Mystery Machine - Private Cartoon Swap with heftysmurf76

[lizstaley]

I had the pleasure of meeting heftysmurf76  at last year's MD Pony Meet last year and we decided that we wanted to do a Cartoon Swap with each other. We didn't get started until late last year when we both had more time, and decided on mid-January for shipping. Well I just found out that he got the pony I made for him, so now I can show of pictures!


One of the things on hefty's list was the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo. This jumped out at me and so... Mystery Machine was born!


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(It was windy and extremely cold when I was taking pictures so her hair is all over the place...)


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Apoxie flowers for her symbols, of course.


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At first I wasn't sure about her orange eyes, but then when I got them all done and her hair in, they were PERFECT.


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Rehaired in Tangerine, Daquiri Ice, and a Katsilk color called Nitro Lime, I believe. Again, I wasn't sure about the blue hair when I started doing her mane because it just looked really odd against the green without the rest of the blue from the pony. But then I got the head on and realized the color was good.


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So glad that she arrived safely to Hefty and that he loves her. I had a really hard time letting her go, I think she's so beautiful! But I know she's at a good home so that makes it a little easier.

[kittybethy]

I love her!! Well done!

[heftysmurf76]

  I can't believe there haven't been more replies to this threaD!  


She is AWESOME and I LURVE her concept!!
She like totally fits in with the the G1s I think with the bright 80s colors and the big old Flower cutie.
Its awesome how Liz pulled in all the elements of the  of the Mystery Machine, and still managed to make her look like a pony they might have even released!

I already  have her in my display w/She-Ra, Odie and Garfield ponies! Going to try to get some pics tonite to brag again!


I also am so impressed with all the clean lines Liz did and Her hair blend and eyes...
My absolute favoriite part is that she is now MINE ALL MINE!!!!
Thanks again Liz!!!!!


P.S. We so need to do a private swap again soon!

[SourdoughStomper]

I like the way that turned out. Definitely captured the look of that van in pony form.

[Colorscapesart]

She looks awesome!  I love the pose you picked, using a G1 is a great idea for a vintage theme.  The painting is so clean and elegant, way to pay homage to a classic theme!  Hefty is a very lucky boy!

[pinkkittywinks]

that is a great translation into a custom well done

love pkw xxx

[Tinker]

Ooo, lucky Hefty!! I love the bright bold colors and clean lines. What a groovy lil pony.

[jupiternwndrlnd]

OMG i love her!! totally the Mystery Machine awesome job!

[TwistedRainbow]

lol cool

[nuttertasha]

she is amazing i love the bold colours well done

[lizstaley]

Wow, thanks everyone!

I have a secret on the clean lines... I used a Pentel Pocket Brush pen for them. It's a pen that has a bristle-brush tip (not one of those felt "brush" tips!) and an india ink cartridge. I regularly use it to ink sketches in my sketchbook. Then on my G4 Mimic I thought maybe I could use it on ponies to make doing the eyes a little easier, and it WORKS! So I thought it would be perfect for this custom too. It made doing that black line between the green and the blue so simple that it probably should be criminal.

heftysmurf, I'm so glad that you like her!

[kaoskat]

Oh my gosh! That's awesome! That is such a creative idea and you translted it so well!

[fingerpaints]

She looks amazing! I am sure her new owner is thrilled with her