Base by Backgrounds used for the creation of this picture are as followsAppleloosa Wonderbolt Academy Tree of Harmony Fluttershy's Home Manehatten Ponyville I don't usually post on Saturdays because that's when I want to take a break from making the wonderful art I make but because of the airing of the finale of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, I had to post this picture to coincide with the release of the finale as some people will be wondering about it.Here's something very special I felt like making because all of you will already know the reason as to why I wanted to make this!WARNING: THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION AND COMMENT SECTION DOWN BELOW CONTAINS MAJOR, AND I MEAN MAJOR UNHIDDEN SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL EPISODES OF MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC! PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE FINAL EPISODES! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BY THUNDER ARTIST!Alrighty so to kick things off from the start sometime around August was when the final episode was leaked online on YouTube which allowed me to not only watch the episode early but also have full early access to a base that was used during the making of this picture. That way this allowed me to have enough time to work on the picture and post on the day the final episode airs on TV for everyone to see. In case anyone has forgotten, I had lost the TV channel to watch MLP on TV so the only way for me to watch the entirety of Season 9 was through online and this is by far the only time I've watched an entire season of MLP online instead of on TV due to losing the Discovery Family Network on my TV.I wanna mention something that has been in the back of my mind for an incredibly long time now. I have actually been wanting to make a picture of the entire mane 6 all together using one base while also using the insane amount of art skills that I am capable of creating using both MS Paint and Photoshop. Around the time I had thought about this, I thought this idea would be very cool though this would take an insane amount of time to make seeing as how long I would have to make each of the mane 6 ponies look not only perfectly accurate but to also fully include shading to all of them which would take even longer to make.As mentioned above, I had full early access to an unreleased base which of course gave me a lot of time to work hard on this picture which felt great but also took quite a bit of time to make as I wanted to put enough hard work and so much of my own love into the picture so that it can look exactly how I wanted it to look from the start.Twilight and her friends all turned out perfectly and very adorable in my perspective and I am absolutely proud of the how much love I was able to put into making each of the mane 6 pony which made a huge smile go right across my beloved face.By far I think the shading and lighting that I applied to all of them makes the mane 6 look all adorable but if I had to say which one looks the best, I would have to say Twilight Sparkle seeing as how she is of course the main character of the show and deserved the most amount of high detailed work out of the other ponies. Actually, all of the others look just as adorable as Twilight herself! While on the topic of the mane 6, I have actually included a little something in the picture on each background which not only represents the mane 6 but also my past self which I'll get to very soon!So the reason as to why I wanted to use multiple backgrounds is because I wanted each pony to have a background next to them within the picture. So Applejack has Appleloosa, Pinkie Pie has Ponyville, Rarity has Manehatten, Rainbow Dash has the Wonderbolt Academy, Fluttershy has her backyard, and Twilight has the Tree of Harmony. It was actually very hard to try and fit all of these backgrounds for each individual character but I found a way to make them all fit perfectly with the magic of my Photoshop skills to make it all possible. In the end, this made me very happy and proud seeing each background representing their own character.And of course, I pushed Photoshop to the extreme limits when making this picture to the point where the program froze due to the excessive use of effects used in the picture which I had no problem with.READ!ONLY IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FINAL EPISODESSo that's the end of the picture and now I wanna talk about something a bit more right now which of course still has to do with My Little Pony Friendship is Magic so let's begin.Before I get to my own story, I would like to share my thoughts on the three final episodes. As mentioned above, I have already seen these episodes which were leaked on YouTube weeks before the official airings on TV.So to no surprise I was of course expecting the main villains to take on the Mane 6 but what I did not expect was that supposedly from what I know is that this entire time, Discord was Grogar in disguise and that the real Grogar never actually appeared within the series. This came up with a funny thought that at some point off-screen, Discord was watching the old MLP and stumbled across Grogar in one episode and thought to himself, "Hmm... maybe I should disguise as this villain to make myself a bit more... fearsome.Throughout most of the episode were ponies arguing because of Queen Chrysalis' tricks into making city ponies go against each other which is what I've seen in a previous episode. I honestly think the best part of this finale would have to be the part where so many characters from previous episodes including Tempest Shadow came on screen to show that they were ready to take on the villains and help Twilight and the others.As for the ultimate finale, seeing the mane 6 as full grown adults was not only surprising but also truly amazing seeing as how all of the mane 6 still get together after the many years that have passed. This by far made me so happy seeing all of these characters all fully grown and also seeing a glimpse of how Ponyville looks so many years later as well as some familiar characters that have now aged and are grown up like the Student 6.And finally I would also like to mention that yes, Thunder Artist is of course present during the events of 2 part episode and where is he exactly you say? Well it's very simple, he is