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Description
Not many changes made here, honestly, just fixed some things I didn't like about my initial sprite of her.

Her tail is much shorter now, since my head-canon for her is that she's self-conscious about its length.

Overall, I really wanted to emphasize what exactly is going on with her mane, since last time around my skills weren't quite developed enough to effectively portray it. Essentially, she has a bump-pony, and one stray lock of hair is tucked around her ear because it won't cooperate. Her bangs are naturally fluffy and bouyant, and that's why her headband is gone this time (it didn't make much sense, physically speaking, where I had it last time)

SHOTSIE's CHARACTER BIO (SO FAR)

Shotsie is a 16 year old junior in high school, and she loves ping pong. The story of when she was first introduced to the game will have to come at a later date, when I decide! She's all around a real good kid; well-tempered, gets good grades, good work ethic, good sportsmanship, etc. etc. However, she's got a slightly rebellious streak in her. It's not malicious or intentional. She just gets restless (for lack of a better word) and her friends can bring it out in her because she loves to live and have fun, almost like she's making up for lost time. This manifests itself in slightly routine shenanigans (though she would never do anything too careless or dangerous). Stuff like acting out in class, trespassing on private property, getting shooed out of stores, being out late, etc, etc.

LIKES
- Grapefruits, green beans, Patrício (her paddle*), mane-buns on stallions (she thinks they're hot/cute)

DISLIKES
- Busing tables (her job, for the time being), Dennis (her archenemy), how short her tail is (but she's learning to live with it)

FUN FACTS!
- Shotsie is the anglicized word for the German 'schatzi', a term of endearment for a girl, literally translating to 'treasure'. While you may not think Shotsie is a treasure, she sure has won lots of trophies for playing Ping-Pong, and that has to count for something!
- Shotsie's color scheme is based on the official colors of equipment used in international table tennis tournaments; blue is the generally accepted color of choice for tables, while red and black are the colors on either side of the paddle, or racket.
- Shotsie tried tail extensions in seventh grade and it was the most humiliating time of her life because everypony could tell and she was teased for it more than she was for her tail being short in the first place. While she did gain some self-acceptance from this, she is still insecure about her tail at times and can become very self-conscious of it.

*Shotsie's paddle is an older, hardbat model, with a wooden handle and a red dimpled surface on both sides.

Made freehand on MS Paint. Shown here at original size and upscaled to 300

See how I've progressed and see the old Shotsie at the link below:

8-bitbrony.deviantart.com/art/…

Description
Not many changes made here, honestly, just fixed some things I didn't like about my initial sprite of her.

Her tail is much shorter now, since my head-canon for her is that she's self-conscious about its length.

Overall, I really wanted to emphasize what exactly is going on with her mane, since last time around my skills weren't quite developed enough to effectively portray it. Essentially, she has a bump-pony, and one stray lock of hair is tucked around her ear because it won't cooperate. Her bangs are naturally fluffy and bouyant, and that's why her headband is gone this time (it didn't make much sense, physically speaking, where I had it last time)

SHOTSIE's CHARACTER BIO (SO FAR)

Shotsie is a 16 year old junior in high school, and she loves ping pong. The story of when she was first introduced to the game will have to come at a later date, when I decide! She's all around a real good kid; well-tempered, gets good grades, good work ethic, good sportsmanship, etc. etc. However, she's got a slightly rebellious streak in her. It's not malicious or intentional. She just gets restless (for lack of a better word) and her friends can bring it out in her because she loves to live and have fun, almost like she's making up for lost time. This manifests itself in slightly routine shenanigans (though she would never do anything too careless or dangerous). Stuff like acting out in class, trespassing on private property, getting shooed out of stores, being out late, etc, etc.

LIKES
- Grapefruits, green beans, Patrício (her paddle*), mane-buns on stallions (she thinks they're hot/cute)

DISLIKES
- Busing tables (her job, for the time being), Dennis (her archenemy), how short her tail is (but she's learning to live with it)

FUN FACTS!
- Shotsie is the anglicized word for the German 'schatzi', a term of endearment for a girl, literally translating to 'treasure'. While you may not think Shotsie is a treasure, she sure has won lots of trophies for playing Ping-Pong, and that has to count for something!
- Shotsie's color scheme is based on the official colors of equipment used in international table tennis tournaments; blue is the generally accepted color of choice for tables, while red and black are the colors on either side of the paddle, or racket.
- Shotsie tried tail extensions in seventh grade and it was the most humiliating time of her life because everypony could tell and she was teased for it more than she was for her tail being short in the first place. While she did gain some self-acceptance from this, she is still insecure about her tail at times and can become very self-conscious of it.

*Shotsie's paddle is an older, hardbat model, with a wooden handle and a red dimpled surface on both sides.

Made freehand on MS Paint. Shown here at original size and upscaled to 300

See how I've progressed and see the old Shotsie at the link below:

8-bitbrony.deviantart.com/art/…