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SambaNeko — Rainbow Resolve
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Published: 2014-06-07 17:31:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 8681; Favourites: 676; Downloads: 409
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Kinda like the other side of "Harmony" - that was Twilight at the season premiere, this one's at the finale.I don't care for the official Rainbow Power designs, but I think they can look good with a bit of artistic license and toning-it-down. Spike's included because I needed someone to fill Twilight's color in the rainbow.
I tried to gain more experience with Illustrator's Gradient Mesh tool on Twilight. This allows you to make complex color gradations - such as highlights and shadows - on an object to convey depth and shape more realistically than a linear or radial gradient can achieve.
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EDIT: changed her facial expression; original version is here , and wallpapers below.
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Nice job; I really like the coloring and lighting. The general style is gorgeous in fact
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I don't know which of her facial expressions I like more. c:
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Very nice use of colouring, so bright and pretty
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So I've been away from pony stuff for a while, but decided that a nice lazy Sunday would be perfect for getting back into it. Just fuel up some positive energy before I had to get back to work next week.
So I head to EQD, I read the news, listen to the music, watch the animatics, and of course, I glance through the drawfriend stuff. And I was not let down, a couple of particularly nice pictures stood out to me among the bunch, so I click them to see if there's more where that came from, and to learn the names of the artists.
Now, imagine how thrilled I was. When I ended up here at the page of one of my favorite artists.
(internal squeeing intensified to say the least)
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The shading you did on Twilight is badass. Can't believe you were able to pull off that effect in Illustrator!
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Wonderful work. It really look great.
It's only Twilight's facial expression that makes me wonder. *chuckle* Maybe she realized something and is thinking: "I wonder how this rainbow would have looked like if we were all gray, brown and black and white...."
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My husband had similar feedback on her expression... so I changed it a bit. I think the first version fit more with my original draft, but the concept changed in progress...
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The super rainbow friendship form that appeared in the season finale does not match the show's art style. They can definitely look cool, just not when they're forced into the rather simple and elegant style of the show.
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that's a great piece of art, I love all of the silhouettes in the background :3
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I need to look into that tool, I didn't realize you could do such cool things with it.
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It can do crazy stuff - like photo-realistic textures of skin, metals, etc. Some examples: 10steps.sg/inspirations/artwor…
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