Twilight Sparkles at Twilight

[Night Sky 629]

Twilight Sparkles at Twilight, pen and ink on paper, 8x10" March - April, 2025

This is my second piece of hand drawn FIM fan art. I make no claims of being such a great artist, my one single hope for these pieces is that they will somehow communicate my sincerity. I slaved over this with tiny brushes like a jeweler or a watch maker for several hours to get it colored as best as I could, be that what it may. I don't like to draw or paint or sit at GIMP GNU without music playing, and if a piece of art is important to me, it will typically have one track, usually non-vocal, that...animates it. Here is that song, listening to it while looking at the drawing can yield insights into my motivations and how I see the Ponies of Equestria;

    https://youtu.be/mId0g2Td43M?si=OhbW7L9Ezc0BBZHj

Would you sit out in a field with Princess Twilight Sparkle at dusk? As the dusk wans and night time gently descends, there is far less terror of what the darkness might bring. Ponies know that the benevolent magic of Princess Luna is watching from above. Can you smell the sweetness of the grass? Can you hear the frogs chirping in the distance? Don't the last rays of the sun create a nocturnal rainbow in an unusual frequency of light? Can you notice the play of texture and foam, as the marshmallows melt into her hot chocolate? What is the source of light coming from within the lantern? What secrets of magic does the tome reveal? What about the artifact? Surely she would not let you get so close to something like that, unless there were a good reason. Equestria is a land of magic, and that magic has a great deal to do with how close Ponies are to the natural world. By being so naturally and yet so joyously alive, the transcendent dimensions of life are more easily perceived and made manifest in Equestria. This has never ceased to fascinate me, and illustrating that is always a high priority when I make my own fan art.