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Description
Original Lineup
RARITY
Size - Tall, long, thin horn
Build - Thin and trim
Fluff - OCD Brushed
Eyes - Oval
Mane - OCD Brushed
Rarity is perhaps the most opposite of the stylistic choices I make with most of the Mane 6 because she’s so clean and well-groomed. I also slim down her appearance. Unlike some other artists, I draw her (and her sister) tall instead of short and petite; she just has that air about her. I also felt she needs elf ears.
RARITY
Size - Tall, long, thin horn
Build - Thin and trim
Fluff - OCD Brushed
Eyes - Oval
Mane - OCD Brushed
Rarity is perhaps the most opposite of the stylistic choices I make with most of the Mane 6 because she’s so clean and well-groomed. I also slim down her appearance. Unlike some other artists, I draw her (and her sister) tall instead of short and petite; she just has that air about her. I also felt she needs elf ears.
For one thing, Rarity being incredibly close to white, any shading color you would use is going to be grayscale anyway.
Secondly, it’s an illusion. Every shade of every color, when dark enough, [literally] zeros out into straight black. All darker colors are basically reduced intensity and light versions of the actual surface’s original “color”. when you shade something completely (remove all light sources), you get complete darkness. When you add a little light, you get complete darkness (all black) except a hint of the surface color where the light touches.
“Darker colors” is actually “incorrect”. When you Photoshop-edit a photo in realism, you don’t / can’t use colors to make your shading. But it’s artistically acceptable for the illusion, depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.
For Rainbow Dash’s coat:
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I’m just not a fan of doing flat color images where, yes, doing straight black is significantly more difficult to work with because the variances in transitioning light to dark isn’t all there since there is a lot less [color] information to work with.