Have you heard of the Cutie Art Crusaders? They do an excellent MLP art discussion podcast on Everfree Network, that I enjoy watching every week. It's also the only MLP show that focuses on art, so this is where to go if you like art analysis on a weekly basis. They can be found at [link] and their Deviantart page is *CutieArtCrusaders.
For a few weeks now they have been badgering the audience to send them fan art of their OCs, which they will compile in an episode soon. I like their blatant narcissism and decided to give it a shot. This is actually my second attempt (third if you count that silly thing I posted on Tumblr). First I made a painting, but got fed up with it because I thought it was boring. It was close to being finished though, so I may post it anyway.
With this second attempt I went an entirely different direction, the change to vector art being the most obvious. It was all about figuring out a good composition with four characters. I tried to give them all a similar amount of focus, and took special care to show off all the cutie marks. The stylization is a nice aspect that evolved naturally form my initial sketches. Definitely happy with the result.
Created with Inkscape.
Creative Commons 3.0 – BY NC ND The characters, starting left and going clockwise: Bright Ember – belongs to *RainbowPlasma Sunshine Smiles – belongs to *Bernd01 Caramel Curve – belongs to =flutterguy317 Electroshock – belongs to *MyLittlePinkieDash
Fantastic fan-art! Looks amazing! Can't wait to have it on the show.
-RP
Anyway, glad you like it. I'll be looking forward to your future episodes too.