Kind Shadow

Maybe you should. It might be good practice? During the Renaissance, artist openly used other people's work as reference to improve their own ability. Artist would draw sketches of classical Greek statues to improve their skills. As long as your having fun and drawing, copying another artist's work can be a worthwhile endeavor.

When you feel comfortable you can graduate from studying other artists, to using actual photos, objects, or people, as reference.

That is how I got to where I am today, and how I plan to continue improving my ability.

By the way, thank you for your kind words. It really means a lot to me. ^ ^

Another good way to improve your abilities and study other artists is to talk to them and ask questions, like did.

Asking more specific questions will probably provide better results. For example, I can tell you how I did that 'shinning horn' effect. You may be able to guess how I did, but just in case... I did it by drawing the pony and the background first (which was mainly just a lot of shading), then I just quickly dragged my eraser away from the horn in various directions, creating those streaks of light.

So... cute.... >,<

Maybe it should be Princess Celestia?

But a Zelda/Sheik pony is also full of win.

Again, it's very good. It's very true to the style of the show.

I suggest making the lines darker when coloring... well... it might not be necessary considering the style of the show's lines. Maybe, it would be better to change to color of the lines to blue or something?

You can easily make the lines darker by messing with brightest and contrast before coloring. And, if your interested, I can pm you an explanation on how to use saturation to change colors.

>,< Sorry for rambling on a bit...

She is very cute. ^^

And, yes you will get better if you keep trying. That's a very good drawing as it is, though. Keep having fun with it, and you'll only get better.