Pinkie Pie and the Big Rock Candy Mountains

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

Another music-inspired sketch, this time on the opposite side of the genre spectrum as "Big Mac-klemore." Big Rock Candy Mountain is a great American folk song from 1928 by Harry McClintock about a hobo's vision of paradise, a land where the hen's lay soft boiled eggs, there are rivers of lemonade, and the mountains are covered in chocolate sundae. (There's also cigarette trees and gin streams, but I'm basing this piece off another "foal-friendly" version of the song ). I always thought this song in a lot of ways described a place Pinkie Pie might sing about.

 

This piece was different than originally planned. Originally it was going to be somewhat darker-themed, of an alternate universe of an Equestrian Great Depression, with a hobo-Pinkie singing the song to some poor fillies around a fire. However, I figured I'd shoot for something more like what we'd see in canon Equestria, and I figured I'd make the fillies the CMC as a bit of a nod to "Sleepless in Ponyville."

 

So here's the piece - Pinkie Pie weaving the tale of the Big Rock Candy Mountains to the CMC around a smoky campfire, and somehow through Pinkie's unknown magic, she can weave that tale right into the fire's smoke. A tale of a land where the rains are chocolate, the streams are filled with lemonade, the trees are filled with cupcakes and candy canes, and the mountain caps are made of whipped cream. A Pinkie Pie paradise.

 

 

As always, critiques are wanted.

 

PS: I really need to find an actual scanner instead of just using my phone's camera.

Edited December 24, 2012 by StratoPegasus

[CloudFyre 848]

Whoah, I'm surprised to hear the name of that song! I haven't heard that in a loooonnnng time!

The drawing definitely fits though - I'm sure Pinkie would be the one to believe that such a place exists.

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

Yeah, I actually haven't heard the song in a long time either, but for some reason one day it just popped back into my head while I was brainstorming music-themed art. Glad I remembered it because, indeed, this is a place Pinkie Pie would believe exists.

 

I'm not sure what to do next with this piece, I'm torn between a vector or painting it in gimp. Both? A vector outline then a colorization/texturization in gimp, maybe?

 

How do you guys proceed when you digitize a piece?

Edited December 24, 2012 by StratoPegasus

[CloudFyre 848]

Yeah, I actually haven't heard the song in a long time either, but for some reason one day it just popped back into my head while I was brainstorming music-themed art. Glad I remembered it because, indeed, this is a place Pinkie Pie would believe exists.

 

I'm not sure what to do next with this piece, I'm torn between a vector or painting it in gimp. Both? A vector outline then a colorization/texturization in gimp, maybe?

 

How do you guys proceed when you digitize a piece?

 

Hmm...First thing's first: I'd scan it (you don't need a dedicated scanner - built in printer scanners work just fine). Once you have a digital copy, then you can either trace it in Photoshop/Gimp, or vectorize it with Illustrator/Inkscape.

Edited December 24, 2012 by CloudFyre