![]() ![]() ![]() Try what you like and you might be surprised with your end result. While everything I mentioned is recommendations, feel free to explore outside of the basics. Try out ideas that you like and use colours you think would work well with your character. Traditionally, but not required, ponies palettes are based on what kind of pony they are.Īs I have mentioned, you do not have to follow those sets. There are other things to be considered such as “what kind of pony is your pony?”. This doesn’t have to be literal however, (such as if you have a character with a hot-tempered personality that they are required to be red) but it adds to their complete characterization. Overall, when designing a pony, it’s a useful element to match colours with personality. However, if you strive for a unique design, you might want to stray from using complementary colours since they are the most-used palettes for ponies. Red/Green is a very common complement that most people use since they are direct opposites of one another and would be a good coat/eye combination allowing the character to “pop”. While I am able to keep the earthy tones that I originally wanted, by changing the 3rd colour to purple instead of green, I can have a better suited palette for my character that doesn’t directly conflict the overall design. I felt the analogic colour scheme worked better than the complementary because not only does it give me a wider range of colours to use but it makes the overall features stand out a little bit more. Close- up symbol pictures of Blossomforth, Fluttershy, Minty, and Toola-Roola. It’s nearly a minute difference, but I am also reconsidering the overall design of the pony itself. An Unofficial Full Color Illustrated Guide to the Third Generation of MLP. The original colour scheme that I have been using has been Red/Brown/Green which has been my original concept but after reviewing some ideas for palettes, and making some minor changes, this has been the result that I came up with. In the same essence, it also makes it more challenging and more fun. I personally am working on nudging around that, but like I mentioned earlier, this is virtually inevitable to not share some similarities with another pony. But as many would find out it is nearly inevitable to not have the same scheme as another pony, such as an example with my character sharing a similar palette with Big Mac. Even I am currently having the difficulty of choosing a scheme that not only complements the character’s personality, but makes them have an individualistic appearance as well. This is based on my own examinations of the merch boxes, where the spot colors are simulated straight to process anyway.Picking the right colour scheme for a pony can often be the most difficult choice anyone would make when designing their own pony. Just make sure you're working in sRGB color mode.įor the merch guides, the spot colors are rendered using CMYK alternate color space. It is safe to eyedrop the digital colors or use the hex/RGB codes - the swatches should match up just fine. background ponies) then the print colors will be based on my conversions which will aim to reproduce the show without looking too weird or have obvious gamut problems. The inside of her ears are light pink, and her fetlocks are the same color as her coat. She has one long eyelash on each eye that curves upward. The Digital guides aim to be as close to the show as possible, while the print guides aim to be as close to official merch as possible. Fluttershy is a light yellow pegasus with aqua eyes. They are also now more space efficient, and will be able to scale better with ponies that have more colors than normal. ![]() Until Deviantart gives me a way to disable this, you should use the download file link to view the guide! The Google Docs viewer displays in a very low bit depth that results in dithering of the colors. If you use Google Chrome or Safari, they will attempt to open the file in-line with Google Docs PDF viewer. The PNG preview for the digital guide should be OK to use as well, so the PDF is optional. The guides are all now two pages, one for digital applications (such as vectors, painting in Photoshop, 3D modeling, etc) and the other for print applications (customs, merch, T-shirts, et cetera). Sometimes, the images appears as jpg even trough. All of the color guides are getting a revamp. Description A detailed colour guide for colouring Applejack. ![]()
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