Ok, I'm going to gripe about this, but it'll be a gripe that compliments.

I love seeing great art like this. It's very easy to screw up, and make the characters look...bad (a good all-encompassing word), especially where the faces are concerned.

Sweetie Belle looks to fit her role well, singing obviously being tied into her natural talent, it it's not her natural talent. Her outfit also fits her well while giving off that fantasy feel.

Apple Bloom...GAH, I can't not want to see more of that! She just looks so natural with those hammers and soot marks. Throw in the protective glasses, the blacksmith apron, and the big boots, she looks like someone that could crack some skulls, but you still would like to honestly try to get to know her, and hang around her.

And finally Scootaloo. Oh my gosh, that cocky grin, that relaxed yet ready-to-strike posture, and those eyes!!! I imagine that you spent most of the time on this drawing working/reworking on those. They look seem to compliment the cocky smile, while giving off a feel that she's ready to throw that bow up to let off a stream of arrows if you make a wrong move. I didn't look at your description until I figured out what it was that I loved about this picture. For your first time drawing and archer, you not only picked the right character to have pose as an archer, you also pulled it off amazingly. I want to see more of her.



Now the thing that's just grating me about this....NO COLOR!!! I absolutely love this picture, but there's NO COLOR! I can just see how epic this picture would be with color and background added. This is a picture that I think has the potential of making it onto Equestria Daily EASILY...If you just add color.



I'll be putting this in my favorites, but PLEASE, color this. It would be an injustice NOT to. I love it!