I Do Not do askbox requests.

I offer low cost ($3) commissions to ask me to draw something within topics I am already interested in, such as ponies.

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Currently calling my interpretation of MLP "Skyscraper Gods"

Just Art || Art and Skyscraper Gods AU Lore || AU Lore || MLP

Back to the ask: I dont know! why haven't you? You're missing out on my biggest hits such as:

The High Geologist Von Anklebiter Voidbun Happy Hellhound Do You Love The Color of Anon? - 1 - 2 - 3 Airplane Rehab Water is Wet How I Study Anatomy The Worst Centaur

Most of which were collaborative art pieces with audience participation, so I think I'm seeing a theme for what gets popular. Stuff like this wouldn't be possible behind a paywall, and that's the beauty of tumblr. Support my existence so I can keep doing free art! Patreon | Ko-fi | Gumroad | Redbubble

in my world, earth ponies are just horses, and can be any breed, from sheltand to belgians

Equestria seems to be a temperate, northern hemisphere kingdom, and Saddle Arabia is more like earth's middle eastern climate. So the horses that fair better in the hot climate are breeds like Arabians, Akhal-Tekes, Barbs, and Turkoman horse. Though other breeds and sizes live there too. Unicorns would be based on desert antelopes, and pegasus on desert birds.

Alternatively, saddle arabia could be populated with camels.

I grew up on national geographic, so I'm already familiar with many many many animals that I can draw upon for design.

When I start a character, I think about what animal works for them either colorwise or thematically. I knew before I even started that Luna would be a Black heron, which is a bird I knew about and loved before the "nighttime! daytime!" meme. It's the perfect way to create night!

Rainbow dash was easy. Peregrine falcon because its the fastest animal on the planet.

Vapor Trail's choice was twofold. I chose a swallow because they're strong flyers, and her story is that she's an unexpectedly skillful flyer that people can't tell at first. Little puffballs being aerodynamic flight machines is a fun reveal. And then tree swallow (with a few things added from barn swallow for fun) come in about the right colors, AND that iridescence that the pretty shading in her mane seems to suggest

A lot of the other choices are based more on colors and aesthetics than themes, or just themes without color. Celestia is a tern/albatross for the long wings (and large size), Fluttershy is a barn owl for the barred markings and color, Twilight has flamingo wings for the color only. Cozy Glow has cockatiel cheeks for the "innocence". Cadance is a swan for its romantic symbolism.

And some aren't based on anything, just me going ham at the design. Sometimes I get help as well!

Yes indeed! I base all my Pegasus and alicorns off birds that are thematically relevant. For starcatcher, I couldn't figure out something that matched with her color off the top of my head, so i asked local bird enthusiast @silksinging for help. We went back and forth suggesting things that either matched thematically (indigo bunting > flycatcher) or colorwise (budgie > victoria crown dove) we agreed dove was a good choice, but Soli wanted a tropical species since starcatcher lives on a tropical island. Blue ground dove was too plain, pink headed fruit dove was too green. But then soli was like Bleeding heart ludor. and it was PERFECT because the colors could reinterpreted in Starcatcher colors, and the bleeding heart is so good for this hopeless romantic who keeps granting her crush's wishes to the sky

her wings are also based on the gradient of peach to gray, with the bright blue chosen based on starcatcher's toy.

So yes, and it's thanks to @solilakoi (art blog) expertise in all things avian (and MLP)

When you meet the girl who has been listening whenever you wish for something and then doing her best to secretly grant them for you because she's so smitten, you have no idea. She's made you so many kites because you Love Kites and she Knows.

Here's ponies from my childhood for a change! I used to watch this video cassette (My little pony: Dancing in the Clouds) religiously as soon as I took Starcatcher out of her box. If only I had Skywishes too...

In the middle of my drawing, a friend informed me that there's official pride merchandise of these two from Hasbro! So I added the flowers to reference that.

Happy Pride!

It's time to grow up and get wise Come now, Little one

Unicorn horns are a set of single tine, spiraling antlers that grow from two buds in the middle of the forehead. Every year until maturity, the horn is shed and a new one grows in its place, so even a broken horn will be renewed.

Unless

Unless the antler bud is damaged beyond repair. Unless there's nothing you can do except sew the wounds closed and pray your little foal makes it.

And when she does, you have to watch her try year after year to grow something that can harness the magic she knows she has in her. But every time it grows back, it's more twisted than the last. And her heart twists alongside it.

That wouln't have saved their faces

isn't the point of villains to be bad

this is an animal but it is not a horse

I did watch several EQ movies including dainbow rocks!

