Raven Rawne

@Nightmare Season The earth pony was... slowly getting used to the unicorn's antics by now. That shampoo was, to her, needless weight to carry but to her employer, it seemed like a necessity. Not that she minded when offered to use it tough. Natural did like the city comforts, after all. And since her bathing routine was very efficient compared to Peony's, she decided to go ahead and cook. Saving time she could use for sleeping later on. Natural Order was content with finding a source of fresh water and some wood for the campfire, and that their time in Griffonstone would be shoer after all, since they already located the flower. The recent succes pushed back the thoughts of why and how the, apparently, major trade route withered and died like this. For once, it made her sleep better that night when it was time to turn in for the night. Apparently, her companion didn't share her enthusiasm, as Natural was woken up by Peony's cries. At first, she shot up and frantically peered into the darkness, trying to discern what was going on but, as unicorn's words finally registered in her head, she did pup one and one and relaxed a bit. Still, knowing that something was wrong with the other mare, she woke her up as gently as she could. The final scream from Peony only confirmed her suspicion. "It's me, Natural! You're safe and if he shows up again, I'll put a bolt in that empty pumpkin of his, so help me Celestia." She signed at her own words, and shook her head. "Just.. try to get some more rest, alright? It's still the middle of the night." She then laid back on her bedroll and waited till her companion settled soem, before geting some more shuteye. She was woken by the sounds of something outside. Pony sized at least. Natural opened her eyes and stayedmotionless, ears flickering to discern what was going on. Being visited by wildlife was nothing new in her book, and, by the sounds of it, it wasn't a predator, so she quietly stood up and cracked a window shutter ajar. The sun was rising still, and sure as shooting there was some kind of deer like local animal poking around. It caught wind of the mare and gave tail in rapid, long leaps, to Natural's dsmaly. She sighed with dissappointment - she liked looking at wild animals, and this one was new to her. Since Peony was still asleep, the mint mare decided to head outside and do something productive. The mare checked the perimeter of her camp, stretching her body and enjoying the cool morning. The wind was less severe, so they should have more luck traversing the valley than yesterday. There were some fresh tracks around, but nothing concerning. She then poked around for anything that looked edible, to supplement their food supplies, but nothing looked familliar or safe enough, so she passed on that oportunity. Natural Order was anjoying her pipe, sitting by the former campfire when the unicorn showed up. "Morning miss Peony, seems like we're good to pick up the first flower on our list today. Have you... slept better, for the later half of the night?" Natural decided to make cold breakfast, and for two reasons - first, it was faster, and secondly, they needed firewood for the trip back, and there was none to resupply on the way. Once they were both ready to roll, the mint mare hooked up to her mobile homestead and faced the morning wind head on, towards the flowers they saw yesterday. Today she had it much harder, not only because of the breeze but also, because there was no road to follow. So, she needed to navigate between scarce vegetation, boulders and uneven terrain, mindful of the stream on her left and cliff on her right.

