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Didjargo
#176892
1 year ago
So this is Nightmare Moon as a Shadow Caster to round off the last of series 2 of My Little Mages. I was going to draw her and Princess Celestia together, I even have Celestia inked, but I finished Nightmare Moon first and I frankly like how she turned out a lot better than her counterpart. By the way, Princess Celestia will be an ArchMage. Soon I will upload all of series 2 as one image.

By the way, I put my DA on the corner of this image because I see people posting My Little Mages on forums all over the internet and a lot of the time people are asking “Who is this guy who's making these?”
Didjargo
#176936
1 year ago
Wait, I lied, after putting all of the series 2 mages together on one image, I saw that it would be lop-sided if I didn't have Celestia on the opposing end of her sister. So, Celestia will be the last one in series 2.
Razyn
#176941
1 year ago
Ah, ArchMage. I suppos upon research that is a nice choice.

Still... Will Luna be a Dark Knight? I need to know this. My sanity is on the line.
gorgo
#176961
1 year ago
i like the wings?
YandereShy
#176965
1 year ago
Luna should be a dementia master
Didjargo
#176967
1 year ago
@gorgo is that a question?
gorgo
#176978
1 year ago
yes thats are cool wings but doesnt look like wings
Princess_Luna
#176994
1 year ago
See! I told you that you can do something great with them, Didjargo! Well done C:
Didjargo
#177004
1 year ago
@gorgo I was trying to go for something that is like a magical disembodied artifact full of floating bladed bits swirling around a moon shaped bit. Celestia has a similar design only with a sun theme which I think will end up looking better than Nightmare Moon's.
Pony-tan
#177005
1 year ago
Not bad. It's really creative. <3 I can't wait to see the finished product
Anonymous
#177010
1 year ago
I, for one, welcome our sexy overlord.
Didjargo
#177021
1 year ago
@Anon: And thus we understand the true purpose of female battle armor with the big exposed cleavage.
gorgo
#177033
1 year ago
thus i liked . )
marioandsonic
#177169
1 year ago
*plays Final Fantasy boss music*
Anonymous
#177253
1 year ago
The hair need to be less blocky and more flowy. Also the outline for it is way too thick.

The hands are plain weird: Fingers seem too short and the claw thingies are just too much (very 90s comic). Also it doesn't really fit with the character and it is more distracting (As how in the hell can she manipulate her weapon?) than interesting or cool. Avoid the kitchen-sink approach and show some restraint like you did with all the other characters you made.

Eyes are kind of honkey too (Too high? not enough forehead for an human head, even a stylized one?).

The palette also needs more contrast. Make the blue part of the costume darker maybe? Nightmare Moon was completely black after all, was going well with her night mane. The blue parts on her costume are too bright in comparison to her hair I think.

Furthermore, the brown handle on her doublesword? Yuck! Double yuck! it doesn't fit with her color scheme AT ALL. Make it black or something. Also the shape of it is boring when you compare it to the rest of the weapon. It would be better if you made it fancier.

Finally, I know that you used this background for all your other reimaginings and they perfectly worked for those, but this pale coffee color is REALLY not working out for that one. Maybe make a exception since she's the arch-vilain and give her a nice dark blue background (Maybe even a night sky with a nice teal aurora borealis to give a nice contrast and sense of fantastic and magnificence)?

Not as good as the other. It feels like you tried too much on certain parts and not enough on the rest. Because of this, it lack the enjoyable unity that we normally find in your designs and this one feels a bit like a mess. Despite this, I'm sure that you can revise it and make something that much more satisfying, but as it is now, it is certainly not up to the quality you previously demonstrated.

Thank you for taking time to read my impressions.
Bnau
#177501
1 year ago
fuuuuuuuuuuu yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh
Anonymous
#177807
1 year ago
Ahhh yeaaahhh. All Darth Maul style with the double sword.
Anonymous
#177942
1 year ago
@#177253

This is a very poor attempt at constructive criticism. You don't have one nice thing to say at ALL, and all of your complaints are just nit-picky. You don't come across as trying to be helpful, but rather, you are essentially making demands of the artist to better suit what YOU think it should look like. Your opinion is not the only one. I, for one, think it looks fine. I do not think it lacks the enjoyable unity that we normally find in his designs or that it feels a bit like a mess. Maybe you do, but so far, you're the only one.