Yes sirens exist, and you can request my take on them here

Yes I made it! I just haven't reblogged anything to it because I need to get new xkit or something that will copy the tags for me.

Been getting a lot of commissions lately which keep me busy

It's @skyscrapergods for future reference.

If you follow now though your dash might get a little funky while I run experiments

I'll make several posts when it's fully ready to go

Shirecorn's Ponyverse Masterpost

So for the last 2 months I've fixated on doing redesigns based somewhat loosely on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I've had so much fun filling in the gaps and extrapolating until my version is less of a redesign and more of an AU.

Tag navigation

#Shire draws mlp - drawings only. Leaves out the lore

#Skyscraper gods lore - drawings, posts, and asks that expand on the world. Talks about biology, genetics, ritual, society, politics, religion, but mostly creature design and magic.

#Skyscraper Gods - Art, asks, posts, and fanart! Everything to do with both my little pony canon and my version of things. Includes drawings without lore, and lore without drawings. This is the tag to browse to make sure you see it all

Characters

In progress: Discord, Changelings

○ The Mane Six ○ All Alicorns,

○ Rarity ○ Fluttershy ○ Applejack ○ Pinkie Pie ○ Pinkie Pie Pegasus ○ Rainbow Dash ○ Twilight Sparkle ○ Raritwi ○ Spike

○ Princess Celestia + Princess Luna ○ Princess Cadance + Shining Armor + Flurry Heart ○ Sunset Shimmer ○ Sunburst ○ Apple Bloom + Scootaloo + Sweetie Belle (Cutie Mark Crusaders) ○ Big Macintosh/Ochard Blossom (she is a woman) ○ Granny Smith ○ Mr & Mrs Cake + Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake ○ Maud Pie + Mudbriar ○ Trixie Lulamoon + Starlight Glimmer ○ Cozy Glow ○ Zephyr Breeze ○ Escape Room Guy + Dusty Pages ○ Berry Punch/Berryshine ○ Vapor Trail ○ Tempest Shadow ○ Autumn Blaze (kirin) ○ Rain Shine (kirin leader) ○ Sky Beak (hippogriff) ○ Starcatcher and Skywishes (G3)

Lore

○ The 3 pony species ○ Breeding/genetics ○ The 4 Alicorns stories ○ Gods of non-pony species? Seapony god? ○ Unicorn Horns: Rarity, Starlight (2), Different shapes, Alicorn horns, Horn colors ○ Where did Spike come from? (1) (2) ○ Your daughter has won the favor of God (fic) ○ Nightmare moon asks: (1) ○ Nightmare moon playlist ○ Cutie marks are cultural not physical: (1) (2) ○ Starlight Glimmer's hometown and her cult ○ Alicorns don't fit inside buildings ○ Fashion ○ Discord is a headache to behold ○ Government in the world of gods ○ Scootaloo's flightless disability ○ Equestria Girls Vs Skyscraper Gods, existential horror ○ Pinkie Pie breaks the forth wall because she hopped worlds once

Meta

○ Using Skyscraper Gods as inspiration (2) ○ Why I like expanding on MLP: its simplicity ○ MLP Creature designs are already good ○ If you don't like my designs ○ I'm just having fun: (1) (2) ○ Mane 6 doodle to finished design ○ After ponies ○ Designing based on birds and animals ○ Starcatcher dove

Shitposts and Doodles

○ My fursona in mlp style ○ Daytime! Nighttime! ○ Baby god ○ Local horse fistfights the sun ○ Shining armor alicorn ○ Sunset shimmer becomes god (2) ○ Poodle rarity ○ Zephyr Breeze thinks RD is a man ○ Season 9 ○ Why is EQ an hour long ○ Being held at gunpoint to watch Equestria Girls ○ World's gayest dash ○ 18 pounds of crake

Fanart by others

○ Young Celestia ○ RD, Twi, and Pigeon Ditzy ○ Fluttershy and Twilight ○ Cadance wearing her family as hats ○ How Finite is Love? (fic)

Commissions

○ People request a lot and that normal ○ Prices are low because I'm already fixated

Ko-fi requests || Classic commissions

Shirecorn Discord

Join any tier of my patreon to access my art discord

○ See WIPs, discussion, the occasional meltdown, and more ○ The content is all done through discord, so if the patreon looks dead it's all just on the server instead.

I hope you enjoy seeing my MLP creations as much as I enjoy making them!

You want to commission me to draw angst for you

divxne-calcmity was so much fun to work with! Hurt/comfort after my own heart

She's having a hard time adjusting

Ko-fi supporter asked for rarity and twilight together!