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Rising From the Ashes · FiM Short Story ·
Organised by RogerDodger
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This one is pretty. Nicely done watercolors, too.
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The pony here is Cherry Berry?
#3 · 1
· · >>Haze
Is this watercolor pencil? I really like how the clouds and the flower look. The Crystal Castle and the Town Hall in the distance are great, too.

I wish I knew who that pony was.

This one is very nicely done. Great color, shape, composition, even has something of a story in it; it'll do very well by me.
#4 · 4
· · >>Kitcat36
Come on guys. It's a flower pony named Lilly. Only one of those three girls would know that growth tip and make a giant flower.
#5 · 1
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>>Remedyfortheheart
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought "It's Lily Valley, of the Flower Trio!"
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That petal doesn't look very stable...

Very nice. I give this 10/10 jealous Applejacks.
#7 · 1
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Ah, a watercolor on decent paper! Shout out for traditional media. A nice perspective on an interesting subject, and a strong work.
#8 · 1
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Good use of perspective—I can feel the vertigo from here. Very nice coloring.
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@caption_rates
I think the caption is down on the ground but I can't see it from here. Lost my magnifying glass. I'm sure it's cute though. 8/10
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This is really cute. I like both the style and the colors.
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>>Not_A_Hat
Is this watercolor pencil?

Yes it is! I'd never used them before, so I had to quickly learn just for this. Combined with regular watercolors, so the pencils were mostly for the clear outlines.

The pony used was Lily. Though I should've picked somepony with different colors, or a different flower maybe.
I wonder if using a specific pony made it more difficult to produce a story idea out of this? Maybe I could've left out the pony entirely. (I just now realized Filler's winning entry also involved a flower. take notes for next time)

In the chat, FrontSevens said something about hoping not all the artwork in the contest would turn out serious and gloomy, so that drove me to come up with as many whimsical ideas as possible. Giving something authors could work with was all I cared about. Collectively they produced 5 stories, though I was a little sad this didn't get any. It was the idea I most wanted to read.