Abby Robette, A famous Painting Swap for Dee_Kary

[NichiTsukinoko]

My partner for the Famous Painting swap was Dee_Kary and she seemed to fancy prints more than paintings.  So I picked out one of her prints and went about trying to accomplish putting it onto a pony.
The result was Abby Robette, named after the print that inspired her.

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Abby started out in life as a Posey that someone took a green sharpie too in an effort to darken the stems on her flowers.  Her hair had turned white and she had seen better days.

So I removed her hair and started painting her.  I did hand painted gradients since I still don't have a decent airbrush, but I think the effect turned out nice enough.

The hair used is all from http://retrodollsus.weebly.com/ .   The orange color is Sweetie synthetic.  The red is Rebel Synthetic. The white in the tail is frost bite Polypropylene.

I painted her eyes red to match the girl in the picture.  the red and orange in the mane were also meant to reflect the girl in the picture.  The white tail was meant to reflect the sheer white drape the girl is wearing.

The hardest part was doing the lettering on the ND side of the pony.  It was very hard getting the arch to look right and the right style to the letters.

[achab1984]

That is cool looking!!! I love all the details on her!

[PhyllieBean]

Wow!  She looks incredible! I love how you just focused on parts of the original work instead of putting the whole thing on there.  The details in the paintwork are AWESOME.  I'm really impressed!

[Tribble79]

She turned out really pretty! I love that painting and Absinthe in general...

[Dee_Kary]

She's amazing in person I'm so glad you chose my favorite piece,  as well as favorite G1 pose! thank you so so much!

[kaoskat]

Very pretty! I love her hair!

[Dainty]

Oh my, she's gorgeous! wow!

[WaePonies]

awesome
xoxo

[granate]

Good Job!! I like her!!!

[NichiTsukinoko]

That is cool looking!!! I love all the details on her!

Thank you, avene!

Wow!  She looks incredible! I love how you just focused on parts of the original work instead of putting the whole thing on there.  The details in the paintwork are AWESOME.  I'm really impressed!

Thank you! My main focus in art is impressionism, so when I made this pony I tried to capture my impression of the print and the things that make it special, rather than just copying the whole things over.
I loved the pose of the woman and it reminded me of the "Posey" pose, so the pony became both the woman and the canvas, for example.  I'm glad that you think highly of her. She was quite a challenge.

She turned out really pretty! I love that painting and Absinthe in general...

It was a print with some great colors to use.  I'm glad she turned out well!

She's amazing in person I'm so glad you chose my favorite piece,  as well as favorite G1 pose! thank you so so much!

I am especially glad that you like her.  My style and the style that the original prints were in are very different and I wasn't sure how well I could blend the two.  I agonized over her, almost the entire time I was working on her (ask poor Okami. She was very supportive and reassuring every time I would send her a panicked e-mail about the progress of this pony. ) But once she was finally done and I could step back and look at her objectively, I thought she turned out well.  And I was very much hoping you would think so too. So I'm very happy that you love her.  Also, feel free to restyle the hair as you like.  The curls turned out bigger than I had actually wanted for this pony. So if you would like to play with the hair, go to it!

Very pretty! I love her hair!

Thank you Kaoskat! you have such a good eye, so I feel honored you think so!

Oh my, she's gorgeous! wow!

Thank you!

awesome
xoxo

Thanks!

Good Job!! I like her!!!

Thank you!

[puuush]

Ooooh, so that was the pony we talked about on dA. I love how you did her. Wonderful work. And the colors are so pretty. Aaaah, I love all things art nouveau.

[Saja]

Gorgeous work!!

[Okami_Amaterasu]

Beautiful job, I love the hairstyle!^^

[AnnaPommes]

wow,awesome! i love your concept and pecise painting, very good!!

[Griffin]

I think she turned out beautifully! The lettering and decorative motifs in particular. I also love the gradient effect and two-toned mane, the colours look spot on!