Sweet Pea for Whoa1234 (B&BW Swap!)

[PhyllieBean]

I haven’t done a custom swap for a few years and I loved the idea of the Bath and Bodyworks one so this is my re-entry into customizing!  (I haven’t made a custom at all in about 4 years, let alone swapped one!)

My partner was Whoa1234 and she had a great list of scents to choose from!  She was nice and specific with her likes and dislikes on customs so that made most of my job easy (I LOVE SPECIFICITY!LOL!)  The hardest part was nailing just one concept down!  Originally I was going to go with Be Enchanted, but then I saw that the colors on the Sweet Pea packaging were almost all of the favorite colors she listed!  Anyway, I didn’t want to just copy the design from the packaging, so this is “inspired” by Sweet Pea.

I decided to do a dry brush effect for her base, so in order to keep her from getting too busy design-wise I came up with a simple stylized sweet pea flower for the symbols.  This was the first time I tried dry brushing on a pony.  I liked the finished look for the most part, but I’d probably do it a bit differently in the future.  Some of the spots didn’t come out very smooth and that made the lining on the symbols a little difficult, but for my first pony in forever I’m pretty happy with her!  Whoa1234 said she likes her and that’s enough for me!! 

On to the pics!  Sorry there's so many, but she has SO MANY SIDES!!  Lol!

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[Colorscapesart]

Wow, I love her colors!  Her FBR is beautiful and I love the way the purple pops!

[jupiternwndrlnd]

i lover her symbol/design! and the texture effect looks awesome ^_^

[Saja]

She is awesome!

[starbritesprinkles]

Gorgeous! I LOVE the base coat, and the symbol is awesome!

[kittybethy]

Wow!! I love this one!

[Yurusumaji]

Wow, that FBR came out great! Very cool idea with the dry-brushing, she's so unique and simply gorgeous!

[tikibirds]

She is pretty spiffy

[kaoskat]

Very cool! Her body color is really neat!

[ApertureScience]

Ah, Sweet Pea.  My favorite (non-holiday) scent.  And a lovely pony to match it.  Well done!

[PhyllieBean]

Thanks guys!  I wasn't in love with the pictures of her, but I'm pretty proud of the pony!  I think the pictures made her look a little...dingy?  If anyone has any constructive criticism I'm always open for that too!

[Whoa1234]

Hands down one of the prettiest customs I own!
You did such a fantastic job!
I absolutely adore her. <3

[Izrabeth]

Very cute custom!

[Tinker]

I think the dry brushing gives a very unique texture, I like it. It really brings out the stylized designs.

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[PhyllieBean]

I think the dry brushing gives a very unique texture, I like it. It really brings out the stylized designs.

Now that we have sucked you back into making customs...

more, more, more

Lol!  I'm working on it!  I'm doing the winter swap too and probably just bit off more than anyone should chew with the design!  Go big or go home right?!