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On Nicollet Mall

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If you're not sure what this is referencing, then get off my lawn, you whippersnappers! *shakes fist*

While this started as an idea for Rarity alone, the more I drew the more I realized I needed some more characters and background elements to suitably match the original scene as it was filmed. Looking closely at a screencap of the hat toss, I almost freaked at how obvious it should have been from the beginning. And thus, we now find Rarity flanked by an incredulous lady wondering what the hay she's doing and an on-the-job mailmare. I suppose it might have been destiny that this turned into something of a tribute piece for Tabitha St. Germain, though Luna is conspicuously absent.

In this piece I had a lot of new hardware to work with in terms of brushes and additional inks, and it was a challenge to find uses for the latter in order to keep the background visuals interesting but unobtrusive. In that respect the hot pink wall may have been not the best choice, but at that point my options were severely limited by what had already been used and what colors were already prominent on the figures.
Image size
2117x3233px 5.58 MB
Make
Canon
Model
CanoScan LiDE 600F
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TropicMustang's avatar
Hey! Don't know if you remember me, but I was the guy with the Rarity shirt who bought this print at BronyCon... and then came back for a picture of you and your mascot Rarity. :D The whole scene just seems so carefree for Rarity, who I see as a perfectionist. ^^; It's rather refreshing to see Rarity like that, tossing her hat in that outfit. Really like this piece!