part of Twilight's massive army though is completely off-screen hidden behind the many ponies during the whole duration of this part taking place.As for where Thunder is during the events of the ultimate final episode, that's mentioned down below.To be completely honest, I had actually wished that Queen Chrysalis was reformed like how Thorax was because prior to the events of the finale, I could somehow sense that Chrysalis would be reformed in someway or another but unfortunately she along with Cozy Glow and Lord Tirek would be turned to stone.Now here's something I would like to share.I wanna share everyone a story of how this show has completely changed the way I am as a person in my personal life and on the internet today seeing as how the show had just ended.The time is March 2013 me in school. I was just having a normal day in school when two of my friends were talking about something called My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. I had asked the two what the show was about and they of course told me that it's a show on The Hub Network that has ponies learning the magic of friendship which sounded pretty cool to me at the time.A while later, one of them was talking about Rainbow Dash and this was when my journey as a brony all began. I of course asked about who this Rainbow Dash character is and my friend had told me that Rainbow Dash was one of the main characters from the show. When I got home from school later that day, that was when I decided to record the episode, Wonderbolt Academy to see what this show was about. The next day, I watched the entire episode and from that point onward, I absolutely started to really love the series so much. I then recorded two more episodes to which I also loved very much and that was when I decided to draw my first drawing of Rainbow Dash (which I actually still have in my possession to this day), as well as draw the rest of the mane 6 and Spike at a later time. About a month later, I went to the mall and saw what would be the first and oldest MLP merch that I've bought and own in my entire life. A black shirt with Rainbow Dash on it saying 20% Cooler below her. I also still have this shirt in my closet and I'm very happy to still have this special beloved shirt of my favorite pony to this today in perfect condition.As time went on, I started watching YouTube videos of My Little Pony and that was when I stumbled across the fandom part of the series which is where all the hype was around for the show. I watched endless amounts of MLP fan animations and videos that they've greatly made me so happy that I just couldn't stop watching the show. I'd like to mention that during the whole time I had been watching these fan animations, one user that I had always looked up to prior to becoming who I am today is a user named Rina-Chan Melee Princess and believe me everyone, this was one user that I absolutely enjoyed her MLP voice impressions from the many videos I've watched online. These days she doesn't do very much with MLP anymore as far as I know though I did send a message to her in 2018 to which she had responded to and pretty much made that day awesome and full of pure happiness.Throughout 2013 I would get MLP toys with my first batch of MLP mini figures which would later turn out to actually be the most expensive out of all the MLP merch I own right now due to the set being a Toys R Us exclusive and with that store going out of business a couple years later, it had made the price of my first MLP figures go high up in value. I think around the summer of 2013 was when I had thought about creating my own pony OC because I thought it would be cool to have a custom pony of my own to have. So I went online and found some well known pony creator programs that allowed me to create my own pony. This of course would lead to the creation of my beloved pony OC that would change my entire life, Thunder Artist, who which I'll explain much later and trust me, it's gonna get crazy. So as I was saying, I would continue to get more and more MLP toys and that was until the Christmas of 2013 where I would get a Nintendo Wii U which had an application called Miiverse. On this application was where I had started to make brand new online friends who loved MLP and it really was quite an experience... that was until March 2014 had come around with one of my friends privately messaging me if I ever heard about DeviantArt and said that I should join because it's free. So I of course accepted and I joined DeviantArt as Rainbowartis and as for those of you who don't know, that is my original name before a former friend from so long ago had given me a premium membership (which is actually Core Membership before the name was changed) which allowed me to change my name from Rainbowartis to Thunder-Artist.At first I had originally thought of making my DeviantArt page have my actual name and being based around my actual self on my life as a brony though I later made the decision to change it and reflect my own pony OC Thunder Artist to protect my real identity. And that ultimately led to me posting low quality pony art all the way up to the insane high quality pony art which I'm known for making many years later to which I never thought would actually happen and so many of my friends over the years had seen my art improve more and more.I'd like to mention that I think it was all of the friends and watchers of mine that really help inspire me to make such amazing My Little Pony art on this site that I honestly wish I could just give them all a big hug from the awesome appreciation they've given me over the years. I love them all with my beloved big red glowing happy heart and it really makes my smile so much.This also goes for all of the friends I used to be friends with as well as friends that have left DeviantArt so long ago as they have left a massive big impact which completely changed the way I am today as a person and as an artist.As for my personal life outside of DeviantArt, so many people had really loved the amount of goofy sarcastic and awesome personality that I always have in everyday life and it makes everyone else smile and me smile to. I generally see myself as Pinkie Pie in real life to be completely honest!And of course throughout my years on Deviantart, I would of course continue to watch My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and