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Published: 2014-09-20 22:13:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 2085; Favourites: 128; Downloads: 49
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Princess Celestia is awesome, but her mane is a pain. Her wings are a pain. Her magic is a pain. Even her tapestries are a pain. But I think I've learned more about drawing and how to organize layers than I have in all previous images I've done combined. It's not the best, but I needed to get it done. I'll probably do this again in a year to compare progress!I used this screenshot as a reference, but this is the first time I've actually gone rogue. There was no way I was using season 1 wings and magic, so I looked up some later references and patched them in. (Maybe next year I'll go for a fancy "galaxy" mane, but, uh... Not this time.)
I should start logging hours. I estimate this one at about 18 hours.
(WIP 1 , WIP 2 , WIP 3 )
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this is excellent! however, her mane is a bit large, her wings are too large,and i'm not really liking the black outline.those tapestries are amazing,and extraordinary work on the door. her eye and hooves are way too small, and i don't think her horn is long enough............ also, her horn is a little too short. really liking the lighting in that room. it won't let me post this until i write other stuff, so gimej jdhen heir neh udjkecn eydfgun xhirgkbc hfgy jug fcnliuy2g dbslfiwy gun sliyg rbn x hfjnhcx xude hgytur hfgydte ahfidlty qudstalknbd
over all, i really like this piece. two hooves up!
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I like the outline (probably just me) but alicorns always have larger then normal wings.hair,hooves,and horns but everything else is ok.
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Nice!
The pallete of colors is perfectly connecting with painting.
Shape of Celestia is great (RiP right front hoof [*]), the hair is a bit too big, quill and ink are good drawed, the background got really great detailed. Sparkles and other details are very great, but sometimes are too big. Shading is soft, which presents picture very great, but sometimes it's a bit hard to find out the shades. Sometimes shapes are too tiny. I want to know what is at room, which entrance is at right part of background (maybe it's Luna room).
Nice one, man! Keep your work e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w… " width="15" height="15" alt="
Thanks for the critique!
I've been sticking close to screenshot references while I teach myself. I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to go "ew, that doesn't work, I'm gonna change it" (wings and magic, in this case), but I'm still afraid to go too far and ruin something.
I should have tried to do more with the front-right hoof. (Now that I look at the reference, I see I totally screwed that up, especially in the shoulder area, haha. Oops. I must've thought the new wings covered it. Now I don't think they do...)
I like soft shading too much, I think. I need to experiment with harder shadows. I've been collecting examples to study, but didn't think I was ready. I agree that the shading is generally too weak. I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to do shadows and highlights on Celestia without discoloring too much. I'm still not sure how to do it. (Not start with pure white, I imagine.) It was easier shading Interrupted since there wasn't any white!
I wasn't sure what the things on the wall were, to be honest. I settled with treating them both as hanging tapestries, for better or worse. The one on the left looked like a door, but it has tassel things hanging over it, so uh. I don't know! (Apologies to Luna if I inadvertently removed her room!)
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