Sunday, December 23, 2012
The Herd Grows
And then I went shopping. I'm really enjoying getting these, but now I really need to learn how to do manes and tails.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Pastime
So, when I'm not pony, I play games online. Current obsession: Guild Wars 2. I won't bother hyping it, there are those who do it better than I. My little brother and I joined a major dragon fight, tonight. Here's some of the action:
Somewhere up in the front lines of that mess is my little brother, silly melee LOL!
I'm perched up on a firing hill, even that's not safe. That sucker has some serious range.
Here's the artillery line, Me, with the other rangers, elementalists, and in the background you can see the line of cannons that the NPCs are firing against it.
Look at the size of this loot box!!!
Somewhere up in the front lines of that mess is my little brother, silly melee LOL!
I'm perched up on a firing hill, even that's not safe. That sucker has some serious range.
Here's the artillery line, Me, with the other rangers, elementalists, and in the background you can see the line of cannons that the NPCs are firing against it.
Look at the size of this loot box!!!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Anniversary Presentation
Luna's Loft turns one year old, today. In honor of this, I have made some official images of The Loft for my friends, some of them will appear on Moonlight's Tumblr.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
And a year goes by...
Moonlight Ballad - registered on IRC October 1, 2011
Has it really been a year, already? I'm hoping for a great one to follow.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOONLIGHT BALLAD!
Has it really been a year, already? I'm hoping for a great one to follow.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOONLIGHT BALLAD!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 15
A shot of the Balcony Doors, trying to get the right angles for some regular screenshots.
Portal Door, Mark I.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 14
Visual Aid Project: Phase 13
Stairs! Okay, is was probably the most time-consuming and aggravating aspect of this whole project to date. I think they will look good when I'm finished though.
And finished.
And finished.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 12
Fireplace, Mark I
After observing this shot, I have concluded that the couch really needs to be moved away from the fireplace a bit more. I don't want us to singe our tails.
Have a couple variants of the couch, in progress:
After observing this shot, I have concluded that the couch really needs to be moved away from the fireplace a bit more. I don't want us to singe our tails.
Have a couple variants of the couch, in progress:
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 11
I changed the chairs, they were driving me nuts, also made the first of two rugs for the common room. The stumps are where the couch is going to be.
And the couch.
And the couch.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 10
Laying floor in this program is just as time consuming as in real life! I came up with a design for a parquet floor for the common room, found a way to engineer some neat furniture for the dining area (screw physics! Some will get what I mean by that. ) So, here's a preliminary shot of the dining area, with the completed kitchen behind it.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 9
I made a color change to the kitchen. It looks so retro, now like some hipster lives in it or something... oh wait...
Also, I used a concept I have used on RL Lego models in the past, making open-able sections of wall and ceiling so you can get inside and look, or do work on the interior.
Also, I used a concept I have used on RL Lego models in the past, making open-able sections of wall and ceiling so you can get inside and look, or do work on the interior.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 7
More work on the kitchen. I have the stove built now. And reworked the kitchen sink, a bit.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 4
Changed the design to incorporate layered bearing walls, so that I can show one color on the outside and another for the interior walls. I also restarted the main model, so that I can show the actual building in its entirety from a street view. Here is the Loft from the street view, with the first floor now showing.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 3
In order to make a more accurate building that belongs in Canterlot City, I had to do a bunch of show research. Now, the show is a continuity nightmare, something that drives me, as an artist/writer insane, however this is pretty good reference material.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 2
Okay... so, I went on a complete tangent and found this program to play with. I kept joking to everypony that I would build the loft out of Legos. I guess it's no longer a joke.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
On Love and Tolerance and Other Such Drama
"You ponies and your love..." - Red Kembe
How right he was. Luna's Loft has always been a very dynamic RP setting, with a lot of very real emotions flying around. It's had its ups and downs, but it still remains, and it still thrives. I make sure of that. I made a promise to care for it, and KEEP that promise, every day. It's my second home, I won't easily abandon it, nor will I allow it to be corrupted or destroyed - There are too many memories and too many whose remembrance I honor, to ever give up on this, perhaps utopian outlook. It was built on friendship, and fortified with love (so much shipping...) but a lot of this love itself, started to become corrupt and misguided. It was less of a devotion, as it should have been, and more of the flavor of the week; With such attitudes toward something that should be the most cherished and nurtured thing ever, and the idea that it could just be tossed in the garbage, at a whim, in favor of the next character combination, the very foundation of what makes our home special, began to crumble.