@Nightmare Season The earth pony woke up when the Sub started shining onto her closed eyes. First she just tossed a hoof over them and huffed, unamused, but suddenly sat up with a start, looking around frantically. Once her little panic attack subsided, Natural Order facehoofed and groaned to herself. She was so worn down yesterday, she fell asleep as soon as she had time to rest. The mint pony got up onto her hooves and shuffled through the morning camp routine, doing her best not to disturb the sleeping unicorn. The fireplace was stone cold, and the morning wasn't especially warm either, so reigniting it landed on the top of the list. Being able to boil some water for breakfast wasn't a bad idea either. Acutely aware of the sheer lack of anything that can feed the flames, and their own dwindling reserves of firewood, Natural decided to harvest the tall grass and hang somme tied up hoofhulls from the wagon, to dry it off for kindling. She also took the oportunty to strip those shrubs from any dry twigs and such, but the look of all those small bones tossed into them was rather unnerving to her. Only once she decided there wasn't anything left to do, did she wake up Peony. "It's fine, if I needed to, I would wake you up sooner. Now, I'm more or less packed up, so as soon as you eat, we can continiue the trek." Climbing on top of the wagon's roof was typical for Natural when she wanted to scout out unfamilliar land, but this time, she didn't see much more than from the ground. For once, the platou looked pretty much the same in any direction, just grass. Second, she didn't really see where it ended, or any other significant terrain changes. Recalling the grifffon's coin fed guidelines, they were supposed to walk right into that valley, and that's just it. Slightly annoyed, she decided to follow tracks of one of the worn routes, the one leading straight ahead from the Old Road. For all it's worth, she could as well toss a coin. But then, she would have to ask Peony for one. The wagon - now adorned by cut grass and the axe right next to the crossbow - was mercifully doing well on the worn path, so Natural wasn't tiring herself so much. The ground was dry and grooved well worn so, she couldn't really hope for anything better in here.As the Sun was about to reach it;s highest point, something finally looked different. The trail ahead was taking a bend, and something clearly caused it to do so. Only once they were very close sis the mares see that, in fact, the road was now just a ways off a wide, cliff faced, valley. The one they were looking for, no doubt. With visible relief, the mint mare took her steps towards the edge, but decided to crawl the last few meters, to avoid falling down with a loose patch of dirt. Natural poked her head over the edge and huffed, unamused - not only were they on top of a sheer cliff, but also a high one! On the bright side, there was a stream flowing lazily on the bottom, and there was actual, honest to Celestia vegetation down there, like bushes and small trees. Peony also joined on the sightseeing but, as Natural quickly noted, she was apparently afraid of heights. At least her employer saw the flower they were here in the first place, and that raised the earth pony's spirits. She replied warmly, looking up at Peony. "Simple, we follow the road and hope it leads us down, right?" The pair retreated back to the wagon and just in time, because wind started blowing from the cliff side. The tall grass acted like sea during a storm and Natural had to toss her hat into the wagon, lest she would lose it. Still, her mane and tail would need some brushing after this... At first they hid inside, figuring it would make a good moment to rest up and eat something, but the damned wind just kept blowing, and Natural reluctantly decided to push onward. They shouldn't stay here for the night, after all. It took... three hours? More or less, she didn't check that sundial in ages anyway. The earth pony braved the sideways wind and she was rewarded. In a way. Or maybe, not exactly. Definately not. The road led them to an overpass, made of ancient stone and reinforced haphazardly with wood there it gave out. It did lead down the valley, and when it was new, the mare would gladly take this shortcut, since it was rather well angled for wagons but... it was a hastily repaired ruin. She sotod before the first stone slab, unsure of herself. "I uh... don't feel too good about this. I think I need to check this... construction... before rolling onto it with my wagon." She took the crossbow and some rope, and asked Peony to go too, leaving the wagon parked and secured as much as possible, given the circumstances. Upon closer inspection the overpass didn't seem too terrible, but stil a cause for concern in some areas where the wooden parts took over. The mares were down, safe but tired from stress, by late afternoon, and parked by the stream, hiding from the wind behind a patch of robust bushes and rickety trees. Natural was all too happy to refill their water barrel and forage for firewood, and even called for a bath&laudry stop, since they weren't going anywhere today. Flower picking will have to wait for the next day..

@Misty Shimmer Nice previous gen look of that reference pic! Sure, you're on slot 3 then. Dould you like any particular pose? If not, could you tell me something about her personality so I can cook up foething that fits her? @Twilight Witch All slots taken for now, but I'll keep you in mind when I get through the current ones, OK? Also, I'm not sure how well I can do that icy mane but, I'll try.

@Ezerona Okies, I'll make it done! I suspect you want it in ink, right?

@Ezerona Actually, it's both but hey, if you have something on your mind, just shoot!

