Rat's Saucy Nest

Blech! I really hate moving.

Some quick and rough vent-art. (High res here) My wife and I are in the process of moving right now, we’ll have the moving truck tomorrow so we’re just finishing up moving the small stuff and packing up everything. I don’t think I’ve ever packed so many boxes in my life. We only live in a tiny studio, and yet somehow we managed to amass a huge amount of stuff. It’s insane!

Anyways, I’m going to be gone from the computer from now until after I’ve settled down in the new place in a couple of days. I’m still monitoring my email and skype on my phone, so if there’s something important, just drop me an email or an ask or something!

Also, I apologize for not posting any art in the last few weeks, preparing for the move took way more time than I anticipated. Plus most of the time not preparing for the move has been spent working on a huge Soarin/Spitfire/Rainbow Dash comic, which should be finished next week, hopefully! I’m super excited about it, and I hope you guys will enjoy it, too. It’s about 50% longer than any of my previous comics (Soft as Snow and Spilled Apples) and I can’t wait to finally show it to you guys. It’s the first time I’ve drawn so much straight sex! I think some of the panels are super hot. It will be released in a Pay What You Want format, just like my other comics, so you’ll be able to grab it for free or drop me a buck or two to support me and help recoup some of the moving costs, if you’d like! Also as usual, the biggest supporters will get some nice swag (a pre-print of an Applejack or Twilight Sparkle Dakimakura in this case!)

Anyways, stay tuned for this new comic, plus I have a couple of fun commissions and this month’s patreon picture in the pipeline, those should also be finished soon after I’m back from moving!

I’ll see you guys in a few days. The next post from me will be written from a completely new place. It’s the end of an era for me. It’s frightening and exciting at the same time!

Take care everybody,
Rat

Hey Rat, I used one of your lewd pieces as a reference for some naughty bits on an Epona sketch and it bears a little bit of resemblance to your great art. I’m making sure its alright with you before I post it to derpi in case someone flags it or complains. If you’re not ok with it I won’t post it. Thanks man!

Hey! That looks absolutely awesome! I always loved the idea of Epona as a pony. It looks great! And I don’t mind at all, using references is nothing bad at all. It makes you a better artist! As long as it’s not traced, there’s nothing shameful about it at all. Feel free to post it on Derpi! And I’m flattered that you’d use my art as a reference for the naughty bits. They look sweet and to be honest, if someone would’ve showed me that picture without context, I wouldn’t have realized it!

If someone complains about you being inspired by someone else’s art and using it as a reference, slap them with a horse dildo. Seriously. Every artist uses references. No one should expect an artist to create something only out of their own mind all the time. As long as you don’t trace, there’s nothing wrong with it. Using references helps you growing as an artist and you learn new things. Just don’t make a carbon copy of the whole thing you’re referencing, what’s the point in completely duplicating something that already exists, after all. Always try to put your own spin on it. Like here, using a reference to help out with a small part of a bigger image is completely okay and I’d say even encouraged. I use references all the time, and I’ve developed “my” style of genitals because I really liked how kevinsano and braeburned are doing things. So I used their art as a reference in the beginning, then I also started looking at real photographs to get another idea and added certain elements I like about the human anatomy until everything kinda mashed together into something I like personally.

Using references and getting inspirations from other pictures or photographs or real life is absolutely normal. I’m sure you also googled a picture of a carrot to draw that one carrot lying on the floor, no? If not then I’m really impressed by your mental image of carrots, haha. My mental image of things suck. In general most humans are horrible at remembering things correctly. Ever tried drawing a bicycle without looking at a picture of one? You’d think it wouldn’t be that difficult, after all we all see a bicycle many, many times in our lives, maybe even rode on one for years in our life. Hell, I couldn’t draw my phone completely accurately without looking at it, and I stare at that thing for hours every single day.

Eeeeeee! So cute! AJ truly was the cutest baby. First “Appufwittes?” and now that. Hng! I’m glad she didn’t have those weird eyes that the Cake babies have.

But yeh, cute episode! Lots of funny faces. And I kinda feel like drawing some pregnant Cadance, now. Could be interesting.

Actual dialog between Callisto and me:
Me: “Wanna watch the new pony episode? We’re gonna see Cadance and Shining make a baby!”
Her: “We’re gunna see them make a baby?!”
Me: “Well, I hope!”

Sadly I was disappointed. Someone should draw that! I saw one of my Shining/Cadance pictures got tagged as spoiler S05E19 by someone for a short period of time after the episode! Made me laugh. But sadly it doesn’t fit in the established timeframe, since my picture is their wedding night, and now the baby announcement was at least a few months later, if not more.

Guess what I’ve been playing? Undertale! I had to take a small break from working on poni and draw something from the game. Disclaimer: Temmie of course are 18+, as evident by their access to higher education, namely college!

High res here.

I was kinda influenced by a couple of Carrot’s pieces for this picture. I think it shows, haha.

I saw how the game exploded all over tumblr and the internet in general, but I didn’t really think I would enjoy it too much from the screenshots and stuff that I saw. Until a friend of mine bought the game for me and kinda forced me to give it a try. I instantly fell in love with it. It’s absolutely charming. The characters are all loveable and great, the writing is incredible, the ‘battle’ system is super interesting and each monster is different to interact with, the music is breathtaking and the humor really resonates with me. I still laugh about some of the jokes now, hours and even days later. And the game is pretty deep, I really like the story and all the details and there’s so much stuff going on and hidden and everything. The world is very fleshed out. Anyways, enough gushing for now!

If you haven’t played it, there’s this race of Monsters, called Temmie, and they’re basically the love child of a hyperactive, constantly vibrating tiny dog and a super excited, grammatically challenged cat. They’re adorable and insane and I just had to draw one of them, their shop keeper with a college degree (which I provided the money for, because I love Temmie) You only ever really see their sprites, so I had to improvise a bit with the design. I hope it turned out okay! I wanted to emulate the limited palette feeling the game has, too.

Anyways, thanks to everyone in the stream for watching me draw her and for watching me play Undertale! It was quite a ride that I won’t forget for a long time. I’ll probably play a genocide playthrough sometime soonish on twitch, since people seemed interested in watching me play through neutral/true pacifist!

Don’t worry, regularly scheduled poni will return soon. I’m working hard on a pony comic right now that should be released in about two weeks! It’s going to be huge!

Teaser of the exclusive picture I did for the second Pony Plotbook! You can order a physical copy for $30 or a digital one for $5 here. All proceeds go directly to the artists involved in the making of the book!  Any support is highly appreciated. Pre Orders end tomorrow, but there will be some available afterwards, since we’re gonna print a few more than we get preorders.

If you’d like me to sign your book or write something in it, just write it down in the Notes section. I live close enough to my friend Lysander (who is the guy responsible for putting the book together and getting it printed and shipped), so I can go sign some books before he ships them out!

More information about the project is available on the Pony Plotbook tumblr!

Thanks for reading!