Thank you all! Your feedback means the world to me!

Yeah that background did add a lot of time trying to get everything to look right. I've never done anything with serious lighting or shadows, or even 'bump map' style texturing. It's very time consuming but totally worth it. This was certainly one heck of a learning experience!

Twilight was done almost entirely by mouse, with exception of the body hair and minor shadow adjustments. The rest was redone after my tablet arrived.



Yeah, it baffles me how little feedback it's gotten, but then again I'm new to DA and this is only my 10th pony picture under my belt.



I suspect everything might be too dark for the average viewer since it needs to be at full screen or with a completely black surround to see the details. There's a lot of pixel level stuff that can be overlooked if you don't give your eyes time to adjust.