I Wanna Be Just Like You! (V2)

Last night was a bit rough for me. Without going much into detail way too many things happened at one time and it pretty much had me reeling a bit. Couldn’t sleep, but there’s nothing new there, so I decided to paint. I had the lineart of my collab with Celebi-Yoshi lying around and I figured I’d go ahead and throw color on it, and here we are.

I kinda literally threw color on it without much direction so it’s certainly not as well-polished as it could have been. I’ll probably go back and touch it up, but for now I think it’s fine. If you’re curious, I used watercolor and acrylics on this one; took me about 4 hours to paint this. Honestly I was originally not gonna post it up but decided “Eh, why not”, and here it is. It looks a lot better up close and in person than it does here; I REALLY need a new scanner. :/

But anyway, I know I already posted up the headcanon on this in the collab upload but I suppose I’ll go ahead and throw it in here too.  The general idea behind it is that, after the death of their parents, Applejack sorta took up the mantle of being one of the primary caretakers of Apple Bloom. As such, AB sorta sees Applejack as the one she wants to be like the most. She certainly looks up to her Granny and Big Mac, but she definitely looks up to Applejack. AJ doesn’t mind this of course. 

Also, since so many folks seemed not to understand why my Applejack has scars: She and Big Mac are the primary protectors of the farm and their family from dangers that either wander into their orchard from the Everfree Forest or are mean-spirited ponies looking to sabotage their crop. Their height and muscular stature are usually more than enough to stay anything that could cause harm, but sometimes they have to actively fight off the threat, and they don’t always come out of it unscathed. Applejack got the scar on her back from a Timberwolf trying to pull her down, while the scars on her face and nick in her ear are from claw marks from a griffon bandit attempting to blind her. AJ doesn’t mind the scars though; if anything, it’s a neat little story to share if anyone asks about it, but other than that she doesn’t think much of her scars.

Buuuuuuuut yeah. There ya go, the traditionally colored version of this lineart. I’ma try to go to sleep, but I hope you guys like it, as sloppy as it is. c: