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>I would need to compare it to his other work in other comics before I could say it's better or worse than his standard but it looks very good for the standards of FiM comics.
neither do I have the ability to compare to its earlier work. However, I can compare this to the rest of the comics I have seen over there and the quality is outstanding, especially when you take into account that this issue was rushed and IDW told him to change his plans for drawing this comic instead of the one he was working on.

>I will say that the quality of the ponies is much more consistent for sure but there are perhaps some places where I could see a rushed feel.
eeeyup and he has admitted it several times in the thread in which he posted the backstory of this comic.

>I have only wondered into pencil's tumblr a few times it's probably been a year as I am not really a big fan of his stuff but I remember seeing blogposts of him mentioning the strungle of meeting deadlines and him working till his hand couldn't write do to the perils of being a freelace artist. Is there is some drama involving him lieing or being lazy? Because I have always taken it pretty sincere and felt sorry for the dude.
I do believe that it´s not a matter of being insincere because he has to be quite dedicated for lying and getting things to his side.
I´ve posted this just because it was way more interesting to discuss than shitposting negative reactions towards gen 4.5 (even though its hype has almost vanished surprisingly enough). Besides that, it shows how working on what you actually wish, as soon as the dreams become real,a lot of disappointments could await after reaching it.

I am not really fond about him nor I have followed him enough for obtaining a really valid opinion to make proper judgements that others know better, I leave this here so if anyone who knows him better can illuminate us or give a complete perspective of it. It also serves as an inherent context that gives this comic a little bit of depth for more discussion.

Either way, what I can say here is that Pencils wanted to draw for a comic related to the Pie Sisters (Maud and Marble Pie), characters that Pencils would draw with more passion. It turns out that IDW decides to change the task assigned for him and he feels really disappointed at drawing Ocellus instead. So this comic wasn´t the desirable plan that he would have liked to work on but he still delivers a really nice product.

What it is worrisome as well is that he expresses himself a little bit about not being as appreciated as he would have expected (calling him or the crew lazy at times) and he has to deal with these problems behind the creation of his works, running out of passion or becoming a little bit stale towards MLP mentally speaking.