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Birthday gift for BURNinNightmare's little sister

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I really need to come up with proper titles again.

Done at last. The hard work did definitely pay off! *^*
I’m very happy with the result, especially since this is my first time drawing a friggin pony. ö_ö;

So yeah... I have been given the holy duty to draw a birthday gift for my boyfriend's little sister because I'm leaving Germany a few days before her birthday which obviously means I won't be able to attend it. Since she's a huge fan of my Little Pony (which is partly my fault, ahaha |'D) I had no choice but draw her a pony. c': So here goes Twilight Sparkle, my all-time first choice when it comes to MLP.

I definitely went far beyond the usual effort I put in traditional pics, buying new art supplies and trying out a few different methods in order to make it look pretty even without digital touch-ups, because they seriously wouldn’t have helped me this time. :’D
I kinda got inspired by luleiya's tutorial to try out pastel chalk dust for the background and DAMN it was a good idea. I think I'm gonna use this method a little more often from now on, finally a way to add simple, yet pretty backgrounds to traditional pictures.
I also used a base as a reference for the pose. If there had been more time I might've studied the pony anatomy a little more and tried something on my own but... I got a time span of less than a week and 3 pictures to finish... OTL

Of course there are - as usual when I try to do traditional art - a few flaws and things that could’ve worked out better.
While everything went well on the hair, my BV17 suddenly went berzerk on Twilight's tail and ended up super dark and stripy for whatever reason. Not even shading did manage to fix it completely... x:
If that hadn't already been enough, there was suddenly a dark spot on Twilight's foot. I have no idea how it got there but it called for adding more spots, so here we go: meaningless dots. :'D

Nevertheless I THINK I can say that this is one of my best traditional pieces - colouring-wise at least. For once I can look at a traditional drawing of mine and not think "Ugh... my eyes."

_{» Media used: COPIC Ciao Markers, COPIC Multiliner, Fabercastell Polychromos & Pastel Pencils, Jaxell Pastel Chalk}

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