My orignal pony- Savannah Summer!

[bagheera86]

Hi guys my first posting in the Art section and I debut with Savannah Summer!

She started off as a custom I was doing for a good friend who expressed her love for Cheetahs as well as ponies and then it hit me, I'll make her a suprise custom pony in exchange for that giant simba plush of hers she sent me (I was suppose to send her a wee cheetah plush in exchange actually, and the pony was suppose to be a suprise stowaway!)....Last year in april or something. I wanted to keep it a secret it from her but I started wilting and loose my drive and lost direction.

So I confessed that i was making her a pony and we discussed ideas, it wasn't until a little later we started talking about her as a real pony character because of an rp. I decided to draw her out and spent all news years eve and new years day morning and came up with this.

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And this drawing kick started everything again and it was much easier to come up with a back story and her personality and eventually her cutie mark. I like having her without a cutie mark because of events in her life (going by FiM canon) that prevented her from obtaining it.

now that I'm getting closer to finishing her I'm starting to love her more and more, because I dunno, she's so dang cute!. So today after another burst of inspiration I decided to try a better concept and what I imagined her type of pony to look like and their body type. I wanted her to really resemble a cheetah or some kind of while savannah horse that was made to be swift and agile.

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So what do you guys think? I know I'm not the best artist but at the moment that was the best intepretation I could pen down. I'm even thinking about customising her in all the pony generations.

[Lina]

i think she's really beautiful! such an elegant pony, and her pattern is amazing. i admit, though, it was a little tough making her as an adoptable! but that doesn't matter, she's still a wonderful persona.

[bagheera86]

i think she's really beautiful! such an elegant pony, and her pattern is amazing. i admit, though, it was a little tough making her as an adoptable! but that doesn't matter, she's still a wonderful persona.

Oops! Sorry about that, I kept forgetting to check to see if she was up! Thanks alot though, I was hoping her spots weren't going to be too much of a pain >.>!

And what'a persona?

[celticowgirl88]

She's very unique I like her eyes

[ZennaBug]

She's lovely, I really like the idea of making her look like an actual cheetah! 

And what'a persona?

A persona is a pony that you choose to represent yourself.  The pony in my avi and sig is Vessa, my persona.  I designed her to represent who I am and she is essentially me in pony form.  You'll notice that most of us have original characters that we use as our "personas" or sometimes "ponysonas."  Whichever word you prefer 

[kittybethy]

Nice work!!

[Calico_Star]

Wow, she looks really neat! Very unique and striking!

[bagheera86]

She's lovely, I really like the idea of making her look like an actual cheetah! 

And what'a persona?

A persona is a pony that you choose to represent yourself.  The pony in my avi and sig is Vessa, my persona.  I designed her to represent who I am and she is essentially me in pony form.  You'll notice that most of us have original characters that we use as our "personas" or sometimes "ponysonas."  Whichever word you prefer 

oohhh, no I don't consider her my persona lol, I like to make OC's from fandoms or just on their own. She just happened to materialize like this while I was getting stuck customizing a pony for a friend (she just joined the arena today/yesterday- HOORAH!) and I just fell all over her and realised how much I like the design.. Or maybe I just like spots and using the colour yellow? haha

I think if I did a persona of myself, it'd be like, a sloth pony.

Post Merge: February 20, 2012, 02:13:18 AM

She's very unique I like her eyes

Nice work!!

Aw thank you guys ^_^, so she has a cheetah physique and all that? I'm thinking maybe thinner ankles, shins and hooves or possibly giving her cloven hooves.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Love the cheetah markings.

[Renard]

She's very orignial, we don't see a pony like her every day ^^  I love your drawing, custom of her will be a good challenge. Good luck

[Marlin]

I like it! The colours are striking, and I particularly like the playful pose of your first drawing 

[bigmlpfan]

So sweet

bigmlpfan xx

[Sukeile]

Her design is brilliant! Great work!