Best princess on her own, excellent!



If it seems like I'm extolling the picture too much, please trust me that while I do hold Princess Luna as best princess, I'm trying to really comment without a skewed perspective XD If I fail, sorry. But I'm usually very sincere about my thoughts on art.



The thing that immediately stood out to me is the amazing lighting. I still don't know how Princess magic works, but how the magic lights up individual strands of manes in her hair is subtly epic; it's not overwhelming but adds this sort of incredible yet elegant effect. The moon(light) in her mane is slightly muted/damped which adds this really mystical (magical) glow to the area surrounding it. Still, something I've not seen done, but still no complaints. It really adds something unique yet doesn't blow Luna out of herself (elegance; I lack synonyms). Also the background colour gradient and stars really helps the picture shine altogether.



If we want to talk on details, I've left many thoughts on how well you do manes already, but I'm super impressed you even added the tiny silhouette of Luna's other wing that's er..."behind" her. At least, I think that's what it is...I might be wrong but it definitely looks like the edge of a feather (or two). That's really some impressive attention to detail and dedication to art, and I really can (and do!) appreciate it.



I love that you drew in the constellations for her mane and that you also left some stars to shine on their own to avoid a cramped "noodle-star" experience XD Even if you did, I think I trusted you enough to make best princess look pretty either way.



For the first illustration of Luna, I cannot be more impressed and very, very ecstatic about such an amazing, mystical and beautiful piece of art for my favourite princess (did you guess it's Luna? You should have by now ^^) Sincerely, not disregarding any of your other art, this has got to be one of my most favourite portraits you've done to date. So very well done and I can't wait for whatever you put up next!