Crystal's Dreams of Pony Design

Crystal_Sushi

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I don't think I've posted my artwork here before?
It's been so long haha, as you might notice I joined back in 2010 but I've only just made my way back on here, haha, and into more active pony collecting in general <3
I'm a bit more active on the Arena but I wanted to get back on here too, so here I am!

My passion is designing ponies, and my aim has always been to design ponies that could have conceivably been in the G1 line, thus here are all of the sets I've designed so far - first up, the Cloudpuff Ponies!
They are flocked ponies with fluffy puffy hair aside from a 'normal' forelock. like the Perfume Puffs! They are inspired by how gimmicks started to combine later on down the line, like the Princess Brush 'n Grows <3

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So for my next set, my thoughts went as follows - as Winger Ponies (Summer Wings and Windy Wings) were originally intended to be Baby Flutter Ponies, my concept for Baby Flutters went in a different direction - caterpillars! They are teeny-tiny sized with pearlescent tails and tiny little flutter wings! Just like adult Flutter Ponies, they have a lil' symbol on their cheek <3

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Continuing my trend of favouring the various gimmick mashups that occurred later in the G1 line, here are the Rock Candy Ponies! <3
Scented, sparkly, translucent rock stars with crystalline candy guitars and electrifying crimped manes!
The glitter in their bodies is the large chunky mylar stuff, giving them a really crystalline texture and they also have iridescent tinsel in their manes - they're pretty much a combination of some of my favourite G1 aesthetics and I hope you guys love them as well!
This is also one of my favourite backgrounds I've ever designed -- I usually struggle with them due to my lack of depth perception but I think this one turned out great, especially the candy dance floor!​

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For this one, I really wanted to do a Halloween set, as we never got one in G1, but also, in keeping with the G1 line, black was never used as a main (hair/body) colour and it's one of the big Halloween colours, so I wanted to challenge myself to make a seasonal line without it!
These ponies all glow in the dark, and I had to restrain myself from madding any extra features, otherwise every line I design would wind up being a glitterbomb XD
I'm also super proud of the background for this one, as it's something I struggle with so I really tried hard on this one to make it as atmospheric as possible!

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These guys were on on the backburner for over a year, as G1 never did any Easter ponies (well, standard issue US/UK G1 didn't) and I wanted to make some! <3
Went off of the feel of our two official Greek Easter ponies (Ladybird and Lambaditsa) which is why Marshmallow Frosting is in the sitting pose and shares similar colours; I wanted her to feel familiar but not be a copy of either preexisting pony if that makes sense?
I imagine they're chocolate scented, or perhaps vanilla.... Greek pony plastic is meant to smell like vanilla from what I've heard, so perhaps that works well?

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Another set that was in my head for a long while,
They're another gimmick combo, this time they're flocked AND scented, it's meant to look a bit like a powdered sugar coating, hence the name <3


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Our final one this far, this set was a challenge to myself, as I usually don't like floral themes, but I actually really like how these girls turned out! <3
The Precious Petal Ponies are flower-scented, like their names, and their symbols are 3D domed cabochons, with floral-shaped sequins and glitter that you can shake around inside!
The gold parts are like chrome gold, so their symbols are somewhat similar to the Princess Ponies crossed with the Precious Pockets if that makes sense? They're inspired by potpourri too!
This background was also my most ambitious one to date, and I'm also quite proud of it haha, I've always wanted to paint one of those old-style fancy gilt greenhouses.
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That's all for now, but I hope you enjoy them! <3
 
WOW, you have the g1 style down pat. if you showed these to a new collector i'm sure you'd get some fooled into thinking they're legit, lol. my favorites are the little baby flutterpillars, they're so precious :cry: the rock candy, spooky season ponies & precious petal ponies are all very nice as well
 
I want them all!! Especially the flutterpillars and the Halloween set! Too bad you didn't work for Hasbro back in the day!! <3 beautiful work
 
These are amazing! You achieved the goal you set out for, believable ponies that could have existed. If I had to choose one favourite (I love them all) I would choose the Rock Candy Ponies. Candy Chords and Bubblegum Pops would be a hard choice if little kid me was allowed to only choose one to get in the shop

These totally could be HQG1C sets :Flutter4:
 
Wow so pretty
 
I wish these were real, too! I love them all! Those flutterpillars, though… so cute!
 
WOW, you have the g1 style down pat. if you showed these to a new collector i'm sure you'd get some fooled into thinking they're legit, lol. my favorites are the little baby flutterpillars, they're so precious :cry: the rock candy, spooky season ponies & precious petal ponies are all very nice as well

Aww thankyou so much! That's what I'm aiming for! <3 I'm glad you like them, aah!

I want them all!! Especially the flutterpillars and the Halloween set! Too bad you didn't work for Hasbro back in the day!! <3 beautiful work

Aww thankyou! The flutterpillars are one of my faves too - and that would have been an absolute dream~!

