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      Hello dears and a very warm welcome! I hope the day has treated you well! A bit of an early upload but with Skyward's new redesign finally complete I simply can't wait to start drawing her again, I thought I would open up the floor for all of you to join in on the fun all as well! The objective of which is create a piece featuring Skyward. She can be doing anything, be anywhere, and interacting with anyone, though please try to keep her in character if at all possible. I was really hoping to gives a lot of artistic freedom and room for interpretation so please just have fun with it! Please click above for a link to all contest rules, prizes, and details. It will be so exciting to see what everyone comes up with and I can't wait to hear from you!

Onwards and Upwards

~Skyward

                                                                                                                                                                                                           


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“Even the darkest of hearts simply need to be shown a bit of kindness”


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Name: Skyward

    ✿     Nickname: Sky (Used by close friends and family)

    ✿     Birth date: September 22(Virgo)

 

    ✿     Personality:  Motherly, optimistic, looks for the best in ponies, encouraging, Contentedly reserved,  preferring to let her friends do the talking and mealy listen then to carry on a conversation herself,  tends to get a bit fussy and overcritical, even self deprecating, when working on a particularly hard piece

    ✿     Voice and Manurisms: Has a warm voice with a hint a canterlot accent. Tends to use the nickname love or dear for nearly everyone in casual conversation. Educated dialect and a large vocabulary. Commonly uses polysyllabic words as well as affirmative phrases such as indeed. Speaks at an average pace but becomes easily flustered when conversing with a prestigious customer or professor. Has a bad habit of pawing at the ground when nervous.

 

    ✿     Possession: Studio Artist

    ✿     Profession: Typically works in her studio from 9-5 and tending to the occasional customer upfront. She enjoys taking a break from her painting to talk with anyone who enters the shop. Quietly content with her work. Makes a habit of cleaning the studio at the end of every day, especially the store front.

 

    ✿     Place of birth: Canterlot

    ✿     Ethnic background: Thoroughbred Equestrian
   
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     Magic Color: Blue Green (Matches that of the gradient in her eyes)

    ✿     Physical Characteristics: Skyward is a thin and lanky unicorn. Her freckles are most prominent on her face, when she was little freckles covered her shoulders and hindquarters as well. She does her best to keep her coat clean and well groomed despite working in a studio all day. The ivory fur, hazel blue eyes, and feathered hooves come from her father’s side.

    ✿     Clothing: When it comes to attire she prefers to keep things subtle for canterlot standards, normally only wearing partial clothing, most commonly her scarf and gold rimmed glasses, which she needs for reading in dim light

 

    ✿     Current Residence: 2758 West Cherry Blossom Lane. Canterlot, Equestria

    ✿     Current Residence Her small apartment doubles as her studio on the ground floor. Very clean, with beige walls and white crown molding as is with traditional Canterlot architecture. Being an artist her decor is carefully planned, clean and airy, with a light beige base accented by green, gold, and blue similar to her Cutiemark. Flowers are found throughout the house including outside the windows in flower boxes. She spends every morning on her small balcony overlooking one of Canterlot’s smaller and more wooded parks near the edge of the city.

 

    ✿     Pets: A Papillion named Leone who can often be found downstairs in the studio as she has free reign over all of the apartment.

    ✿     Morning Ritual: Waking up just after the beginning of Celestia’s sunrise Skyward sits on the balcony with her camellia tea before taking Leone on a walk. Then heading to the studio and getting set up for the day.

    ✿     Afternoon Ritual: Often will meet with her friends for coffee at lunch, on friday night however, she eats at the Nightengale, a local cafe every before going to the playhouse to see their current production or symphony.

 

    ✿     Other notes:

    ✿     Hobbies: Likes collecting feathers. Often displays her collection in her flower vases or framed in clean looking picture frames thought her home.

    ✿     A pretty good cook.

    ✿     Frequently dreams in her sleep

    ✿     Lemon cream cake would be her first answer if asked what her favorite food was, but if one was asking for dinner a Cesar salad with light Italian dressing.

    ✿     She secretly wishes to be nicknamed after songbirds.

    ✿     Skyward has fallen in love with the deep strings of the orchestra and loves attending plays and concerts in Canterlot but prefers to have Celtic playing in her studio because of its generally lighter and more upbeat air.


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Comments: 18

pandan009 [2015-06-26 08:03:27 +0000 UTC]

         Oh, and I've been meaning to ask some things. What is her magic color? In my first contest entry I used yellow and green because they were the color of her eyes. (The blending also helped with the dreamy theme I was going for... In fact that part was the only thing that did the effect.) But I like a confirmation from the creator though. Besides, the normal unicorn only has a single magic color... Or maybe I just missed something about that in your gallery...

