Those are the descriptions given for Queen Carnation which I based her off of; I also added a bit of Rose Quartz to her, mainly her eyes, which are based off of
the eyes seen in ‘We Need To Talk’.
I also, while this is extremely subtle as I wanted to stay as true to the text as possible, made her less skinny than Chrysalis’s body type, though her height makes up for it, having much longer legs than Queen Chrysalis.
Her wings are fuller and while still full of holes, I wanted to give her a healthier look than Chrysalis. Her horn is based on the Queen!Applejack seen in the
Advent of Applejack cover art, with an extra crook.
Another thing I added mainly for aesthetics were very light freckles. While she was not described with freckles, she also was not described to lack them, which was good enough for me to make her aesthetic resemble her daughter’s a bit more.
After all, both cover arts for Irony of Applejack and the sequel Advent of Applejack feature Changeling!Applejack with freckles despite being a changeling. So that happened.
One of the things I did to make her pop more is her mane; when I first figured out the colors
(Find the color guide here), I realized that the description of her hair as mosslike made me feel like a gradient of sorts was in order; it felt like just crimson wouldn’t do her… justice.
The brighter color just didn’t work for how soft she was, so it’s a lighter shade of crimson, and the effect was better… but it still felt incomplete, lesser than how she should have looked. So I added a lighter orange to the end as a gradient, and it just… worked. The description of mosslike made me lean towards the orange so it would look more organic.
So, meet Queen Carnation, Starryoak’s depiction. I might draw more of the characters, since I absolutely ADORE this fanfiction. Sorry for the Miracleverse followers; I have like, 14 unfinished sketches for it, so it’s not a matter of not having anything to do, I have a huge backlog, but I got the inspiration for this.
Anyone want to submit this to Derpibooru or somehow contact Mr. Friendly? I want to show him, but I don’t know how. So yeah, tacit approval of uploading this to Derpibooru.