He didn't draw this for you. If you think you could do better, then you can draw your own Princess Luna.
Anonymous
#177969
1 year ago
@#177253

"Nightmare Moon was completely black after all"

Yes, and so this version's dress is black. And the armor pieces on MLP's Nightmare Moon were bright blue. As are the pieces on this version.
Anonymous
#178029
1 year ago
"Avoid the kitchen-sink approach and show some restraint like you did with all the other characters you made."

"Also the shape of it is boring when you compare it to the rest of the weapon. It would be better if you made it fancier."

Way to contradict yourself.
Didjargo
#179388
1 year ago
Hey now, everypony. Let's just chill out for a second. Anon#177253... can I call you Steve? Alright, Steve. I appreciate the criticism, I truly do. One of the reasons why I left DeviantArt is cuze they are all a bunch of namby-pamby butthurt babies who are too afraid to give anyone criticism. And as an artist, criticism is what I thrive on. That being said, after a point it just felt like you were criticizing for the sake of criticizing, like you were trying to find things that you could nit-pick on. Things like the colour scheme I stand by because Nightmare Moon's armor is that shade of blue. And you want me to change the background colour to dark blue. Do you realize that if I did that the character would camouflage in with the background and you would barely be able to see her?

Everypony else, leave Steve alone.
Anonymous
#179599
1 year ago
It certanly looks great, it really gives me the feeling of her being an evil, very powerfull sorcerres and I really admire the fact that you will stand by you're decision on the colour scheme, it certanly fits her and the design as a whole.

That being said I do have to agree with Steve on the hair, it does look very blocky, in the show her hair looked very fluent, the color was very soft and almost translucent and at the same time it really looked like it was her hair and not just a floating mass around her as it looks here.

And I'm not saying it to be nit-picky or to comlain for the sake of complaining or because I could do any better (mind you I definitely can't). I'm saying it because judging by what I've seen of your work, I know YOU can do better.
Rogue-kun
#179634
1 year ago
Yes she works 8)

Humm if you draw Luna (afteral she not the same persona ans NNM who processed her) is would dress her as slightly older ten CMC but riffing off and blue/silver version of Celstria. Luna after all is Night's Guardian of the light, not the Darkness.
Anonymous
#182126
1 year ago
Hey, Luna! what would YOU be in My Little Mages?
Sandstorm
#188704
1 year ago
Regarding the "Steve's criticism", I kinda share his complaints: the color scheme dosen't really work the way it is applied on a human, some parts do look overdone, the head looks really odd...

Though then again, "Steve" dosen't like the claws. How can you not like the 90's villain claws!? They fit perfectly!
Sandstorm
#188706
1 year ago
As an afterthought: why not drop the weapon completely. It's a lot more menacing if a bad guy can look threatening while unarmed.
Princess_Luna
#188722
1 year ago
@#182126
U-uhh... Well.. Whatever Didjargo decides is Celestia's class, I'd imagine a "Lunar" variation would be accurate.
Princess_Celestia
#193335
1 year ago
Didn't Didjargo say I'm going to be an "Archmage"?
andromeda
#227923
1 year ago
Love the claws and the double sword. Makes her look so badass that she can get away with skimpy armor. By the way I suggest a disk chakram for Vinyl Scratch. If you make her.
Nitro836
#840597
6 months ago
Shadow Caster?

As in, a Conjurer?
Questionable_Object
#1154376
3 months ago
Nightmare Moon...
Greed, passion, loneliness, pain, envy, hate and pride given dark life.
She wants the love and admiration from the masses and will use fear and force to get it no mater who has to suffer.
Indiscriminative and cruel:
Chaotic Evil.