Solar Sibs (WIP)
Added 2020-12-31 02:28:56 +0000 UTCso you know how some artists do a look back at all the art they did this year, how they improved, etc? i did a look through all the drawings i did this year, and it hit me......my god. this is the year i went full furry, isn't it? it's like a switch flipped and all my horse characters are suddenly standing upright on two legs and holding stuff with humany hands and posing in crop tops. i wondered......do i even still remember how to draw a regular lil pony?
(yes. it's like riding a bike. or selling your soul to the devil. you never really forget.)
anyway this was meant to be a style experiment to figure out how to draw simpler little ponies (y'know, stop getting bogged down with unnecessary self-indulgent detail like fluff, hair, muscles, markings, etc). naturally i failed, so i guess this is just gonna be a ref sheet/headcanon dump on sunset shimmer and sunburst. i'll stop drawing excessive horse fluff when i'm dead i guess
i finished up the lineart and base colors on this and am like 90% done, all that's left is the color stripes in the manes and huurgh i cannot tonight. my adhd brain is at that point where it feels like a can of cola shook up by a gorilla. i'll finish this tomorrow, mane stripes and all. have a happy new year's eve, everybody!
oh btw bonus doodle
(in my headcanon, toying around with dark magic is never so easily undone with a friendship song. shit has lasting effects, yo. sunset's demon transformation in the first EQG movie has left her sort of permanently cursed. the dark forces of her rage and greed did not mix well with her distant kirin ancestry. so now when sunset gets angry, the results are.....well, explosive.
try taking a deep breath and counting to ten, sunny!)
Comments
Happy New Year to you and Mossy! :D
Lopoddity
2021-01-01 01:46:16 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see more of that Midnight headcanon! (I've been trying to crank the ole hc wheel lately. I turned 30 so my brain is rusty now XD ) I hope you have a wonderful and safe New Years! I'm watching a Twilight sage marathon with Mossy tonight lol ❤❤❤❤ (team jacob)
Heather
2020-12-31 23:41:15 +0000 UTChair's so big it's full of secrets
Lex
2020-12-31 23:01:54 +0000 UTCThanku :) Sunburst does not share Sunset's rage curse, as he's never dabbled in dark magic.....and even if he did, Sunburst's temper is almost always mitigated by him being a doormat. Dudue's far more likely to cry when angered than erupt like Sunset does. Fun fact tho, Midnight inherited the rage curse, and had to learn very quickly to reign in her emotions.
Lopoddity
2020-12-31 20:14:13 +0000 UTCOh mood, for me adding in floof and markings is 90% of the fun of drawing animal-based critters Also I love how the white on Sunburst’s head covers his horn as well! It’s a really pretty little detail imo
DragonCookies
2020-12-31 18:50:26 +0000 UTCAlso, love the 4 hooves, and love the furry :) my babies are my babies no matter what form they take
Heather
2020-12-31 14:49:51 +0000 UTCThese two walk in a room together and every pony within 50 feet experiences bi-panic. Also, gooooooodness are their colors lovely!!!! I can't wait to see your hc for solar sibs! I LOVE them being distantly related to kirins. I wonder if Sunburst has a somewhat similar fiery temper? Though I imagine his would be extremely rare and maybe not as explosive as his sister's if it ever did happen
Heather
2020-12-31 14:49:18 +0000 UTCAww, thanks, that means a lot. <3 Yup, lots of ground to cover. These two are mommy issues galore! And then there's Sunset's rage curse, and the guilt she feels over passing it down to her daughter....
Lopoddity
2020-12-31 05:20:49 +0000 UTCAlso HNNGG THE DOODLE is so good!
Lory
2020-12-31 04:46:18 +0000 UTCI would GLADLY let her step on me :0
HiscottiBiscotti
2020-12-31 04:43:15 +0000 UTCFluff is love, fluff is life. In all seriousness I’ve been totally down for anthro! Like you said it leaves a lot of room for emoting since pony hooves are just so limiting. Plus, CLOTHES. Your clothes have been on point this whole year. I’ve also always loved your four legged horsies, so I look forward to that! Also also I cannot WAIT to hear all your ideas on these two. I’m certain there is a lot of ground to cover with them.
Lory
2020-12-31 04:37:17 +0000 UTCThe appeal of anthro is designing outfits and letting characters emote with their hands, but I’ll certainly try to draw more quadruped art in the future. I missed it a lot more than I thought~
Lopoddity
2020-12-31 04:19:52 +0000 UTCI LOVE the horse floof tho! XD And it’s been really fun watching the anthro art grow and be refined. I can’t wait to see even more next year!
Amaris
2020-12-31 03:32:35 +0000 UTCYou and I have a very different idea of ‘doodles’, Lopoddity. I couldn’t come close to this on my best day! But seriously, beautiful work as always. You should be very proud of how much you’ve progressed 🙂
SmilesPerHour
2020-12-31 03:30:53 +0000 UTCThat DOODLE IS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. AMAZING
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2020-12-31 02:55:32 +0000 UTCOhhh Sunset having Kirin in her is interesting! Love it! I do miss the four legged creatures but I ain't mad XD
KaeWolfe
2020-12-31 02:40:07 +0000 UTCLol I think you subsidized your need for floof by just going all out on the hair 😂
Vio_dacreator
2020-12-31 02:38:08 +0000 UTCThere were quite a few crop tops this year iirc xD More power to ya and whatever makes you happy! Can't wait for the headcanons!!
Calvin Sewell
2020-12-31 02:33:43 +0000 UTC
