brianblackberry

Sketchbook pro,never heard of that one; I'll have to look into it.

Chotchkie looks so innocent and not mischeivious at all... but everypony knows she's anything but well-behaved. That said, still adorable.

It's always the cute ones

I'm not trying to knock the work here. If it read like that, I apologize. I'm just trying to relate my viewing experience and the opportunity to chatter about semi-related arting techniques came up too.She does kind of have a canter/gallop look to her, in that suspension moment between steps, but its hard to distinguish between that and a Pinkie Pie style bounce.But overall, this picture made me wish I hadn't missed out on the ponywalk threads.

She is cantering, that was the idea. Being in that in-between moment when all four legs are in the air. I wanted to show how she was happy with what was going on. More than that I am curious what people thought of the glow; mainly I wanted to try something else for it.

The tracks do tell some pony did go that way before, yes.

I'm guessing that's some kind of hibiscus flower behind her ear? (definitely gives a Hawaiian feel to it.)She looks like she's in quite a hurry. The tracks on the ground were my first visual clue that she wasn't about to run headlong into the stand, but it did make me wonder who had gone that way before her.(I don't mean to be contrary, but I did notice that Celestia's magic glow is yellow while her eyes are purple. I suspect you could probably use whatever color fits best though. I mean, really... its magic. )I get the impression from this pic that the gallopacous threats were pretty awesome.

I don't think she looks like she was going to run into the stand regardless. As for magic, it could be based on the cutie mark instead of the eye color. It is just hard to say.

Awesome stuff! The new magic effect looks good! Don't suppose I could ask you how it's done?I love how well the background turned out, despite how simple it is. Did you do the clouds yourself, or are they from the show?

I used the lightest color of her eyes (the highlights) as a guide since it looks like a unicorn's magic aura is the same as their eye color (purple for Twi, blue for Rarity). I set the brush to screen on a normal layer to do the glow. The extra glow on her horn were second strokes using that same screen brush. The sparkles are different, it is the same color but a screen layer with a normal brush (so the opposite of what I did for the horn).

As for the clouds, I used pictures from the show for reference, but I drew them myself.

I'm glad the only one who didn't like it is some kind of alien pony. Maybe I should take it down anyway once april fools is over?

Why? Its cute and relevant. Not breaking any rules or anything.

This picture just screams "style!"

"That's ok sugarcube, why don't y'all just keep it"

Well you can have Twilight's forehooves on the table with the scoreboard, so she is standing "up" but still using all fours.

I know it appears now and then on occasion (a, imo, failed attempt at shading to add depth) I just felt that in the picture you posted it seemed oddly prominent. Sorry, I get nit-picky about Rainbow Dash >.<

Edited it some, with luck, you'll hate the picture a little less.

I love 'em! Has one been picked yet? Number two is my favorite, but not by a very big margin.

The idea is to have them each used at some point, hopefully exchanged every few weeks until all are used and new ones are made.

2. the shading on the eyelid makes it look like she's wearing eyeshadow, which dash would never do - though I realize that's probably not your intention)

Nope never... Except those times she does because as Dessa said, they all do when certain expressions are used. Those who *really* have eye shadow (such as Rarity, Fleur, or the Spa Ponies) always have eye shadow that isn't a slightly darker version of their natural coat color.

GIF, PNG, and JPG are all acceptable formats; in short the image formats used for the Web.

Well as far as courtin', I wouldn't blame him for trying one of the Spa twins; they do seem friendly (and very cute )

Coolness. So why do you see yourself as a pegasus as a ponysona?

This Luna is still amazing none the less!

I HAVE FAILED

No you haven't failed, really it is the only part that really needs fixing and it isn't difficult to do so. I didn't just say what was wrong, I also gave a suggestion how to right it because I don't want you to drop the picture.

Sooner or later someone in the community was bound to make that joke.

We all wanna snug filly Twilight.

I think what needs to be done here with his short tail and the fur at the end should *hang* from the force of gravity. Even though it is short, there would still be a noticeable beginning of a downward sloping curve to it.

I know she is supposed to be gritting her teeth but it honestly looks like she has large white lips around a closed mouth. You should have the lines that separate the upper and lower teeth come from either side of her mouth and fade towards the middle.

He not good enough for you Scoots! D:

Eeeee... oh my gosh, this turned out *so* cute, I'm sure he's going to love this!

Of course I do, gift art always makes me so incredibly happy! Thank you!