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*Mana-Maiden
A blank pony is my canvas.
Artist | Hobbyist | Artisan Crafts
United States
I stumbled upon a pony customizing tutorial in 2005 and was immediately inspired to start creating all of my favorite art inspirations into custom pony designs.

Majority of my customs have full body repaints, which in themselves took years to get smooth, by practice. Expressionism for texturing paint for eyes has taken many years of practice, as well. I've also developed my own methods for making my own hair lines on the scalps of my customs, and methods for styling that allow me to create any style of hair out there that exists.

All hair plugs I make for my customs are made from authentic Hasbro pony hair from dollyhair.com which is owned by a former employee of Hasbro. Authentic Barbie hair is used, as well.

All textiles on my customs are entirely hand-sewn, and many years of practice have abled me to balance out small details for outfit designs.

Over the recent years I've taken up leather and metal crafting for armor, weapon accessories, and other items and the leather gives textiles a much more authentic feel.

I also resculpt bodily and facial features of my customs every now and then, when necessary.
Interests

Skyward Sword!

Journal Entry: Thu May 10, 2012, 12:49 PM


Been enjoying seeing Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword recently.

It looks like a good mesh between Twilight Princess, and Wind Waker... and bits of it even remind me a little of Final Fantasy.

I also like how Link's navigation companion is like a mix between Navi and Midna, yet has a classic "Zelda Goddess" appeal.

The villain is like Vaatii meets harlequin. Don't see much Ganon reference in him, but maybe that's for later in the game... lol.

At first in previews I did not like the look of Zelda, at all. I didn't like the bangs, and I thought she looked 11 years old... but seeing her in the game has definitely changed my mind. Almost reminds me of the poorly done Zelda CD-i rip-off games; perhaps Nintendo did take some tips from how Phillips CD-i designed Nintendo's characters? lol probably not... SS Zelda does have kind of a "Wind Waker" appeal without looking like the Princess Zelda in WW.

All in all I like the new and old features of the game, and the fact Link's instrument is a harp this time around. However, that has a "Oracle of Ages/Seasons" appeal, as well...

The adventuring and side quests have the standard Zelda appeal but I think it reminds me most of Wind Waker. At first I wasn't impressed with Wind Waker's graphics when it first came out, but the game play made me not care.

Very much enjoying this version!

Commission status

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Commission info
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Commissions are open! A limited number of slots are open as I'm squeezing random requests in-between my main customer's requests (it is part of our agreement) and slots are reserved as "first pay first serve" only.
Commission rules and guidelines can be found here: [link]
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Personal to-do list

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I make these for practice. :)
:star::bulletwhite::bulletyellow::bulletorange::bulletpink::bulletred::bulletpurple::bulletblue::bulletgreen::star:
The rest of my ff hoard:
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: ff4 Rosa
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: ff7 Bizzaro Sephiroth
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: ffX Sir Jecht
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: ffX Styling Lulu
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: ffX Sweet Heart Sister Lulu
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: ffXIII Snow
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: Dissidia Sephiroth
:damphyr::flame::bulletyellow: Dissidia Tidus
:bulletwhite::bulletwhite::bulletwhite:
Non-ff customs to do list:
:heart::bulletpink: Mystic Ice and Mystic Fire abstract designs
:heart::bulletpink: Inuyasha's and Lord Sesshy's demon forms
:heart::bulletpink: Fox Under Mushroom Cap custom
:heart::bulletpink: Princess Ruto from Zelda
:heart::bulletpink: Tingle from Zelda
:heart::bulletpink: LoZ Majora's Mask: Keaton fox
:heart::bulletpink: LoZ Majora's Mask: Fierce Deity Link (remake)
:heart::bulletpink: Ponyville Styling Lai Ayerus
:heart::bulletpink: KH2 Aqua
:heart::bulletpink: ff9 Freya
:damphyr::earth::+fav::damphyr::earth::+fav::damphyr::earth::+fav::damphyr::earth::+fav:

New Sailor Scout Project

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I'm-a-splice'n Sailor Scouts, My Little Ponies, and my favorite anime characters together!
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:damphyr::gun: Sailor Yuna (both forms)
:damphyr::shithappens: Sailor Rikku (both forms)
:damphyr::liquisoft: Sailor Shiva
:damphyr::jester: Sailor Kefka
:damphyr::icq: Sailor Terra
:damphyr::brazensix: Sailor Kuja
:damphyr::evileyes: :Sailor Midna
:damphyr::pride: Sailor Zelda
:damphyr::pirate: Sailor Beatrix
:damphyr::heart: Sailor Rhinoa
:damphyr::skullbones: Sailor Lulu
:damphyr::arc: Sailor Sesshomaru
:star::bulletgreen::bulletwhite::bulletblue::star:


Achievements

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Sucesses I've achieved through my craft

My first celebrity commission went to Ryan Matthew Bollman, who played "Micah" in Children of The Corn II.
This custom lives in the home of the actor that starred as the character!

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An interview with the Associate Editor of Anime News Network.

Following that interview, the same g4 custom was featured here:
[link]



Basic pony re-hair tutorial

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Give a pony some hair!
Custom box coding done by !Commander-Luminaire


Webcam

Visitors

:iconerikamars:
~erikamars
May 26, 2012
10:56 am
:iconpop-girl:
~pop-girl
May 25, 2012
6:48 pm
:iconflamegreymonx:
~flamegreymonx
May 25, 2012
8:59 am
:iconthewideeyedgirl:
~TheWideEyedGirl
May 25, 2012
7:41 am
:iconizzychurocks:
~Izzychurocks
May 24, 2012
5:15 pm

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~TwilitAquaticMelody Apr 8, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Question. Do you mind slightly macabre characteristics? I don't think you do, but I want to make sure. XD

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Thanks 4 the :+devwatch:

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Thanks 4 the :+fav:s

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:iconguei-girl:
Your Pony customs aren't too bad. At least you're an MLP fan who creates and customizes their own art and not do recolors or steal art.

I'm more of an old generation MLP fan. Don't care for FiM, but that's okay.
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haha what a cool page you got there, totally awsommmme XD

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