There's this issue even top tier artists perpetrate. That is, putting human shoulderblades and joints on ponies.
This one doesn't do that, and it makes me very happy!
Now, Pinkie's eye sockets are slightly misaligned, which would normally be a cause of concern, but hey. Pinkie Pie. Her inquisitive look still pulls through. I wonder if she'd be able to notice the Phoenix dust, should there be any in the brownie (and the feather poking out seems to indicate as much).
Nevertheless, it's a nice piece, and I wonder if actually writing the "Hmmm..." wouldn't have worked better for the overall style of the drawing.
I still liked it, though.

Yep. Good cover for that story; hope it's used. Got the attitude of The Pie in the story and the feather is a plus.

You’ve firmly pinned down Pinkie to the degree that she’s pinnable. Caption noted, ahem. She’s a bit derp eyed, but she’s also a bit Derpy. The brownie approacheth edibility.
Upper tier, but in this round, something is going to have to go lower…

I really like the over-exaggerated expression that Pinkie's got. For me, it calls out memories of Looney Tunes and Calvin and Hobbes.The texturing you did on her mane looks cool as well. Is that a digital blur on a physical drawing? I don't have an eye for this kind of thing, but it's cool, regardless.

The one thing that I thought was a little out of place was the text, which is kind of a bold contrast with Pinkie both in terms of color and visual appearance (sharp angles vs overlapping curves).

>>Zaid Val'Roa, >>scifipony, >>Bachiavellian

Thanks for the not entirely unexpected medal, and also for the Most Controversial award!

As stated in chat, this was a hasty yet tasty piece done almost at the last minute. Any anatomical infelicities are due to this and are entirely not my fault, not at all, nope.

The texturing you did on her mane looks cool as well. Is that a digital blur on a physical drawing?

Here’s the original sketch, done in medium charcoal pencil on sketching paper. I opened it in Photoshop, adjusted the lines to make them darker, then made a simple palette of Pinkie’s colors and mostly did color overlays on the sketch, then shaded and highlighted with a fuzzy brush. I sometimes selected darker or lighter colors by eye and sometimes cheaped out and used the dodge and burn tools. In my haste, I missed a few areas, such as the occasional gray spots on her body.

Thanks again, and see you all next round!