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"Sing my song and become nothing"

From the fanfic Background Pony. This is very much my mental image and my own interpretation of the unsung realm, it might be (and probably is) different to what the author intended.

If you haven't read Background Pony then you have probably at least heard of it. It's written by Short Skirts And Explosions, I highly recommend it: [link]

I used a very different method here then what I'm used to. Instead of defining the shapes and then painting onto that, I just painted straight onto the sketch and defined the edges over time. It's something I need to get used to, I definitely made some mistakes during this. Ah well, all part of learning.


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Critique by ~TheBrianJ Nov 7, 2012, 3:58:28 PM
As soon as I saw this on the front page of EQD, I had to favorite it. But when I saw it was by you, SN2394... an artist who I typically associate with more silly comics... well color me impressed as all hell.

This is a departure from your usual, more simple style of pony art, but I think you really nail the feeling of Background Pony and the Unsung Realm.

I really like how the colors on the two most important subjects—Lyra and the Giant Unsung Ball Of Unsungness—stand out over the more washed out images of the background. It forces you to look at the scene not as just a picture, but as a confrontation. Very dynamic use of color.

I have one suggestion for future improvement... Lyra's upper body looks a bit scrunched. It's probably due to the black hoodie and the shadows, but having more clearly defined edges of the sleeves could help.

But anyway, fantastic work on this. I am extremely impressed, and you absolutely deserved to headline the Drawfriend over on EQD with this. Well done!

-Brian J
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=fatalerror328 May 12, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Love you for this)
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Mood: Wow! ~DreamActualizer Apr 12, 2013
my first thought when i saw this was Eye of Magnus XD, but even so this is awesome! i got to get reading this fic
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~Binary10011 Apr 18, 2013
Be sure you know what you are getting into - the tags don't lie...
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~DreamActualizer Apr 18, 2013
k thanks
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~Binary10011 Apr 22, 2013
did you finish the story? :D
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~DreamActualizer Apr 23, 2013
no not yet, my internet has been off and on a lot lately :(
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Mood: Terror ~Binary10011 Apr 26, 2013
I know what you mean... just would like to say that unless you are a true fan of tragedy and sadness, just read up to the middle of the next chapter (or don't even) and stop - forever. It still haunts me now....
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~DreamActualizer Apr 26, 2013
why is the ending terrible?
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~Binary10011 Apr 27, 2013
The ending is written beautifully, and it moved me to tears, which was why it is terrible. Ugh, just read it why don't you :D
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~Zenofire Apr 2, 2013
Hey, I'm doing a let's play of Cave Lyra (A resprite of Cave Story by Studio Pixel) for youtube and was wondering if I could have permission to use your picture to fill in Black Bar space.
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