         And secondly, when I read the part 'lanky' I instantly imagined her to be in the same mass/build/appearance as Fluer de Lis. But I then I thought  maybe she's just in the average pony height, or slightly taller, but only slimmer.  Although, it seems that other ponies you drew are in the same height as your drawings of Skyward. I just inquire these kind of details on OCs.

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SkywardSylphina In reply to pandan009 [2015-06-26 16:55:26 +0000 UTC]

     Oh, dear I'm sorry! I really haven't put a lot of thought into it before. That would likely be a good thing to include it in the reference sheet, eh? *laughs* I would imagine it would be a blue green like the middle of the gradient in her eyes if drawn in the show style. However in detailed works I think it would be a combination of all three of the colors, blue, green and a little bit of gold, I think you hit it right on the head. Huh, now that you mention it I don't think I have ever drawn her using her magic before. I really should remedy that.

     It's actually a really good question to ask though I must admit her height has always been somewhat of an ambiguity *laughs* as I haven't drawn her standing side by side with a regular sized pony before, but I would assume that she would be maybe an inch or two above average pony height. Watercolor (her best friend and roommate) is an inch or two below and I've always imagined her being two or three inches taller than her. As for her body type though, I've always thought of body types in terms of who would I commission to turn her into a plush. The closest match I have found is moggymawee's plush of Autumn Orchid. Fleur's body type but with a regular head.

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pandan009 In reply to SkywardSylphina [2015-07-02 14:48:20 +0000 UTC]

         My curiosity is fed. ^^ And I've looked up the plushie. It's absolutely lovely to look at!

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SkywardSylphina In reply to pandan009 [2015-07-06 21:15:23 +0000 UTC]

It really is~ I must admit I have always had so much respect for plushie makers. Sewing is such a difficult craft to master and so much thought goes into everything from patterns, to stitching, to even fabric choice.

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pandan009 In reply to SkywardSylphina [2015-07-10 19:44:53 +0000 UTC]

         Ah, you're right. So much considering to do. When I started to think the patience while making those details, I already felt restless!... Sometimes I wonder if it, and other things I can't do, are trully difficult; or if it's less tricky for others as I see how less troublesome matters I'm good at are.

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SkywardSylphina In reply to pandan009 [2015-07-16 15:39:47 +0000 UTC]

*tilts head to one side* You know I've never thought about it that way before but you're likely right! I suppose we all can take our own talents and years of practice for granted, eh? we can look at what others can do and not realize that they likely did the same thing as us just with a different medium.

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pandan009 In reply to SkywardSylphina [2015-07-17 17:06:02 +0000 UTC]

         Yeah...

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pandan009 [2015-06-23 13:44:13 +0000 UTC]

A day too late for my second entry for the contest, unfortunately for me. Take it as a fan art. She's very much an inspiration to draw. pandan009.deviantart.com/art/S…

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ZimmyRose [2015-06-12 00:27:17 +0000 UTC]

I have an excellent idea for her :3

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spottie-dots [2015-04-06 15:56:45 +0000 UTC]

ahhhh she looks amazing! I love her new mane
and her floofy hooves are to die for!
very well done friend-o c:

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SkywardSylphina In reply to spottie-dots [2015-04-11 14:48:40 +0000 UTC]

My goodness, thank you so much Miss Dots! That really means a lot to me! 

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spottie-dots In reply to SkywardSylphina [2015-04-13 20:05:45 +0000 UTC]

aw, it's my utmost pleasure miss sky! you deserve it c;

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SleepyCat7 [2015-04-03 16:42:42 +0000 UTC]

I am loving her new look!

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SkywardSylphina In reply to SleepyCat7 [2015-04-11 14:42:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad!

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GreekGeek803 [2015-04-03 15:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is so incredibly detailed! I think you've really given some thought into Skyward's character. I love the new teal accents she's got going on now!

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SkywardSylphina In reply to GreekGeek803 [2015-04-11 14:45:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much mon amie! That really means a lot to me!

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Lunariii [2015-04-03 15:02:30 +0000 UTC]

omg this is gorgeous i love it!!! i still cannot get over the magnificence that is her cutiemark   

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SkywardSylphina In reply to Lunariii [2015-04-11 14:43:21 +0000 UTC]

  Awww thank you so much Luna!

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