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Published: 2013-05-07 15:02:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 20342; Favourites: 732; Downloads: 517
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Starswirl the Bearded lived a life dedicated to his craft. Cold and alone, but completely unaware of this, he strove to find... something, working harder and harder, but completely missing the point. He knew that alicorn power had something to do with what he was missing and thought that more magic was the key. (Because when doesn't magic solve problems?) His mind twisted, the world around him following. He crafted the alicorn amulet, determined to find that missing piece of himself.An anonymous commission.
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Star swirl the bearded officially appears in the mlp comics, he's nothing like this
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This piece predates the comics by a good margin.Β Clearly it's the mlp comics that are off baseΒ
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Btw, king sombras backstory comic is out. FIENDship is magic 1
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Comic, another multiverse that not affect the main serie headcanon if you wish.
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I guess you could be right, but u could be wrong as well, no one has ever said the comics are cannon. But they are the only ones to show star swirl in the flesh. Lazy show writers
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Can I use it as a cover for my fanfic (in polish)?
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that's the pony twilight dressed up as :3. I love the colors in this especially the red coming from his horn I love the moon reflection in the background and how it mixes in with the red glow good job on the story too 
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Starswirl Starswirl so you was the one who made it..thanks for being so mean to mah in Last Dawn the fanfic -Acaria
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This is amazing. Ironically, I'm currently writing a fan fiction concerning the amulet, but Starswirl instead sought to destroy it.
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King Sombra most likely created the amulet youtu.be/puUFAd1SQLQ
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"this will show those alicorns that I can be one of them"
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You've sold me. This is now my preferred and accepted theory.
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"You know I'm probably gonna regret this when some mare uses this to bully my great great greatX30 grandaughter"
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I'd still love to see an episode where we go back in time and meet Starswirl. That would be AMAZING.
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This picture, along with this one, [link] inspired me to write a little something something. Hope you don't mind.
By the way, this isn't about an alicorn amulet.
βMy entire life... Iβve searched and searched. For what, I donβt know, but I do know that it is... amazing.
Whatever Iβm searching for, I know it can do harm when in possession of an evil being, like a sword.
Whatever Iβm searching for, I know it can protect from harm when raised against overwhelming power, like a shield.
However, it is not an item; a physical wealth. It is not magic either; a spell or incantation. Whatever it is... words cannot describe it. It is not a feeling, no, it is more than that.
It once resided in me... but in my old age, it somehow slipped out under my raspy breath, and no matter how much I plea and beg and cough, it wonβt return.
This... thing... that Iβve searched for; the euphoria that exceeds all happiness, the hurt that surpasses all pain; the tool of enlightenment, the weapon of crippling; it is beyond my sight now.
Celestia... Luna... you will live to be millenia old... so, please, continue this search. I am so very sorry that I have failed you again.
As you progress in time, all I ask of you is to search, and to remember. Remember me; the little troublesome colt with an appetite for learning, the one that nearly killed hundreds with a magical outburst, the one that was trained to control it, and the one now in charge of magical research... Remember my apprentice, the sassy mare with a never-ending hope for pony kind, the one that nearly killed me with a magical outburst, the one I took under my wing, the one now in charge of social relations... And, of course, remember Him.
Make this world one He would be proud of.
Good luck, and possibly farewell. My current studies may prove to be fatal. If so... Iβm sorry I couldn't spend just one more day with you two.
As always... your friend/mentor/uncle, Starswirl.β
Also, great work! I love your art!
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Well this piece is certainly both well-written and well drawn.
You both did great. (I'm assuming the commissioner had the story, and you drew/colored it in.)
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wow, wonderful depiction of Starswirl The Bearded!
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*Starswirl grumbles* Rassa-frackin' Charlesdeleroy wants me to mass-produce these things? He's out of his mind!
*Charles does not contradict Starswirl's sentiment as he fabricates his sinister machinations...* }:3
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My own theory is that Celestia made it. This would have been during the founding of Equestria, there was much to do and sisters couldn't be everywhere at once. Celestia imbued a number amulets with her own magic. Essentially making any pony who wore one an alicorn. The amulets weren't intrinsically evil, their power was just to much for ponies to handle. In the end she gathered them up and destroyed them but one slipped by. It would surface every century or two and cause trouble but would always be lost before Celestia could get her hooves on it.
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WOW! this art style is SOMETHING ELSE! i really like this!
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That's not the correct type of magic there, Starswirl... (And I'm not talking the kind of magic with benefits~)
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Well I think it's obvious what he was really missing. He needed some friends. Didn't he?
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Wow - nice origin story for the alicorn amulet!
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Looks just like the ponified Decard Cain [link]
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As in, hot dayum, that is some impressive work there.
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"I can see no way this can bite me in the ass"
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A mind as wise as Starswirl, despite the flaws he may have commited, is enigmatic and interesting at the same time.
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Fantactic! I really like the idea and how lights and his magic looks. *.*
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Cool!
I bet King Sombra completed this after stealing it.
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Nice, although my theory is that another wizard or necromancer might create that. After all, his own magic on it's own is strong, but with the amulet, it amplifies his power. To the others who wear it, it'll corrupt the soul when the creator died and also live inside the amulet itself.
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That really is gorgeous. The amount of detail you've put into it is astonishing.
Still trying to save up something to commission you. You deserve the support for sure.
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Shame it's anonymous, because it's awesome, and also something I've been thinking of for a while. It wouldn't be implausible for Star Swirl to have crafted the amulet, given his reputation for magical power and his failure to find the true magic of friendship.
The distortion of the background here is just perfect, very fitting for what the description mentions. The detail of said background is wonderful, particularly on those books, that quill and the window with its moonlight-outlined frame and that cobweb. The lighting work here is superb, I daresay, particularly with the two light sources, and red and blue work together impressively well here. They also serve another good purpose of making Star Swirl look discoloured, with an unidentifiable true coat and hair colour in this lighting and the only clarity being his white beard. The texture of his furred face is amazing (the same goes for the visible leg and the shiny hoof, too), and the mane and hair hang down in a rather natural way here. Love how the hat and the cape link up in terms of position, looks great, and you managed to reflect the texture of the cloth remarkably well. Bonus points for those bells, particularly the one on the hat tip, as it reflects both light sources and looks great in its detail. The expression is perfectly fitting for what is present in the description. 's a sweet staff here, too, you managed to make it look properly wooden. Finally, the depiction of magic here is very impressive; his horn almost looks like a glass tube filled with it, or as if it's been heated up to red; the gracefully flowing lines of magic are beautifully rendered, and around the amulet itself they look properly vile and vicious, with that dimmer secondary glow making them look like jagged blades amid flowing blood.
I daresay that this is the most impressive piece of yours yet, at least to me. You're improving even more. Well done!
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Thank you for your kind words.
This is a perfect example of a 'push me' commission. The commissioner offered me much too much money for the concept, so I pushed myself in terms of composition, content, contrast, and rendering.
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I'll have to save up, then. At least two of my planned commissions could really use the detail.
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