Art Contest - July-August 2020

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

  On 2020-07-16 at 4:12 AM, Cagey said:

This isn't a typical nightmare-themed pony, but I didn't feel like drawing Pinkie with a black coat or angular features. (And yes, this is a reference to the cover of Past Sins.) Maybe think of this as her in the midst of transformation.

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Nice....im actually making pinkie pie aswell... DAWWW! 

What i did is just put black armor in Pinkie..because i don't want her to have a darker color and still have princess of chaos on her...

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

Oooooo! I know who I want to draw! 

(Hint: It's not Celestia or Ahuizotl.)

[Gaines 1,221]

Done with one! Tried a hand at Nightmare Lightning Dust  Open the spoiler to be mystified~
I think this came out quite well! I'm definitely gonna try to nightmare-ify other ponies as well 
 

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[Windy Breeze 15,189]

  On 2020-07-17 at 3:34 AM, Gaines said:

Done with one! Tried a hand at Nightmare Lightning Dust  Open the spoiler to be mystified~
I think this came out quite well! I'm definitely gonna try to nightmare-ify other ponies as well 
 

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Nightmare Lightning Dust looks cool! 

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

@Gaines Holy cow that looks RAD! XD 

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

Mine kinda went weird.... Gonna make another one...but lets not waste it.

[Stardust 641]

@Kujamih

Looks super cool to me :0 it's meant to be scary right

[CameoShadowness 251]

  On 2020-07-10 at 5:45 AM, Nightmare Rarity said:

 The theme of this month is Majestic Darkness so naturally i was chosen to present it, take your favorite character and bathe them in the glory of the night and the nightmare forces, let us see what beauty lies in their deepest desires, hidden and unseen out of fear of judgment, free those caged thoughts and let them sparkle like the stars in reflecting in the nocturnal ocean 
 For obvious reasons myself, Luna and Stygian are not legible for this contest, and do not dare defile the calm beauty of the night with nsfw material, forum rules still apply
 Post your entries in this thread, the deadline is at the end of August
 

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Hol on! Can we do non ponies? I know you said faorite but I honestly see only folks talk about ponies (I might have skimmed)

[Stardust 641]

DJ PON3/Vinyl Scratch Nightmare version

[Pandora 38,017]

  On 2020-07-17 at 3:34 AM, Gaines said:

Done with one! Tried a hand at Nightmare Lightning Dust  Open the spoiler to be mystified~
I think this came out quite well! I'm definitely gonna try to nightmare-ify other ponies as well 
 

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This one’s a winner to me :3 it’s pretty

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

Finished the line art in mine! I can start coloring once my work week is over!

I’m so excited to share!! X3

[Splashee 28,563]

Deadline is first September right? Maybe I will find some spare time to participate  I haven't had much luck in the past with these completions

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

  On 2020-07-19 at 12:31 AM, Onion Splash said:

Deadline is first September right? Maybe I will find some spare time to participate  I haven't had much luck in the past with these completions

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Are you Splashee? 

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

  On 2020-07-19 at 12:31 AM, Onion Splash said:

Deadline is first September right? Maybe I will find some spare time to participate  I haven't had much luck in the past with these completions

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Me either. I always lose. But ONE DAY... MUWHAHAHA!!

[Gaines 1,221]

Created another one! Under the spoiler is Nightmare Sunburst 
I'm proud of how this one turned out as well 

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Edited July 20, 2020 by Gaines

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

  On 2020-07-20 at 2:38 AM, Gaines said:

Created another one! Under the spoiler is Nightmare Sunburst 
I'm proud of how this one turned out as well 

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Omigosh he looks so good!

Ugh, it makes me sad though... he looks like he’s just so sad and jaded.

Wish I didn’t have to work. I probably already have the base colors done by now. B(

[Cagey 4,248]

  On 2020-07-20 at 2:38 AM, Gaines said:

Created another one! Under the spoiler is Nightmare Sunburst 
I'm proud of how this one turned out as well 

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Aaah, your designs are so fantastic! 

[Gaines 1,221]

  On 2020-07-20 at 2:50 AM, ShadOBabe said:

Ugh, it makes me sad though... he looks like he’s just so sad and jaded.

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I don't think anypony who isn't a villain wants to turn into a monster of the night 

Edited July 20, 2020 by Gaines

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

  On 2020-07-20 at 4:07 AM, Gaines said:

I don't think anypony who isn't a villain wants to turn into a monster of the night 

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So what made you decide to darken his hair instead of keep it the original color like your Nightmare Dust?

[Gaines 1,221]

  On 2020-07-20 at 4:40 AM, ShadOBabe said:

So what made you decide to darken his hair instead of keep it the original color like your Nightmare Dust?

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I figured that if he had a dark coat and light warm hair it would look too similar to Lightning Dust. But since that idea was scratched I didn't know what to do with the color palette. So I put various dark filters over his original design to get new ideas. I eventually inverted his original design's colors because I remembered that the opposite of orange is blue  and so, using what a learned from the dark filters and stealing a couple colors from the inverted edit, the final palette for Nightmare Moonburst emerged 

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

  On 2020-07-20 at 7:25 PM, Gaines said:

I figured that if he had a dark coat and light warm hair it would look too similar to Lightning Dust. But since that idea was scratched I didn't know what to do with the color palette. So I put various dark filters over his original design to get new ideas. I eventually inverted his original design's colors because I remembered that the opposite of orange is blue  and so, using what a learned from the dark filters and stealing a couple colors from the inverted edit, the final palette for Nightmare Moonburst emerged 

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Ooooo, very clever! Good job! 

[Toastypk 923]

  On 2020-07-17 at 3:34 AM, Gaines said:

Done with one! Tried a hand at Nightmare Lightning Dust  Open the spoiler to be mystified~
I think this came out quite well! I'm definitely gonna try to nightmare-ify other ponies as well 
 

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Hot damn. Quite cool!

Just as Luna's Nightmare was fueled by her feelings of rejection and envy, I'm betting Lightning's fueled by all her enmity at Spitfire, Rainbow,and the other Wonderbolts, as well as her failure involving them and bitterness about being turned away for her actions, and the Nightmare energy giving her the percieved promise of being the ultimate flier in the world.

And you know Dash is going to be the one to break her out of that form.

Edited July 21, 2020 by Toastypk

[CameoShadowness 251]

UUUHHHHHH I did my best With 

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Flurry Heart... Also aged her up

 

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

  On 2020-07-22 at 12:43 AM, CameoShadowness said:

UUUHHHHHH I did my best With 

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Flurry Heart... Also aged her up

 

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This one looks like it belongs in an art museum XD

[CameoShadowness 251]

  On 2020-07-22 at 2:00 AM, Kujamih said:

This one looks like it belongs in an art museum XD

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kydhgsA Doubt that but thanks!