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[EDIT]Swapped out the base sketch for better quality and adjusted the sun glow and increased saturation. Colours might fit slightly messier now, though I did my best to align the layers properly. Being a super subjective thing, let me know if you liked the previous version better.My sketch for day 24 of EqD's second NATG: really bad secrets!
"..Sweetie Belle, why are you in a hole? Wait, whys there holes everywhere?"
"Uh Rarity, what happened? Where did all these come from?"
"Oh. Well, uhm.. you see, I got rather bored sitting around all night, and, well.."
"You dug up the camp looking for diamonds."
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Augh, terrible image quality! I totally messed up this time, not realising that without going over with the 6B it would come out way worse under lamp light. I thought I was verily screwed but it looks like I was able to kind of get it looking recognisable at least.
Really late though, between various distractions it took way longer than I expected.
I'm not sure if the arrangement from drawing the characters before hand came out well in the end, I'll have to look at it again in the morning and see if I like it after sleep, until then I guess you guys will have to be the judges.
For today's theme, the prompt strongly suggested that Rarity had been up to more than just night watch while everyone slept, so I ran with that. This is kind of a silly piece, but at least I managed to get everyone in, and get to do a sunrise to make up for the sunset I didn't get to do. And hey! I got to put Dskyo's tent advice into practice!
Rarity's secret is not very secret.
Yeah I'm doing a bad job at being quick after all, but at least I did get to have fun just sketching without any pressure today. Oddly, when working on these drawings my sketching is way more tense like I'm trying to do things 'right', but it doesn't really turn out any better for the amount of time longer it takes.
I'll keep working on it!
Apologies for the quality! It's all part of learning! >~>
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Comments: 17
DarkMage2 In reply to pachi1945 [2012-09-05 10:45:15 +0000 UTC]
She appears to have gotten herself stuck in a hole.
I don't know why, or how, it just sort of happened.
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Jezendar [2012-08-27 15:13:15 +0000 UTC]
I'd say this version is better. As I remember, the previous picture looked pretty washed-out. I'd presume that was caused by the lamp light you mentioned.
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UnlicensedBrony [2012-08-26 21:09:56 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, I'm loving the expressions here. That sunset is awesome and Sweetie Belle looks really adorable!
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Socksthewarrior [2012-08-26 15:11:07 +0000 UTC]
very nice
sweetie belle makes this entire drawing for me haha
wonderful job as always
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DracoBlair [2012-08-26 08:25:31 +0000 UTC]
I'd suspect Scoots sitting like a chicken. You might want to change the contrast a bit for some elements to stand out more. That's what ATG's for, learning ^_^
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littlecolt [2012-08-26 07:35:53 +0000 UTC]
I've really enjoyed all of these so far. Definitely one of the most creative takes on the NATG. Consistently good work, and very neat idea to make a story out of the prompts. I look forward to this every day.
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DarkMage2 In reply to littlecolt [2012-08-26 10:31:52 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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AstralFoxArt [2012-08-26 06:33:14 +0000 UTC]
This art is great! I like the idea of connecting some facts.
Also Sweetie Belle looks cute in this hole :3.
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Cazra [2012-08-26 05:10:41 +0000 UTC]
I don't see why you're saying this is late. There's still 2 hours til today's deadline.
It looks like it could have made a very good composition if the lighting were better.
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DarkMage2 In reply to Cazra [2012-08-26 10:20:00 +0000 UTC]
Luckily not late for the natg, but very late for me- I only finished it at 2am my time.
I might try to replace this with a better photo today, in theory I can just copy the colour/shadow layers with minor adjustments.
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Jezendar [2012-08-26 01:44:43 +0000 UTC]
I love the expression on Sweetie Belle's face. Evidently, she loves holes! And I didn't realize in the last picture that Twilight has a band-aid on her horn. I find that idea oddly entertaining.
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DarkMage2 In reply to Jezendar [2012-08-26 10:29:05 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, I was wondering if someone would notice that! ^p^
After drawing Twilight beat up I figured I had to make a band-aid joke to complete the effect.
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kingofraggedy [2012-08-26 01:26:05 +0000 UTC]
I love all the expressions you've used, and it was really easy to imagine the dialogue going with the picture.
The shading was also done really well with the rising sun in the background.
On a side note, Sweetie Belle looks really cute in this picture, she looks really snug in that hole of hers... now if only there was a store that sold Sweetie Belle plants.
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