Ello there~

 

Today I'm going to type up a silly blog. Why? Eh, I just need to do something to take my mind off other things...

 

SO! SILLY BLOG TIME!

 

And what is it about?

Well, today's topic is about my ponysona, Lunar Tears. More specifically, today is officially her birthday!

This entry will be like a timeline on how I created her, and an explanation of her name, and a few other things~ Enjoy.

 

 

So... way back last year on October 26th, 2011, I finally made a pony character for myself after getting bored of test-drawing the mane 6 all the bloody time.

 

I first began to toss around the idea of making my own personal pony character back in August of 2011 after playing a game on the Hub's website called "Adventures in Ponyville" (or something to that effect.) In the game, I named my pony 'Lunar Tears'. The name came to me relatively easy. I love the moon, and admittedly I cry... a lot. So, yeah.

 

So the name was done.

 

As far as looks went, she was a white pony with light blue hair and blue eyes (the color choices in-game were really limited.) Although I found a different version of said game via google where all the customization choices were unlocked, and I made her look like a pegasus. I then made her look like a unicorn so I could copy and paste the horn onto her previous look so she'd be a alicorn. (Unfortunately being an alicorn wasn't an option in the game. > n> ) And she also had a little yellow crescent moon cutie mark.

This is how she looked:

 

 

 

I played around with a few other ponymaker games, but in the end I didn't really care for this design, and I ended up getting bored and forgetting all about her for a couple of months.

*shrug*

 

Fast forward to October 2011. I revisited the idea of my own pony. I had also just recently discovered Generalzoi's ponymaker game.

I messed around, and then... I changed her look. Not by much, but to something that fitted my other personas.

I was able to find a decent-looking longish hairstyle in-game, plus a tail to complete it. I changed the hair color from light blue to a sort-of dark brown (like my hair IRL) and changed the eyes to the same color. I then went and drew a cutie mark for her, which I made to match her name.

And this is how she ended up looking:

 

 

 

I was pretty happy with how she turned out, and on the 26th, I drew her for the first time. (And for me, that's when they become "born" is when they're drawn for the first time.)

In the beginning I drew her just like the way she looks in the image above. But I never really liked the hairstyle, and slowly I merged into drawing her hair more like I would draw for my human personas.

 

So, I started off drawing her like this:

 

 

And then this is how I draw her now:

 

 

 

 

So, that's pretty much how she was made.

 

 

 

As to why her name and cutie mark are what they are, well...

Her name/cutie mark are based off of symbolism of the two emotions that usually hang over me like a cloud:

The crescent moon represents loneliness. And yes it also represents my love for the moon, but it's mainly describing loneliness.

And the teardrop represents crying, or sadness.

 

And for those questioning why I didn't base her cutie mark off of a talent, well... I honestly don't feel like I have any talents. (well, maybe besides being annoying~)

"But Wolfie, you look like you can draw!" Yeah well... I personally don't see my drawings as "talent", it's just something I sorta do.

And besides that, the idea of a pencil--or any type of art supplies for that matter--for a cutie mark didn't really sound aesthetically pleasing to me. I wanted something related to something I felt was symbolic. *shrug*

 

I suppose I should also answer this next question: "Why is Lunar Tears an alicorn in the first place?"

She's an alicorn for many reasons.

1. I based her off of my two older personas;

Wolf Angel, who is my oldest persona (I created her in 4th/5th grade) and one of my old imaginary friends. Her name is also my semi-full nickname. (points at username)

 

 

and Angelic Wolfie, who is pretty much just an angelic version of myself, and is my second oldest persona.

 

 

 

You should notice in the pictures, that both characters have angel wings, and crescent moon symbols. And while these pictures don't show it, they both have magic powers. (wheeeewww *biizap!*)

I wanted my pony to have some magic, and angel wings. Like Wolf Angel and Angelic Wolfie do.

So I did it.

Pretty simple explanation~

 

2. I really, really, REALLY, like alicorns. (Old news is old.) They're my favorite breed of fantasy horse, with unicorns being a somewhat close second~

^ 3^

 

 

 

And finally;

 

"Did you know about the fandom's dislike for fan-created alicorns?"

Back when I created Lunar Tears, I didn't know about the fandom's little... hatred... for alicorns. (Or at least the fan-created ones.) I never really delved into the fandom at that time, and so I never knew the fandom's politics. Hell, I didn't even know of the love & tolerate stuff, rule 34 ponies or even the clopper hate.

Wolfie was blind to it all~

 

Now, would I have made her an alicorn if I had known about it? Eeyup!

Why?

Well, for one, because I can. And for two, she just wouldn't be the same to me if she was a unicorn or pegasus. I never wanted to cop-out and make her a unicorn who could give herself butterfly wings. I mean, butterfly wings and fluttercorns in general are cool and all, but they just ain't the same. *shrug*

 

Besides, I've never been one to follow invisible rules. Especially when the invisible rules are stupid as fuck. Fandom be damned~

 

So... I think that's it. Happy 1st birthday, Lunar Tears~!

 

Sorry for the uber extra long entry. I didn't know it'd get this long. (that's what she said)

And sorry for all the spoilers; that was so my (or your) computer didn't get pissy with all the images.

 

 

See ya~

 

From your alicorn-loving lurker,

Wolfie