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Happy Belated 4th of July! (2013)

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Here's another one of the many small pictures I worked on while I was working on Tonypilot's picture request.

I made this picture for the 4th of July (a.k.a. Independence Day). I started working on it on the last day of June. I made it resemble the panning camera shot from MLP: FiM where it shows the ponies and the Cutie Mark Crusaders' reactions to watching the meteor shower. I even made the background resemble the grass (thanks to the Windows Snipping Tool) that the ponies are standing on to match the scene (same thing with the characters' shadows).

I added the Diffusion effect to make characters look darker (it is a nighttime scene, after all). It was then that I found out that I could change the color of the look of the picture using the X, Y, and Z axes (yes, that's the plural form of the word axis, I looked it up), which was quite fascinating. (I just love learning something new about MMD and MME every day, don't you?) So I changed the color to blue because that's what color the lighting was in the above mentioned camera shot (due to the meteor shower).

I put the characters in the same places as they are in the actual scene. I have Spike standing next to Twilight because he's the same height as her. I used GirlAnimePrincess's human version of Spike for the picture (this was before Tonypilot gave me the link to the real Spike). Much as I don't like that all the Human Spike models I've seen look like teenagers, I felt that it wouldn't hurt to use one of them. Actually, I kind of like GirlAnimePrincess's Spike. I try to pretend that he's just big for his age (considering we don't know his official age on the show, or anypony else's, for that matter).

I finished this at 7:40 on the 4th of July. I was originally gonna post it after the fireworks, but I wanted to make another one and include myself, my sister, and the Background 6 in it. The said picture took a while, and I was gonna post both pictures on the 24th of July (Pioneer Day), but my job was running me ragged and I guess I forgot to get them posted. But now that I'm done with Tonypilot's request, I was originally gonna wait that next year's 4th of July, but I decided, "Forget waiting." Besides, it'll be a big load off my mind if I can get all the pictures that I cooked up while I was working on Tonypilot's picture posted. But do not worry, I never rush on making pictures, because we all know what that does. You just can't rush art!

Well, there you have it! Happy belated 4th of July, everybody!

Credits:
Human Mane 6, Human Scootaloo - TheYoungOtaku (now known as :iconsugarcoatedrainicorn:)
Human Apple Bloom/Sweetie Belle - :iconkawaiikitten111:
Human Spike - :icongirlanimeprincess:

Copyrights:
The Mane 6, Spike, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders - Hasbro
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