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Impact Impact

This is pretty much the picture we've all been waiting for since the episode aired. How do you critique... I don't even...First of all, that detail. Good god! It's so beautiful! Everywhere I look on my new desktop, there are beautiful paint strokes! The only thing that makes me do anything other than fangirlsqueal, are the bits that look incomplete, such as the bottom right-hand corner, parts of the ground, some of the background. But let's be honest; most of us didn't see that on first, second, or tenth glance: I certainly didn't in the first hour I was staring at it. The strokey look of the background fits the art style, and it also forces focus on the massive hordes of changeling ponies, so I don't personally mind. As a foreground piece, however, I do wish there was a tiny bit more creepy-insectoid detail on Chrysalis's wings.This is truly an epic and horrifying piece. This will be what I show my not-brony-yet friends, while playing the original mix of Rainbow Factory. How can you look at this and not go, 'Eww! How awesome and gross and fascinating and amazing!' This picture perfectly encapsulates and delivers the loveless, locust-like changelings as almost starcraftian monsters. And while Chrysalis is not the most original subject at the moment, the gross, freaky aspect of these creatures hasn't been done beautifully until now. The changeling's body design here is freakish and perfect. So many plates and joints and sharp things! And the colors are also perfect - the almost diseased, sickly-looking colors of the background contrast the changelings well and adds that disturbing alien feel.I know I wasn't the only one that looked at this and went OHMYGODWOAH. Even the thumbnail I stared at in amazement before clicking. While the straight-on side-view of this horrifying swarm is not the most unique or impacting of angles, (Like, say, looking down from the peak of a hive or the air) the impact of this is nevertheless striking. The straight-forward view actually gives a stronger impression of the singularity of the Queen and her Hive, and their drive forward to conquer and devour.Overall impact is truly amazing. I couldn't have asked for a better rendition of the changelings. Outside the cupcakes realm, I couldn't have asked for a more disturbing piece of My Little Pony art. Though parts of the background look unfinished, it doesn't look terribly out of place, but almost adds to the chaotic aesthetic. I think this was my first critique - I couldn't help but write a few hundred words on how awesome this picture is.Keep up the amazing work!