Sweet Apple Air

C'mon Applejack...I know we all do it, but can you at least pass your gas politely? Just because you're a country girl doesn't make farting near your friends any more acceptable.

Wow! Okay, ya'll still remember me right? I can't believe the last comic I posted was back in February! Now, I'll have to admit...I had been getting burned out on making comics, and wanted to focus on the faster turn around time of posting hand-drawn pencil art instead of digital art. I also was unhappy at the quality of the work I was posting. I mean, it was good, but being my own toughest critic...there were way too many flaws. However, drawing regularly for my tumblr had an unexpected, but thinking back on it, rather obvious side effect. I perfected my style a bit more, and can draw a heck of a lot better now! After I noticed the drastic improvements in my drawings last week after looking through some of my older art, I had the sudden urge to start working on comics again!

That brings us to this comic... Back in early March 2014, I had scripted this comic and had even completed the background vector, plus the first frame. Despite being rather far along with this one, my lack of interest in actually working on it, plus the unfulfilling art style and the rather lame comic idea (which may or may not have already been done. Apologies ahead of time if it has) made me just abandon the project. Months later, over the week of Independence Day, I was in Seattle with my friends, and later attended Everfree Northwest. Their hi-jinx, and rather often made fart/butt jokes reminded me of this comic that I had thrown to the side. It made me sad having the assets I had already created go to waste, so once I was back home, I revived the comic. The background is still the same from March, but the characters of each frame were redrawn/vectored in my new and improved style. For comparative sakes, here is the original frame 1, which I completed on March 27, 2014:  sta.sh/0wwr54738x3

Needless to say, I am very happy with how this comic turned out, and I hope everyone enjoys it! I'm sorry for the lack of art (outside of my Tumblr account) posted to this account over the past several months. I am tossing around several comic ideas in my head that I am eager to share, so keep an eye out on this account for more comic/tumblr goodness in the near future!

Oh! I also randomly videoed myself drawing the characters for frame one. The video quality is poor, and it is upside-down, but I know some people like watching that sort of thing, so here is the link for that as well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBMEK1…

Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Lyra Heartstrings ® Hasbro
Art by Chris Behrendt
Originally completed on July 17, 2014