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Nightly Shimmer

Rariedash

Published: Dec 4, 2014

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Hi everyone

my newest picture showes Sunset Shimmer. Its the 2nd Picture of her I ever made.
And remember the first was just a Headpony picture, so we could say. It doesn't count.
So lets talk about Sunset. Do you just know her role in the Movie, or did you read the
first EQG comic? Its important, I think to know her hole story (as long as the comic is canon).

Sunset it for my the typical stereotype American beauty in College movies, who is a little bitch in
first appears and change over the time (or at the end, if you don't need good character development
like in the EQG movie), to a more and more good person. The comic showes Sunset in a bit other perspective.
Its starts with some experiments and test in Canterlot while Sunset showes very easy that on this point she is way
more skilled in magic then Twilight. But it makes her a bit more arrogant and snobby. Like Anakin Skywalker as a
padawn if you want. She stressed up with Princess Celestia and flees into the world of EQG (I will keep some spoilers for you).
I have a big problem with her character cause the movie was so bad written that she haven't a chance to be a very good villain, nor a fallen person,
who just need friends. Yes we all could image the idea behind her. But the failed to push the tempo for some stupid jokes and scenes destroy her
to be a well written character. I know kidshow and so on. But what always deny the potencial and claim? Its really that Hasbro wanna go safety?
I guess so, but on the other hand there are enough examples (also) in MLP that shows me that it works, too.
Sit on your plot and for goodness Sake, write a good script. I mean, 'yeah, look at me I'm a overpowered super
villain with twilight's crown in my claws.' zapp ' oh I'm sorry, I never had friends like you, Im so alone cry cry'. Come on....

Well I really would love to see more in Sunsets past and to explain why she becoming that pony/person.
And look at EQG2 (or not, urgh). Here she is a submissive person hanging out in the background and lost complete her character.
Argh I dont know. I really like her design, name and even the EQG model. But uhm, her character just need more input.
Maybe thats the reason I avoid to make pictures from her a long time. Its the same like Silverspoon and Tiara.
They are so flat and stupid characters, even snips and Snail have more personality.

So, my picture wouldn't cure the problems I have with Sunset. But it was real fun to make.
I love to make pictures with the mood of "everything is quite and fine ".
And maybe it helps to give Sunset more fans and maybe their give her more personality than hasbro every can.
Gosh we really need Faust back, I think.

For the pose I was inspired by some Luna picture, cause I just save it with my Iphone it removed the original name
of the picture. So if anyone knows the original just type me I will credit it.

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Wodahseht

Jan 4, 2015

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact

Vision/Originality: So much Sunset art seems to focus on expressing some specific personality trait (canon or not) such as domineering, confident, shy, remorseful, etc. It's nice to see one that is completely neutral in that manner and is simply a study of her at rest.

Technique: The individual pieces of the image lack any real sense of depth on their own given the manner of shading. Instead it seems more like a series of flat layers stacked to make a complete image. I do not, however, consider it a flaw. The avoidance of "normal" coloring/shading enhances the contrast between subject and background in a very positive way. Using the blue background as the counterbalance to Sunset's predominately orange coloring was also a good move.

Only have two extremely nit-pick "negatives" on this image: The muzzle's corners seem too sharply defined for me. They don't look wrong, but it just doesn't feel quite right and I can't express why. Could just be pure personal preference, I'm not sure and not going to ding you for something I can't figure out is actually a problem.

Other thing is the upper portion of right foreleg seems slightly dis-proportioned. Could be just the shading playing tricks with my eyes, but the forward (right) outline feels like it is too deep a curve.

That out of the way - I'm totally in love with how the hair looks in this.

Impact: This piece didn't spark a strong emotional impact in me per se, but I do find it peaceful to look at. It also stands out enough from the majority that it did bring me to pause for some time just to let it soak in as I attempted to figure out why it grabbed my attention. Any art which can grab the attention when it would otherwise wander has an impact, good or bad, and I rather feel this one has a positive impact.

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Been a fan of your art for a while now and always look forward to the next piece you'll share.