This reflects itself, tenfold, in Loft's OOC channel. All this "love" as it is called, is slung around like a barrage of Cadance arrows. It's a joke, a total mockery of what true love is! Ships bleed from characters into their ponysouls, and vice versa with no logic at all to the latter. Every new character that comes along will inherently ship with the character of the respective ponysoul that happens to be paired with the player of the first. It's nothing more than a carbon copy of the same ship with a different skin. And, Luna help us if there's ever any kind of static amongst the players of these pairings. It always gets shoved into the RP in a hyperdramatic explosion. Some change characters like they change socks, but it doesn't matter, it's the same god mod in a new pony shell, and invariably will create the exact same ship with a new face. There's not much one can do but just shake his head and roll his eyes. It's nothing but a game to these individuals, and they don't even care what the rules of the game are.
Love... It's a wonderful thing, when it's true and pure, but used as such a trifling little diversion, it becomes berated to a point where it loses all value.
I have no right to tell others how to feel, nor do I have the power to "make" love happen. I'm not Cadance, after all. If you really think about it, she has a power that truly does rival Celestia and Luna. The power to control love is great, indeed. I do have enough wisdom, however, to tell the difference between love and infatuation. Far too much of this presumed "love" that I have seen of late, is in fact the latter. I can't control it, but I must tolerate it, to a point where it becomes harmful. That is where my tolerance ends.
Tolerance - the second great rallying cry of the brony community. Being tolerant of something or someone does NOT mean 'openly accepting it, unconditionally'. This is an all-too-common misconception. It's an exercise in self-restraint. It means you deal with it, despite the fact that it may be offensive or wrong, in the interest of keeping the general peace. All tolerances have their limits, however, and some things are simply wrong and should never be tolerated. I'm not saying they should be counter-attacked, but they most certainly should not be treated as acceptable.
That's one of the issues I have with a large populous of internet bronies. There are many who do and say whatever they wish, in the spirit of the great internet immorality and anonymity. However, the second their actions are brought into question, they use their "love and tolerate" banner as a weapon, questioning someone ELSE's fandom, as if that's supposed to give them some kind of leverage. "How dare you question ME?! You're not a real fan!" They seem to think that this banner gives them free reign to engage in whatever offensive and uncivilized behavior they wish, with no consequences. That is a very poor attitude, and quite shameful, that they would openly attack another, before taking responsibility for their own actions.
It has become all-too-prevalent, this attitude, especially in the Loft OOC, and those whose job it is to keep order and maintain the rules there have turned a blind eye to this behavior, caving to the will of others who should have no say in the law, but seem to call all the shots. The ones 'in charge' are too preoccupied with their own personal agendas and ambitions. They subvert each other and argue amongst themselves instead of dealing with the real problems, some of them openly admitting they have no care for that, which they were charged to protect. Others even participate in its degradation. All suffer as a result.
All of the smut, the ultra-depression, the rampant grimdark, the masochistic spotlighting, the fighting, the blatant disrespect, and the POISON that the OOC was being flooded with, ate away at my very soul. Every day there became a stressful and depressing exercise in misery. In fact, it disgusted Luna so much, when she heard about it, that she chose never to return. That should have been a sign, right there, that something was seriously wrong, but nobody cared.
