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Minty Root

@mintyroot.bsky.social

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CG Generalist by day, Brony Fan Animator by night He/him, bi Icon by @crescend.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/mintyroot

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · Feb 23

Updated my Minty ref sheet, finally added a reverse side for the mane.
You can still just flip the original side tho.

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 1h

How much money are they putting on AI again?
(feat @vinylmix.pony.gg )

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 14h

Had to rerender an old sequence for a project, the original one was made in Blender 2.65
One good thing is that on modern hardware, these old scenes render pretty fast even at 4K.
It does however remind me how janky early Blender was. You'd have to dial sample settings per material.

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 15h

Nowadays I describe the furry fandom to people as four smaller fandoms in a trenchcoat, and it seems like bronies understand it better that way?

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 15h

I remember those days, one guy in our group chat would lose his mind whenever someone would post anthro pics.
I think part of it came from how the furry fandom was seen in the mainstream in the early 2010s, making a lot of people think they wouldn't fit in.

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 17h

No no, I'll build up the courage and face the bisexual thoughts like a real man.

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 19h

Heartbreaking. Blackmagic Camera brought Open Gate support to their Android app.
It works in HDR.
It doesn't work at 4K.

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 23h

I like how they just say it's a movie from the Daniels, that's all they need to hype people up.

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 23h

Given the amount of pieces, you'd probably need to do ranked voting. You might need something outside of Bluesky anyway.

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 1d

Should we hold a vote to see which ones are the most popular?

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 1d

I blame that horse for my bisexuality.
Anyway, meet the guy behind him this year at Ciderfest!

Taylor #GlimmerGang @taylorbmcardle.bsky.social · 1d

First GOH has been announced for Ponyville Ciderfest, the one and only Andrew Francis voice of Shining Armor is coming to Milwaukee in November! TWILY! 💜 ponyvilleciderfest.com/guests/andre...

Art by @slushpony.bsky.social #PVCF25

Andrew Francis - Ponyville Ciderfest 2025 Guest of Honor

Andrew Francis will be at Ponyville Ciderfest 2025! Register today to see them and the rest of our guests this fall in Milwaukee!

ponyvilleciderfest.com

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 2d

And I'm back home.
Pretty crazy to think I was away for two whole weeks.

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Silver Quill @silverquill.bsky.social · 2d

Did a little more work on Twilight's evolution from crowning to growing into the next Equestrian ruler. Upon the advice of @mintyroot.bsky.social, I tried a more stylized, rounded mane style before her powers grow to the point where she just has to let it flow freely.

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 2d

Heading back to Montreal tonight. The last week has been a lot tbh.
When I get back home I'll start syncing up the updates to my current pony project to the main database. Got some animation done, but I haven't been able to add it to the full project yet.

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 4d

The same kind of people who thought politicians were shape-shifting reptiles because they didn't understand MPEG compression?

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K. Hadley @isitlunchyet.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for commissioning me @ajunrules.bsky.social ! I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out! (posting the watermaked version for reasons)

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Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 4d

And safely returned home from the Quebec Comiccon. Had a lot of fun.

Minty Root @mintyroot.bsky.social · 4d

Personally I feel like Butterscotch just makes more sense with longer hair. It contrasts well with Rainbow Blitz and seems to fit the feminine color palette.