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CosmicUnicorn — eclipsed
Published: 2011-08-12 01:01:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 36851; Favourites: 1688; Downloads: 4702
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Nightmare Moon and Luna.Speedpainting. Few hours.
Practicing scenery/mood... etc. I'm sort of happy with it... Or at least, I see progress. Just have to keep working...
I'm going to draw nothing but rocks for a week because UGH.
Also light... etc. Derpaderp.
Wallpaper format just because I love you.
If you crop it to fit your desktop, please don't repost the cropped version... if you post it anyways, at least include a link back to the original.
Photoshop.
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Comments: 95
Wow, this is amazing. Really and truly a masterpiece.
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/)(^3^)(\ So awesome!
No really, the whole composition is great. I love it. There is nothing that distracts the viewer form the happenings and by just looking in the middle of the picture you can see and feel what Luna feels.
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At first I actually thought it was Trixie because of the light blue mane, and the fact that the wings, on first glance, looked like Trixie's cloak.
Amazing painting, ma'am.
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Same here. It looked like Trixie the first three times I looked at it.
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"Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart"
Sorry, but that really is the first thing that came to mind.
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These speed paintings always amaze me how something so nice can be done so fast, it really looks nice.
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i can't even explain how amazingly beautiful your art is. if i could have just a shred of your talent...ugh. <3
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"Luna went down to the crossroads, and there danced with the demon in the pale moon light...and so it was that the good in her faded, and the ascension of Nightmare Moon began..."
I have no idea why I just wrote that...probably because you're just so good an artist it drives me to write.
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Thank you!
To me, the best compliments are when someone tells me that my creativity has inspired their creativity.
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Every time you post a new image to your gallery I get that much more excited about seeing my order
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Truly beautiful... And you did this in a few hours? Wow. I'm amazed how someone can create such a realistic scene (background wise ofc, altho I'd like to believe Luna is out there somewhere 
Anyway, Practice succesful (imo)! And thanks for the wallpaper format.
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Aaaaand that makes what, 7 of your pictures that are in my wallpaper rotation? Oh my God so good ;-;
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This is a speedpaint?! I never would have guessed. It's stunning!
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That's pretty amazing. I LOVE the color key and that night sky is kickass. Good show.
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I don't see why you have to work on rocks. They look great to me... There is something about the light though. Just can't tell what.
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Maybe. I think if you're giong to make it darker though you need more stars. Just me though.
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The only thing more boring to draw than rocks is grass
Great painting
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Epic battle incoming. We need appropriate epic battle music!
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Oh come on, I already have a story planned for this! XD
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I really like the idea of this picture but I feel the characters are to drowned out by the space around them I think what will take this from good to superb is croping it some to bring the characters more in focus other than that I like this one alot
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Since the focus of this speedpainting exercise was scenery/environment/mood, the characters were the last things I added (and what I spent the least time on). So I placed them far away so that I wouldn't have to spend a lot of time rendering them, and because I wanted the viewer to be removed from the scene. Luna feels alone because there is no one close to her except for the Darkness. Additionally, the scene is part of the characters... Luna is alone on a beach that overlooks an empty ocean, and the full moon is eclipsed and cast in red shadow (lol...symbolism).
I also wanted them to really be integrated into the environment, which is why they are "drowned out" I suppose... lot's of shadows... etc. And actually, if I didn't take so many liberties with the lighting, you wouldn't even see the characters since they'd be back-lit (at night) and would appear completely in shadow... and I actually think that I should've done that, since the whole thing looks "flat" to me still; not enough contrast... bleah...
Thank you for your feedback, it is much appreciated and gives me things to think about in the future. <3
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Trixie will go to anypony to get revenge on Twilight it seems. Beautiful.
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She even wears a Luna disguise... 
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