I felt like trying to make a tutorial, so here you go. :<
Part 1 Useful links :

MLP-VectorClub quality guide :
[link]

's tutorials :
[link]

's Unicorn glow tutorial :
[link]
Color guide :
[link]
Cutie marks' gallery :
[link]Yes I didn't mention it in the tutorial, but I prefer using the MLP-VectorClub's cutie marks (well execpt in this example 'cause the cutie mark was really well drawn) rather than tracing the sketch. It's both faster and more accurate.

Thanks

for that tip on the eyelash part.

Last edit : 17/09/2012
When I attempt it, it gives me the chosen color of the gradient, not the gradient itself.
Am I doing something wrong?
Hopefuly this will help.
thanks a lot for your tuto. I begin with inskape and you work will help me .
see you
The sclera? Never heard of that before, I'll add it to my vocab. Thanks.
I was ok with this at first, since I had no other choice to taper the strokes, but now that I use ponyscape, it just sounds like the dumbest thing to do.
You should always keep as much strokes as possible, because you might want to reuse it or tweak things a little in the future.
Ponyscape has remedied this? I demand that you explain how. By the way, I actually completely agree with your points, but who the helm downloads our vectors to do crazy stuff with them? They only ever use the exported raster... *sigh*
I don't make paths for the outlines anymore, it's all strokes.
So, let me get this straight, you're doing what I do now?