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Plains of Marks

Published: Feb 25, 2014

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"Striped equines walking across far and open lands. They share their marks and often adorned in golden ornaments. Foraging the plains for knowledge, becomes masters of the lands, gathering herbs and other materials to brew their mystical potions.

Although not as prevalent in the most parts of Equestria as their other relatives, they take their own important role in Equine society. Some travel further lands beyond their own often with ease due too often having to walk long distances already. There they share and extend their knowledge.

They can often harness the lands in ways others can't, believed to posses powers of their own. Crafting various items, some to cure, some for decoration or enhancement but some also to harm."

This piece had multiple motivations behind it. For one I'm really curious to Zecora and her background in MLP. Such mystery. I also wanted to include their presence in my 'First Contact War'. assasinmonkey.deviantart.com/g…

They're still Equine as well and since I have the Equine Empire named that specifically to include them amongst other. The Pony kind recognizing them as their closer relatives and thus accepting them more easily as their own, giving them more freedom and a bigger presence within the Empire. Like any other pony kind would receive.

That and just the advantages it has to keep them in Equine presence, having unique powers of their own hehe.

Approx Time: 9 hours
Time Lapse: youtu.be/Np9BE9XdeYw

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1920x1080px 2.27 MB

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Sensko

Feb 25, 2014

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Well, might as well give this critique thing a try.
First of all, I love it. Love your style, love the aesthetics and especially the setting you're creating; I can't wait for what's next.
My favourite things would have to be the jewelry and the asymmetrical stripe pattern of the zebra on the left.
My only gripes would be the anatomy of the rightmost zebra (the right forelegs seems a bit oddly positioned and the neck seems a bit short) and the fact that the fetish is a bit lacking in detail, especially with the viewer's gaze being directed towards it by the zebras' eyes.