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Peruserofpieces — Princess Cadence Portrait
Published: 2012-04-19 15:38:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1295; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 0
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In honor of the Royal Wedding, I wanted to paint a portrait of the blushing bride, Cadence. I may or may not do Shining Armour too. Right now I'm leaning towards not, but maybe I'll get inspired after the wedding.
Not too happy with the frame--any suggestions?
Edit: Changed the background. It looks much better now!
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Thanks! It looks...what's the word? Lighter? Airier? Bah, it just looks better.
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She's so pretty! Nothing to add that I haven't already, although I do like the scroll work around the borders. Idk how I'd fabricate a frame 
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When I first started, I imagined it being in an oval-shaped frame, then changed my mind and tried to make a rectangular gold frame with scroll work and such, but thought it detracted from the picture, so subtracted the frame and left the scroll work, which left me with...this. So in short, I have no idea what I want or what would look good with it. Per SimonJeanetteFAN's suggestion, I'm gonna lighten up the design and make it more golden looking. Maybe that'll help. I've actually tried to do the "glass" look on other pieces, but it always comes off as an annoying smear instead of a clear, reflective surface.
But yeah, thanks as always! It didn't really come together exactly like I'd imagined (it always looks better in my head). I'm still not pleased with the overall composition, but I do like how she came out. I wanted to have her come across as more of a woman than an older teen (or however old she's supposed to be), with that quiet, inner confidence shining through in a sultry sort of way. OH, and I did try painting her 'other eye,' but it just came out googly.
Her color scheme has grown on me, too.
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Err, actually I guess they're having a unicorn party...that would make more sense...
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But we can still come over to play too, right?
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Of course! Sugar Grape is the only pegasus I have, she must be lonely
so I'm shipping her with Pepperdance
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Yea, I think you' have every reason to be pleased! Heh, I think her colors looks regal but feminine. I tend to like pastels and bright colors. Always like Lyra's colors too. Got my Lyra blind-bag figurine in the mail today. She and Twilight are having a pegasus party on my desk. Also, I'm a 10 year old girl.
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You should see my desk...
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Nice 
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That makes sense--if I lighten up the design, make it more yellow-ish instead of muddy gold, it should 'pop' more. I'm terrible at color theory, knowing what colors go well with each other and whatnot. I had a terrible time trying to pick a background color that suited her. I'll play around with that and probably upload a new version afterwards.
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you're welcome
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