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Published: 2014-12-21 20:20:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 5719; Favourites: 209; Downloads: 0
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Description Edit: Made her cutie mark a bit bigger since people were mentioning how small it was. 


So I decided I needed to practice my more detailed art again, and yet it still came out relatively simple.
Also, this took way  longer than usual. I had fallen out of practice in the time I was away from my tablet, but in the end I finished it. 

To my watchers: 
Many of you tell me all the time about how you're trying new things, whether it's in MS Paint or simply using new shading techniques. And I always tell you that so long as you're trying new things, you're developing as an artist. I'm so proud of many of you who have taken time to practice with your art. 
So, to practice what I preach, I tried something new too. 
1. I tried a crazy perspective. And honestly, it wasn't easy. In the speedpaint I had to cut out all the mess up sketches before I finally figured out how to draw her at that angle. 
2. A new technique with clouds. Clouds are not my strong point, and I always struggle with them. One day I hope I'll figure out how to draw those big puffy skies so I can do a landscape portrait of Cloudsdale, but until then I need more practice. I believe most of my time was spent on the clouds on here. 
3. Her mane. I'm terrible at drawing detailed hair, but I gave it a shot. I think it looks alright, but if you take a much closer look at her it still looks like scribbling. -.-

Shout out to these artists! All of which I'm noticing great improvements in their work. 



About this piece:
1. I was originally going to have this as an underwater view of Celestia swimming, which is why she isn't wearing her royal armor and her legs look a little like their flailing about.
2. After drawing her wing I decided it would look better to have her flying. 


Many artists comment questions about how long I'v been using MS Paint, what brushes I use, how long does this take, etc. So this time I'll add some of this information.

1. Program used: Microsoft Paint
2. Time Taken: 6 hours. 
3. Tools used: Bamboo Tablet, Curve Tool, Fill bucket, pencil tool (for sketching), Crayon Tool for shading, Colored pencil tool for blending. 
4. References: Images of Celestia from Google for colors. 
5. MS Paint Experience: I'm going to have to say it's been around 4 years total that I've been regularly using MS Paint, and less than 1 year that I've been using a tablet with it. 

NOTE: I am no longer doing speedpaint requests. I'm having trouble finding music I like now, and quite frankly I'd rather do a speedpaint of my more detailed art. (Like this one) Also, commissions may be opening soon. My tablet seems to be working again. I'm just gonna be waiting one more day to see if it keeps working. 

 Speedpaint: ---> www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG4QAF…  
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Comments: 66

mlpdarksparx In reply to ??? [2014-12-22 01:38:17 +0000 UTC]

Lol. I've had plenty of people try and convince me to use another program like paint.net, Sai, Photoshop, or gimp. They just don't understand how confused I get with the more powerful programs.

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astro-shark [2014-12-21 21:39:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow dude, thanks for the mention, it really helps

I like what you've done with this piece, looks really different from what you usualy do and it worked out really well. Keep dis up man.
You are one of the best Ms-paint artists i know, and this is just amazing to show what you really can achieve with such a simple program.

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mlpdarksparx In reply to astro-shark [2014-12-22 01:36:37 +0000 UTC]

MS Paint may seem like a simple program, but think about traditional art! All that takes is a pencil, paper, and an eraser. Fewer tools than I used for this piece. ;D

And of course! I wanted to give a shout out to the artists who have come quite a ways by trying new things. Your sharks are really coming along. I remember when I first started watching you, you rarely ever colored anything. ^^

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astro-shark In reply to mlpdarksparx [2014-12-23 02:31:07 +0000 UTC]

holy molley dude, simple but complex all the most.

I like how you do shout outs to artists, It does boost their Confidence as I've seen from before

Sorry for the overly long response, I'm kind of sick and didn't have the energy to think of a response.

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mlpdarksparx In reply to astro-shark [2014-12-23 02:43:29 +0000 UTC]

It's totally understandable.  
Apparently there's a bug going around. I've been reading plenty of journals about people getting sick lately. 

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astro-shark In reply to mlpdarksparx [2014-12-24 20:00:18 +0000 UTC]

Mine was triggered after being in a house of a chain smoker for an hour or so.... its sucks, just got a bad cough now 

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mlpdarksparx In reply to astro-shark [2014-12-26 01:41:23 +0000 UTC]

Ugh...I know what that's like. I've been there before. I have family that smoke like chimneys all the time. Yet they wonder why I spend most of my time outdoors when visiting them?

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astro-shark In reply to mlpdarksparx [2014-12-27 21:18:33 +0000 UTC]

hahahah wow.
not as sick now but have this dry and absolutely annoying cough, It makes me sound like a ship horn with a toad in it!

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zabransky10 In reply to ??? [2014-12-21 21:15:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG *U*

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DaniDragongal In reply to ??? [2014-12-21 20:48:05 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful as always!   And I think those clouds look amazing!

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mlpdarksparx In reply to DaniDragongal [2014-12-22 01:33:34 +0000 UTC]

Awe thanks!

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TheDeadlyMillipede [2014-12-21 20:38:55 +0000 UTC]

I think you did a great job with her mane, it looks all glossy and pretty
And that perspective isn't easy, but you did a nice job with it! Her wings are also nice, I love the lighting effects. My one complaint about this picture is the sun, it looks like it's too close and not in the distance, if it was a little bit more to the left, or a little bit smaller it would have given the drawing more depth.
Either way it's an awesome drawing and you did a great job with it
(Also sorry I haven't been commenting in a while :C)

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mlpdarksparx In reply to TheDeadlyMillipede [2014-12-21 21:04:36 +0000 UTC]

Derp! I didn't even think about that with the sun! >< Lol. I was too busy trying to get away with the missing second wing and shrunken cutie mark to notice that. 

And don't worry about it, I haven't really been commenting either. School got super hard when I started taking advanced classes. -.-

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TheDeadlyMillipede In reply to mlpdarksparx [2014-12-27 09:45:28 +0000 UTC]

lol you could just pretend that her second wing wouldn't be seen in that angle XD

Ah well same here with college, I've been so busy with assignments and stuff. But now it's the holidays so we're free

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WingsThePhoenix In reply to ??? [2014-12-21 20:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Alli have to say is W O W

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