Raven Rawne

OOC @Scare Effect "Get on this starship, they said... It'll be fun! They said..." A mare was laying on her bed, staring into the ceiling of her tiny private quarters. She had a deep, rusty red coat, and ice blue mane, tied meticulously into a ponytail with a lock of hair hanging like a curtain by her right eye. She rolled her cold, blue eyes and sighed, then raised her left arm to look at the bracelet on it. She fired up the touch screen and fidded with it for a bit, then finally started a recording. She took a deep breath, and said: "Personal log, of Crystal Clear, assignment Pathfinder unit number 2, entry one. After over a year in stasis, we've arrived to our destination. The orbit of an alien world, Caligula. I remeber seeing it, just a little dot on the sky... Well it sure looks better from up close, for once. Anyways... it appears that the mission is going as planned. Our ship, "Final Frintier", the finest we ever made they say, left Equestrian orbit a year ago, never to return. And we, crazy ponies on board. Yours truly included. Our mission: to establish a first pony colony outside Equestria, and it's Moon. A bold plan, one that will make it to history books for sure. Even if we fail." The humming of the ship seemed louder and she looked at the doors, but nothing happened. The light on the door console kept beeping, informing that they are locked from the inside. Crystal sighed and resumed her little speech. "It's been five days since I was brought back from stasis. Not the best feeling, mind you, but I live. And today is the last day of my, ahem, vacation. the command says the tech ponies finally pulled out my ship from storage and will have her ready before dinner. Which is good, idleness makes my head hurt." A notification flashed on the screen of her forearm computer, halting the recording. She muteres domething and reviewed it, then resumed the recording. "Well Heart take me, they made it three hours earlier than expected. Maybe these techies aren't as bad as usual! *Akhem* I'll go and take a look at my new ride then. Heart knows I need all the time in it I can get... Crystal Clear out. . .. ... .... I know you'll be listening to it, snoops!" She killed the screen and stretched her back. In one swift move, the mare was on her hooves and starting to get ready. Soon enough she stepped out of the doors of her little hideout and, using the device on her arm, closed the doors with her pass key. She took the left turn, along a long row of doors, identical to her own. Most vacant so far, only the essential crew was awake, and now it was time for the Pathfinders to start working too. Crystal smiled as her hof boots made a clatter on the metal floor, like a dozen troopers were marching on parade. She straightened her jacket, the Crystal Heart patch on her right shoulder, the mission logo and pathfinder decal on her left, the name tag on her chest. One more pat on her breeches and she was mentally ready to meet her chariot, looking her best. The Pathfinder units hangar seemed busy like never. well, because it was technically true. Crystal walked out of the hallway into the clatter of tools, curses and shouts as the technicians busted their flanks to keep as many units mission ready as possible, before the deadline,. Everypony wanted to do their best, and for good reason. The crystal mare consulted her little computer and went straight ahead to one of the nooks, where ships were parked. Only from up close did she notice a "II" on the floor right before it. A casual glance confirmed that the unit was indeed, prepped and set aside, so she walked around it, carefully exemining every detail of the hull. Only once satisfied did she open the ramp at the back and climb inside. "Well hello there! seems like we'll be working together for a bit. Yeah, I know, you expected somepony else but, you know." The mare casually talked to the ship as she woke up her power core, and the interior lit with clinical, blueish light. Crystal took a galnce over the cargo hold, checked the rifle stands, and sat on the lower bunk bed that was crammed just behing the cockpit. "Hmm, not bad... Let's check your systems and get aquainted, shall we?" She took her seat - the pilot seat - engaged service mode and started runing checks on every system of the ship, one after another. She sat there, silent aside from the beeps and whirrs of her machine companion as it moved it's flaps and lit all kinds of info on the HUD, testing itself out.

Heh, yeah... I need to take some new approach to anthro faces in general, plus this was supposed to be an open mouth expression which, as it turned out, didn't quite match the mood of her pose. Like I said, I'll probably come back to this idea as I am not really satisfied with the results.

@VoltWrecker I made the first drawing. Although I had some problems with drawing hands so I hid them. How does it look like? I know tou wanted her to be slim but I just wanted to finish this piece to showcase my general level of anthro skill so you can call for adjustments in take two.

@Chrysalis14 here's the fixed version.

@Chrysalis14 I just don't know what went wrong... Once I'll get home I'll fix that.

@VoltWrecker I just wanted to say that I remember about your request, and I should be able to start working on it as soon as I finish a big thing I was asked to draw on a deadline. Which should mean that I will start your drawing this week. I'm sorry for the delay but, things piled up on my end.

@Califorum the shop is closed. I'm wrapping up the requests I agreed on, and then close it for good. I'm planning to shift away from doing characters, and I don't suppose people would like to request landscapes.

@Princess Lulu <3~ here's the second take on your request: And @Chrysalis14, yours too: Now I need to concentrate and do my best with these anthros, this is super new for me to be honest.

Alright you two, I'll see what I can do with these requests.

Ok but, I would like to see some pose reference for the drawing.