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Celestia On Break In MS Paint — Description
Edit: Made her cutie mark a bit bigger since people were mentioning how small it was.

So I decided I needed to practice my more detailed art again, and yet it still came out relatively simple.
Also, this took way longer than usual. I had fallen out of practice in the time I was away from my tablet, but in the end I finished it.

To my watchers:
Many of you tell me all the time about how you're trying new things, whether it's in MS Paint or simply using new shading techniques. And I always tell you that so long as you're trying new things, you're developing as an artist. I'm so proud of many of you who have taken time to practice with your art.
So, to practice what I preach, I tried something new too.
1. I tried a crazy perspective. And honestly, it wasn't easy. In the speedpaint I had to cut out all the mess up sketches before I finally figured out how to draw her at that angle.
2. A new technique with clouds. Clouds are not my strong point, and I always struggle with them. One day I hope I'll figure out how to draw those big puffy skies so I can do a landscape portrait of Cloudsdale, but until then I need more practice. I believe most of my time was spent on the clouds on here.
3. Her mane. I'm terrible at drawing detailed hair, but I gave it a shot. I think it looks alright, but if you take a much closer look at her it still looks like scribbling. -.-

Shout out to these artists! All of which I'm noticing great improvements in their work.

About this piece:
1. I was originally going to have this as an underwater view of Celestia swimming, which is why she isn't wearing her royal armor and her legs look a little like their flailing about.
2. After drawing her wing I decided it would look better to have her flying.

Many artists comment questions about how long I'v been using MS Paint, what brushes I use, how long does this take, etc. So this time I'll add some of this information.

1. Program used: Microsoft Paint
2. Time Taken: 6 hours.
3. Tools used: Bamboo Tablet, Curve Tool, Fill bucket, pencil tool (for sketching), Crayon Tool for shading, Colored pencil tool for blending.
4. References: Images of Celestia from Google for colors.
5. MS Paint Experience: I'm going to have to say it's been around 4 years total that I've been regularly using MS Paint, and less than 1 year that I've been using a tablet with it.

NOTE: I am no longer doing speedpaint requests. I'm having trouble finding music I like now, and quite frankly I'd rather do a speedpaint of my more detailed art. (Like this one) Also, commissions may be opening soon. My tablet seems to be working again. I'm just gonna be waiting one more day to see if it keeps working.

Speedpaint: ---> www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG4QAF…