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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Griffin on October 14, 2020, 07:33:43 AM

Title: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Griffin on October 14, 2020, 07:33:43 AM

This mischievous little demoness made it safely to her new home :cheer:

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Capricious Carmine (https://flic.kr/p/2jUA9Jy) by Haawan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/haawan/), on Flickr

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Roogna and I agreed to do a private custom swap with a dark/gothic theme. My original plans of making a vampire fell through but I came up with this instead. Skulls are always fun! And Roogna's list of preferences included all kinds of wings so I decided to try out leather/dragon wings for a change. Her head and wings are supposed to be a brighter red colour but the effect is perhaps a bit subtler than I would've liked. I gave her black leg gradients and also drybrushed the wings in black for depth. Her symbol is a ram skull - no specific meaning behind that, I just happen to find horned skulls pretty. :lol: Her eyes are my favourite part, though. The diva mould has expressive eyes to begin with, and I wanted to make the eyes elegant yet give them this slightly mischievous spark. That look also inspired her name. :)

The hair is mostly nylon from Dollyhair but the green is something different, possibly polypropylene? (The colour is named Guacamole.) It's much stiffer and doesn't style as easily as nylon but with a plain, sleek style like this it shouldn't matter much.

I very much enjoyed making this pony and hope you like her, too :hug: Thanks for looking!

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: BlackCurtains on October 14, 2020, 10:29:12 AM

Oh she's stunning! :wow: I love those colors together. You did a great job on the wings and the skull is awesome (I too, love skulls, horns, antlers... all that stuff) and yes her eyes are gorgeous!

I've always found the Diva pose hard to work with. I think it's the angle of the head. This is fabulous though! A little jealous of Roogna :P

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Griffin on October 14, 2020, 10:48:52 AM

Thanks, BC! I know you like darker ponies too, so your words mean a lot :hug:

It took me some time to warm up to the diva pose but now it's one of my favourites. For this custom the Kimono pose would've been ideal, I think... but I didn't have any suitable baits and the diva seems to be working just fine :biggrin:

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Ambar on October 14, 2020, 11:58:31 AM

wowwww fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Ponybookworm on October 14, 2020, 01:25:26 PM

What a stunning Pony once again xxx

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Griffin on October 15, 2020, 12:08:46 AM

Ambar & Ponybookworm: Thank you :lovey:

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Goanna on October 16, 2020, 12:39:40 AM

Ooooh those sculpted wings look so good!

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Pheasant on October 19, 2020, 09:55:48 AM

Oh, she's lovely! The color palette is wonderful; the green adds a nice pop. :) Roogna's a lucky pony!

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Griffin on October 19, 2020, 11:40:03 AM

Thanks Goanna & Pheasant! :lovey:

Title: Re: Capricious Carmine ~ Private swap with Roogna
Post by: Roogna on October 25, 2020, 10:01:57 AM

I love her so much! The diva pose is one of my favorites, and she really turned out fabulous with those wings, the colors, and the skull.

I'll post mine this week :)