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Help the Bronycon Documentary
Many of you My Little Pony fans may have heard the amazing news that John de Lancie, who played the infamous Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and who I was so honored to have play the villain Discord for MLP:FiM, has announced that he will be Executive Producing a documentary about Bronies and Bronycon.
The new news is that Tara Strong (voice of Twilight Sparkle) and I have been brought on board as Executive Producers, as well. And to make this documentary as amazing as possible, we are reaching out to raise even more money for film on our Kickstarter page. Please see the official announcement below:
We are pleased to announce that Tara Strong and Lauren Faust have joined us as executiv

Help BronyCon Documentary go InternationalThanks to everyone who helped us reach our goal of $200,000!!!  You all never cease to amaze!  We still have a few more days of fundraising left---- if we get even further, the crew will get to film at some European Brony Conventions.  If you wanted to contribute and have not yet, please do so now.
Plus, new casting calls and an art contest!  Please read this blog update from our Kickstarter page below....
***please note!  Unless specified, the casting calls are looking for anyone who considers themselves a brony whether they are male OR female!!***
We are the 7th most funded film of all time on Kickstarter. We are climbing to the top with 6 days to go. Thank you everyone!
So what's the next goal? International. Once we get to $270k, we'll be adding a big trip to the itinerary. We'll film at the Galacon Convention in Stuttgart,

UPDATE - THANK YOU!***UPDATE*** The auction is complete and the sketches raised over $18,000 for the Adams family!!! I am humbled and inspired by your generosity. Go Bronies!!!!!
~~***UPDATE*** check out the auction here!~~
This Thursday, April 5, Bento Box will be hosting a silent art auction at the Animation Guild in Burbank CA to benefit storyboard artist Joey Adams and his family. I do not yet have the pleasure of knowing Joey, but the Los Angeles animation community is really rallying around him and his family's current crisis trying to save the life of one of their little boys--- only a couple years after tragically losing their 16-month-old daughter to a similar condition. (You can read about Joey's story

interview with LA WeeklyI am extremely honored to have been interviewed for LA Weekly, and included in their People 2012 issue "People 2012" with the likes of Liz Meriwether and Carrie Fisher and many other fascinating Los Angel-ites. The interview was fun to do, and I'm relieved the photo turned out so nicely.
Favorite quote: "Think of the girls," she told herself as she worked on the show. "They need to believe that the stuff they like isn't stupid."
Take a read and enjoy!

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FAQI've been meaning to do this for a long time, and boy howdy is it long!!!  It's organized into a few different categories. I'll update as needed.  This may be repetitive to some, illuminating to others, and completely boring and useless to others still.
Happy New Year!
Animation Job FAQ
Q:  How can I get a job in animation?
The absolute best thing you can do to get into animation as a career is to go to art school.  Not only will you learn how to draw and how to SEE, you will meet people, students and teachers alike, who will give you new perspectives and will likely be the sources of your future jobs.  (My first job came from one of my teachers.)
There are several schools that have fantastic animation programs that cover all facets of the atr form.  Schools like the one I attended, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, will teach you animation (2D and 3D,) character design, storyboarding, bac

BRONYCON Documentary is COMPLETE!
It's finally finished! It's been several months in the making, and took the dedicated efforts of some very passionate people to complete.
For those of you who may not know, Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony is a documentary (Produced by Michael Brockhoff, Executive Produced by John de Lancie, Tara Strong and myself) that endeavors to enlighten anyone who may be curious about who this unexpected fandom is comprised of, and just exactly why these adults are so passionate about something that was never intended for them.
You can purchase the documentary for download HERE!!!!
A gigantic thanks to all the generous backers who funded the film on Kickstarter. Your enthusiasm and support ensured the film could be held to a very high production standard. Additional thanks to the contributors: the bronies who agreed to be interviewed and/or to share their st

On Behalf of Everyone...Thank You.Earlier today I received a message from our Studio B receptionist letting me know that a package had arrived for me. While I wasn't at the studio, I had my good friend pick it up so I could retrieve it from her later on. At first I was a bit weary to the situation, I didn't know who it was from, nor was I expecting anything in the least. All day while Raven and I passed our time at the mall, I pondered and worried about the strangeness of the situation. I found it odd that someone would send a bouquet of beautiful flowers and two carefully wrapped presents to the studio (who wasn't my husband to be anyhow!)
Later on in the evening, I met up with Nicole and I finally got to see the gifts in hand. I brought them home and unwrapped them to find two giant boxes of delicious treats, and a letter that made my heart and mind feel at ease again. "SGT Dave", a soldier currently placed in Iraq had sent these wonderful gifts

My Little Pony Comic book is coming from IDW!I can now officially announce that I am the artist on the upcoming official MY LITTLE PONY Comic book being published by IDW and licensed by Hasbro. My pal Katie Cook is doing the writing chores, and she's got a GREAT start planned! The official announcement came at the IDW panel this morning at SDCC!
A MASSIVE kudos to Katie, as she suggested me for the art chores on the book. We have great goodies planned, and for both of us this is a labor of love, as we are both Bronies! Now you can understand all the recent Pony warm-up art I've been doing!

