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Published: 2012-07-12 00:52:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1549; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 0
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Description Yay! Ponysona! EDIT: Now with shading!

Good gosh this took me FOREVER! First I tried to use *real* horse proportions, then I learned that the toys don't have the same proportions/shape as the cartoons...

So, yes, it's not perfect. But it's the closest I'm going to get without having to move to a padded cell.

I am particularly proud of the wings & tail. The tail was a pain in the flank, but came out perfect. And I love the wings. Just, love.

Speaking of which, I feel I should explain why I'm a winged unicorn before I get accused of mary-sueing. I want you to imagine something: If Faust's ponysona were to appear in Equestria, I'll bet Pinkie Pie (being Pinkie Pie and all) would recognize her as the creator of the cartoon. All the other ponies would of course recognize her as someone extremely powerful, but wouldn't really understand who she is.

I am working on a book series in which I, the author, appear in the story and interact with the characters. Only one of my characters knows that he's a character in the book & that I'm the author - the rest just know that I'm all-powerful for some reason. (There's more to it than that, but it would take about five and a half years to explain it all. )

I also enjoy sticking my main cast and my all-powerful self into other fictional settings & seeing what happens. If I were to appear in Equestria & take my characters with me, I would still be my all-powerful self - hence my cutie mark, which is the "logo" for my book. Yet notice, I'm regular pony-sized, because I'd rather hop around as a "regular pony" then have everypony going, "Gasp! She must be like/related to/as powerful as Celestia!"

And yes, my hopping avatar has wings. They're just folded & hidden behind her mane.

I drew this in openCanvas, then inked & colored in Photoshop. By the way... anypony know if you can get the Pen tool to taper at the ends, and if so, how to do it? Thankies!
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Comments: 15

Aurora-Chiaro [2013-03-11 02:09:47 +0000 UTC]

She is very beautiful and I'm drawn to her lovely cutie mark:Wow:

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ssumppg In reply to Aurora-Chiaro [2013-03-11 03:15:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Nobodyspatzy [2013-02-14 18:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Wow, wings are, indeed detailed greatly! Only minor complaint is the front bangs on her mane would be better to flow a wee bit beyond her 'forehead' area... just to give it length. (Looks like it just sort of.. ends!) Other than that, I love this very great art!

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ssumppg In reply to Nobodyspatzy [2013-02-14 22:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you! I didn't want her bangs to be in her eyes...

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Nobodyspatzy In reply to ssumppg [2013-02-14 22:56:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh ok.. I suppose it just seemed a bit short, that is all!

You are very welcome!

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Merionic [2012-09-18 19:34:55 +0000 UTC]

Lovely character! I like her colour scheme! ^3^

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ssumppg In reply to Merionic [2012-09-18 23:17:27 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks!

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mortalshinobi [2012-09-13 19:17:53 +0000 UTC]

cute work.

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ssumppg In reply to mortalshinobi [2012-09-13 23:09:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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mortalshinobi In reply to ssumppg [2012-09-14 08:09:25 +0000 UTC]

welcome.

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KirriiHouseki [2012-07-13 23:46:12 +0000 UTC]

The wings and cutie mark look beautiful^^ I can never draw pegasus wings XD; but luckily for me my ponysona is a unicorn, so I don't have to~

Also, I'm not a real expert on Photoshop, but try using brush dynamics next time to try and get the ends to taper. I've never done it myself, but I talked to someone who did, and it did produce that effect, though you might have to be careful where the ends are so they taper off in the right places.

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ssumppg In reply to KirriiHouseki [2012-07-14 19:51:43 +0000 UTC]

Daw, thanks! The outline color for the wings was one of those "happy accidents" that make it look way better than what I had planned. I used to have trouble drawing wings too until my mom (who's a retired art teacher) taught me how. A tip: Focus on drawing the individual feathers, and make sure they overlap a bit. (Of course this doesn't really apply to typical MLP-style pegasus wings, but I never liked how those looked anyways.)

Hm, brush dynamics... I'll have to google that when I'm ready to tackle drawing ponies again.

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KirriiHouseki In reply to ssumppg [2012-07-15 07:03:50 +0000 UTC]

Alright, good luck!^^

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BlackCatMisfortunate [2012-07-13 02:05:09 +0000 UTC]

Generally I wouldn't accept another alicorn but for as active as people are, feck it but since you seem to have an adequate backstory i am allowing it.

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ssumppg In reply to BlackCatMisfortunate [2012-07-13 16:09:18 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Thank you!

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