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My first thought was that Celestia became a giant and promptly impaled herself on the mountain. :P
If she's meant to be flying here, it's not clear, in part because her wings aren't open. Also her overall pose looks weird (the head angle, the front hooves, the weird perspective on the rear legs.)
I'm afraid there's not much good I can say about this picture, seeing as it's just a wonky-looking vector overlaid on a show screencap.
If she's meant to be flying here, it's not clear, in part because her wings aren't open. Also her overall pose looks weird (the head angle, the front hooves, the weird perspective on the rear legs.)
I'm afraid there's not much good I can say about this picture, seeing as it's just a wonky-looking vector overlaid on a show screencap.
If she’s supposed to be (metaphorically) spreading out protectively over the land, the tip of the mountain should be in front of her belly.
It’s a decent idea, but the execution is rather lacking.
It’s a decent idea, but the execution is rather lacking.
As a note on image sourcing: A few rounds back we had someone render their own vector for Pinkie Pie and people assumed it was grabbed from an art site, so I thought I'd spend a few minutes seeing if the Celestia here seemed original. I'm pretty sure it's this existing vector.
(Which is fine! The artistic work here is in the photocollage assembly. This is NOT meant to challenge the entry; I just wanted to make sure my decisions about the artistic merit of the piece weren't based on bad assumptions.)
As others have said, unfortunately, the execution here doesn't seem quite up to communicating the artist's ideas. The "Is she balancing on the mountain?" question distracts from whatever greater point might have been intended about Celestia's caring for ponykind (especially since the physics of her body and mane then become significant questions). Personally, at first I took it as her sleeping on Twilight's map table, but I think there's a different map image for that.
So I won't rank this highly, but thank you for contributing!
(Which is fine! The artistic work here is in the photocollage assembly. This is NOT meant to challenge the entry; I just wanted to make sure my decisions about the artistic merit of the piece weren't based on bad assumptions.)
As others have said, unfortunately, the execution here doesn't seem quite up to communicating the artist's ideas. The "Is she balancing on the mountain?" question distracts from whatever greater point might have been intended about Celestia's caring for ponykind (especially since the physics of her body and mane then become significant questions). Personally, at first I took it as her sleeping on Twilight's map table, but I think there's a different map image for that.
So I won't rank this highly, but thank you for contributing!
If your goal was to make it look like she's protectively curled around Equestria, you shouldn't have left so much of it outside of her grasp. Unless you're trying to say that she only cares about Canterlot, or something. It really does look more like she's just flying over Equestria, except that her wings are folded in.
>>horizon
As it happens, one of my first thoughts was that this might have been better if it was a picture of Celestia lying on that table.
>>horizon
Personally, at first I took it as her sleeping on Twilight's map table, but I think there's a different map image for that.
As it happens, one of my first thoughts was that this might have been better if it was a picture of Celestia lying on that table.
>>JudgeDeadd
>>Haze
>>GroaningGreyAgony
>>horizon
>>Dubs_Rewatcher
>>The_Letter_J
Well, this is a late reply. Basically, I tried to do something clever and cool, but after four-or-five hours of failing I kinda gave up and did this.
As to why she's centered around Canterlot, I had to hide a weird glowing orb of light that's hanging out over the Everfree Forrest somehow, and her tail did the trick.
>>Haze
>>GroaningGreyAgony
>>horizon
>>Dubs_Rewatcher
>>The_Letter_J
Well, this is a late reply. Basically, I tried to do something clever and cool, but after four-or-five hours of failing I kinda gave up and did this.
As to why she's centered around Canterlot, I had to hide a weird glowing orb of light that's hanging out over the Everfree Forrest somehow, and her tail did the trick.