Daring DoSo after my recent time in the hospital, I've gotten into a series of books. Yeah, that's right, laugh all you want, you're just jealous.

Devious Journal EntryJust in case anyone was interested, shading from newest pic for the middle layers
1) Flats
2) Mask
3) Planning out highlights
4) Also dappled light filtering through foliage, shadows from beams
5) Finished shadow layer
6) Over the flats

Comic Con!!I'm heading out the door to go to Comic Con in just a few.  I thought I'd drop a little update to let you all know where I'll be, just in case you want to say hi.
Saturday, July 14 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Room: 5AB) ---I'll be at the Disney Channel Television Animation Panel with my husband Craig McCracken to talk about our upcoming show WANDER OVER YONDER and premiere a SPECIAL SNEAK PEEK produced just for Comic Con!
Saturday July 14, 2012 5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Sails Pavilion ---Then Craig and I will be SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS.  Come on by and pick up a WANDER OVER YONDER PROMO POSTCARD and we'll scribble our names aaaaaaaall over it!
Haven't heard of WANDER OVER YONDER yet?  Well, give your eyes a gander below:
WANDER OVER YONDER — Emmy-winning producer Craig McCracken, among the most sought-after talent in TV animation, is the creator/executive producer of Disney Channel's upcoming Wand

Billie the Unicorn in the iTunes store!Sorry to anyone who doesn't have a Mac, iPad, or iPhone. I know this was a big issue with my Girly Poo app too.
But if you happen to have any of the previous devices, the interactive "Billie the Unicorn" book is in the iTunes store! It's at a discount today! I'm still finding hidden animations and secrets. The programmers and animators at Mobad went to town sneaking in as much as they could.
Yay!
Billie the Unicorn interactive book app

ScreenshotI animated this. Insane color help from :iconprismageek: Maybe I'll be able to put up the wing animation cycle in the future.
This is not Supergirl internet. But she'll see you next spring! I'm also helping out on some other shorts. It sure was nice to get to draw the Titans again, and then they ate my life and beat me up in the face. Yay DC Nation!

the end of moonstuck + season 3 spoiler policyI really don't have the words for how incredible it's been reading everyone's responses to Moonstuck's ending. I had no idea that it had such an effect on so many people, and I'm so proud to have done something that's brought so much joy. Thank you to everybody who's read Moonstuck, whether you've been with it from the beginning or you just discovered it today, from the bottom of my heart.

As long as I'm updating, I might as well talk about my spoiler policy for season 3 (less than a week, oh gosh!). Essentially: I know we're all really excited, but please do not post spoilers for upcoming episodes on my profile/deviations/journal/etc. I will be hiding spoiler comments until ~24 hours after the pertinent episode has aired.
I will not post spoiler fanart here until at least 24 hours after the airing. If I have some to show before then, I'll most likely post it on my tumblr, under both a cut and a link.
On the

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WOW and THANK YOU!

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 5:15 PM

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Bronies never cease to amaze! We've far surpassed our fundraising goal for the BronyCon Documentary. Thanks to everyone who contributed and to all those who helped spread the word.

Please read this update from the BronyCon Kickstarter page...

Dear Princess Celestia,

What an amazing group of people Bronies and those who support Bronies are!

Twenty-four days ago we announced our dream of producing a documentary about the phenomenon of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and its dedicated fans who live its values in their daily lives. Well, not only have thousands of members of the Brony Community and other members of the public come forward to encourage us, enough of them have shown their generosity that we can make an even better film than we ever imagined! They also helped the project become the 2nd most funded film of all time on Kickstarter.

Thank you for your inspiration and the inspiration we have received, and will continue to receive, from people everywhere.

Your faithful students,

Tara, Lauren, John, Mike, Laurent & the rest of the crew.

MONEY RAISED:

$322,022 Kickstarter (before fees)

$26,142 Paypal (before fees)

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$348,164 GRAND TOTAL

The Paypal account at www.bronydoc.com will remain open for upgrades and new pledges. Announcements on when each level closes will be made on that page soon.

Please stay tuned for further updates, and thank you all again!

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*Pokemonkitten Dec 22, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

WOW! Congradulations!!!

Just to let you know, I love your work. I've loved foster's home of imaginary friends since I was little, and I'm a strong lover of mlp fim, which is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SHOWS!

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~SashaGoldwing Sep 5, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I cannot believe it, that's a lot!!

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~ShadowTheZoroark Aug 21, 2012 Digital Artist

Yay! ^^

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~gingapony123 Aug 6, 2012 Student General Artist

wow!That's some bits right there Mrs.Faust!
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~Wesdaaman Jul 27, 2012 Student General Artist

For some reason, I'm doing my best to stay away from this "documentary"

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~Realm-Of-The-Shadows Aug 6, 2012 Hobbyist Interface Designer

and why is that?

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~Wesdaaman Aug 6, 2012 Student General Artist

I am not like most bronies

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~Realm-Of-The-Shadows Aug 6, 2012 Hobbyist Interface Designer

elaborate?

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~Wesdaaman Aug 6, 2012 Student General Artist

elaborate what?

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*tamasan Dec 10, 2012

I think they meant to ask what it is about you that makes you feel you would make an unrepresentative sample of the brony fandom.

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