I absolutely adore this one. I love the little telescope and the way his paw is raised.

One tiny gripe is that on the bottom his hair should have been outlined in white or light grey so we can actually see it.

Keep on arting, artist!!

Edit: was I hallucinating or did his hair always have the light grey outline? If it did my excuse was that I wrote my initial comment on mobile, but if it didn't have the outline-- how did you edit it?

Huh, well that's really interesting. I haven't read the fic, so I'm gonna be commenting based on just the art. In which case: I like it.

While the main yin-yang would have been a reasonable piece by itself, the Diarchs in the two corners really compliments it. I applaud your choice on that. My only gripe is it makes the other corners feel unreasonably empty, which really detracts from my experience. Another copy of the Diarchs could work, but honestly, I'd include a Twilight and Cadance there. Sure, it might lose the strict duality theme it has running, but I feel it would make the piece stronger on the whole. Hey, you could even argue that Cadance and Twilight can fit the theme. I sometimes do.

While I think it could benefit from a few changes, again, I do like it as is. Don't forget that.

I like this, and it's a shame that something has to finish last. Nice use of the Taijitu working with the flying princesses from canon art of a similar concept. It's kind of odd to have Discord searching different ways in both, and that aren't particularly attuned to how the story described them. Which of the two princesses he's facing in each, for instance, or perhaps some method of searching that differentiated feminine from masculine, for the part each one is in. Cool picture though, and far above what I could do.

This deserves praise for tackling a rather unusual and esoteric subject in the story it pertains to. I like the use of the yin-yang symbol, especially when Discord is thematically supposed to represent one of these sides, except your image shows Discord completely ignoring his role in favor of some personal mission, breaking the archetypal fourth wall. That, along with the cartoony style, are two elements which fit perfectly with Discord's character. It looks like he's passively generating chaos by virtue of his existence alone, at least that's how I read it.

I was a little off-put by the images of Celestia and Luna, which seem to be clipped images that don't follow through with your style. And I liked your drawing of Discord so much that it was a bummer to not see more of your hand applied to the two sisters. That's probably my only complaint on this, though. Fun visual overall!

>>Anon Y Mous, >>MLPmatthewl419, >>Pascoite, >>Rocket Lawn Chair

Congrats to Rocket Lawn Chair, and thanks to all for the silver! Not bad for a last-minute job.

I’m not sure that anyone got exactly what I was going for with this one. I started this by thinking of Discord seeking the Wound, but the Wound was always behind his head where he wasn’t looking. I imagined a two-panel comic showing him looking to left and right with the Wound eluding him, and after that the Yin-Yang suggested itself.

I usually do a pencil sketch and scan it, and sometimes “ink it”–that is, draw over it–in Illustrator. In this case, while I drew a quick sketch on paper for layout, I drew Discord directly using Illustrator’s Bezier tools without overlaying, and I am very pleased with the result. I think I really nailed him on the bottom, where he’s holding the opera glasses. I did lighten the stroke on his hair over the black background, and it looked okay on my main monitor.

After sleeping on it, I had the idea that having the Sisters chasing each other around the “World” would help the image, and I barely had time to shoop them in before going to work. Had I a bit more time, I would have drawn them from scratch.

Thanks for all the great comments!

>>GroaningGreyAgony
Forgot to say anything earlier. I'm flattered that art could be inspired by a fic as weird and experimental as mine! Thanks! And great job with it, too. Tight and clean.