Background Pony #C21A

Let me just help out here with the "meaning" as I still have the commission email chain between myself and Swaetshrit. This email is from 1/26/2012, so almost four years old as of this posting. I gave Swaetshrit a list of horses I'm fond of, and they picked these three to use.



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Okay. I've attached a sketch. 3 combined sketches actually. Whether they're

combined like this or separate is up to you really. I decided to do 3

characters — Spitfire, Cheerilee, and Berry Punch. The portraits

respectively representing Sky, Earth, and Sea. Bear in mind that these

are very rough sketches.



This was my concept thought-process:



*-I chose Spitefire for Sky for obvious reasons. She's a pegasus, she's a

wonderbolt, flying is her thing. That one was easy.*

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*-Cheerilee is Earth because she has a down-to-earth personality and is an

earth pony, also her cutie mark is flowers, and I like to interpret "earth"

through the presence of plantlife, as it relies so heavily on the earth.

(the checker pattern behind her is a subtle reference to her old 80's past)*

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*-Finally, Berry Punch is Sea because going by her fanon personality, she

is a drunk, someone who is "drifting" as if they are submerged underwater

with a tenative grasp on reality. (Plus, pink and blue look nice together.)*

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None of these images are related to any fanfic. It's just three of my favorite horses, done up with artistic freedom granted to Swaetshrit.



-Twizzle