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Submitted: June 2, 2012
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Once The Sun Sets - cover artby ~GoneDreamer

Fan Art / Digital Art / Drawings / Movies & TV

A cover art for

's upcoming story.
I'll link the fanfiction when it's out.
I hope you like it.

tumblr: [link]

Btw. the flying figure is Rainbow Dash.

MLP(c) Lauren Faust
Story, characters on the right (c) =J-Webb
Art(c) me

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Critique by ~UtterlyLudicrous Jun 3, 2012, 12:06:42 AM

So overall, this work is pretty damn good. The cover certainly makes me all itchy to read the fic. [Can't wait till it comes out, by the way

]

I figure I'll go from the top down as far as specifics go:

First, I love the typography. The font itself isn't all that extraordinary, and could be made a little more elaborate or fitted directly to the sun, but it still gives me a very nice image. The shimmer [so to speak] on the text gives it the realistic illusion of being actually placed in the scene depicted, and maybe even as being part of the rays of the setting sun. So overall, very nice text work.

When I saw the full-res image, it did look like a nice Rainbow Dash silhouette, but at first glance, she bears a bit too much resemblance to Princess Celestia to notice the difference. Not that big a deal, just know that you probably shouldn't add in that "if you had any doubts" part of the last comment, because some particularly sensitive deviants [fluttershy in particular

] might see that as a backhanded insult. So again, not a big deal, and the comment won't lower your rating at all, but just letting you know so you're aware.

I've got next to no bad things to say about the Applejack silhouette; it's very nicely placed, very easy to distinguish as Applejack, and provides a nice feeling of windiness in her flowing mane. The only thing I would change is that one of the hooves of her silhouette seems to cut through the rock; it looks a bit like it's just placed instead of edited in, if that makes any sense. Simple fix, just blend the silhouette's black pixels in with the rock's black pixels and it should be perfect.

You've done a marvelous job painting all of the ponies on the bottom half of the image, although Pinkie's mane seems a bit thin; maybe add a bit more thickness or poofiness, particularly around her forehead. Other than that, the only other thing I'd change is making Rarity's neck a teensy bit thinner.
Quick side note: I'm a sucker for detailed hair, and you've really nailed it in this one. So I commend you on that one. Very nice job.

So overall, you've made a beautiful work of art here. The only things I would suggest improving on are to make Rainbow Dash look a bit less like Celestia [maybe add a low-opacity rainbow below her figure or something, just to give it a bit of RD-flair or somethin'; i dunno, use your imagination

], fix AJ's hoof error, build a bit more on Pinkie's mane, and thin Rarity's neck a tad.

Once again, fantastic work. Can't wait to see more from you, and to read the fic.

What do you think?

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Critique by =J-Webb Jun 2, 2012, 8:51:09 PM

Well I had originally envisioned a landscape hill with the sun halfway behind that hill. But this actually works a lot better I feel. Great shading details and facial expression. I really love the anger portrayed by the left side(mane6) opposed to the almost laughing, over confident expression of the right side(the 4 OC's) The silhouettes of Applejack and Rainbow Dash are done perfectly as you can easily tell that's who that is. This also brings me to the impact point of this critique; which is spot on in my opinion. It presents a feel of fear with it, like something huge is going to happen, like perhaps a huge battle between the two sides with Applejack and Rainbow Dash caught in the middle of it. Or perhaps on their own.

Now onto the bad stuff. To be honest, I can't really find a thing that I would change. All the OC's colors and looks are really spot on and excellent. They each appear to be frightening in their own way. I epically love the white/ice-blue mane of the blue Pegasus.

I really love this, so thank you for doing it for me. Come to think of it, there is one thing I would change. Waiting to post it until I actually have the story started... haha.... This is still quite a ways away from being in production with CSaDL being still nowhere near close to finished. Oh well, gives me something to push myself harder I guess. Again thank you, it turned out amazingly well done. Kudos.