Limit

[rowyn]

This is my second custom My Little Pony(tm). He's inspired by Limit from terrycloth's online serials, "Space Otter" and "Familiar". In hte novel, Limit is a space otter: a genetically-engineered human adapted for space, not a pony. He has midnight-blue fur with white dots like stars, however, which I thought would make a pretty cute pony.

This pony took a lot more time than I expected -- I thought "he's mostly blue with white dots, how hard can it be?" Hahahahahaha! It took about six coats of cobalt blue and then another couple of washes of Payne's grey before I was happy with the blue (that was one weekend), and then I had to find some references for star fields to get the stars right (that was the next weekend). I made the cutie marks overly complicated because I foolishly thought the rest of the figure would be simple. The cutie marks didn't take that long to paint (all right, about two hours, but I'm slow) but it took me most of the weekend to get up the energy to get started.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with how he's turned out, but I can't quite decide what to do with his mane. I had originally planned to dye it in shades of blue, but I rather like the contrast of the white. At least when viewed from his left. From his right side, it's kind of overwhelming. I'm thinking of leaving it white but haven't decided. Opinions?




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Comments

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

I can see why the starfield took so much work! The starry hooves and eyes are a nice touch.

[rowyn]

It was pretty fun once I figured out how to do it. I kinda want to paint more stars now. n.n

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

Maybe NEil Gaiman's Dream as a MLP next, then? :)

[rowyn]

Hee! That would be cute. :)

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I rather like the white, but, you're right, on the one side it does seem be a bit too much. Perhaps to retain how nicely it looks from the one side, you could dye the ends dark blue and quickly graduate it to white. Of course, I also kinda would want to see what it would like as white with dark blue patches and/or blue glitter. It definitely should stay white near the top, though.

[rowyn]

I'm tempted to try for a starry effect in the hair, but I think leaving the right amount of white is going to be too tough, and glitter would prrrrobably look tacky.

I'm trying to pull the wave out of his hair, which I think will help it be less overwhelming. If it doesn't straighten, I'm going to tie it near the bottom, which will have a nice effect.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

"If it doesn't straighten, I'm going to tie it near the bottom, which will have a nice effect."

Especially if you tie it with a dark blue ribbon, with or without stars.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Oh, and if you don't think you could leave the right amount of white, I'd consider not dying it then.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

BTW, this turned out really well. :)

[rowyn]

Thanks! I am a little disappointed with the cutie mark, but I like him overall. n.n

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

If you want to get an idea of what it might look like with the hair dyed, try colouring a mane-shaped piece of white paper and holding it up to the figure to give you a rough idea.

[minor-architect.livejournal.com]

I do like the star fields on this one. Very pretty! :)

[rowyn]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. :)

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Nice work! The blue is rich and deep.