(quick critique, 'cause I can't be arsed to find the /r/MLPDS link again)



I absolutely love the shading! Not so complex that it looks photorealistic, which fits with the show-accurate-ish style of Cloudy herself. She looks all 3D and cuddly ^.^



Honestly, the only nitpick I could think of was that you might make the 'segments' (?) of the tail separate out a little more gradually, specifically the right-most strand of blue near the middle. Now that I think about it, though, it would clash a bit with the rest of the artstyle you have going on. Just something to consider, I suppose.



I really do like this a lot. Keep it up!