Arena Artist Spotlight ~ June

[Griffin]

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the MLP Arena and our wonderful community of pony fans, we’re introducing a monthly artist spotlight! The idea is to showcase the variety of artistic talent and craftsmanship our members bring to this board for our enjoyment, and to get to know the artists behind their work. We hope you enjoy these features! 

For our June spotlight we interviewed Moonbreeze!

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G2 Twinkle Star
The hair and the pose kept me up
way longer than it should have


What kind of art and/or crafts do you do?

Pony and non-pony traditional/ digital art and customizing.

When did you first become interested in art and/or crafts? What brought you into MLP art in particular?

Ooh, that was back in maybe 2004/2005? After watching the Lion King I got in a mood that said: I want to draw like that. MLP bug bit in 2006 soon after.

Has your style, preferred media etc. changed along the way?

My main style has more or less stayed the same, but I did develop a G2 style too 😊Digital has always been my usual medium. But I try to do more and more traditional media though! With traditional I like to switch between pencils, alcohol markers and some watercolour.

In what ways has your art improved over time? Where do you still see room for improvement?

Anatomy, it’s gotten less wonky. And I got my preferred way of doing lineart for ponies right now. I still want to improve on doing backgrounds and want to work on more dynamic poses.

What is your goal for this year (or 12 months from now)?

Make a new set of prints, maybe in a more painterly style. Maybe-maybe G1s

What would you like to say to new, aspiring pony artists or someone who is still looking for encouragement to share their artwork?

Go for it! Even on days that you think you’ll never improve, trust me you will. What worked really well for me is to draw with ballpoint pen only. That was my go-to on a daily basis for a loooong time.

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A draw this again, with one of my
earliest pony drawings I uploaded

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Sun Petal (G4-esque eyes)

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And the last pic I finished,
for the MerMay Challenge here at the Arena

Thanks for the interview, Moonbreeze!