share my thoughts of the new episodes that would come out as well as the Equestria Girls films and even The My Little Pony Movie from 2017.Anyways, so how did I feel about the finale? Well I was both happy and heartbroken at the same time. In fact, moments before the finale episode had ended, my heart was literally punching my chest and telling me, "Please don't go Twilight...". In those finale moments where the book had closed, I had actually almost shed a tear as to how the series had happily came to an end... however the finale isn't going to stop me from making more pony art as that's what I am known for on here and people especially my friends and watchers really love to see what I can make!I still have some other thoughts floating around my mind as there are some unanswered questions throughout the series that will most likely never be explained unless one of the writers gives out some details about it in the future.This is one of the few reasons as to why I am attending the Everfree Northwest My Little Pony convention in Bellevue, Washington in August 2020 because I want to celebrate with other pony fans and also to finally meet the writers and voice actors of the show for the very first time in my life which is going to be an absolute blast. I'm also really hoping to possibly meet a few of my DeviantArt friends and watchers that might possibly be attending the convention which will be the first time that they'll see my real face that I've kept hidden underneath my Thunder Artist icon for so long!Anyways, now I want to explain more about something else, the creation of my beloved Thunder Artist to everyone,So as you all already know from above, I made Thunder Artist using the pony creator which he was just Vinyl Scratch as an alicorn pony. I had originally thought about having Thunder being a gender bent OC meaning that he would've been a male and female seeing as how in older pics he had been seen wearing either male or female clothes. This caused problems when trying work with Thunder in his Equestria Girls form so I officially made him a male character. when I posted Thunder to DeviantArt, people loved him though this of course caused problems with some people due to him being just an alicorn version of Vinyl Scratch in black, gray, and white. So I was forced to change Thunder's overall design and he has since kept his new redesign to which I really love so much! I had originally thought of having Thunder become emo during the redesign though I thought people wouldn't like the way he would act in certain situations of his overall personality so I of course dropped the emo idea and made him based more on my actual sarcastic, awesome, and adorable self but with a couple of changes. A remnant of this emo idea comes from the bang Thunder has that nearly blocks one of his eyes because I actually thought this looked nice on Thunder. Speaking of his eyes, Thunder and the actual me share the same eye color too. ^^There was a reason as to why I made Thunder have white, black, and gray colors though I have since forgotten that kind of information so long ago. But from what I remember was that I couldn't think of what colors I wanted Thunder to have so I just went with white, black, and gray which I thought looked really nice. Plus, I am actually glad I used these colors as it kinda makes Thunder look adorable and easily recognizable by me and lots of my other friends.Also I love how Thunder colors are always completely unaffected when a picture with him is turned black and white. He still keeps his adorable colors. ^u^ Well except for the colors of his chocolate brown eyes and his cutie mark of course!As for the color of Thunder's aura that comes out of his horn, I had also had trouble thinking on what color I wanted it to be. It was gray at first to use as a placeholder and later when I joined DeviantArt, a former friend of mine had asked me what's the color of Thunder's magic that comes out of his horn. At that point I still haven't decided on a color so I just when with yellow which I honestly think was a perfect decision as I absolutely love how it illuminates when Thunder uses it. ^u^For Thunder's cutie mark, I had originally thought of making it three pencils before changing it to a single pencil with a blue thunderbolt behind it to course represent Thunder's name. Also Thunder's full name is actually Thunderstorm Rainbow Artist for those of you who don't know and no, he's not in relation to Rainbow Dash in anyway despite the two being very close friends! Haha!My original ideas to use if Thunder was a gender bent OC were later added to a brand new OC which was to be a female counterpart of Thunder Artist but would change it to be Thunder's sister named Lightning Sketch. So that means Lightning Sketch has lots of Thunder's original female ideas but improved in a way so that Lightning has an awesome and care-loving personality.Also by some coincidence, I had originally made sketches of Thunder with a black and blue mane long, long ago and this would eventually be used on Lightning Sketch without realizing that the colors I used on her were actually from a really old pic that I had completely forgotten about!And speaking of female Thunder, many people have asked me as to why I made the decision to make Thunder have the appearance of a mare instead of a stallion. The reason for that is because I thought Thunder looked a lot more better and adorable if he had the appearance of a mare though still keeping him as a male. This of course led to people wondering if I had taken inspiration from WoodenToaster for this idea which isn't true. I thought Thunder wouldn't have looked great with the appearance of a stallion which is why he looks like a mare without eyelashes. Oh yeah and during the earlier times of me making art of Thunder, he had female eyelashes at some point during my early years to which I later removed at some point due to backlash.Thunder went through so many revisions in his Equestria Girls form. Lots of earlier pictures showed him wearing female clothes and even a skirt which had been part of the whole gender bent concept that ended up being dropped. Eventually, I would drastically change him during the time when Friendship Games had come out which Thunder wears a red striped hoodie, black pants, and red shoes. These were all inspired by another user who had appreciated Thunder