosMonkey<\/a> replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Your cutie mark is the furry underpants from Masters of the Universe. Now you must draw yourself as a pony. Congratulations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And so, here we are:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonbot.com\/bootlegsketch\/MLPavatarweb.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: hand; width: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonbot.com\/bootlegsketch\/MLPavatarweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">click above for larger view<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIt was fun to try and capture the essence and color palette of <a href=\"http:\/\/mlp.wikia.com\/wiki\/My_Little_Pony_Friendship_is_Magic\">My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic<\/a>. Visually, the show is really beautifully crafted, so hopefully I did it justice.<\/p>\n<p>You will note that the inherent telekinetic abilities of a unicorn grant my pony avatar the means to draw nerdy-ass fan-art, in spite of having no opposable thumbs. I assure you there was no other motive in drawing my avatar as a fantastic, graceful, and majestic unicorn. None at all. <em>Ahem<\/em>. I used longer and leaner proportions to indicate age&#8211;I think it&#8217;s safe to assume that my pony avatar would be significantly older than the main characters of the show. And the slightly longer ears hint at some possibly <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asinine#Insult_and_vulgarity\">asinine<\/a> ancestry.<\/p>\n<p>I MEAN&#8230; sure, in the past I have put the show on in the background while I draw. And yeah, my favorite characters are <a href=\"http:\/\/mlp.wikia.com\/wiki\/Rarity\">Rarity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mlp.wikia.com\/wiki\/Spike\">Spike<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mlp.wikia.com\/wiki\/Princess_Luna\">Princess Luna AKA Nightmare Moon,<\/a>. But it&#8217;s not like I sit around and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shipping_(fandom)\">ship<\/a> the characters, or draw the ponies as humans.*<\/p>\n<p>So does that make me a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mlp.wikia.com\/wiki\/Brony\">brony<\/a>&#8220;? Pfft, I dunno, <em>whatever<\/em>. Like I even care.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">(*<em>Note to self: start drawing the ponies as humans<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(<b>EDIT:<\/b> Oops&#8230; I almost forgot to include my rambling tally of productivity&#8211;this sketch brings me down to 2 missed posts. Almost there!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you follow me on Twitter? Occasionally hi-jinx happen there. For example, last week I tweeted: Guys&#8230; am I EVER going to get my cutie mark? And longtime friend of the blog @ChaosMonkey replied: Your cutie mark is the furry underpants from Masters of the Universe. Now you must draw yourself as a pony. Congratulations. 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