Yea, my observations of popularity of my works leaded me to the same conclusion as yours. Canon characters are the ones who get more attention because everyone know them and people love to see them in different situations etc. (an art teacher I got to know recently told me I need to develop my own character like a "mark" instead of drawing something already existing - I guess it works great for "normal" art, but not for ponies (and fan art overall) surprisingly). It somehow makes me sad that the largest response you've gotten is only 8 comments (9 now!), but I'm sure you'll get more as......the drawing looks really good! I've got your gallery opened right now and I can say your works are becoming better and better very quickly (from [link] beginning). You've got no natural limits when it comes to draw natural, fancy and convincing poses. The drawings without any background reminds me of vectors (it's my own definition - don't need background because the characters fill the canvas pretty good), but I think you should practice creating backgrounds, because you can (in most cases) make your art even better.As for this particular drawing, it looks really good as I said before. The pose is unusual and the thing that drew my attention is her thigh being in an interesting perspective. Her expression is great and convincing, her mane and tail natural (and great too! I like the shading!).However, there are two things that I find imperfect. Her back hooves look like knees or partially amputated legs. They are too round in my opinion - hooves should create almost flat surface. The second thing I would like to point out is the shading - maybe it's me, but I see those pink-coloured places as the ones that should be brighter and not darker than the rest. It now looks now as the thigh is a flat surface, but it would look better if it wasn't.To sum up, you did a great job with this work! Not only did the canon character attract so much attention, but also the quality made a contribution into this. I see a potential in your works and I hope to see more and more (and more) (and even more) from you.