In this lecture, we'll be going over the process of learning how to learn Brony skills such as writing, drawing, vectoring, audio recording, and video production.

English Captions are available!

Recorded at Crystal Mountain Pony Con 2016.


The most useful resources:

The First 20 Hours (Ted Talk):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY

Equestria Daily's tutorial codex:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/06/tutorial-codex.html#more


Recommended Books:

Outliers:
https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell-ebook/dp/B001ANYDAO

(Most recommended) The First 20 Hours:
https://www.amazon.com/First-20-Hours-Learn-Anything-ebook/dp/B00AFPVPDG/

Getting Things Done:
https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity-ebook/dp/B00KWG9M2E

(Highly Recommended) The War of Art:
https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Steven-Pressfield-ebook/dp/B007A4SDCG

Steal Like an Artist:
https://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative-ebook/dp/B0074QGGK6


Writing Resources:

http://FiMfiction.net

Monthly(ish) anonymous writing contests:
http://writeoff.me/

Short podcasts on writing:
http://www.writingexcuses.com/

Minimal writing space, with kittens!:
http://writtenkitten.co

Countdown timer:
http://e.ggtimer.com/20%20minutes

Keeping track of word count via twitter:
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/377927/making-a-habit-of-writing-everyday-a-twitter-account

Or via spreadsheet:
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/400083/a-writing-log-to-track-your-progress

Zen's writing guide:
https://www.fimfiction.net/writing-guide


Watching video tutorials using Video Speed Controller chrome extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk?hl=en

Drawing:

How to draw a My little Pony basic (by Art ala Carte)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=302KXlpagA0

Steal Like an Artist (Ted Talk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oww7oB9rjgw

Vector Resources:

Basic vector explanation:
http://mlp-vectorclub.deviantart.com/art/Vectors-and-You-376536015

Fantastic Inkscape tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dashohalite/videos

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1BOtbxaKI8

MLP Vector Club:
http://mlp-vectorclub.deviantart.com/

MLP Vectors Subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/mlpvectors


Audio Recording:

Well done 17 part tutorial on recording and editing in Audacity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbT9YhDriNM

My workflow for finding and using sound effects:
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/488712/workflow-for-finding-and-using-sound-effects-in-fanfiction-readings

Adobe Creative Cloud:
http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html

Lynda.com:
https://www.lynda.com

Animation:
Open Toonz- Open source animation software:
https://opentoonz.github.io/e/


Random resources:

Make Gifs quickly:
https://gyazo.com/