The MLP Arena
Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Snapdragon on November 19, 2016, 04:28:50 PM
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Wow, it's been a couple years since I posted in here, huh? :shocked: Well, I've never claimed to be a fast customizer! ;)
Today I'm sharing a custom I'm quite proud of - my pastel Galaxy Genie pony!
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I created her using a bait I bought through the Genie custom contest, which recently ended! I placed third, which I was ecstatic about, given that I didn't dye her like many of the beautiful entries did! My concept for her was one of my favorite aesthetics, the 'galaxy print', with a twist; I wanted to accentuate the paleness of the white glitter body, so I made it a pastel galaxy! I'm super happy with how she turned out, especially since she's my first attempt at painting a galaxy!!
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I tried to mirror the galaxy paint in her irises (although it's small, so it's tough to see!), and I outlined her eyes/pupils in dark purple, instead of black, to give her a softer look.
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Big hair, don't care! ;)
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Because she came to me with split hair plugs (as many of the Genie baits did, so I hear), I thought a brushed-yarn mane and tail would be the best way to remedy/mask that, which inspired me to try the galaxy paint! I tried to make some of the galaxy paint match up with the colors in her mane, but I forgot to get a close-up of it when I had my nice backdrop set up!
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Thanks for reading! I'm honestly so, so proud of her, she's definitely one of my favorite customs to date! :blush: Now I got the itch to make lots more galaxy ponies!!
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She is so perfect! I love the pastel hipster sort of color scheme that she has along with the totally wild hair. :D
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Love the pastels and faded edges on the paint!
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I love this pony! Her hair is amazing!
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She is gorgeous! :faint:
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I love this one! she got my first vote :)
lovely colors and hair and details in the paint
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I love galaxy ponies and I love the pastel colours you chose. If you were selling her I would be desperate to buy her, she is just gorgeous! :biggrin:
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I like her colors a lot. :)
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She's very lovely. Congrats on placing with the contest.
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Wow, she's beautiful
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Thank you all very much for your kind words!! I have read all of the comments several times, they make me all warm and fuzzy! :heart: See you in several years when I finish my next custom, LOL!
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Beautiful! I think you did an excellent job on the galaxy and I just love the colors. I love everything about her. You should be very proud :)
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Wow, she's incredible!!! Love the pastel galaxy idea and you did it so well.
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Wow she is stunning!!!! I am totally in awe. How did you paint her symbols?!
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Wow she is stunning!!!! I am totally in awe. How did you paint her symbols?!
Aww, thank you so much!! :heart: You know, it's funny, I actually bought tiny sponges (embossing sponges, I think? they're like the size of an eraserhead!) because I thought you HAD to sponge-paint galaxy/gradient work... and then I saw a tutorial video in which someone sponged on very lovely galaxy paint with a paper towel! :O And I thought, HEY! So I tried it with cotton balls, and it worked great!! I highly recommend some non-standard art methods and experimentation for the galaxy print! ;)
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She's absolutely lovely, very dreamlike!
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I love the colors and that purfume puff hair looks perfect on her!