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All cleaned up, given a fresh coat of color and some shading to boot! It's not perfect, but I'm very proud of this one, especially considering I've never used GIMP before (or any other digital art program, really). It was kind of intimidating, but all those tutorials here and on Youtube really helped! :D

Anyway, this is one of my OC's. His name is Sandstorm, a largely self-taught unicorn mage from the Equestrian frontier (AAAAAAAAAAAAPPLELOOSA!). Although he lacks finesse when it comes to artisan spells, he has a nasty offensive spell consisting of a burst of concentrated arcane energy which closely resembles a bolt of lightning. He loves travel and adventure, and coupled with his natural abilities, he got a job tagging along with merchants traveling the trade routes in the territories in and around Equestria, protecting them from raiders and hostile animals that the merchants may encounter, all while satisfying his passion for adventuring. His latest employer happens to travel by airship between places of trade (some of which are plagued with pirates), so he acts as a member of the ship's security team.

Big thanks to :iconearthsong9405: for the encouragement while I was working on this last night. I honestly had just planned to play around a bit with the tools in GIMP but she liked the unfinished version, so I decided to go ahead and finish it. I'm glad I did, too--it turned out awesome! :iconderpyclapplz:
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JoyfulJ's avatar
You did a pretty good job Brother. See you draw something kinda reminds me of when we were little and you would show me your comic strips you made. =)