I could take no more of it. Eventually, I gave my position, to the more ambitious and power hungry (Mostly so they would shut up about wanting power, or some other thing for themselves, and leave me in peace.) Then, as Luna did, I left the OOC, and have not returned. I took refuge in a new place, and continue to tend to Luna's Loft from my current state of exile. I am, however, not alone. I have surrounded myself with those who think and feel the same as me - with those who choose, instead, to radiate positive spirit and nurturing encouragement, respect, harmony. We uplift each other, and enjoy every day together, sharing in our joys and our love and our dreams and the spirit of this wonderful thing that brought us all together in the first place.
I think that's what Luna wanted for The Loft, to begin with, it's just too bad that so many have forgotten this. They choose instead to wallow in their pity and misery, backstabbing and subverting each other for their own personal gain, and whining about missing the good old days, when all they ever had to do was just stop thinking about themselves for a change, and make a real effort to make it better, for everyone. WE accomplished this in my place of exile, proving it CAN be done! We keep strict order there, promoting the positive spirit that uplifts us, 'and forever shutting out the scourge that lurks beyond.' (I SO ganked that from The Last Starfighter.)
Freed from the burden of all that negative energy, my soul's fire returned to me. I began to write again, and draw, and create, and share my dreams! I'm happier now, than I have been in a long time, and I owe it to those who stood with me, when everyone else just gave up. I owe it to those who still believe that what we share is worth putting our hearts into and making it worth remembrance. I owe it to those who honor Luna every day, by striving to keep and cherish what she gave us all. She's worth it. The Loft is worth it, and we who cherish it, keep it.
How right he was. Luna's Loft has always been a very dynamic RP setting, with a lot of very real emotions flying around. It's had its ups and downs, but it still remains, and it still thrives. I make sure of that. I made a promise to care for it, and KEEP that promise, every day. It's my second home, I won't easily abandon it, nor will I allow it to be corrupted or destroyed - There are too many memories and too many whose remembrance I honor, to ever give up on this, perhaps utopian outlook. It was built on friendship, and fortified with love (so much shipping...) but a lot of this love itself, started to become corrupt and misguided. It was less of a devotion, as it should have been, and more of the flavor of the week; With such attitudes toward something that should be the most cherished and nurtured thing ever, and the idea that it could just be tossed in the garbage, at a whim, in favor of the next character combination, the very foundation of what makes our home special, began to crumble.
This reflects itself, tenfold, in Loft's OOC channel. All this "love" as it is called, is slung around like a barrage of Cadance arrows. It's a joke, a total mockery of what true love is! Ships bleed from characters into their ponysouls, and vice versa with no logic at all to the latter. Every new character that comes along will inherently ship with the character of the respective ponysoul that happens to be paired with the player of the first. It's nothing more than a carbon copy of the same ship with a different skin. And, Luna help us if there's ever any kind of static amongst the players of these pairings. It always gets shoved into the RP in a hyperdramatic explosion. Some change characters like they change socks, but it doesn't matter, it's the same god mod in a new pony shell, and invariably will create the exact same ship with a new face. There's not much one can do but just shake his head and roll his eyes. It's nothing but a game to these individuals, and they don't even care what the rules of the game are.
Love... It's a wonderful thing, when it's true and pure, but used as such a trifling little diversion, it becomes berated to a point where it loses all value.
I have no right to tell others how to feel, nor do I have the power to "make" love happen. I'm not Cadance, after all. If you really think about it, she has a power that truly does rival Celestia and Luna. The power to control love is great, indeed. I do have enough wisdom, however, to tell the difference between love and infatuation. Far too much of this presumed "love" that I have seen of late, is in fact the latter. I can't control it, but I must tolerate it, to a point where it becomes harmful. That is where my tolerance ends.
Tolerance - the second great rallying cry of the brony community. Being tolerant of something or someone does NOT mean 'openly accepting it, unconditionally'. This is an all-too-common misconception. It's an exercise in self-restraint. It means you deal with it, despite the fact that it may be offensive or wrong, in the interest of keeping the general peace. All tolerances have their limits, however, and some things are simply wrong and should never be tolerated. I'm not saying they should be counter-attacked, but they most certainly should not be treated as acceptable.
