Overall

Vision Vision

Originality Originality

Technique Technique

Impact Impact

So at first glance this looks like a rather cute picture. It has a lot of things going right for it, such as the coloring, lighting, and shading. The lit dustmotes in the air add a nice touch to the image as well. I especially like the attention to detail on the manes and tails.The problem is that all of that sort of covers up some fundamental problems. The anatomy is weird.The faces/heads sort of look right, but after noticing some of the other anatomy flaws, I'm trying to decide if they actually do look alright. They probably are, and the oddities probably come from what is basically the combination of two different types of skull, equine and human.Where the glaring anatomy issue comes in though is the wings, particularly on Rainbow Dash. While it seems Twilight's wings attach behind her shoulders, Rainbow's attach in front. She appears to have some sort of weird hunch going on that extends the back of her neck into more torso to serve as an attachment spot. This is an inconsistency between the two, and Twilight's looks more "natural."Obviously as fantasy creatures, there isn't really any real-life counterparts to study for actual correctness, but six-limbed winged beings such as dragons have been drawn and depicted for centuries. Pegasus was originally from centuries ago in Greece and would make for a very appropriate study as well.Obviously studying the character from the show would be the best.As for the other limbs, they at least appear well-enough formed, and despite the odd attaching point, the wings and legs all seem to be well-proportion to the torsos and such.On to the ratings. This is my first time using the critique feature, and the FAQ isn't terribly helpful in explaining them. So, in my opinion, 2.5 stars is the middle, thus represents average. The ends of the scale are extremes. If you were expecting all 5's and see a 4's as bad, I'm sorry but we simply disagree on what the scale means.Technique I rated as low, as that was the bulk of my focus on this critique. I don't know how likely you are to fix this particular image or simply learn from it for future endeavors, but the wing thing is fairly minor in the grand scheme of things and not worth pulling off too many points I feel.Originality lost a couple of points as well. Even though I adore this particular ship, there isn't anything especially unique about fanart, TwiDash, or the pair sharing an intimate sleepy moment. Again, a few points down for that.In terms of vision, potraying what it is, I think that things like the lighting and the dust effects helped really convey the "night time" effect well, and the pose is pretty endearing.Impact I feel was somewhat average. The good parts didn't WOW me, and I'm already fairly sold on the pairing.