These are amazing! You achieved the goal you set out for, believable ponies that could have existed. If I had to choose one favourite (I love them all) I would choose the Rock Candy Ponies. Candy Chords and Bubblegum Pops would be a hard choice if little kid me was allowed to only choose one to get in the shop

These totally could be HQG1C sets :Flutter4:

Thankyou so much! <3 I'm so glad you feel that way haha, the Rock Candy ponies are what I would have wanted as a child and I'm so glad to hear you feel the same!
There is a potential that they could be made by HQG1 in the future, I did briefly talk to Clipper about it, but he said they want to complete what they have planned already + clear some inventory before that could be a possibility from memory haha :)Pandabear_chan/customsbypandabear is also making the Cloudpuffs as a custom set that will be for sale at some point!

Wow so pretty

Aww thankyou! <3

These are amazing! I wish they were real.

Aww thankyou! There is a possibility they will be made by HQG1 in the future... so hopefully they will be! <3

I wish these were real, too! I love them all! Those flutterpillars, though… so cute!

Ah so do I haha! I'm glad you like them, reception has been quite mixed on them haha, and they are a little odd-looking XD

absolutely devastated that the rock candy ponies aren't a real line, they're perfect!!!

Aww I'm glad you love them! I wish they were real too haha, they're pretty much everything I'd want in a line, and I'm so glad you feel similarly! <3

These are amazing! So many I would buy! I especially want all the Halloween ponies! And also the Rocky Candy ones with their guitars

Aah thankyou so much! I'm glad you like them! Hopefully they become HQG1 at some point in the future, so you can do just that! We are long overdue for G1-styled Halloween ponies after all (although HQG1's Batty Boo and Lil' Pumpkin fill that void too!) <3
 
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Oh wow... these are all amazing! As the others have said, you REALLY have the G1 style down pat, gimmicks, names, look, and all! :lolpony: I want all of them! [lol] I think my faves among all these are the flutterpillars, the rock candy ponies... and the precious petal ponies, I think. But they're all awesome. You did a great job with all these. XD
 
Aah thankyou so much! I'm glad you like them! Hopefully they become HQG1 at some point in the future, so you can do just that! We are long overdue for G1-styled Halloween ponies after all (although HQG1's Batty Boo and Lil' Pumpkin fill that void too!)

Wouldn't that be fantastic? They definitely need to make more Halloween ponies. I will buy them all! I'd buy yours, too.
 
Oh my cuteness! I want to collect the Flutterpillers and the cloud ponies! Awesome artwork <3
 
Oh wow... these are all amazing! As the others have said, you REALLY have the G1 style down pat, gimmicks, names, look, and all! :lolpony: I want all of them! [lol] I think my faves among all these are the flutterpillars, the rock candy ponies... and the precious petal ponies, I think. But they're all awesome. You did a great job with all these. XD

Ahh thankyou so much! <3
I try my best to replicate the look, and I'm so glad you enjoy my works!

Wouldn't that be fantastic? They definitely need to make more Halloween ponies. I will buy them all! I'd buy yours, too.

Aww haha thankyou so much! That truly means a lot to me! <3

Oh I am obsessed with these! Especially the flutterpillars, they're just plain adorable!!

Aww haha thankyou! They seem to be a bit divisive I've found, people either love them or find them a bit odd, and I assume it's just based on how much people like caterpillars haha. Also love your username, I'm also a big RAE fan!

Those Rock Candy ponies are such late 80's toy aesthetic, I love them.

Ahh thankyou! That's what I was hoping to achieve, the late 80s gimmick-combining + neon colours that most toy lines seemed to experiment with at the time! I'm so glad you like them! <3

Oh my cuteness! I want to collect the Flutterpillers and the cloud ponies! Awesome artwork <3

Aww haha thankyou so much! I'm so glad you like them! <3

In love with the Cloudpuff and Spooky ponies. <3

Aww thankyou! The Cloudpuffs seem to be a lot of peoples' favourites, as they are the first ones being made as customs as well! Isabelle (customsbypandabear) has had them on the backburner for a while ;)

For a second I really thought those were official images, wow.

It's pretty incredible how legitimate that looks, are you sure you're not one of the artists who worked on those back in the 80s? xD

Ahh thankyou so much! That means a lot to me, as I'm totally aiming for that feeling haha <3
I wish! I was born in 1997 so it wouldn't have been very feasible haha
 
I saw you on the arena!! OMG, i love your ponies!!!
 
I saw you on the arena!! OMG, i love your ponies!!!

Aah thankyou so much! I'm so glad you enjoy my work! <3

Speaking of that, here are two more sets I recently completed!

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So my thought process was 'all of the Teeny Tinies are kind of named for cats, so what if you went even further with the cat theme?' XD
Thus the Fancy Feline Baby Ponies! I had to include Clipper in the backcard story after I came up with the pun 'Purr-adise Island' haha.
They're flocked with kitty tails and eyes! I know they might not be everyone's cup of tea (much like the Flutterpillars) but I hope you enjoy! <3

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Slipping right back into my comfort zone with ALL OF THE SHINY STUFF YESS! <3
Introducing the Bubble Belle Ponies! These girls are translucent with an iridescent coating (think the Starlight Baby Ponies!) as well as a plume of iridescent tinsel at the front of their mane, like the second set Princess Ponies, as well as more tinsel in their mane - VERY sparkly overall lol!
This background might also be my favourite so far, it's very much inspired by the 1996 Polly Pocket Bubbly Bath compact, which is my favourite one of all time, it's just all so dreamy aaa...

Again, that's all for now, but I hope you enjoy them! <3
 
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