That's one of the issues I have with a large populous of internet bronies. There are many who do and say whatever they wish, in the spirit of the great internet immorality and anonymity. However, the second their actions are brought into question, they use their "love and tolerate" banner as a weapon, questioning someone ELSE's fandom, as if that's supposed to give them some kind of leverage. "How dare you question ME?! You're not a real fan!" They seem to think that this banner gives them free reign to engage in whatever offensive and uncivilized behavior they wish, with no consequences. That is a very poor attitude, and quite shameful, that they would openly attack another, before taking responsibility for their own actions.
It has become all-too-prevalent, this attitude, especially in the Loft OOC, and those whose job it is to keep order and maintain the rules there have turned a blind eye to this behavior, caving to the will of others who should have no say in the law, but seem to call all the shots. The ones 'in charge' are too preoccupied with their own personal agendas and ambitions. They subvert each other and argue amongst themselves instead of dealing with the real problems, some of them openly admitting they have no care for that, which they were charged to protect. Others even participate in its degradation. All suffer as a result.
All of the smut, the ultra-depression, the rampant grimdark, the masochistic spotlighting, the fighting, the blatant disrespect, and the POISON that the OOC was being flooded with, ate away at my very soul. Every day there became a stressful and depressing exercise in misery. In fact, it disgusted Luna so much, when she heard about it, that she chose never to return. That should have been a sign, right there, that something was seriously wrong, but nobody cared.
I could take no more of it. Eventually, I gave my position, to the more ambitious and power hungry (Mostly so they would shut up about wanting power, or some other thing for themselves, and leave me in peace.) Then, as Luna did, I left the OOC, and have not returned. I took refuge in a new place, and continue to tend to Luna's Loft from my current state of exile. I am, however, not alone. I have surrounded myself with those who think and feel the same as me - with those who choose, instead, to radiate positive spirit and nurturing encouragement, respect, harmony. We uplift each other, and enjoy every day together, sharing in our joys and our love and our dreams and the spirit of this wonderful thing that brought us all together in the first place.
I think that's what Luna wanted for The Loft, to begin with, it's just too bad that so many have forgotten this. They choose instead to wallow in their pity and misery, backstabbing and subverting each other for their own personal gain, and whining about missing the good old days, when all they ever had to do was just stop thinking about themselves for a change, and make a real effort to make it better, for everyone. WE accomplished this in my place of exile, proving it CAN be done! We keep strict order there, promoting the positive spirit that uplifts us, 'and forever shutting out the scourge that lurks beyond.' (I SO ganked that from The Last Starfighter.)
Freed from the burden of all that negative energy, my soul's fire returned to me. I began to write again, and draw, and create, and share my dreams! I'm happier now, than I have been in a long time, and I owe it to those who stood with me, when everyone else just gave up. I owe it to those who still believe that what we share is worth putting our hearts into and making it worth remembrance. I owe it to those who honor Luna every day, by striving to keep and cherish what she gave us all. She's worth it. The Loft is worth it, and we who cherish it, keep it.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Visual Aid Project: Phase 1
So, I got a bunch of foam board parts that I salvaged and decided to give this a try, for my own help, as well as to have something fun to share with the group. Those of you who constantly hear me banter on in IRC will probably recognize what this is, if you've payed enough attention.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Learning to Pony
First steps of trying to actually be able to draw Moonlight on my computer. I'll start with a blank template. I already did some alterations to the tail and the mane, putting them the way I like it.
Sorry for the small size, I'm still trying to figure out how to resize all this stuff.
Sorry for the small size, I'm still trying to figure out how to resize all this stuff.
Monday, July 16, 2012
A Little Less to Love
Well technically I guess you could say I'm "less of a brony", now. My heart's just as big as it ever was though, just I've dropped 30 pounds and I feel fantastic!
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