@Techno Universal Hmm... the cape can turn out flat loking, since I'm not exactly good in fabrics yet but, sure, I can try that. Do you want some kind of simple backgound with that full body? I'm not yet sure whether I should do the cape black and add the details in white ink or do the regular black on white. Maybe use ink wash to add shades of grey even.

@UltimateGhost3 Here is your request, I hope it is to your satisfaction: Since all requests from my list are completed, I'll revamp my rules in the OP and reopen soon.

@Dark Horse She nodded, oblivious to the obvious fact that the gesture would be all but impossible to appreciate in this darkness. "Uh... yeah, think so." The mare stood up, reluctantly, and braced herself on tired legs, before taking one step at a time toward her companion. The fact that she didn't bother dusting off spoke more than her slumped figure. Crustal Clear whispered back as she got really close to Saffron. "Uh huh, bucked if I do otherwise, I can barely see stuff..." She didn't register at first tat something was tossed her way but, as soon as unicorn magic shone around Saffron's horn and some floating vial, she raised an eyebrow and peered closely at it. "And that's...?" His explanation made her cock her head in some gear grinding surprise and the mare stood for a moment, mouth slightly agape and no doubt looking funny if the light conditions allowed to appreciate her confusion. "I uh..." - she started, a bit louder than previosuly. "I'll be fine, really. Ooooor I'll say I won't in the morning, once I sleep it off. No need to waste it for some bruises and whatnot." She waited for Saffron to pick himself up and announce he's ready, and she nodded again, but added a vocal reply as well: "Ready as I'll ever be so, let's go." The pair slowly walked towards the general direction of their destination, as they could see the flickering light shimmering off the metal shack only once in a while, as the moonlight was unobstructed by the clouds. Crystal Clear had to alternate between lowering her nose nearly to the ground, to see where to put her hooves, and looking around to get the sense of direction and hopefully notice any threat. After some slow progress was made, she whispered to the stallion, albet with noticeable unease in her voice. "Um, thanks. For the healing poultice offer. Many would kill for even a single drop and you... Ahem, I thnk we're getting close now, yeah, uh huh." She picked up her pace some, even though they weren't all that close to their destination. Crystal kept her mouth shout for the rest of the prowl, though thankfully, they saw no reason to make a run for it. All in all, they got it light. First a gentle rise of terrain from the swamp banks, mostly covered with thick grass and other vegetation common to wet paces. Once they braved this obstacle, they followed a suggestion of what could have been a trail once, maybe a minor road, now just covered with weeds. There were some thicker shrubs deper into the dry land but they didn't have to go through them this time. This relativel safe terrain led them towards the shed, and some shapes that Crystal remembered to be disassembled structures with just foundations and concrete parts left. She stood in front of the doors, and blinked, trying to remember if she locked them or something. "Uh... I need a rest." - she whispered to nopony in particular and simply bit the handle and pulled the doors open just enough for them to enter. Still, the rusted hinges screeched unbearably loud in the relative silence of the night - only some cicadas or other singing bugs that the mare was clueless about were making noises. They closed the doors back shut soon as they went inside. "Well buck." - Crystal announced, always a diplomat. It was even darker than outside, for obvious reasons. From memory, she recaled that the shed had some... 6 meters in length, and some.... four in width? Something like that. Oh and her precious cart was parked in the far right corner. Scratchin g her head and dead tired, she stepped forward and asked quietly: "I had an oil lamp in there, if I can find it that is... But honestly, I could as well fall asleep right where I stand for all it's worth..."

@TimeyMarey007 Here is your request, sorry for the long wait: Now, let me start with stating the obvious - I am lame with drawing architecture and, if anyone elese in the future will ask for a drawing with buildings in them, I guess I'll ask them for something else to draw. Also, this drawing is done 100% freehand and it shows, but I need to practice freehand drawing in order to make straight lines at all. Sometimes i just fall short of my own expectations and I guess that's part of the experience of doing stuff.

Wow, such diamond, much doge! Anyway, I've finished the piece and here it is, thoughts?

