After Ember in Orange without any blue (Day of Embers), I guess I now have a Skystar in
blue without any of her yellow. The hues are entirely in the cyan/blue/violet range. No yellows.

I did have to adjust the colors drastically in the end. During painting I had a range from
green to violet, but with a filter I reduced the greens into blue. (see WIP for change)

Initially this was actually just a random Anthro pony OC, then I thought I’d finally make my first Hippogriff
OC, but then not-Skystar turned into Skystar… same story as with the Ember piece and dragon OCs haha.

Both Anthro I guess.

It’s been fun exploring these complexities in color theory and how we perceive it all. Playing around with it, getting a better understanding of it in practice. I’ve had some theory on it, but I never quite sat down to paint stuff like this specifically.

Of course, I experiment with all the other things as well, such as anatomy, feathers, composition, poses, etc. And
this one I did move a lot slower with than Ember’s, but it’s also slightly more clean while still… dirty brushstrokes.

Maybe if I wasn’t so focused on deciding on the colors.

Oh, and I guess this is the first Skystar painting… not first sketch, tho.

Approx Time: 8-9~ hours?

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