Played with the poneatomy a little. This is what came of trying a new style of sketching. I've been sitting on it for a week or so trying to decide whether having lineart is incompatible with my shading. Decided to just post it.
Outstanding work of art. I simple love it. I think I should move on drawing pony characters, but I am taking my time right know. I admire your work. Keep them up. You are awesome.
I like this style! ^^ Anatomy, shading, everything is very appealing. The linework looks great with this shading style; everything feels unified. Awesome work! I wonder what, or who, the surprise could be?
I think it looks great! I love this look. Also those foreshortened feathers are really well done like wow. I'd say the way you did the lines with the shading 100% works
Yeah man. That line color choice and line hierarchy? Fantastic. I absolutely love both ways you render stuff so go at it how you feel. I could eat it up all day. ALL DAY SON.
Incidentally I think the shading works great with the lines here. It's a high, stark place up there full of sudden dangers! so those blues and sharp terminator lines really make it seem like she's being pranged and punked by something diving out of bright, dizzying sunlight.
Other than that I guess: lines and abstraction for inviting us into the character and imagining ourselves in their horseshoes, or lineless and more realism for slightly unreachable grace and power and/or conveying subtleties in a pony's character? But those are so totally just artfart guidelines; I dig this piece. Thank you for sharing!
Heey, thanks for the deep thoughts about art symbolism and stuff.
To be honest, I often don't think about what I'm trying to convey in a piece, beyond the literal "this is a thing which you can see", so my style choices tend to be just sort of my attempts to aim at whatever looks good to me at the time. Sometimes this works.
"That was AWESOME! I felt as if my blood was flowing right into my hooves! Tell GMA that those aerobatic fly-boys from overseas are cleared to start practicing with this plane for the Exhibition, and send the eggheads who designed and built this my regards!"
--- Earth-pony pilot, after a test flight with one of Golden Meteor Aircraft company's new Martin 262 jet aircraft, a few weeks before its premiere at the 20th international Pegasus Aviation Exhibition.
"So, what's Yer take on that contraption, Rainbow? Yer the hotshot flier here, what do YOU think about lettin' anyone who can fit in teh seat of some machine, just zoom around the sky like that? Didn't think somethin' made ah that much metal could even fly AT ALL, mahself..."
--- Applejack, to Rainbow Dash after the Aviation Exhibit a few days later, during which the former saw the Ma-262 in action.
Wonderful work
Nicely done.
KA-PUUUUMMM
AAAAARREREAAAAAAAAAaaa......*ding*
Hehehe nice view we got there ! oh wait is dis RD ???
RD MOVE MOVE MOVE !!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*inahle*
FREEEEE BOOOKKKZZZ HERE !!!!!
Dashie looks cute when she's surprised!
I wonder what, or who, the surprise could be?
Other than that I guess: lines and abstraction for inviting us into the character and imagining ourselves in their horseshoes, or lineless and more realism for slightly unreachable grace and power and/or conveying subtleties in a pony's character? But those are so totally just artfart guidelines; I dig this piece. Thank you for sharing!
To be honest, I often don't think about what I'm trying to convey in a piece, beyond the literal "this is a thing which you can see", so my style choices tend to be just sort of my attempts to aim at whatever looks good to me at the time. Sometimes this works.
Pony with quick reactions. That's our Dashie. But will that save her? Stay tuned for grit, determination and heroic valour!
I can not anatomy.
--- Earth-pony pilot, after a test flight with one of Golden Meteor Aircraft company's new Martin 262 jet aircraft, a few weeks before its premiere at the 20th international Pegasus Aviation Exhibition.
(And now we have continuity! btedge116.deviantart.com/art/P…)
--- Applejack, to Rainbow Dash after the Aviation Exhibit a few days later, during which the former saw the Ma-262 in action.