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Birthday gift for BURNinNightmare 's little sister
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I really need to come up with proper titles again.

Done at last. The hard work did definitely pay off! *^*
I’m very happy with the result, especially since this is my first time drawing a friggin pony. ö_ö;

So yeah... I have been given the holy duty to draw a birthday gift for my boyfriend's little sister because I'm leaving Germany a few days before her birthday which obviously means I won't be able to attend it. Since she's a huge fan of my Little Pony (which is partly my fault, ahaha |'D) I had no choice but draw her a pony. c': So here goes Twilight Sparkle, my all-time first choice when it comes to MLP.

I definitely went far beyond the usual effort I put in traditional pics, buying new art supplies and trying out a few different methods in order to make it look pretty even without digital touch-ups, because they seriously wouldn’t have helped me this time. :’D
I kinda got inspired by luleiya 's tutorial to try out pastel chalk dust for the background and DAMN it was a good idea. I think I'm gonna use this method a little more often from now on, finally a way to add simple, yet pretty backgrounds to traditional pictures.
I also used a base as a reference for the pose. If there had been more time I might've studied the pony anatomy a little more and tried something on my own but... I got a time span of less than a week and 3 pictures to finish... OTL

Of course there are - as usual when I try to do traditional art - a few flaws and things that could’ve worked out better.
While everything went well on the hair, my BV17 suddenly went berzerk on Twilight's tail and ended up super dark and stripy for whatever reason. Not even shading did manage to fix it completely... x:
If that hadn't already been enough, there was suddenly a dark spot on Twilight's foot. I have no idea how it got there but it called for adding more spots, so here we go: meaningless dots. :'D

Nevertheless I THINK I can say that this is one of my best traditional pieces - colouring-wise at least. For once I can look at a traditional drawing of mine and not think "Ugh... my eyes."

» Media used: COPIC Ciao Markers, COPIC Multiliner, Fabercastell Polychromos & Pastel Pencils, Jaxell Pastel Chalk

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Comments: 16

TwilightIsMagic [2014-03-20 00:11:20 +0000 UTC]

Oh, and bonus points for such sharp, beautiful clarity in a traditional works. People often struggle to achieve this even with all the digital tools at their disposal.

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lunatic-neko In reply to TwilightIsMagic [2014-03-20 12:10:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. It makes me really happy to hear that, especially since I made close to no digital touch ups this time. >v<

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TwilightIsMagic [2014-03-20 00:10:47 +0000 UTC]

Rather nice indeed! Good use of shading to give her proper shape, and a rather nice handling of the expression. The hair doesn't disappoint either, the front of the mane in particular looks great. Well done.

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NuffieArts [2014-03-19 22:36:55 +0000 UTC]

I agree with you that this might probably be one of your best traditional artworks so far, and I really think that you did an overall good job on the coloring and the simple, yet fitting background. Especially the lilac parts of Twilight and the magic effect came out great, which is not that easy to do at all - considering the limitations one has to face on traditional artworks. Layers for highlights? pfah :'D All you can have is Opaque White ... or something

Something that's bothering me though is the big contrast between base color and shading on the mane and tail (it's probably my screens fault though). On the photos you uploaded to your tumblr account the colors may have looked a little more dull, yet in my opinion it looked a little smoother and not that "hard" - coloringwise

Pssht... you should add glitter to it. In star shapes. It would probably look fantastic. Not on a scanned version, but in real life o~o

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lunatic-neko In reply to NuffieArts [2014-03-19 23:02:50 +0000 UTC]

Now this was surprising... o.o Thanks a lot, that's really great to hear! ;v;
Yeah... one thing I really learned is that when drawing traditionally you have to think very well BEFORE drawing. But even then I accidently draw on parts I originally wanted to leave blank. I was only lucky that my pastel pencils were opaque enough to draw over the tail. c': (I don't even own any opaque white that isn't dried out... OTL ... need more money for art supplies.)

The big contrast might not be the fault of your screen but of the scan itself. After all I've made the shading with the exact same colour as the base so it would be weird if it was so much darker. Though anything could be possible considering how bitchy my BV17 was during the 2nd half of the drawing process... |'D But either way, it's smoother in real life, indeed. (The photos are "dull" because of a soft pink filter btw xDD)
Oh yeah glitter sounds nice, sadly I have none... c': and today was my last time being in Dortmund, so no more chances to get anything I suppose. >':

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NuffieArts In reply to lunatic-neko [2014-03-21 11:08:28 +0000 UTC]

Opaque White is always dried out, you can mix it with watercolors though - to make it pretty much every color you need.

Daww, no glitter .A.

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lunatic-neko In reply to NuffieArts [2014-03-23 10:15:09 +0000 UTC]

Is that so...? xDD Rather unconvenient for something that comes out of a tube... c':

Naw, no glitter. :C Maybe when I'm back I'll go and pimp her drawing xDDDD Though I'm also kinda afraid of messing around with glue on the drawing.... .__.;

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NuffieArts In reply to lunatic-neko [2014-03-23 11:13:50 +0000 UTC]

Mine doesn't come out of a tube but in a container (www.copicmarker.com/wp-content… , but sadly it's useless, because it dried up in that container, or more likely its components split up and now I have pigments and solvent in two different phases that won't mix together well .A.;; Meh...

Well, a stencil should help, then with a brush I'd apply the glue and then the glitter. I doubt that there'd go anything wrong o.o

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lunatic-neko In reply to NuffieArts [2014-03-23 11:23:28 +0000 UTC]

It says "page not found" but well then it makes sense. xD I only know opaque white like this ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I… and if that dries up it's definitely pretty useless. XDD I really really need to get new and proper drawing supplies one day. I mean I've wanted to get some decent white (idek what sort of colour most ppl use for it) to make those famous white sprinkles on my pictures for years already... .v. they're so pretty ;v;

Huh? A stencil? What am I supposed to do with that? o-o;

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NuffieArts In reply to lunatic-neko [2014-03-23 11:35:09 +0000 UTC]

Ah, because of the bracket at the end >__> Ever since deviantArt updated those links they're buggy as hell.
so, once more html has to save the day >A>
I tried making sprinkles with that one once, and it failed, because it seems to be too viscous.

Not mess up when doing certain shapes like hearts, stars etc when applying the glue? XD

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lunatic-neko In reply to NuffieArts [2014-03-23 13:17:48 +0000 UTC]

Pretty thing oo I've never bought anything from COPIC that's not either Markers or Multiliners... but then again I haven't had many opportunities to buy COPIC stuff yet...

Oh now I get what you mean xDDD I thought you meant star shaped glitter and not glitter in star shapes xDDD this makes more sense now

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NuffieArts In reply to lunatic-neko [2014-03-24 12:08:05 +0000 UTC]

It's the only thing outside markers and multiliners that I have from COPIC either.

Star shaped glitter would be a cool thing as well though o: I bet there's some on eBay somewhere!

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lunatic-neko In reply to NuffieArts [2014-03-24 12:25:39 +0000 UTC]

I'm pretty damn sure idee has that stuff, too. They had so much different glitter when I bought the stuff for Tini... o-o
But well this kinda stuff has to wait a year now... xDD

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Tails-275 [2014-03-19 21:39:39 +0000 UTC]

Ach ja Bücher
Rühr ich nur selten an

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lunatic-neko In reply to Tails-275 [2014-03-19 21:48:53 +0000 UTC]

Geht mir genauso, außer für die Uni... :'D Ansonsten doch eher nur Mangas.

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Tails-275 In reply to lunatic-neko [2014-03-19 21:57:15 +0000 UTC]

Ja auch gut^^
Ich less nur Halo Bücher

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