Alright. Doesn't the head look too small? Or puppy like? Kinda looks like EQG Spike on mega steroids to me now that I think of it. Anyways, first time drawing a dog so, mistakes are bound so happen. Like missing the tail again.

Okay so I've been doodling for a bit and came up with something like this. Note that it's just a practice sketch and not the final version, plus the lines are messy. So, yeah, as far as face and body shape are concerned, does it look okay?

Soo... turns out I'm pretty bad with humanoids. The sketch I worked on today didn't turn out presentable, but it's something new so I'll keep at it and see how it goes. Just a heads up so you know it may not be so fast as I thought it would.

Alrite, I'll toss you a sketch for approval, we'll see which option looks better - with or without hair.

A Diamond Doge? Why not, actually. Although a Yak would fit too from your description. "Yak too tough for puny pony hugs!" Anyways, DD's don't really have hairstyles, but I guess it's not a problem. Floppy ears would actually make it easier to pull it off. However, one thing is left out in your request. The body shape. The usual huge torso small legs type like in the episode? Maybe you'd like him to be more... reasonably shaped, still large but not as wide so that he can barely fit in barn doors?

@Dark Horse Aa the stallion geared up, she took a moment to try and dust herself off, and stretch her back too. Some satisfying pops were heard as Crystal "readied" herself for that last leg of their escape. The mare listened to his plan and nodded, taking a peek outside and giving the ruined doors a stern look. "Travelling in the dark is just as good as shooting yourself in the head, except then you don't die tired. There are all sorts of things we can walk right into..." The mare gave him an unamused look as he cracked a joke, and pointed outside with a hoof. "Less talking, more walking. Those lurks are awfully quiet now that I think of it, and I'm not really curious why. I say we make a run to the nearest cover and see if any followed, then try and reach my stuff. Last time I checked I had some bandages or something, scavenged like everything else. So don't expect miracles outta my stash." The mare waited up for her companion to join her by the door, tapped her gun and mask to make sure they're still there, ran a hoof over the suit pins and with a sigh, nodded as she took off onto the walkways, trying to be quick but avoid making too much noise. Or upsetting the old wooden structure... She heard hooves behind her, so that meant Saffron followed suit. Not that she took a glance to confirm that, oh no. Between the rickety planks in front of her, some clearly not suited to be stepped on, and frantic looks further away to try and see whether anything nasty haven't seen her, there was just no time for that. And there were those aching limbs to think about too. In hindsight, it was one of those too good to be true moments. But still, it did happen. Crystal Clear made it across back to relatively dry land, even though she barely nosedived into the swamp once a plank snapped under her hoof. Still, here she was, laying low in some shrubs - first thing she saw and could take cover behind. Breathing hard from all today's "excitement", the mare decided to lay low just a moment longer, to catch her breath. Saffron made it too and took refuge somewhere nearby. Peeking out from her cover, she couldn't see much, but, apparently, none of the monstrosities followed them, even though one window in the building they came from looked like a bomb blew up in there. Obviously the lurk that came to say hello tried to follow them, but failed to break down the wall. With the matters of most pressing concern dealt with, Crystal Clear patted her chin in thought, seemingly oblivious to her companion nearby. She did recall that soon enough, thankfully, and looked around to find him. Even though the mare couldn't see much, laying low in thick vegetation as she was, Crystal pointed at the direction where she recalled her stuff would be, and said quietly: "That way." Maybe they were out if Mirelurk territory, but the encroaching darkness meant other nasties were coming out for a meal.

Why quit then? She didn't say just one piece, didn't she? Give it a shot, I'm sure it will turn out good.

Hi! Thought I could use a break from those full scenes in my shop so, here's something a bit simpler. First time ever ink wash too. Whadya think?

@Dark Horse Thanks! I used a set of Sakura Micron pens so it was a smooth ride, around 3 minutes per plank on the countertop once I had the layout figured out. It would take a lot longer with a nib pen, which I intend to reintroduce to my toolkit for smaller pieces.