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I had this finished or in a near finished state for about a week after I saw the EQD contest and just fiddled with it here and there. Well I decided to post it and enter it into the contest.
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Critique by ~OpaqueFerret Jun 19, 2012, 3:13:31 AM
The artist shows skill in creating a realistic lighting effect. The light creates very nice contrast with the deep indigo sky, this , in turn, creates intrest. Monvement can be seen in the hair and pose which suggest a story behind the picture. A little problem with proporting and prespective on the eyes. I would have liked to have seen a more expresive face, considering the action suggested in the pose. In addtion, I think a picture reference would have improved the starry night effect, because stars tend to cluster together. The line created by the lightning invites the eyes to move around the scene, which show quite a bit of skill in the use of lines. This is all together a very nice peice.
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~MerionMinor Jul 5, 2012  Student General Artist
Whoah, this one is amazing! Great job on the lights!
I'm totally voting for you! :D
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*EagleSpartan888 Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Pretty cool work! She lights up like Halley's Comet!

Great job!
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*MLP-SharpShooter Jun 26, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Awesome!!:D

Father Nurgle loves your work. So do I.:clap:
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~KadenJahusk Jun 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. I had another question as well. How do you suggest a beginner (like me) approach shading/lighting similar to what you have in this?
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~AnaduKune Jun 19, 2012
Well there are multiple ways to do shading. One thing to always do first is to pick the direction of the light.I do shade/light in two main ways. The first is to create a color palette, the colors used will depend on the environment and character. With this approach I use the solid colors and do a rough shading setup and blend the colors with smudge tool. The second approach is to use the color palette but with a low opacity brush. Sometimes you can get away using just low opacity black brush, but that can make the image lose impact.

The key here is that no one way is "the" correct way. There are many, many tutorials on this stuff. The key is practice. If you go back to my early stuff you can see the progress I have made, I already see progress in your art. From your derpy to your Rainbow dash it seems you have made progress in your proportions of the characters.

here are a few tuts I think might help you.

Color
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lighting
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room lighting
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~KadenJahusk Jun 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you very much! This really helps me out. I just want to say, you are probably the most impressive pony artist I have seen here on DA. Your Fluttershy piece is simply incredible.
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~AnaduKune Jun 19, 2012
Thanks! Glad to help.
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~KadenJahusk Jun 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Nice! What program do you use?
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~AnaduKune Jun 19, 2012
Adobe Photoshop.
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~KadenJahusk Jun 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Impressive, how do you achieve the sparks effect?
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