Colors/cutie mark/design for Ponysona

[Clover Heart 978]

Okay, I'm just gonna rearrange this whole post in order to throw out now irrelevant information and to prevent the post from getting super long. So parts of this I wrote before, parts I wrote just now.

 

I kinda thought I'd like to make some videos about MLP and I thought I'd wanna make my own character. In previous times when I was gonna do this, I thought I'd have it be my Clover Heart OC, but there were... issues... with that. So instead, I wanted to make a new one to be a skin for myself. I drew and vectored this one:

 

 

 

This is just a monochromatic version, so if you have any other ideas of your own, you can think about them easier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I kind of formed all the palettes around the one green color. Green is my favorite color and I like that color of green, so I wanted to incorporate it into my design. Also, I like cool colors. My favorites are green, purple and blue in that order. 

 

While I liked the green as an accent color for the hooves, I wanted it to be more of a focal color. I think I might be leaning toward the purple one with the green mane, but making more contrast in the two mane colors like the blue-bodied one. What do you think?

 

Also, which eye color is better, the more reddish color or the more yellowish color?

 

I was also curious on what you thought about mane/tail style. I feel like the mane is similar to my hair without being too plain. The tail's pretty average, but I'm fine with that.

 

Also, I don't really know how to go about choosing a cutie mark. I was actually considering leaving them a blank flank because in all honesty, I feel like that's what I'd be if humans had cutie marks. I've never gravitated too terribly strongly toward one thing or another. I do have hobbies but I really, really bounce back and forth between all of them. I was considering just making it a clover like Clover Heart's because I just really like clovers. However, clovers represent happiness and luck, neither of which I have, so I feel like that wouldn't be the best idea, either.

 

Aside from all that, is there anything about this picture that does not work? I felt I did a fairly good job at it, personally.

 

I realize that a lot of this is kinda personal, so I understand if anyone can't help me on some things (especially a cutie mark.) But I just thought I'd ask. Anyway, any help and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

Edited May 29, 2015 by Clover Heart

[Night Mist 151]

Why a pony at all? You could go with something that stands out more. Though I like the eyes on the first green one.

 

MLP Has so many creatures like Griffins, timber wolves, and dragons. Could think outside the box and go with a Kirin even. 

Edited June 1, 2015 by Night Mist

[Clover Heart 978]

Why a pony at all? You could go with something that stands out more. Though I like the eyes on the first green one.

 

MLP Has so many creatures like Griffins, timber wolves, and dragons. Could think outside the box and go with a Kirin even. 

 

Because unicorn is master race.

 

I dunno. I guess I never really thought of it. But I'm not that big into the other types of animals that exist in Equestria. I mostly just like the ponies. The only other one I particularly like is the Chimera, but that's out of MLP context. I don't like that the 3 parts are of individual consciousness. Or the orthros, but it isn't sapient. Also, most non-ponies are villains or antagonists. Also, I don't know how to draw most of those things... ._.

[Night Mist 151]

 

Because unicorn is master race.

 

I dunno. I guess I never really thought of it. But I'm not that big into the other types of animals that exist in Equestria. I mostly just like the ponies. The only other one I particularly like is the Chimera, but that's out of MLP context. I don't like that the 3 parts are of individual consciousness. Or the orthros, but it isn't sapient. Also, most non-ponies are villains or antagonists. Also, I don't know how to draw most of those things... ._.

 

lol Huh alright. 

 

Reason I brought up using something else is because when I think of people who do MLP videos I think of Silver Quill (Hipogriff), Doctor Wolf (Self explanatory.), Mad Munchkin(While being a pony it differs from a normal pony design), Tyandaga (Raindeer) and Canned cream. (Earth pony and a blank flank.)