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Published: 2012-06-23 05:56:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 282; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 7
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Fluttershy, #1 of 6 in my Mane 6 Portraits series.Edit: Some minor shading edits.
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Are the portraits of all the mane 6 gonna be in this pose or this style?
I like how you did the hair, though I think it could be thicker at the head.
The iris and the pupil aren't really touching the end of the eye there.
Shades could probably be darker.
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They will probably be in this pose and style, though the facial expression will probably vary a bit to suit each pony better. I'll probably mess with the mane a bit later to see if I can make it look thicker, but still look like it's actually made of hair. I think the eye got a bit smudged at the edge when I did the eyebrow/lashes, because the body is all on one layer, and the water brush does that. I'll see about touching it up when I go to work on the mane. The shading is intentionally fairly light, since I see this as if they were sitting for a photographer in a studio, and in something like that the lighting would generally be set up to avoid any particularly dark shadows or really bright highlights.
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It was more the mouth I was thinking of when I talked about the shades, even if it is really bright, its still pretty dark at the mouth. I can barely see it at the moment.
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I'm not quite sure what to tell you about the mouth, since I can see it clear as day, even if I tilt my laptop screen so far forward that everything gets really bright and blurry (it actually stands out even more when I do that...). I'm not really sure if the problem is with your monitor or if I can just see it so clearly because I spent so long making it. I guess I'll wait and see if more people comment to see.
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I mean, I can see it, but that's because I know where it's supposed to be and I see some shades, but I still gotta look closer to actually see it well, which I usually don't have to. I think the problem is that if I first just glance over it, I can't see any visible shapes, I mean, I didn't even notice the wings until now. Try zooming out or looking from your screen and just glancing over it, hopefully you see what I mean. Try adding darker shades and a higher contrast on the piece and see if you like it. I've probably tried to explain it in a way hard to understand, sorry.
My friend is much better at explaining: "My overall tip to him would be to use higher contrast in many of the pieces and to keep edges clean. Then again, he might not want to (it might be a style preference)".
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