wearing the same EQG clothes as her OC at the time. That user would change the clothes for her OC a while later while Thunder kept the hoodie and pants. Sometime in 2019, I would again drastically change this and now Thunder's hoodie is red with aqua colored stripes, he wears dark purple pants, and purple bubblegum shoes which I think look really nice on him. ^u^ I did it to give Thunder a lot more color.Now this is one thing that lots of people have been questioning me about for a long time which they have asked me as to why I made the decision to make Thunder have both a horn and wings? Well at the time I created him in 2013, I was clueless and had no idea about the whole concept of alicorn ponies so I thought I would give Thunder a horn and wings. The horn was given so he could levitate objects and use his special magic abilities and gave him wings so that he would of course fly but in more recent years, he rarely every flies and he only ever uses them when it's necessary. In fact, Thunder is almost never seen flying in my more recent pictures. I wasn't trying to make Thunder an overpowered pony OC, I just thought I felt like it would've been cool to have Thunder have both a horn and wings. This along with the whole mane thing above caused problems at some point during my early months of being on DeviantArt though around the time when I changed Thunder's appearance, I had also drastically and heavily adjusted the way Thunder is portrayed with wings and a horn today.READ!Now we get to the insane part of Thunder Artist. Throughout all of the years I've had Thunder for, one mystery that's been around him for so long are the wings he has. Nobody not even myself knew the origin of Thunder's wings and that was until the release of the My Little Pony Movie in 2017. The movie introduced the Hippogriff race which is of course Princess Skystar and Queen Novo at the time. I really loved these two characters so much in their sea and land forms and I found the concept of Hippogriffs very unique. Then when Silverstream was introduced, I loved her even more than Skystar and Novo and I truly loved the bubbly personality she had which always made me smile every time she was on-screen. During the summer of 2018 was when I had finally put the long lasting wing mystery to rest. I had officially confirmed Thunder Artist to be a Hippogriff Unicorn and be part of Skystar's family tree. Which means Silverstream, Terramar, Skystar, and Queen Novo are part of Thunder's family tree. This means that yes, Thunder's mother was a Hippogriff that was related to Queen Novo and Thunder's mother had married a Unicorn stallion.Oh and I almost forgot, exactly one week after the events of the final episode, Thunder would completely disappear from Equestria without a trace and nobody not even Twilight, Princess Celestia, or even Discord are able to find his whereabouts. Thunder would eventually be found by a mysterious individual and would return to Equestria 15 years later meeting all of the friends he knew that made him so happy. By the time Thunder returns to Equestria many years later, Thunder still keeps his young appearance from right before he vanished though his age number has increased.SPOILERS END HERE!!!I would've never thought ever in my entire life that I would get lots of online friends that would not only put a big smile on my face but also absolutely love the wonderful pony art that I never thought would ever be made thanks to Photoshop and the awesome community of MLP bases. I also never would've thought someone outside of me would ever say the name, "Thunder Artist" when I first created him and seeing the first time my first friends and watchers saying Thunder Artist to me just made me smile so much, and of course seeing the wonderful but low amounts of art made of my beloved Thunder was a real treat for me at the time and it actually still is to this very day as I always love seeing how my friends, watchers, and other users create Thunder in many different ways and styles that not only put a huge smile on my face but also show much those people care for Thunder so much.And also sharing the endless amounts of creativity to the world by making pony OCs that nobody saw coming was a real treat and it goes to show how much I truly love to share the wonderful and creative imagination I have to the many friends I have on here.Anyways, it was fun and wild trip explaining everything up above and I am of course happy to continue my wonderful and awesome work of the My Little Pony pics I love to make for me and my friends and watchers for the future to come......however there is one thing I would like to share to everyone sometime in the future as I've been working on this particular project all by myself during the many months that have passed which I have teased a couple of times. Maybe on the day of my birthday in November would be a good time to release a small little pic of this project I'm working on by myself as a small little special birthday picture of mine and share some more information about this project I'm working on by myself. ^^ This pic itself isn't as major as this one up above though I think it's probably time to show everyone what I've been working on by myself for many months that have passed. This will include the shading and my wonderful artistic Photoshop effects which I truly love adding in my more recent pics.And that's my entire story to share about how My Little Pony Friendship is Magic completely changed my entire life forever and why it made me who I truly am today. What started out as a simple drawing I drew of Rainbow Dash from early March 2013 all the way to becoming a wonderful and awesome pony artist today which puts a big smile on my face.And of course I would love to give a big thanks to the wonderful and talented writers and voice actors of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Hasbro and of course none other than the one and only Lauren Faustherself for not only making gain the friends I know and love today as well as making the pony art today but for absolutely changing my entire life to the way it is right now, as awesome and fun as always which will continue to go on for the rest of my life.But as always enjoy the wonderful picture and remember everyone, stay awesome as the sound of thunder.Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy all belong to Hasbro and