Overall

Vision Vision

Originality Originality

Technique Technique

Impact Impact

Vision: I like the focus on our favorite mail mare and showing her delivering the mail even at night up to the heights of Cloudsdale, or perhaps another city in the sky since its structure reminds me of the Cloudsdale we see in Hearts Warming Eve play. The showing also how perhaps the process of producing lightening by using stars is very ingenious of an idea and a lovely way to use what is there already to produce something else for nature. It also would be a very simple way to infuse that into storm clouds.Originality: Even though there is a lot of pony artwork out there each is original in its own unique way and this is no different. The setting is lovely, the use of color is unique and original to this piece as is the use of, I am assuming, the elemental weather power of the Pegasus to keep a flame floating above a pillar for a light during the night. It feels like the past and yet at the same time like the present as well with the process of creating lightening shown as well and I haven't seen that shown before in pony artwork that I personally have come across yet.Technique: The strokes of detail with the mane and tail is very lovely and has a nice flow to them though since she is flying forwards, as is detailed by the mail flying backwards, her hoof coming up and the wisps of cloud following yet leading backwards, her tail flowing back as well, perhaps her mane could had also had a bit more of a going backwards to demonstrate her flying away after delivering the mail? It is nice with detail of the shine and shading but perhaps a bit more of a backwards sweep perhaps? Not too drastic of a sweep back but a bit more to demonstrate further of her flying forwards unless there is a wind blowing forwards behind her then her mane represents that feeling well but her tail and the mail would also be coming forwards but they aren't. Just a minor little thought suggestion though you did a lovely job on the mane.The detail to the wings is beautiful, the reflection in the eyes is nice along with all the detail behind her on the buildings and the clouds. The firelight is wonderfully done with its glow and the feeling of its flickering in the wind. The water flowing is also nice in color and detail with its dark and light tones. I love the shading on the buildings, clouds, our Pegasus, the glowing of the stars being converting into lightening for later storage into storm clouds.I also find the tiny detail on the gear turning the converting machine wonderful along with the small detail of writing on one of the envelopes and the staircase behind her. The shading on her body and wings is beautifully done and just enough with the shading and tones on the mail bag has it feeling soft and securely strong in my eyes.Impact: This brought me to thinking over what other techniques are used by the Pegasus to help create weather occurrences if they are using stars for lightening in storm clouds. Brings me to start thinking how they perhaps make thunder, an interesting thought that hadn't really occurred to me before. I enjoy the thoughts this invokes to ponder over what magic is used to keep and sustain the firelight floating above the pillars working as streetlights for those choosing to be or are out at night.Over all I find I quite enjoy this piece. It has a nice warm and pleasant feeling as well as an air of calm and care free to it which is nice. I love the shading and coloring with the clouds, seeing what the streetlamps would look like in Cloudsdale or another city in the sky if not Cloudsdale, as well as seeing a process possibly used or could be done in the creation of weather is a nice sight and enjoyable to think about on how the pony universe works compared to our own. Very well done and beautiful to admire. My only thought is on the mane to better show the direction in which she is flying perhaps the mane could had shown a bit more movement backwards with its strains but the mane is still nicely done.