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Zedrin — Celestia by the Spring
Published: 2012-08-30 00:08:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 29046; Favourites: 1800; Downloads: 3559
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I did this just as a personal thing, so I could get a print made to have signed by Nicole Oliver when I go to Canterlot Gardens. Wish I had thought of to do something like this for Everfree with a Luna print, to get a signature from Tabitha St. Germain.Spent 3 days working on this and several hours. Before mergers there was like 92 layers. It was a chance for me to revisit water and diffusion.
Thank you MLPDrawingSchool for your help and feedback, really helped me to bring this piece together. (Also thanks to my friends at SFS for giving me preliminary feedback.)
This one is formatted for wallpaper, 1080p. If you'd like to buy the full resolution as a print yourself, you can get it here: Redbubble
-Critiques appreciated-
edit: thanks for all the favs and feedback. I literally poured everything I had into this piece, so I couldn't be happier.
small update: Well, looks like Nicole had something come up, so sadly she won't be able to make it to CG. Ah well... If she happens to go to another con that I'm able to make it to, I'll just have to bring it with me then.
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Comments: 102
This is one of the sweeter looks for Celestia in general, not just the bathing scenes. She looks not only contented but seems to have some youthful affect about her. Could some of the sparkles on her mane and tail be glistening droplets from the waterfall's misty bottom. I'm a little concerned about how closely her wing connects to the top of her foreleg (the wing bone seems a tad low mostly). Her happy and softer look overall is a great stylization (compared her more stately and angular form in the show). Nice job making sure that the ripples distorted the parts of her underwater, more so as each leg or feather set gets deeper.
Princess Celestia looks very sweet. Her eyes especially are beautiful, and I love the semi-realistic of her mane and tail as she enjoys the bubbly water. Yet she looks like she wouldn't mind if some other pony should cannonball her – she'd probably start a splash fight (and with her magical capabilities, it could be quite severe 
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This is incredible, the water looks beyond complex~
Great work~
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Dude, your pic is in Equestria Daily! Go check it out! It's Here:
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I saw. A lot of my work makes it into the drawfriends actually, lol
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Wow this is... wow.
This is amazing.
Very nice work man.
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How much you wanna bet somepony's watching from the trees?
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The colors are just amazing! The lighting is astounding and the water effect is just incredible
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This is an amazing piece! I absolutely love it! Great job!
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Even a princess needs some time to relax!
Nice work!!
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Wow! Your skill is amazing. I guess the new tablet is working fine now?
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Awesome, keep the amazing art coming! YAY!
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wow!! awesome!! everything is just awesome!! the texture.. the lighting.. just everything.. is just sooo beautiful!!!
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Awww....!!!! It's so cute seeing her relaxing.
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Ooooooooooo, so pretty and sparkly! <3
The water effects are excellent, and I like her wings
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So much has changed since I saw the WIP *o* It looks amazing!
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This piece is amazing. I like how you put such detail to the background and Celestia's mane.
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Oh my could I go for a dip in a cool pool too. It's about 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) and I have no A/C, I'm burning up!
The picture itself is fantastic! I love seeing water effects on ponies, especially when they are done justice.
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I Would see this as her personal bath tub in the palace
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Beauty and Grace in a beautiful place.
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Nice to see Celestia finding time to relax.
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OMG, P.C.1 is lookin HO-O-OT!
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Dude; why doesn't this have more views?! This is AWESOME!
Love the airbrush bro!
Great job on this!
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Probably because I just submitted it. xD
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I'm like greased lightning~
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Btw this makes the most beautiful desktop background 
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As always I'm loving what you made. Xifox already gave a pretty good critique but I think the bubbles could also be different. Correct me if I'm wrong but when bubbles rise to the surface they don't come up in a perfect sphere right? Instead they do that sorta oblong changing shape thing? Like the wax in a lava lamp. Also idk if I'm right but I think the hind thighs appear a tiny bit wide. Not enough for it to matter to rework it but idk it just looks that way to me. Also I don't usually like Celestia much but this was gorgeous :3.
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Wide thighs? Sounds like Molestia <-< >->
The bubbles were somewhat an afterthought. I didn't know the best way to approach them unfortunately. D:
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Lol no Molestia 
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Beautiful. What a pretty pony. I would love to be there when you present this to Nicole Oliver, just to see her reaction. Nice work, my friend!
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