…Take my FlimJack heart and don’t you break it!

Yay Crackship OTP!   Who needs his clothes? Who needs her scrunchies? Who needs their HATS!? (Uuuhhh, not them, cuz naked is totes their default. Also: ANTHRO PONIES!)

I used Paint Tool SAI for this piece and looked up tutorials and everything, so I could give this my all! I’m extremely happy with how clean the lines came out; I’m basically in love in the Curve Tool and the Opacity Bar now. 

I first sketched it out in my sketch book, and despite some minor changes, the Curve Tool gave me ample opportunity to digitally recreate what I sketched, and the shading technique I used really helps also. I played with Flim’s hair and his body especially, given my artistic conscience, and I’m fairly satisfied with it. I just wasn’t appreciative of his original model, so I took a stab at his muzzle and his body type, and now I can truly ship him with Applejack. (Still, experimenting can be dangerous. ) A point I’m ecstatic about is the gradients in their eyes. I used color references and Blurred it, so it doesn’t look too out of place compared to the relative flatness of the picture overall.

Some songs that really inspired me in drawing this and coming up with one of those unorthodox love stories for them () are:

“Wherever I Go” by One Republic

“Drumming Song” by Florence+The Machine

and “Run” by Snow Patrol 

I recommend listening to them in that order and simply staring at this fanart and any others you can get your mouse on, and we’ll see if I can’t make a FlimJack shipper out of you, or an even more devoted one!  

Much love!