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Published: 2011-10-04 13:56:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 659; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 12
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Description Yes deadline looms for the end of the PMD event and I am drawing PONIES.
Shut up. >:{


So I have been extra crappy feeling for the last idk, whatever my last journal said and including the time since then. You know what is great for when you are too blah to draw? flashgeneratorthings. So after making a pony of every OC in my OC creature folder and other random shit I decided to make a boring looking pony and I liked her best.

In a world where everypony is bright and colorful primary colors I wanted to make one that was normal. Dust Cloud is a mundane grey pinto with a white mane, her only coloring being her eye and matching cutie mark which remain an unsaturated teal that might have looked grey compared to everything else.

The cutie mark is why she got herself a drawing and is in the main gallery instead of scraps like the ponysona I put up earlier. It was originally slightly more simple because boring, but when I plugged it in the generator the wing covered up half of it, and I noticed it looked like this . Since this is the art site and not the car site I will assume this requires explanation. That sign is the german autobahn sign that means end of speed restrictions. Suddenly the mundane Pegasus is a lot less boring, and now warrants a backstory.

Dust Cloud was a racer. As a young pony she showed great potential in flying skills and winning the Best Young Flyer competition a couple times. One day preforming a dangerous dive things went horribly wrong and she lost control, falling from the sky. Dust Cloud received many serious injuries but most devastating was permanent damage to her left wing, damaging flight feathers and causing lingering pain when attempting to fly quickly. She still can fly, but it is painful and nowhere near what she was once capable of. The cutie mark remains a bitter symbol of the lost limitless potential she had as she now lives her life as an earth pony.


edit: I am accidently uncreative again. Apparently Dusty has a relative in the wonderbolts and I didn't notice as he is on screen like once in two episodes. OOPS.
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Comments: 18

hatoCAFE [2012-03-30 00:56:21 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps that her brother/cousin/other can serve as a bittersweet reminder of her racing past

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totallyawesomesteph [2011-11-10 14:02:43 +0000 UTC]

I just caught your "accidentally uncreative" thing. Dude, they so do not look that much alike. ff Don't read into it. /< There are only so many designs in the world; some of them are bound to be similar.
It's her cousin.
Sven.
She likes rocks and farting smoke the same way the rest of the Wonderbolts do.

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KatIsConfused In reply to totallyawesomesteph [2011-11-10 14:11:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I am not too broken up. He has like 1 minute of screentime total.

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unitoone [2011-10-30 16:55:09 +0000 UTC]

Great story.
It's very sad to know, that someone's dreams and goals were shattered...forever.

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KatIsConfused In reply to unitoone [2011-10-30 17:34:07 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it is a rather depressing place to be

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AuroraOfTheDawn [2011-10-24 00:10:25 +0000 UTC]

omg i love this! great backstory too! check out my oc: [link]

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Horsesnhurricanes [2011-10-19 06:24:24 +0000 UTC]

And yet again I drop by the page of one who I recognize from the forums a while back, only to find they too have been affected by the pony craze. I always love seeing peoples' OC ponies, as they are a wonderful reflection of one's personality and interests, all wrapped up in an adorable pony shell. Nicely done!

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KatIsConfused In reply to Horsesnhurricanes [2011-10-19 06:40:05 +0000 UTC]

Eh for someone who was drawing endless pokeymans it was only a matter of time.
YAY CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN
Glad you like Dusty

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captain-70s [2011-10-04 19:43:40 +0000 UTC]

Sad story is sad.

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KatIsConfused In reply to captain-70s [2011-10-05 05:43:06 +0000 UTC]

yes

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GalacticGoat [2011-10-04 17:58:24 +0000 UTC]

Aww, poor sad pony. Really interesting backstory considering in brings into question how cutie marks could effect a Pony if they couldn't do their destined job anymore or found something more interesting to do. Btw I did draw myself as a pony but the image is in sketch form right now, I will try to get it done before the weekend :U

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KatIsConfused In reply to GalacticGoat [2011-10-04 18:00:49 +0000 UTC]

She can technically still fly, but of course it is not exactly fun anymore. I have a somewhat answer for the second part in the next picture that I will end up drawing probably soon.

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GalacticGoat In reply to KatIsConfused [2011-10-04 18:02:21 +0000 UTC]

awesome.

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KatIsConfused In reply to GalacticGoat [2011-10-04 18:59:12 +0000 UTC]

[link] here is preview

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GalacticGoat In reply to KatIsConfused [2011-10-04 19:26:05 +0000 UTC]

awesome.

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Aquamarine-Ink [2011-10-04 14:33:49 +0000 UTC]

Icredible *o*

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KatIsConfused In reply to Aquamarine-Ink [2011-10-04 15:51:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Aquamarine-Ink In reply to KatIsConfused [2011-10-04 16:35:55 +0000 UTC]

No prob!

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